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Hi! I was accepted into the post master's FNP program! Have you received any more info from the school of nursing yet?

Hi, I was recently accepted into Duke's post masters FNP program and wanted to see if anyone was willing to share recent experience with their FNP program. I'm in the Bay Area and I'm mostly worried about finding clinical placements. They say that th...

I've been on the night shift for about two years now and am still having a lot of trouble with it. It seems like no matter how much I sleep, if I am awake before around 1 to 2pm I feel like absolute crap. For example, yesterday I went to sleep around...

Where are you at now? Was it worth leaving a specialty you otherwise liked?

Hi all, I am considering taking a new ED job and am looking for your opinions. I have been working in a large, busy Level I ED for about 16 months, but have only been off orientation for 4.5 months. By the time I start this new job I am looking at I ...

I am an ED RN with about a year of experience (first job). I am a good test-taker and pretty academically inclined so I would like to start studying for the CEN. I plan to use Sheehy's, Mark Boswell and the ENA study guide. Before I spend $60 on the ...

Thanks! I did find a job, in an ED, coming up on one year :) Hope HHC is treating you well!

I'm graduating in May with my BSN from a school upstate and my dream is to go into an ER in NYC. I know this is extremely competitive and that many/most hospitals in NY don't hire new grads into the ER ... I am wondering if anyone know of any who do,...

I am 6 months into my new grad orientation in a big, busy ED and I feel I am falling behind the rest of my peers I was hired with. I am wondering if I should try and stick it out or if at this point realize that maybe ED is not for me. ED is all I e...

Thanks for the advice everyone, I appreciate it. I am managing the same number of patients as the other orientees -- we officially cap at 8, but staffing has improved a lot since I started and I haven't had more than 5-6 patients at once in a long ti...

Sorry, I don't feel comfortable saying where I work but it is a Level I, not in the heart of the city but in the NYC metro region. This may be why the ratios are lower than a lot of Manhattan hospitals.

I'm an ED nurse in NYC and we max at 8.

Hi all, I am a new graduate RN (since May) and have been working in a high-volume Level I academic ED setting, where we have tons of residents, attendings and a few NPs and PAs. I haven't been on the floor for long so I am not yet 100% clear on the r...

1.5 hours each way on the train (which is less stressful than driving IMO). It is my dream job and I live in a very competitive market! That said, I am looking to moving closer and buying a car next year. So far it is rough but worth it!

Second interview was very very laid back, I met with the director of the ED and she really just explained the fellowship to me and asked me if I had any questions. But I have to stress this is very very facility and unit dependent, as people I have m...

It is paid, I am a current ED fellow. I don't really want to reveal salary but they pay competitively (plus every facility varies a bit). I am not in the MICU so I can't comment on that, but we are still in "phase 1" which consists of classroom time ...

New York Graduated May 2015 Took NCLEX June 2015 Job offer July 2015 (but I started interviewing for it in April)

Can you do it through your school by any chance? At my school, we paid a clinic fee (separate from the health insurance fee) that qualified us for free care at the school-run clinic, and was included as part of our tuition. If you haven't tried that ...

I am studying for my NCLEX and just signed up to take it next Wednesday, so around 10 days from now. I am wondering I should push my test date back and keep studying, or if my scores look ok. Here they are: Diagnostic: 61% QTrainer 1: 65% QTrainer 2:...

Thank you so much! I wasn't that worried about NCLEX til I got my ATT and scheduled my test date and it's like now I realized all the things I don't know... and it seems like basically everything! I will keep going, I really don't want to postpone si...

I am only a graduate and haven't yet started my first job, but I have met plenty of RNs who enjoy their jobs (for ex, my mother, who played a big part in convincing me to go back to school. Seriously, I have never spoken to anyone who loves their job...

I have really wide feet and wear New Balance shoes in EE, I believe -- I don't know the exact name but if you go to the store, they should be able to tell you as they said nurses buy them (they are fluid resistant). They're extremely comfortable and ...

My favorite clinical rotation so far has been the current one, which is our preceptorship and I am in the ED, which I love and hope to work in. I haven't really hated any but OB and psych were not my favorite. Most of the clinicals I thought I would ...

Just to counter the other review.. I am in the BAT program and I am happy with it and believe I made the right decision in coming here! Maybe it's not perfect, but I don't think any 12 month program is, and I have found the faculty very supportive a...

I agree.. I am in upstate NY and lots of my classmates are getting jobs!