morenita0527

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1. How do new grad Nurses that don't have BSN manage to survive this job market ?

   morenita0527 replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in New Nurse

   I graduated with my associate's but I played up any relevant skills I could think of and aggressively contacted nurse managers, recruiters and anyone else I could think of by constantly searching hospital websites, LinkedIn, Facebook, guessing people...

2. How Does Call Work? 1st Call 2nd Call? Etc.

   morenita0527 replied to SweetSouthernLove's topic in Operating Room

   At my job first and second call is for trauma only (rn and scrub). Third and 4th is urgent cases like appendectomy. We have to report within 15 minutes for trauma and an hour for call 3. More likely to get called in for urgent cases, not always traum...

3. New grad - full time + per diem?

   morenita0527 posted a topic in Career Support

   I am a new nurse (licensed less than 4 months). I chose an OR job that I love, but the pay is not great. After my probation and orientation of one year, I will be eligible to take call, sign up for overtime, etc. which will be a huge help. The hos...

4. Westchester/Bronx - narrowing it down

   morenita0527 posted a topic in Career Support

   I recently passed NCLEX and became licensed this month. After some intense stalking of various recruiters and nurse managers, I got interviewed by White Plains Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center Moses Division, Montefiore Einstein Weiler Hospital a...

5. RN to BSN - Lehman or CUNY SPS?

   morenita0527 posted a topic in General Students

   I'm expecting to graduate with my associate RN in December 2015 from Bronx Community College. I'm trying to decide if I should continue with the Lehman online RN to BSN or the Cuny school of professional studies online RN to BSN. I've heard that the ...

6. compensation in your state

   morenita0527 replied to bjy26's topic in Job Hunt

   I live in Westchester and lower Westchester/Bronx hospitals start around $37 an hour, nursing homes closer to $27/30. That includes Associates degrees. You just have to be assertive. You can't send in your application and expect someone to call yo...