UPSgirl

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1. RULE #1: Never Say the "Q" Word

   UPSgirl replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

   Call it superstition, but take a moment to think about this. I don't have the faintest clue what hospital you work at or what department you are in, but I can guarantee you (if you work in a department with more than 13 rooms) there isn't a room #13...

2. Attention NY nurses!!!

   UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Hunt

   They have hired the maximum amount of new grads the hospital will allow. JPRN2013, don't get discouraged, it sucks I know, I've been through it myself, and I'm not a new grad! I guess I never had a chance to experience the new grad dilemma because ...

3. Attention NY nurses!!!

   UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Hunt

   NY is a beast, without a doubt. I honestly don't know if they're still hiring or not. I don't start until Monday, I can ask one of the ladies in HR and get back to you.

4. Background check, drug testing, and all that

   UPSgirl replied to mhy12784's topic in Job Hunt

   It shouldn't be. Like I said once you test positive for any drug the initial immunoassay will be followed up with a more precise assay - usually GC-MS. This assay will be able to differentiate between codeine/morphine, and poppy seeds.

5. Follow up on interview?

   UPSgirl replied to Clovery's topic in Job Hunt

   Yeah I'd hate to be the bearer of bad news but if it's been 3 weeks I would look elsewhere. If they intended to hire you they would have called you back within days, because they don't want you to look elsewhere. Personally I would let it go. Nurs...

6. Background check, drug testing, and all that

   UPSgirl replied to mhy12784's topic in Job Hunt

   I've never heard of Sudafed causing a false positive, but it may cause a false positive for amphetamines. When your urine tests positive for anything, they are able to break the urine down even further to see if it actually is the substance that you...

7. Background check, drug testing, and all that

   UPSgirl replied to mhy12784's topic in Job Hunt

   The drug test takes the most amount of time, simply due to the fact that that the urine is sent out to a private company to be tested. It took the last facility I worked for almost 3 weeks to get the results back. I know this because I have bulging...

8. Attention NY nurses!!!

   UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Hunt

   I agree. I've never felt a scarier feeling in all my life than stepping out of Port Authority into downtown Manhattan. Tourists, people riding bikes, people asking you for change or if you have a cigarette...just crowds of people and taxis. Huge s...

9. How to write email convincing them they need me more than I need them.

   UPSgirl replied to heartsgal's topic in Job Hunt

   Problem is, they don't need you at all. The nursing shortage became obsolete in 2008 when the recession scared people out of retirement. Nowadays, it's a buyers market, and no longer are nurses the buyers. Back in the day hospitals used to bend ov...

10. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Hunt

    Yeah I remember them telling me that they don't have a neurosurgeon so all of the intracranial bleeds are sent "across the lake".

11. lost, need your advice

    UPSgirl replied to iamlost's topic in Job Hunt

    It's very easy to land a job in the Midwest, in fact I had to take a job in Oklahoma and relocate for 3 years back in 2010. The market is extremely competitive, so much that I just accepted a job 2 hours from where I live, and I've been a nurse sinc...

12. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Hunt

    To give you a ballpark figure, nurses who are employed by NYS department of health, the starting salary is $55,000 a year, and that's for a 9-5, Monday-Friday, desk nursing job. I highly doubt NYS pays their hospital nurses who work 12 hour shifts a...

13. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Hunt

    It really all boils down to how much experience you have, but seeing as it's a SUNY hospital the nurses are state employees and they are unionized through CSEA. I know for a fact they are paid well, whoever told you $45,000 a year was way off. They...

14. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Hunt

    It boggles my mind too! It was actually one of the first places I applied to, I went to the website and saw 4 job openings on 8E for the night shift. They didn't even call me. When I was contracted I was primarily on 8E, but I floated to 8F, 9E, 9...

15. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Hunt

    I did apply to SUNY Upstate because I did 4 months of contracts there back in 2009-2010 and I really liked it (especially the 24 hour Tim Horton's and coldstone creamery in the treehouse LOL). Unfortunately, like every hospital I applied to in the A...