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So I know that the NJ BON is notoriously bad. My husband graduated from nursing school in 2009 and had a six week wait, and my mother-in-law graduated in 2010 and waited two months from start to finish. Knowing this, I sent my paperwork in back in Ap...

$770 for my first 12 units, $41/unit for each one after. Revisits/wound care are 1 unit, SOC/ROC are 2.5 units. We get paid 45 cents per mile. This is in NJ, and I'm brand new to home care.

I have what is essentially a Baylor home health position (weekends only). I get paid $762 for my first 12.5 units, and then I get $41/unit for each additional unit I pick up (admissions are 2.5 units on the weekends, revisits are 1 unit, etc). I only...

Work at a hospital in Camden; as a new grad, I started at $31/hr + 10% evening diff and 15% night diff.

Friends of mine who recently were hired at two different major teaching hospitals in Philly (Einstein and HUP) are making $27 and some change as new grad RNs. I work across the bridge in Camden and started at $31/hr.

And also, I&Os are very important on a surgical floor. A lot of times, patients will be "dry" when they come up from the PACU. Watch their urine output, and let the doctor know if it's low so that they can put in an order for us to bolus if neede...

Hi there! I started as a new grad on a surgical/step down unit and I love it (it's been eight months now that I've worked on my floor). It can be extremely overwhelming at times, especially working day shift, but you will learn a lot and your organiz...

I've been on a general surgery floor (we also take medicine and trauma overflow) for 7 months now, and I have learned SO much. As a new grad, it really teaches you how to prioritize and become organized; it's extremely hectic and overwhelming at time...

I was started at $31/hour as a new grad at a major teaching hospital in South Jersey. As far as negotiating salary, with as saturated as the market in this area is, I'd be hesitant; there are thousands of new grads graduating every semester who will ...

Additionally, for those just starting school, really try to find a pool CNA position at a teaching hospital (they seem to be more keen on hiring new grads than a lot of other places). It will give you a foot up over the thousands of other new grads h...

Here's my brain sheet: enough room for a patient sticker in the top left, and it's for night shift on a primarily surgical floor. I personally like open, yet organized space to jot down information. I take initial report in black ink, and then I'll p...

New BSN grad (July), hired on at South Jersey hospital at a rate of $31/hr plus 10% shift diff between 7p-12a and 15% shift diff between 12a-7a working night shift.

For our hospital, it is dependent on the level of monitoring that they need. I work on a med-surg floor, and while we do get some sick people up there, they can be on our floor because the physicians have determined that they only need q4-12 hour mon...

Yeah unfortunately, unless you have an amazing "in" at Cooper, they haven't brought on ASN/Diploma new grads in a couple of years because their Magnet application is currently being processed (it's even rare for current employees who graduated with A...

3 of us here had instant success going to Newark, as did two of my new grad coworkers. So far, going to Newark seems to be the most effective way to get things moving. Good luck to you!

Cooper's pay rates for nurses are public record thanks to the union. New grad nurses start out at around $31/hr.

South Jersey Healthcare and Lourdes are the only hospitals I've heard of that have taken on ASN nurses. Kennedy, Cooper, and Virtua all want BSNs. You might also try the hospitals closer to the shore, like AtlantiCare and Shore Memorial. But it's a t...

I can provide some input into surgical nursing. The majority of my patients fall into four categories: Surgical/Oncology (ie: masectomies, ostomies, thoracotomies, etc. related to cancer diagnosis), vascular surgery, bariatrics, and every other surge...

Now that we're a month and a half in, how are the other Newbies doing? I don't know about y'all, but wow, it's overwhelming (and I bought myself a pair of TED stockings so that my legs would stop looking like circus balloons when I got home!). Some d...

It took me four months from start to finish to get my license, and it was a road trip to Newark from South Jersey that finally got me that number. I'd been getting the runaround continuously, I had a job, and I needed the number in order to keep that...

As far as advice, the only thing that I can say is to keep trying and keep your name in front of the HR people. It appears that Cooper went internally before going externally judging by the number of techs who were promoted, so that's probably why yo...

LOL no worries! Yeah, I'm there now as a med-surg RN. It's a great hospital to work for because you learn SO much with it being the only level 1 trauma center in south Jersey. And P6 is a very, VERY busy floor - they're post-operative/tele (a lot of ...

Yeah, don't give up. I worked as a tech at Cooper and I didn't get a call for an interview until 6 weeks after I'd applied for a position. Also, when I applied for the Nurse Extern position at Coop last year, it was around two months before I'd heard...

I totally understand that, and the frustration is more with the staffing levels than anything. PA and NY have just as many students who have graduated/are renewing (if not more) than NJ does, yet they can turn around within a couple of weeks. Additio...

Keep trying at Cooper. They just hired a slough of new grads (and they picked up a lot of their techs who graduated this past May/June, so they probably had priority over external candidates). If you're persistant and show your interest, that will de...