Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN
Hicksville, New York
- Unit and setting
- Dialysis
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed Entry level for RNs with less than 2 years of Nephrology Nursing experience as a Registered Nurse.
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- New York staff median is $47/hrNew York staff postings that state pay run $29/hr to $65/hr, the middle half $38/hr to $55/hr, across 1,812 postings. This posting's $35/hr to $60/hr is wider than that, so where you land depends on the offer.
The role and schedule
- Charge
- Charge shifts are part of the role
- Floating
- Floats to other units
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and staffing support handled day to day?
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Your fit
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The professional registered nurse Outpatient RN CAP 1 is an entry level designation into the Clinical Advancement Program (CAP). This position is accountable and responsible for the provision and coordination of clinically competent care including assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation for an assigned group of patients. This may include delegation of appropriate tasks to direct patient care staff including but not limited to RNs, LVN/LPNs and Patient Care Technicians.
As a member of the End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) health care team, this position participates in decision-making, teaching, leadership functions, and quality improvement activities that enhance patient care outcomes and facility operations.
What's around it?
Hicksville, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 8% above the US average
- Median rent
- $3,113/mo
- Household income
- $144,471/yr, all local households, not nurse pay