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All HHC hospitals have the same pay scales and differential rates. Night shift differential at HHC is about $6k/year and BSN is $900. I'm not certain on experience pay, I know HHC gives $900/year per year of experience for HHC employees but I'm not sure about experience outside of HHC. It's either $500/year per year of experience up to 10 years or $900/year per year of experience up to 10 years.

What exactly was the med error? Do you have liability insurance? They'll provide you with a lawyer to defend you, if you don't have one you should pay out of pocket for one.

Do you mind sharing what hospital or health system this is?

All the city position salaries are listed on their website, starting salary now is roughly ~$75k for daytime and ~$80k for nights. HHC's salary is annual instead of hourly so it's tricky to figure out how that equates to an hourly salary.

Anyone with a pulse can find a job in a nursing home but you won't be getting any job offers from a hospital with only an ADN.

What's a real city hospital? There's many trauma 1 hospitals in brooklyn.

Upstate's pay is lower because the cost of living is lower, as you said you bought a house for $100k. You options are limited, either move or find a second job.

I also work at a HHC hospital and wonder the same thing. Some private hospitals in nyc offer better benefits such as shorter vesting time for the pension and higher pay to make up for not getting "free" health insurance. The main reason I think I might switch to private in the long run is because of the staffing at hhc facilities. It seems as if every department is understaffed which can make your job harder. The reasons why I may stay is because I like my co-workers and I can usually get the schedule I want without any problems.

Sounds like a scam, you should stay away. You can usually find something in the $35+hr range without much effort.

300 in one week? Quality is better than quantity, apply to 3-5 listings a day and make sure you write a coverletter that properly responds to the employer's requirement. Maybe you should contact your school's career center and have them take a look at your coverletter and resume.

That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard. You're held responsible to your highest license, so if anything were to go wrong with the patient you will be held responsible as an RN even though you're employed as a cna. Also no hospital will hire you as a cna because of what I just said.

If you're hurting for money you can find a job at a nursing home through an agency, it's pretty easy. I don't know who told you working at a nursing home hurts your career but they're wrong. I started out in a nursing home and got hired at a hospital and all my co-workers from the nursing home I worked at that I kept in contact with now work in hospitals...well at least the ones who wanted to work in a hospital. Some took supervisor positions or decided to become visiting nurses. Chances are you're being too picky and now it's time to just find a job. Either work at a nursing home, visiting nursing, a doctor's office or consider moving out of state to gain hospital employment. The longer you stay on the sidelines the less desirable you'll be to employers.

I don't think you're allowed to work as a nursing assistant if you have a RN license. I'm in a similar boat as Calvarez89 in that I'm a newly licensed RN enrolled in a BSN program. I earned my license in July and decided to take a position in a nursing home until I finish my bsn in Aug 2017. Calvarez89 you should consider the home care position if they're going to provide proper training if not I would pass on it. My first job offer after I got my license was a home care position and I turned it down after learning that training was going to be two days. It just seemed risky in my opinion.

Depends on your finances, if you don't want to rack up any debt then go with a CUNY ADN program followed by a rn to bsn program. I graduated from Medgar this May and I'm currently preparing for my boards. Overall it's a good program, it has the same headaches found in the other CUNY programs have but I didn't mind dealing with it since I manage to earn my ADN for free after grants (actually I ended up getting paid to do it since my grants were more than tuition). If you have money you should definitely just go with a private bsn program because it's very hard to get into any of the CUNY programs.

Well I don't have too much data to be able to compare MEC's program to others but I like it so far other than the fact that it's stressful but that seems to be the norm no matter what nursing school you go to. Something that I like about cuny's nursing programs as a whole is that you get more hands on clinical experience compared to the private schools. The class age seems to skew a little older compared to other nursing programs but I find it helpful since a lot of my classmates are second career students who already work in the healthcare field so I'm able to learn from their experiences. I really don't know what they look for in terms of grades or nln scores but just make sure you do well on your pre-reqs and the nln. If you haven't purchased an nln review book I suggest you do because a good chunk of the people are knocked out of the running because they get mediocre scores on it. As I said the nursing previously, classes are scheduled during the evening-night hours and the clinicals are on the weekend so if you're comparing cuny nursing programs you should keep that in mind.

I don't think you can, for CUNY you have to be a fulltime student to apply to each school's respective nursing program. I remember when I was applying to to MEC's nursing program some of my friends applied to private nursing schools as a backup but I can't recall anyone that manage to have another CUNY school as backup. All the CUNY nursing programs are the same in that they cover the same curriculum and do clinicals at the same hospitals so if you're undecided where you want to apply consider things such as the commute and class times (MEC's nursing classes are scheduled between evenings and nights).

Hello, I'm currently in the program and would like to offer congrats on getting accepted. I don't know if they changed the textbook but when I took fundamentals last year we used "Fundamentals of Nursing - The art and science of nursing care 7e" by Taylor Lillis. You can find a pdf of the book online on torrent sites or buy it used from ebay. In regards with preparing for the up coming semester, if you are indeed using that textbook then you should try and read as much as possible before the semester starts. I think the first exam was on the first 20 chapters or so. I would also recommend that you read the pharmacology book because it's important. Even though you won't see many during your first semester it's still important to start learning pharmacology as early as you can.

Thanks for the info, at least now I have an idea on where I should focus my attention on during the summer before classes start.

I...bought all of them. Most of them I bought used on ebay since the prices they were charging at the bookstore were outrageous. You can visit the bookstore's website and search for nur 130 to see the textbook list. How many semesters into the program are you in? Any advice? I've also heard the job market for ADNs after graduation is rough, should I be volunteering or something? OK will do

Thanks, I went to the caring4you center that nayli recommended for my cpr class and handed in my completed acceptance packet today. I also bought the textbooks and will start studying today. All that's left to do is to buy the uniform and I will probably do that next week.

Oh thanks I was just about to ask about a good cpr center. I'll call that place tomorrow thanks for the tip. CHECK YOUR MAILBOX lol.

I received a letter in the mail yesterday.

I got accepted!!!!! Just have to make sure I have my CPR certificate and health form filled out by the 17th of July.

Yeah I was surprised how laxed it was, they only gave us 15 secs to speak about ourselves and why we want to be in the nursing program. It's actually made me a little worried, I did a good job during the 15 secs and the essay but don't feel as if I was given an opportunity to distinguish myself from the competition. I don't know how many seats are available but there was 45 people in my session and I assume another 45 in the second session. So if they're about 60 seats and 90 people then this means 1 in 3 will be rejected...I just want to make sure I'm not one of those 3. Anyhow looks like the waiting game begins, good luck I hope you get in.

Oh ok, thanks for the info. Yes, my interview is being held in one of the laboratories as well. I can't wait for this interview to be over, it makes me nervous just thinking about it. Instead of one large group they're probably spiting it up into smaller groups. I don't know about the amount of letters that are sent out but a few weeks ago I contacted the nursing department and inquired about when we will be receiving letters and was told that we would receive a letter by spring break. So those who haven't received a letter yet may not have been chosen for an interview .