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man, wait till you start working. it's waaayyy crazier. the little cliques at work make the classroom seem like a fond memory.

so i finally finished my first year of nursing. what a ride. small urban hospital in NJ on the telemetry floor. i love and hate it at the same time. loves, +the not working in an office anymore. career change for me. i'm still a little geeked it worked out as it has. +saving someones life. (2 code blues both successful, what a rush i tell ya) +learning so much in such a short time. and so much more to learn. dreams of NP one day. +actually making a difference in someone's life. +having someone see me on the street around the hospital and have them thank me in front of their family +getting to wear pajamas to work. after 10 years of business casual, scrubs are awesome. i don't think about what i wear, either blue, black or red... +3 days on....4 days OFF!!! more time with the fam is awesome! saves $ on daycare!!! +the doc's who take time with no sarcasm to teach you something. maybe it's where i'm at but unfortunately they are few and far between. it's a non-teaching hospital, so no residents. the hates -i have seen things done, i can't repeat, but now know that people are capable of things i once didn't think possible. -having to be a whistle blower....seriously...glad that was\is confidential. -my manager, a paper tiger who hides in their office. how can you manage from your office on another floor? you're clueless and i know you're leaving once you're done with school. i only see you when you need something from me. i hope you leave soon. or grant me my transfer request to the ICU. which ever comes first. -the negativity, people LOVE to hear themselves complain complain complain....WAAAGHHHH MEEEE. get the heck over yourselves. we all have problems, try to leave most of them at home and focus on what you're collecting a check for. people depend upon you to be professional, act like it. -MD's with no care what-so-ever to involve you in patient care. i feel like an errand boy... -telemetry is so fast i really just move more people in and out, i would prefer a lower patient ratio to better understand the diagnosis and treatment plans and interventions. but hell at this point i'm happy to just have a job. \\====// what is weird is opening up the obit section and seeing a patient's name/picture i have taken care of....i'm accused by friends now of being 'morbid' when suggesting they have a living will and talking about our inevitable enfeeblement, but it's the cycle of life. what can i say, it's my reality now. ok enough rambling. thanks everyone here for support, and help from Susan's plan to help pass the NCLEX. seems like a lifetime ago. new grads out there don't give up. it took me 6 months of *** kissing and networking to land a job, but eventually it worked out. have faith.

if you're young and unattached, move to FL or Arz they pay reimbursement fee's haha. i went to the teeneck one this year and last year. man i don't understand why they show up. you could staff a whole hospital with all of these graduates!!! i have 1 year exp and got a call back from one hosp today. crossing my fingers for monday's interview.

1. area of nursing: telemetry 2. orientation 8 weeks 4 on med surg 4 on tele 3. ratio 1 to 6 (put only 3 nursing assistants for a census of 30 to 38...***) i can't believe i have a job on a tele floor as a new grad, it is at a small "urban" hospital...so crazy. i know the experience will make me better but there are so many things i just don't know. and people really seem to just not give a $4#t about so much i'm a little flabbergasted at all the apathy... i think after a year i'm going to apply to atlantic health so i actually work at a hospital where more than 50% of the things you expect to work (ie beds/glucometers/computers/phones/people) will actually function like they are supposed to... eyes on the prize eyes on the prize. right :0 :-) love the patient care...but hate the paperwork(literally we use kardex's blech) and the attitude on some of my colleagues...

I was told that the program looks for in-county students first. do you live in morris county? what's your GPA like? Let me know if you want the name and contact info for the head of the dept. PM me

1. Know your hospital/facility your going to apply to, do some research on the internet. know how many beds they have, what their specialty unit is. you don't want to sound foolish for saying you really want to work in pediatrics if the facility doesn't even have this type of unit. 2. brush up on your medication and math. you will most likely be given an 20 to 30 question exam with basic questions. i.e. what is the drop factor if this is the amount of ML left to give this dose. or what is the primary consideration when admistering digoxin etc. 3. do you know the person you are having the interview with? if so do a google search on them and know what they are all about. 4. practice what you're going to say, but don't act like you're reading from a script. meaning anticipate the common interview quetsions i.e. why did you become a nurse? what is your nursing philosphy? where do you see yourself in 3 or 5 or 10 years? what is your goal in nursing? tell me/us a story of how you went above and beyond your call of duty? what is your strength or weakness? why should i hire you? good luck, stay focused and have confidence in yourself!

hello, i just gradated from CCM's AA-RN program. Took and passed the boards in February, and am now looking for work. I took A&P I and II at CCM. Who is your professor? i heard great things about crabe. *(you can go to ratemyprofessor.com to read reveiws) For A&P I i had a guy name Robert Gulay *(not the lounge singer lol) he was extremly challenging. the exams were brutal. i think 1/3 of the class flunked out. I had Bruce Khan for A&P II, he was really funny but honestly not as challenging. i learned a lot more from Gulay because i had to study so hard for his exams. Also what i didn't like was the 'lab' portion was taught by adjunct professors. Both of whom english was their second language. Now usually i don't mind this but in A&P lab is similar to lecture, you have to really listen and pay attention, when a professor says sacomere, no i mean sarcoma, no i mean striae... it can get frustrating. If Jerry Amend is still teaching any class TAKE IT! He's very challening, but fair. Sit in the front and ask questions. He's a PHD in Chem/Bio and a brilliant man with a strange sense of humor that puts some people off. I had him for Chemistry. i applied to and didn't get into the ABN program at UMDNJ. they have 30 seats and about 400 applicants according to the recuiter i spoke with. My 2.9 gpa was not good enough. i stuck with CCM RN program at night and am happy for the education for dollars spent. and was able to work and go to school full time. i payed for it all myself and do not owe any more money. they have a good reputation and high passing ratio for the NCLEX. best of luck in your quest.\.

hello, don't be too freaked out, just know that you'll have to be patient and may have to work in a place outside of your comfort level for the first year or six months. i agree with the recomendations to get an externship. they are competitive, most require a 3.0 minimum plus two letters of recomendation from your preceptors/instrutors. apply to several. i graduated in December. Passed the baords in February and am still jobless. i have an interview next week and have been to one in a nursing home. I hope to hear from them soon. what you can also do is get any job you can inside the hospital so you can find out about positions opening up within the system before they go public. if you have been in any work force you know that most places hire from within due to the ability to trust the proven track record. hospitals are no different. out of a ccm class of 60 graduates i have heard of just 15 so far getting work. of the people who are working all either moved out of state to PA and FL, or worked as nursing aides, had externships or had 'connections' through networking. another thing i can't stress enough is the networking with your current professors. i am only going on this interview this week as i was recomened through one of my professors for the job. it gets me in the door. no guaranty of the position, but it's a start. Atlantic health also has a learning program for new graduates. again it's a very competative program for new grads. http://www.atlantichealth.org/en/atlantic/professionals/nursing+programs/post+graduate+programs/hire+learning+program.html Robert Wood Johnosn(maybe a little far from you) has externships aswell http://www.rwjuh.edu/careers/externship/ also keep in mind that if you live in NJ and work in NYC the state of NJ will tax your out of state pay a lot more than if you work in NYC. however it is easy to get NY state reciprocity. just pass the NJ NCLEX, take two online classes and pay the registration fee's for NY state. best of luck.

i went to this job fair. it was depressing. there are no jobs for new grads. it's been 3 months since i graduated. 1 month since i passed the boards and i'm starting to get panicy. I have applied to so many jobs. i recomend roboform to keep applying. anyone know why UMDNJ took over 'correctional' facilities? yes i would be willing to work in a jail as my first gig. i don't care. i've applied to nursing homes, hospitals(public, private, VA), agencies and doctors offices. All with the same response. We're not hiring new grads right now...minimum of 1 year of experience. how am i supposed to get experience if no one will give me a shot.?. of the graduating class of 60 or so people, i know of five people who have gotten work. one was an lpn doing home care who just got an increase in pay/more challenging clients. two moved out of state to PA two were nurse externs at hospitals and are now RN's.... i too am kicking myself for not getting an externship.

I too went to a job fair, the one in Teaneck. Was so depressing. The Hospitals from Texas and Florida were the only ones hiring new grads. ;-(

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--hospital-bankrupt0310mar10,0,5865039.story Will another NJ Hospital close? Why are banks getting bailouts and not hospitals?

i went to a job fair. the atlantic health (the own MMH and Overlook in Summit) recruiter told me they're not hiring new grads, but they'll gladly take my resume and call me when they are. my class mate had an externship in the OR there and was kept on at her position, so an externship is the best way to get into the program. good luck. i hear it's a great place to learn.

Hi, i took and passed teh nclex the 24th of february still nothing yet. i have sent emails to the board, here is the contact page. http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/nursing/know.htm their response is be patient, they say an average of four weeks turn around time. i feel like for 400.00 you could have processed it faster, but what can you do? also, i have been searching the below link every day to see if my name pops up, just change to registered nurse and keep looking. http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/consumeraffairs/search/search.pl

i'm in north new jersey. my OB hospital rotation was at Morristown Memorial Hospital. large area hospital with many speciatly high risk pregnancies. it was an 8 week rotation two nights a week from 5.30 to 10.30, mosltly it was quiet as new moms and dads want to sleep. i saw 2 C sections. i was ready for it as my wife had a C-section. my buddy saw a woman traditional delivery have an episiotomy and turned white left the delivery room and he passed out. :chuckle i was able to palpate a womans fundus, take vitals and do translation for a mom who's family was not there and only spoke spanish, monitor a woman who was being induced with pitocin. watch and IV hung for a woman with mild preeclampsia i was refused to be in the room by more husbands than wifes. which i totally respect. the nurses were some of the most freindly i've found at all 6 of the hospitals i did rotations in...with a few exceptions. good luck, and eat something if you've never seen a live birth, don't pass out lol.

inititial diagnositc 48% q-bank average 50's and 60's ending diagnostic 68% passed in 75 questions the format was almost exactly like the kaplan tests. i had no calculations and no pictures. but a LOT of med questions.