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Congrats to you too. My potential job is over at Cornell. Don't worry the hospital is beautiful you will love it.

HR called me with the offer but unofficially so still waiting for the official offer...trying not to get too excited. Which campus are you going to?

Is your orientation may 5th?

Thank you. That is my inclination at this point. And yea, they only hire new grads to specific new grad residency position slots about twice a year which is also making this more stressful as I am being helped out big time with this interview as I shouldn't even be able to apply for the job in the first place. Thanks again.

Hey all. Just wanted to seek some advice for a difficult decision I may have to make shortly. So I finished up my BSN in December/January and passed my Nclex this month. I was offered a job interview with New York-Presbyterian/Cornell (I used to work there before nursing school). Now, as a new grad, getting a job or even an interview is extremely hard and I know I should be excited about this. However, this interview is for an OR staff nurse position and I would preferably want to go into some form of critical care/ED role position. I know that I should take any job that is offered as a new grad to gain experience before anything else but I feel that OR nursing experience will not help me gain any more experience for what I would like to do with my nursing career. I may even love OR nursing but IDK if it is a good idea for me to start off in OR as I feel I may be "handcuffing" myself to that dept of nursing before gaining any Med/Surg, acute care experience which will help me go where I want to in the future. Also, this interview is only being offered to me as my previous managers called in some favors so this is doubly stressful. I would hate to turn down a job offer that someone helped me get at one of the most prestigious hospitals in the country. And, if that wasn't enough stress, I literally got my license a week ago and people tell me no one gets a job that quickly so I would be crazy if I DIDN'T take it.....Any advice on this would help. My main issue is not wanting to "waste" years in OR nursing just to have another hard time finding my desired job as my OR experience won't be relevant for any other type of nursing. Thanks again.

Hey all. Just wanted to seek some advice for a difficult decision I may have to make shortly. So I finished up my BSN in December/January and passed my Nclex this month. I was offered a job interview with New York-Presbyterian/Cornell (I used to work there before nursing school). Now, as a new grad, getting a job or even an interview is extremely hard and I know I should be excited about this. However, this interview is for an OR staff nurse position and I would preferably want to go into some form of critical care/ED role position. I know that I should take any job that is offered as a new grad to gain experience before anything else but I feel that OR nursing experience will not help me gain any more experience for what I would like to do with my nursing career. I may even love OR nursing but IDK if it is a good idea for me to start off in OR as I feel I may be "handcuffing" myself to that dept of nursing before gaining any Med/Surg, acute care experience which will help me go where I want to in the future. Also, this interview is only being offered to me as my previous managers called in some favors so this is doubly stressful. I would hate to turn down a job offer that someone helped me get at one of the most prestigious hospitals in the country. And, if that wasn't enough stress, I literally got my license a week ago and people tell me no one gets a job that quickly so I would be crazy if I DIDN'T take it.....Any advice on this would help. My main issue is not wanting to "waste" years in OR nursing just to have another hard time finding my desired job as my OR experience won't be relevant for any other type of nursing. Thanks again.

Thanks!!! Yea I graduated in December and I am just getting the emails from school now (3 months after) so I didn't even know if it was worth it. Thanks again.

I have recently been invited to join Sigma Theta Tau and was wondering why I should pay to be recognized for an achievement (honors) that I earned through hard work? If anyone has any insight on this I would appreciate it. I really don't get why my achievements would require money in order to be recognized for said achievements. Also,if I decide to join, what can STT do for me specifically that would warrant such annual dues. I am just reluctant to pay for a service without being told or even contacted beforehand with regards to what that service can offer me specifically. Maybe it is just me but my experience with school and the nursing curriculum was not a great one with regards to money. It seemed to me that I was always being charged for things I did not need or ask for (e.g. kaplan books, kaplan courses, nclex registration, nclex results etc.). I would think that just paying for my pricey tuition would be good enough. Thanks!!

I believe it refers to biological children only as it deals with the physical act of being pregnant with that child (it is more of a history for the mother's pregnancies/children), therefore I do not believe an adopted child would apply.