MissJessRN

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  1. Hello all, I have 2 years experience in a unit antepartum/postpartum...it is nice however i would like to change units...to a more critical care type unit where i feel that more is to be done. In...
  2. BSN or RN?

    BSN...unless u want to waste more time and money while having no job. As i see it ADN grads have extreme difficult getting a job and have to spend more time and money going back to get their BSN....
  3. i interviewed at a few hospitals in NYC... i found out sending thank you notes makes no difference in terms of hiring. I got hired to where i did not have an address where to sent the note. But those...
  4. Crazy Agency New Grad Program

    Im in NYC and I have two years experience in hospital in maternity inpatient. I applied to many hospitals NICU positions...and HR either said I have no experience or had me interview with NICU nurse...
  5. New grads in the ER?

    Why the fuss? I think both sides are valid...the one presenting the law and the ones presenting personal experiences. I see the one being insulting is GoVeg, it seems if someone says places dont...
  6. New grads in the ER?

    I also know of people hired as RNs as new grads into ERs in the city....hospitals with no new grad residencies but just a long orientation. Perhaps this has changed or there is some unwritten...
  7. Honest View of Nursing

    The job market is very difficult. Even if you end up in a specialty it is difficult to change to another. For example, new grad hired as postpartum RNs have a very difficult time getting hired for...
  8. Lenox Hill Hospital Critical Care Float?

    hi all, are these jobs in the float pool also for RNs changing specialties or only for new grads or experienced ICU RNs? thank
  9. Hiring experienced nurses vs hiring new graduates

    Thanks MBARNBSN! I have no issue with being treated as a new grad on a new unit however...I would hope my acute care nursing experience would help me get hired into another specialty...and not be at...
  10. Hiring experienced nurses vs hiring new graduates

    Im not saying i want treatment as an experience med surg nurse bc im not...i meant to have a plus on the hiring side of things at other hospitals also. (Med surg at my hospital is very understaffed...
  11. Hiring experienced nurses vs hiring new graduates

    So if i was hired as a new grad on a unit that I feel I have learned everything about (postpartum) and I want to move into critical care type unit what can I do? These units all want "2 years...
  12. Critical Care Fellowship

    JLB, the only way it seems to get in this fellowship is to have worked there or done externship there. I tried emailing a recruiter whos email i found through google searching...used many trial and...
  13. LIJ January Critical Care Fellowship

    you should post to the already existing "Critical Care Fellowship" thread to get better reply. It is right below your post. Also, how did you get a callback from them? Did you do externship with them?...
  14. Hospital nursing a must?

    Nope you do not have to do hospital nursing. I met plenty of nurses who like public health nursing, case management, working at clinics, or specialize in computers and have no interest of being in the...
  15. How to increase chances of landing a job?

    Job market in NYC is horrible. I am an experienced RN and I only got called for 3 interviews and got no offer of job despite having great credentials, experience and interview. Manager said "i do not...
  16. NYP New Grad Meet and Greet Nov. 24th

    NYP for some reason recruits new grads from out of state ( I do not mean NJ Or CT...i mean like far out of state like Ohio, Virginia, PA, Indiana, etc) and i guess International ones too as per the...
  17. Job outlook for postpartum nurses

    Im in NYC, jobs are hard here however Arizona is always looking for RNs and agencies offer sign on bonus. The pay in Arizona is even with the cost of living...it wont be as high as NYC however...
  18. Upstate NY Jobs

    I understand how you feel. I was able to get a job as new grad 9 months after NCLEX at a city hospital in NYC. Now that I have experience I am trying to move to a more "critical care" type of...
  19. Job outlook for postpartum nurses

    Well mother baby is easy to get into...but so hard to get out of. I have been trying to move into L and D , PICU, ICU , etc as mother baby is not as challenging for me (mostly pass out PO pain meds...
  20. Hiring experienced nurses vs hiring new graduates

    Old thread, but found it through a search. So I am no longer new. Two years ago I was hired as new grad in postpartum at an NYC hospital and also have float experience in post-op recovery as well as...
  21. Long Island,New Grad with BSN

    I been applying to NSLIJ back in 2012 when i was a new grad...eventually i got a job at a city hospital with nyc hhc. Now that i have two years of experience i started applying to NSLIJ again as of 4...
  22. North Shore Operating Room Fellowship-January 2015

    ohh so if we didnt extern or volunteer there we dont have a chance? In my BSN program we didnt have the summer off to do externships as it was an accelerated BSN and then i been working since...
  23. New RN salary in Doctor's Offices

    Planned Parenthood is a great place, if you have interest in Women's Health , go for it. Home Health is a good option also...just decide which is what interests you most. I think the pay is about the...
  24. SUNY Downstate vs LIU Brooklyn nursing programs

    I have heard only good things about downstate. However about LIU..not so. In my ABSN and also the traditional aka generic BSN program at a CUNY college, there were a few students who transferred to...
  25. NYU or Stony Brook Accelerated Nursing?

    I have heard only good things about Stony Brook. However NYU seems overrated...very expensive, students are not guaranteed clinicals, and they admit way too many students (so not helpful to graduate...