I've always heard lots of good things from friends and relatives about Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, but I know no nurses or other hospital staff who work there. What's the environment like?...
Which hospitals in New Jersey participate in the Baylor program? From what I understand, the Baylor program allows nurses to commit to working two 12-hour shifts on weekends only (Saturday and...
Was wondering if anyone on the boards ever lived in the hospital provided housing that Columbia Medical Center offers hospital employees? I know they have many apartments in the Washington Heights...
Can anyone here provide a listing of the advantages/disadvantages working for Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC)? Some people have raved about their benefits plan -- how is their benefits plan...
I'm about to finish my BSN, and I'd love to hear feedback about Yale New Haven as an employer of new nursing grads. Also, a friend of mine told me that nurses at YNH have just been unionized. Is...
I spoke with a recruiter today from Intelistaf ... their website is http://www.intelistaf.com Does anyone have any information about this company? Of course, the recruiter sold me the Brooklyn Bridge...
Does anyone here have work experience or know of anyone who has had work experience with the NIH (National Institute of Health)? How was the NIH as an employer? What was the disposition of nurses...
I'm thinking of possibly getting two APN certifications: one in geri/adult NP and the other in psych NP. Which route should I pursue first -- the psych or geri/adult
Years ago, many of the CRNA post-RN certificate programs did not require ICU experience. They intensely trained their students to be competent CRNAs. Do such certificate programs or master's programs...
EnergizerNurse replied to HotmaleSPN's topic in Men in Nursing
I'm thinking that, perhaps, there are certain areas of the country where it is difficult for male RNs and LPNs to seek work because of long-standing discriminatory practice. Here, in the mid-Atlantic...
Do any nurses in this forum work at Hackensack U Med Center, JFK Med Center in Edison, or Robert Wood Johnson U Hospital in New Brunswick? How was orientation and preceptorships at each of these...
I've seen many RNs, particularly those with psychiatric experience, get PhDs as clinical psychologists. The dean of my nursing college has her PhD in psychology. The associate dean has a EdD - a...
I've been reading all over about the drastic shortage among psychiatrists nation-wide. Are there nurses out there who have made the switch from psych RN to psychiatrist? How did they do it? Did...
EnergizerNurse replied to NurseCard's topic in Psychiatric
Yes, I do know a RN who made the switch from psych to med-surg, then later went to cardiac step-down. Next, she went to prison nursing at an all-female prison, returned to the hospital to do more...
The GREs are in the process of being revised, with the new version of the test being rolled out during the fall of 2007. I've read that one main difference between the old and new versions is that the...
Which hospitals in New York participate in the Baylor program? From what I understand, the Baylor program allows nurses to commit to working two 12-hour shifts on weekends only (Saturday and Sunday)....
You need to apply for licensure through New Jersey's state board, not Minnesota. New Jersey does not have reciprocity with other states. When you sit for the NCLEX, make sure that NJ receives your...