nurseyNJNYC

i mean.. if nursing is what you really really want to do with your life.. go ahead.. be ready for hard work, high stress.. and just dont have high expectations.. something may work out for you..

shortage? well.. nurses are always needed.. the need for care is there.. everyone gets sick and/or old.. the availability of actual hiring, paying jobs are scarce.. hospitals are laying off left and right.. yes there is a need, but there is no money...

i live down the street from edgewater.. jobs are almost impossible in the area (im also licensed in ny).. ONE hospital in manhattan called me, took interest in my 4+ experience, but needed for me to be in a bsn program. ive applied to over 100 places...

over 4 years of ltc sub acute experience and no hospital will even let me set foot in the door.. i stopped ripping myself up on the inside and gave up. for the meantime anyway..

after my post Associates RN dreams have been slaughtered to death by the inability to get a hospital to even LOOK at me.. and reading all these discouraging posts on these boards.. is it even worth it anymore to get my BSN? id hate to be in this same...

- this board is extremely helpful, but can anyone recommend any nursing books that i can scoop up to jump start my ED knowledge? i feel like this dept of nursing may be a good fit for me, so im sending in my applications...

totally blows.. i have 4 years of experience in subacute/ltc (as an lpn and rn).. the hospitals want nothing to do with me.. and sallie mae is calling me everyday... i even applied to hospitals an hour away from where i live... no dice..

i have 4+ years in sub acute/ltc.. your post didnt offer any information lol..

- ive been hitting walls. quite discouraging. cannot find a job in the north jersey/nyc area. ive been driving an hour each way to my old job that underpays me. -$20 day on gas and tolls. in the end i make the same amount of money as i did as an lpn....

nah..

how did u find prison jobs? through job postings? or did u look up the prisons and apply directly?

- its all tricky these days.. i gave up on my art related career because the competition was too tough.. because a nurse because academics was always cake for me and the job market was great.. the job market took a sharp turn for the worst very quick...

i tried UCC a few years ago and got an "acceptance" letter from UCC into their nursing program.. tried to enroll into a nursing course only to find out that there were people camped out in front of registration to enroll into classes.. i didnt get in...

$25 - $35/hr depending on the facility and location.

congratz! how long from your application date did it take for them to call you back? manhattan or the boroughs?

jersey's hospital job market is horrendous too. ive been trying since september...

halfway kidding lol.. a little humor to lift the spirits...

wow. good luck!

nobodys fighting here. im just stating the facts. know your stuff before you hit the floor. review what you dont know. when you post on a public internet forum, you cant expect every following post to be covered in sugar and baby powder. dont act lik...

nobodys telling you that you are a horrible nurse. people dont pass on ""flukes". you either answer the question correctly, or you dont. every time my grades fell below my standards, i hit the books, modified my studying, and aced it the next exam. i...

so youre saying its a good thing that you failed twice? like i said before, the nclex is very forgiving and is designed to adjust to promote passing results.. would you want the doctor or nurse taking care of your family member knowing that they repe...

- study - do lots of practice questions until you get them all correct - the nclex is designed to help you PASS and is VERY forgiving.. no offense, but if you fail, you have no business handling the lives of other other human beings.. failing twice i...

- i have made the decsion to leave a job because i am very uncomfortable with ALOT of what i see that goes on (and something really bad happened tonight) even.. i am not a new nurse, ive had 4 years of experience in a a facility where we took EXCELLE...

do i even list this place on my resume??

being an lpn will beat your beautiful soul into an exhausted bloody pile of pulp.. limited job prospects (nursing home or the lower paid clinics, possibly an even lower paying doctors office).. as far as the shyness.. i used to be shy as well.. nursi...