So, I applied at NYP as a 1 Year experienced Nurse

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I am currently a Med Surgical nurse in one of the health system Hospitals. I have one year experience under my belt. Graduated with a BSN in 2012. I applied last week to NYP and I already had an interview on the phone with a recruiter today. I took the Nurse Battery test as well. weird behavioral questions by the way! She offered me a position in Medical Step down @ NYP Columbia University. I have to meet with the Nurse manager next week. Is this process too fast? anyways, has anyone out there been thru this process with NYP? any advice, insights? I am excited, but a little nervous especially about the commute. Is Medical step-down like another Medsurg? or is it more like a specialized area. Never heard of it.

Thanks ALOT!

Girl,I can only send 2 PM for every hour! Sorry I cant reply unless you can send me another contact info?

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Girl,I can only send 2 PM for every hour! Sorry I cant reply unless you can send me another contact info?

Please free to e-mail me to the e-mail address below.

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So I have an official interview . Anybody else ?

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Hi, Can you give me contact information of the recruiter who offered you the medical step down position? They offered me a per diem med surg float pool position. I'm desperately for a full time position. pretty please!!!!! [email protected]

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Why don't you start off as Perdiem ? I'm sure you can do full time hours plus more . Get your foot in the door 1st .

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I need benefit. I can't just sit there and wait for them to call me to give me hours. I got bills to pay.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

The nurse battery test is one of those tests where you're supposed to pick the politically correct answer. As for the pharm test, it is pretty hard. While I was doing some of my critical care training there, over the 1 week I was in the lab, I watched close to 20 people come in and fail it. What usually occurs is that they have you do your interviews and they offer you a job, however be warned that the position is contingent on passing the pharm test. Pass and the job is yours. Fail and you get to go look for another job. Do not go in to the exam thinking you're going to pass it without studying.

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Da Milk of Amnesia, thank you so much for your sharing. Do you mind to share your experiences with NYP during the interview process, such as how long it took you to land your job...and what do you recommend to study with for the pharm exam?

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Specializes in Critical Care.

So basically it took me a long time. I just kept firing off applications until they got sick of seeing my name. I finally got called by taken acquisition and then did 15 min phone interview, then the battery. After the battery I was invited to come down for an interview with the nurse recruiter, and honestly it was one of the hardest interviews ever. The questions were pretty difficult. I wish I could remember what they were but I don't sorry. I thought I blew it to be honest because of an answer I gave. Well much to my surprise, they called the PCD of the unit and she wanted to interview me. I waited for a little while and then went to interview with the PCD of the ICU and that interview was even harder still! A couple days later I was called and asked if I wanted the job, I said yes of course. I then had to come down and take the pharm exam. I JUST passed, and by just passed i mean by 1 question, and I consider myself very very good at pharm. It was hard, way harder than I thought it was going to be. After that I worked there for almost 2 years and then went on to CRNA school. I found out i beat out 7 other people who applied internally for the position, my resume was lengthy and I have a lot of experience but pre-hospital and in hospital which helped me get the job. It was the best decision I EVER made. I drove over an hour to work each way, and I loved it. I worked with the best people on earth, hand down. It probably took me almost 6 months get my interview, i don't remember the exact time, but it was a long time. What hospital are you looking to work at ?

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Wow. Thank you so much! It was wonderful to hear your experiences with NYP. I heard a lot of good things about the hospital and decided to give a try to apply. I wouldn't say that I have a specific hospital in mind but I am open up to any opportunity within the facility.

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So basically it took me a long time. I just kept firing off applications until they got sick of seeing my name. I finally got called by taken acquisition and then did 15 min phone interview then the battery. After the battery I was invited to come down for an interview with the nurse recruiter, and honestly it was one of the hardest interviews ever. The questions were pretty difficult. I wish I could remember what they were but I don't sorry. I thought I blew it to be honest because of an answer I gave. Well much to my surprise, they called the PCD of the unit and she wanted to interview me. I waited for a little while and then went to interview with the PCD of the ICU and that interview was even harder still! A couple days later I was called and asked if I wanted the job, I said yes of course. I then had to come down and take the pharm exam. I JUST passed, and by just passed i mean by 1 question, and I consider myself very very good at pharm. It was hard, way harder than I thought it was going to be. After that I worked there for almost 2 years and then went on to CRNA school. I found out i beat out 7 other people who applied internally for the position, my resume was lengthy and I have a lot of experience but pre-hospital and in hospital which helped me get the job. It was the best decision I EVER made. I drove over an hour to work each way, and I loved it. I worked with the best people on earth, hand down. It probably took me almost 6 months get my interview, i don't remember the exact time, but it was a long time. What hospital are you looking to work at ?[/quote']

What do you recommend studying for the pharm exam?

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