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I have friends that work for Mount Sinai. Some waited weeks and others waited months.

I never took the offer

Which campus did you get interviewed for? Amazing that a new grad got a position in the ICU. I’m sure you will learn a lot. Is there base pay still $49? Are you part of NYSNA? Do you have the schedule of differentials they provide to you? I’m curious to see if they’ve changed it since I interviewed years ago. Thanks!

"The nurses posting here are the nurses whose facilities haven't been hit. The nurses experiencing the surge are too exhausted to come and post here." You are absolutely right my friend. I work in a hospital in NYC. My unit started out with one R/O four weeks ago and we are about 60 positive on my unit alone. Our bed capacity is 68, so you can imagine. All day long, all you hear on the loud speaker are codes in different units. It is real. So many deaths per shift that there are no more body bags. Morgues are filled to capacity. There is a refrigerated trailer outside for the bodies. Some of these patients are walking and talking to you in the morning and by the evening they have deteriorated so quickly. There have been a few that got discharged. I wonder how they're doing.

Thank you all for your responses. Like I mentioned before, I may feel differently once in the field.

Thank you! That’s exactly what I mean. I am set on being a primary care provider, but there will be a part of me that misses that hustle and bustle. Which is why I wondered if there were any NP’s that still worked as bedside nurses on the side.

What do you mean a joke of a thread? Did you mean the person who started the thread or the responses that came after? I started the thread and was not giggling as I was typing it. What's wrong with disagreeing these days? Why does it have to be a joke? We can't all be vanilla. There are other flavors available. If I was/am feeling a type of way about something, I have every right to post about it. If you have nothing to contribute to a thread then why even bother? Your comment seems to be more of a joke. Lately, I've been wondering why I am not visiting AN as much as I used to and I was just reminded of the reason.

Unfortunately, I am the sole provider in my home. So, I have to work if my family wants a roof and food. Being in an institution should help when seeking employment as an NP. However, if I had the option I would only focus on school, because if I didn’t need to work while in school, chances are I don’t need to work after I graduate either.

It feels amazing reading all your responses. Muslim students are blessed to have such open minded and cool nurses looking out for them. It becomes obligatory on a Muslim to fast when they have reached puberty. However, I think it really boils down to the family. Some teach their kids to try to fast as long as they can, just so they get the hang of it and it isn’t new to them when they are obligated to fast. While others choose to wait. Of course, there are exceptions. A pregnant woman, elderly or sick person are not obligated to fast. A girl that is menstruating cannot fast. I think allowing the Muslim students to sit away from the cafeteria during lunch is not necessarily singling them out. If it makes them comfortable then that is all that matters. It is also a great way to self-reflect. Then you have the energetic kids who would rather have extra recess time than sit at a table not eating.

I agree with the previous post. When my my patient on a ventilator and multiple IVF's requires an MRI or CT.

I just watched the video. I support her 100%. I would oblige by the rules if my children's schools had the same dress code. Kudos to her for stepping up. She did what a lot of people are afraid to speak up about.

Wow! I can’t imagine being in the 4th grade and having to self cath. Not to be funny, but I feel manipulated by my own children at times. God bless school nurses, because I don’t think I could deal with all those kids.

The school is trying to set a tone. I understand what they’re trying to do, but don’t think it will last. Parent or no parent, I’m sick of the sagging pants. I made it very clear to my son what would happen if I ever caught his pants below his waist. I agree with the previous poster about not sexualizing our children. I keep seeing little girls with shirts that have inappropriate writing or words across their butt on their pants. Is it necessary?

In the last 4 years of being in a med-surg unit, 9 out of 10 times it was a CRNA showing up to every code. They are the ones intubating if needed. To be quite honest, I feel very proud when it is them. There will always be an argument over APRN vs MD. No one is perfect. Nurses catch MD mistakes all the time, without letting patients know. For some, it is just their ego.

I skimmed through some of the responses and I completely agree that it is a waste of time. If there is a change in the patient’s status, I will document the change as well as the intervention blah blah blah. What I do notice is when my patients come from the ED, the ED nurse documents random things like “family at the bedside” or “doctor drawing labs”. I’ve always wanted to ask an ED nurse in my hospital, but keep forgetting.

Yes, I was accepted. I had applied very late and submitted right before the deadline. When I interviewed, I was told there were only 20 something seats left and I knew 21 people including me were being interviewed as well as more later that week. I started doubting my chances, but made it despite all of that. Keep the faith going.

Were you interviewed for the FNP or WHNP? They are fully aware that people get nervous during interviews. They will look at you as a whole and not just from your interview. Try to relax and think positive. It’s crazy how I encourage people to remain optimistic, but totally felt like I wasn’t getting in for many reasons. I was wrong for doubting myself.

This is going to sound super ignorant on my part, but why is HIPAA being mentioned in this situation at all? I don’t see the connection. Nurse assaulted by patient. End of story. There are huge signs hanging on walls all over my hospital that it is a federal crime to assault any employee in my hospital and the perpetrator will be prosecuted. My coworker was kicked by a patient once, you better believe security and the police were called. This patient’s chart needs to be flagged for a history of aggression so that next time he doesn’t cause more damage.

If I have a few minutes to spare, I will joke around with my colleagues. There is always something to do on my med/surg unit, because another nurse may see you sitting and ask for help with something. As for my hospital’s busy Level 1 trauma/stroke designated ED, it will be the end of the world if it is ever empty.

Bellevue-go for it.

Hang in there! You will learn from each experience.

I access charts of patients that aren't mine all the time. It almost always occurs when I am at the nursing station. For example, the dietary aid cannot find the nurse so he/she wants to know if the patient's NPO status was actually discontinued. Sometimes a doctor cannot find his/her patient, so I go in the chart to see if the nurse dropped a note about the patient leaving the unit for a test. Should I stop these practices? I know I am not doing anything wrong, but in 10 years if a judge asked me why I went into that patient's chart if I wasn't assigned to that patient, there is no way I would remember why I did in the first place.

That may interest me once I am done with school. Thank you!

It's hard explaining what it is I am feeling exactly. In no way shape or form am I regretting my decision to pursue FNP. It's a 2-3 year program that starts in the fall. I will still be working in acute care during that time. Without a doubt in my mind, I want to be a primary care provider. It is what I want to do full time. Although I can't speak on how I will feel once I am working as a FNP, I am going to miss the "action" of an acute care setting. However, I know for sure I wouldn't want to be a full time APRN in an acute care setting. Like a previous comment mentioned, I may dabble in urgent care to satisfy that feeling. Then again, these feelings may completely disappear once I am practicing in my new role. I was just wondering if anyone had similar feelings before/during/after starting their APRN programs.