I am graduating in May and I've applied to St.Francis on Long Island. I am trying to get into their OR residency program. Does anyone have any info on this hospital? Is it a good place to work, are the nurses happy, salary info, etc...... any info would be greatly appreciated.I am so excited to be graduating but now the job search is scaring me, I don't want to make a bad choice and be unhappy.
Well my friend is a new graduate and she already seems burned out. She just got off of orientation and she already regulary gets 8+ patients. She is not the lazy type at all and does not like to delegate all her duties to the aids (since she knows first hand how busy they can get as she was one just a few months ago), but she says the night shift barely has any aids to help her out anyway. their starting salary I believe is 65K and then there is BSN and shift differential.
She also complained that though her orientation was OK at showing her the new skills that she needed,.. they weren't that good at showing her all the paperwork and documentation things that she needed to know.
However, I must say that OR culture and med/surg culture are two very different things. I've done an internship in the OR and the nursing roles there is completely different,.. the whole patient ratio thing won't bother you, but of course its always better to have 2+ nurses to a case in the OR.
good luck!
BTW, Congrats on SICU at NS!.. I saw u posted on the NSLIJ Fellowship thread... looks like u and Daniela will be in same fellowship class
billythekid, CRNA
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BTW, Congrats on SICU at NS!.. I saw u posted on the NSLIJ Fellowship thread... looks like u and Daniela will be in same fellowship class