bloodorange

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1. Stony Brook's Hiring Process

   bloodorange replied to tigralvovna's topic in New York Nursing

   Hey, this is way after you asked, but I think the starting salary is around $69k for a new nurse before night differential. Pretty sure SBUH realized they needed to even out the salary discrepancy...

2. Taking pre-reqs at CUNY as a part time matriculated student

   bloodorange replied to TAG1993's topic in New York Nursing

   Hey there! I took most of my pre-reqs at BMCC as a part-time matriculated transfer student. It was definitely advantageous to be matriculated - we got to register earlier, and I think it might have...

3. Stony Brook Accelerated Nursing Class of 2016

   bloodorange replied to TheArchitect's topic in New York Nursing

   Classes and/or clinical are pretty much every day (M-F; some people have clinicals on Saturday or Sunday, depending on clinical site). We got a week off in August, which did not feel like enough at...

4. Stony Brook Accelerated Nursing Class of 2016

   bloodorange replied to TheArchitect's topic in New York Nursing

   Complicated question! It's hard to "like" an accelerated nursing program. It's a huge grind. I'm glad I'm here -- is that good enough of an

5. Stony Brook Accelerated Nursing Class of 2016

   bloodorange replied to TheArchitect's topic in New York Nursing

   Good luck, everyone! I'm in the program right now, and it's quite the... intense experience. (heh!) I wouldn't worry about the interview. Perhaps they tried it once and aren't sure whether to do it...

6. Florence Nightingale's Birthday: World's Most Famous Nurse

   bloodorange replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nurses Rock

   Of course that's true; it's also true that mental illness doesn't discriminate based on class. The rich have better resources, but the underlying condition still

7. Help... im about to give up :(

   bloodorange replied to xhelenaaax's topic in New York Nursing

   Hunter is extremely strict about their requirements, and I don't think they allow any retakes. Definitely ask before you

8. Pre-Nursing Help /: From BMCC to CUNY Hunter

   bloodorange replied to gwenzilla's topic in New York Nursing

   I'm not sure Hunter allows any retakes in the pre-requisites for the nursing program, but you should definitely call the Nursing Department office and

9. Stony Brook Nursing Basic BSN Fall 2013 applicants

   bloodorange replied to akaur_2010's topic in New York Nursing

   No, it's an accelerated BSN for second-degree (non-RN) students. I know SBU also has an RN-to-BSN program, but don't know the

10. Stony Brook Nursing Basic BSN Fall 2013 applicants

    bloodorange replied to akaur_2010's topic in New York Nursing

    I'm going into the 1-year program (starting next month!), but I'm quite sure you don't need Organic Chem for Stony. Hunter is...

11. Millennials in the workplace

    bloodorange replied to ktwlpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You know, I'm pretty sure this isn't actually a generational thing, but a natural variation in work ethic that exists within every generation. As if we don't know lazy/entitled people of all ages (and...

12. Aspirating an air bubble

    bloodorange replied to newgrad1988's topic in General Nursing

    As an unlucky one-time recipient of a Rocephin IM injection, I hope it had lidocaine in

13. Stony Brook Accelerated BSN Class of 2014

    bloodorange replied to Emer1234's topic in New York Nursing

    What are you all doing in the meantime between your capstone ending and graduation/boards? Anyone lining up new grad residency spots? Working as techs?

14. Frustrated with Graduating in May

    bloodorange replied to caseyuptonurse's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Don't rule out Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. Philadelphia is FULL of new nurses from the area

15. Stony Brook Accelerated Nursing Class of 2015

    bloodorange replied to spiritedkidd's topic in New York Nursing

    I'm not sure how it works for those accepted off the wait list, but those of us who were accepted "normally" got, I believe, 10 days to