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

    UPSgirl replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing 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...

  2. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Well I have been a frequent poster on this site regarding my disgust at the lack of nursing jobs. Well I finally found a great job with amazing benefits and they are NYSNA affiliated. The only...

  3. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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...

  4. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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

  5. Background check, drug testing, and all that

    UPSgirl replied to mhy12784's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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...

  6. Follow up on interview?

    UPSgirl replied to Clovery's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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...

  7. Background check, drug testing, and all that

    UPSgirl replied to mhy12784's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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...

  8. Background check, drug testing, and all that

    UPSgirl replied to mhy12784's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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...

  9. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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...

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

    UPSgirl replied to heartsgal's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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...

  11. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

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

  12. lost, need your advice

    UPSgirl replied to iamlost's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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...

  13. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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...

  14. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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,...

  15. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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...

  16. Attention NY nurses!!!

    UPSgirl replied to UPSgirl's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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)....

  17. lost, need your advice

    UPSgirl replied to iamlost's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Definitely relocate if you can. Heck I have 7 years experience and I'm relocating. If they treat you well and the pay/benefits are good you won't regret it. You have your NY RN license? The...

  18. Attention NY nurses!!

    UPSgirl posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Well I have been a frequent poster on this site regarding my disgust at the lack of nursing jobs. Well I finally found a great job with amazing benefits and they are NYSNA affiliated. The only...

  19. To those who say foreign nurses are no longer being used...

    UPSgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was reading through some of the previous posts and somebody made an interesting point. Why do hospitals continue to recruit nurses from overseas when we have a surplus of unemployed American...

  20. Consistent applying for a new job...

    UPSgirl replied to Fomzy24's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It's been my experience that they would rather hire a "green" nurse who will work for $10 per hour less. Experience is experience, and if you have 10 years experience on a vent unit, that's the...

  21. I feel truly sorry for new grads

    UPSgirl replied to Concerto_in_C's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Very well

  22. I feel truly sorry for new grads

    UPSgirl replied to Concerto_in_C's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    And by no means am I trying to devalue a bachelor's degree. What I'm saying is the meat and potatoes of nursing is taught within the first 2 years of a bachelor degree, and during the only years of...

  23. I feel truly sorry for new grads

    UPSgirl replied to Concerto_in_C's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    "We just hired a new grad to replace you who is willing to work for $10 an hour less." Really?? Hmmm...not to bash new grads but the girl they replaced me with never worked in healthcare AT ALL....

  24. I feel truly sorry for new grads

    UPSgirl replied to Concerto_in_C's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The management of the hospitals, I swear, they live in a dream world! "Customer service...and AIDET...and unicorns..." Customer service? Are you f**king kidding me? This isn't Burger King where...

  25. I feel truly sorry for new grads

    UPSgirl replied to Concerto_in_C's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Defy the laws of physics, and show your boss that you are the only person on this earth who can be 10 different places at once. Then maybe, just maybe, you may get $30 an hour. Consider yourself...