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When days/nights. how much experience you have stuff like that. As a new grad I've had offers starting at $60,000/yr and as much as $68,000/year. If you break it down to hourly it ends up being $45/hr to $55/hr. that's what I've seen

I took mine last week and passed, 75 questions 1hr 15min. The results are automated so you can check the Pearsonvue site on sunday for $8 online or $9 over the phone. Good luck, you already passed the hard part. (school)

I took the exam today and it was easy. There are 16 questions w/ calculations, 20 or so about administering meds, and 20 or so on side effects of common medications. I would say, don't worry. Once you sit in front of the test it all comes back to you. Jeremy

Can you believe that? I am a new grad, that just recently passed NCLEX. I was offered a position straight to ICU at one of the hospitals in the NYU/Mt Sinai network in April, pending finishing nursing school and passing the boards. (Nothing in writing, of course) I went to take the NLN pharmacology exam at the hospital. Upon arrival I was met by the nurse recruiter that had offered me the position. She had me fill out paperwork, references, W4, self assessment skills checklist etc. While I was filling out paperwork she said that the nurse manager of the unit wanted me to work some med/surg for "a couple months." I was a little dumbfounded but agreed verbally. I was then asked if I was expecting to start soon since I passed the boards to which I replied "YES!" The recruiter then told me that the other new grads weren't taking boards until August, so she would have to check and see if it would be possible to get me going. A little miffed by this request, I questioningly agreed. I took the NLN pharm exam and passed. Upon leaving I still have recieved nothing in writing that I even have a job. Does anyone have any helpful thoughts????? Thanks in advance. Jeremy

ladyT, I probably won't go to MSG I have class 9-1P and am in VT, about a 6 hr drive, Ihope to have a job by then. WIshful thinking? too bad I missed Lenox Hill

LadyT618, I went to the event in Tarrytown, NY this past weekend and I did not feel the women for NYP was very helpful at all. I told her I was interested in the unit at the Cornell campus and she went in to a big thing about the PICU at Columbia. I handed her my resume and she handed it back and told me I need to apply online (which I already had). I was shocked. I didn't think the "career fair" was very good at all. I was also looking for Lenox hill and they weren't there. I am also an ADN graduating in May 05!

It was friday, 2 weeks ago. The end of my clinical day, I was waiting until 12:45P to give report to my primary nurse, and our team leader asked if I wanted to do one. Being 12:30, I thought"I've got 15 min. and my people are fine, sure." Well, I didn't know the woman was in CHF, on isolation and we couldn't lie her less than 60 degrees! So, my instructor stood at the foot of the bed, 2 classmates grabbed a leg a piece, and I set up my sterile field. I cleansed the area, looked and said "I'm gonna need help." So the girls told me where the urethra was, I inserted the cather and decided that wasn't it. Try #2, the girls told me to go low, I went low, -> lady parts, leave that theremy instructor says. Try #3 I finally got it. When we left the room we all laughed, and I said, "well, that's not where it says it is in the book!" I called my g/f later, she laughed and said they only get easier from there.

I lived in Manhattan, on the Upper East Side with my g/f over the summer of 2003. She is a nurse, in NYC as a traveler, we actually had the fortune of having 3 different apts. while there. We lived 86th and 1st, 74th and 2nd, and W16th St and ?? anyway She worked at Mt. Sinai, and the subway was only a couple blocks away from each apt. So that was nice, and really the subways are wicked close to each other, and the buses run all over the city,( that's more difficult to figure out). She worked 7P-7A and their were tons of people out. I would walk with her to the subway, ride with her to work, then either walk back to the apt, or catch the subway. Really, there is very little to worry about that time of night in Manhattan. One night though I wanted Applebee's on 46th street and I didn't know after MN that the subway changes a bit, I ended up in Brooklyn, and the funny part (I think it's funny) some girl did the same thing, and asked what I was going to do, so I told her I was going to take the train back. Applebee's closed at MN. oh well, I got to see another part of the city at a peaceful time of night. So, I would say there really is not much to worry about, by the by I'm from Vermont.