StacyAtheNurse BSN, MSN, APRN, NP

My hospital hosted a seminar for a dual ACNP/CRNA program at Hofstra in New York. You can check them out.

Great read! How informative and entertaining.

Wow that is a TON of driving! Glad you enjoy the position though. that would be a big issue for me.

I’ll tell you what they told me after they increased the rate for my job by $1000/week. You signed the contract at that rate, which indicated that you were agreeable to the rate provided. Unfortunately, unless you break the contract and attempt to be...

This is your second assignment so you likely got lucky with your first. People complain in the OR. I found myself telling people I was an agency nurse not a traveler (I am a local traveler) and that helped to ease the sting. I’m in my last week and t...

I believe it depends on what infrastructure is available in your hospital. In my hospital, it is not necessary to see the patient in the preop. In fact, it would probably take you 10 minutes to walk over there because it’s so far away (our OR is huge...

That's what I'm talking about. You wouldn't have to beg people to take call if you would pay them appropriately. They have to remind people to be professional and cordial at my job when they post call (half of which is already taken before they even ...

My hospital gave nurses (all employees got a stipend, but depending on your position, your stipend amount varied) $2,500, if you worked full-time hours for even one week during the covid surge. They provided 20 days of daycare, and if you just h...

There are some interesting things to unpack here, but as a nurse married to a teacher (we will not be getting a stimulus as we do not live in that state), my husband was 100% working during the pandemic. Albeit, he was not in person, but he was still...

Hey, you can park in Payton, or one of the other parking lots. Let me warn you though, it’s pricy, even WITH the discount. If you live in Manhattan you shouldn’t even waste your time with a car. I live in north Bx and I would just take the expr...

Hey, Im surprised you ask this here instead of to your coworkers, but lucky for you, I have done this before, twice. LOL Just apply though workday, do your interview, accept the offer if you like it, inform your manager and select your last date at ...

NPHub is an option. Google it. Good luck.

Hello everyone, I’ve been hoping to run into some FNP students at AHU. Does anyone attend the school and also visit this website? Hellllooooooooo out there LOL.

Had I known, we would have tried to get our vacation rescheduled. But I suppose that I’m saying that in retrospect. I honestly don’t even remember being concerned about COVID. I don’t remember it being something that I thought pertained to me. I do r...

I travelled to Africa and the middle east back in February. I remember seeing tons of people wearing masks in the airport, and did not know what was up, but I was so excited to go on my vacation, I didn't give it much thought. When I got to the airpo...

I love my male nurses. I work in the OR and the majority of my coworkers are men. It makes for a rowdy lunchroom and front desk but I love it.

Hey, I don't think anyone has brought this to your attention, but there are several schools that accept PACU experience to satisfy their critical care component. I certainly know that in my hospital, our ICU beds are often full and they use PACU as a...

Hello, we may be coworkers. Yes you will have tuition reimbursement as long as you have been employed for one full year. Depending on which of the facilities you work for, you may have uncapped tuition reimbursement or up to 18,000 per year. Look in...

I want to try to respond to this without being condescending or disrespectful. I’m sure one of the reasons you like this hospital is because of the pay, and the ratios. The union did that. The benefits that you will enjoy? The union did that. If y...

There are plenty of programs that will let you in as long as you let them know what your plans are. My plan to become a surgical NP made my OR experience relevant and I made this clear when interviewing. There are also programs that just want acute c...

Before I accepted an offer for an NP school, I made sure I had two options to cover me for clinical placements, because I don’t have the patience, nor the tolerance for foolishness. My school gives placement for local students, but I am 7000 miles aw...

I’m an NP student, I work in the OR and I absolutely love it. My dream is to become a first assist, and I’d also like the increased responsibility of being a practitioner. This is my second MSN and I also have my CNOR. These two things qualified me f...

We get 75% of base pay to be on call. Time and a half if you’re called in, 4 hour minimum. Being on call here is next to impossible though cause people snatch it up like hot buns, and surgeons make special requests for techs so only certain people g...

I was looking for some opinions. I am an RN in NYC. After traveling to NYC for my first travel assignment, I was offered a perm position and took it. I’ve been here for 5 years. I got married, bought a house, had two children (busy girl I know). Howe...

Woah, 20 years, that’s very impressive. I own a duplex in the city, thankfully it’s a multi family and currently my entire extended family lives there. We could air bnb my portion, but the home is still mortgaged in my name. I know a few coworkers...