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  1. Hi, I just graduated nursing school and am trying to figure out what I want to do. Does anyone have any insight into Endoscopy Nursing? What exactly do they do? Thanks!!
  2. UMASS Boston - RN to BSN online - Stating in January 2012

    I'm starting in January too. Going to the orientation on 1/17. Do you know if we definitely have to purchase the headphones or if I can just use the same ones that I have for my iphone?
  3. Hackensack, JFK Med Center, RW Johnson Hospitals

    Hahahahahaha..........magnent means NOTHING
  4. NYC vs NJ Salary

    I think the highest paying hospital in jersey is hackensack university medical center...but i am not 100% sure if there is higher. Day shift starts at $64, 000 (7-3) keep in mind you will never work 7-3...evening and night was about $73, 000 that is...
  5. If you need OR expereince Morristown Memorial (atlantic health) has a hire learning program...for the OR i think it is about 6 months and supposed to be a great program.
  6. I agree with Oldiebutgoodie. If I knew then what I know now I think I would have stayed in with IT...nurses are completely unprofessional in the way they treat one another...I've never seen anything like it. :nono:
  7. pharmaceutical companies?

    i also have a few questions...for you doobiedo...but can't send you a private message...try to reply to me privatley ok?
  8. Hi, I'm a new nurse workig in well nursery do you have any pointers on how to calculate heart rate and respirations correctly?? I'm having a hard time counting the apical rate for a full min and also watching/listening to resp rate...any tricks?? I k...
  9. My last weekend before NCLEX!!!!!!!

    This is my last weekend too....I take my test on Thursday and I'm SCARED....I have Lipincott, Saunders and Kaplan and I seem to do ok with the Lipincott and Saunders questions but not so good with Kaplan...I hope that this doesn't mean that I am goin...
  10. YES! I passed...

    That's great!!!!!!!!!! I take mine on 2/23...any words of wisdom??? I have been studying but still feel like I don't know anything!!!! I am freaking out :)
  11. How do you get through the "gross" stuff?

    I saw part of a laproscopic gastric bypass....all the sudden I felt really hot the the room started to fade and I knew I was going to pass out so I asked if I could leave the room...but I didn't make it. I passed out....it was one of the most embarr...
  12. Hackensack University

    Oops...I just found the answer sorry....but what kind of positions do they offer new grads? I wanted to go to HR today to see but it was closed.
  13. Hackensack University

    So you get $29/hr base plus $4 for working the 3-11 shift? What kinds of positions do they have for new graduates? I heard it is a nice place to work. Thanks!
  14. I don't think I want to be a nurse

    I feel EXACTLY the same way...and I honestly don't know what to do. I just took my final last night and I am done with school, I am going to take the NCLEX (hopefully in March) and thought I wanted to work in the OR ....but just found out that they ...
  15. Does anyone work there? I will be graduating in December and just wanted to know if anyone works there and if so do they hire new grads? If not in that area do they have any type of orientation for new grads in the OR? Thanks!!!!
  16. St. Barnabas Med Center

    Does anyone know if st.barnabas offers an OR orientation for new grads? Also, do you know what starting pay for a new grad is?
  17. Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    I hate to tell you this but nursing is looked down upon and not treated with the respect that it deserves because the majority are women and as crazy as it sounds even in the year 2005 we are not looked upon as equal to men. You can argue with me if...
  18. Discrimination Against Men in Nursing

    Please.....now you know how what it feels like to be a woman in a male dominated feild.
  19. Standing Prep

    Thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly. The reason that I went into school for nursing is because I wanted to get into the cosmetic/plastic surgery nursing part of the field.....and it is so hard to get any info. on it b/c the only thin...
  20. Standing Prep

    I actually have a question for you instead of an answer. I am a nursing student that will be graduating in December. I want more than anything to be a nurse to a plastic surgeon. Can you please let me know what kind of experience I would need to g...
  21. Nervous about doing "dirty" work

    Exactly!!!! Babies are different!
  22. Nervous about doing "dirty" work

    I am almost done with school and I still think it is nasty!!!! The entire med/surg area is GROSS!!!! I don't think it will ever get any better, that is why I am going to try to get a job in NICU when I graduate.....YUCK!!!!!!!!! (sorry just telling t...
  23. Would YOU ever have a homebirth?

    I guess you are right. I didn't think of it that way.
  24. Would YOU ever have a homebirth?

    Sorry!!!!!!!!! When I have a child I want to be medicated to the point where I don't remember a thing.....wake me when it is over if possible.....why have pain if there are measures to prevent it. I haven't had the pleasure of giving birth yet, but ...
  25. New Grad with NICU interview..PLease Help!!

    If you don't mind me asking...what were the answers to your interview questions? (since you got the job I am curious)