hellosmile

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1. does working in a nursing home help you find experience in a hospital

   hellosmile replied to blondie1887's topic in New York Nursing

   I started as a new grad at a NY hospital, and there were several "new grads" in my orientation class that had about a year of experience in nursing homes and home health. However, about 90% of us had...

2. New Grad May 2014 No Job

   hellosmile replied to rmodi5's topic in New York Nursing

   I volunteered for 6 months before being hired. Another girl I know only volunteered for 3 months, but she was hired 2 months in. It depends on what units are hiring. Interview was good, and the...

3. New Grad May 2014 No Job

   hellosmile replied to rmodi5's topic in New York Nursing

   No problem. Let me know how it goes for you :) feel free to ask

4. New Grad May 2014 No Job

   hellosmile replied to rmodi5's topic in New York Nursing

   I volunteered through the volunteer department. When you do so, make sure you get placed on a unit with patients and a nurse manager!! The nurse manager is the one who makes the hiring decisions (and...

5. New Grad May 2014 No Job

   hellosmile replied to rmodi5's topic in New York Nursing

   Volunteer! I just got hired at NY Methodist, and I volunteered there for only a few months. I had no prior experience except nursing school as well. Once you start volunteering, get to know the nurse...

6. NYU hiring process

   hellosmile replied to bjorklover's topic in New York Nursing

   qriousRN: Thank you so much for all your awesome advice!! you are so nice and helpful :) I'll make sure to stress patient focused care and safety. Hope orientation is going great for

7. New York Methodist Interview Process

   hellosmile replied to moleskine44's topic in New York Nursing

   O i saw someone earlier in the thread say they were asked clinical questions. i'm so bad at those and was wondering if anyone had some

8. NYU hiring process

   hellosmile replied to bjorklover's topic in New York Nursing

   btw, did you get a calculator on your medication calculation

9. NYU hiring process

   hellosmile replied to bjorklover's topic in New York Nursing

   qriousRN: Thank you so much for answering!!!! I'll make sure to include clinical examples in my interview answers :) Really appreciate you taking all this time to help us out! NYU is lucky to have...

10. I nees tips . Failed the nclex on last month :(

    hellosmile replied to nurse_w91's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The person above me put it pretty well! Kaplan questions are good only if you already have a good nursing foundation. Because you failed at 75 q's, you need to reevaluate how much nursing information...

11. Am I Ready for NCLEX? Kaplan score breakdown

    hellosmile replied to ilux4ever's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You're last 3 scores are pretty good! Looks like you're definitely improving. I scored 60s on my Kaplans and passed the NCLEX with 90ish q's to give you an

12. SATA practice questions?

    hellosmile replied to Mchav's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Are you enrolled in Kaplan? They have the best (and hardest) SATA that are the most like the q's I had on my NCLEX. I did some Saunders and Lippincott also, but thought they were too easy compared to...

13. 75 questions

    hellosmile replied to NickiLynn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hey, at least it's over now! I had about 90 q's on mine and didn't feel too good about it coming out of the testing room, but then I passed. Did you have a lot of SATA q's? Usually that's a good sign...

14. New York Methodist Interview Process

    hellosmile replied to moleskine44's topic in New York Nursing

    Hi! What kind of interview questions (especially clinical ones) did you have? I have an interview soon, and I'm way too

15. NYU hiring process

    hellosmile replied to bjorklover's topic in New York Nursing

    Wow, congrats qriousRN! When do you start orientation? and THANK YOU SO MUCH for the post about your experience!!! I have an interview with NYU soon, and was wondering if you could shed some light on...