Cate1987

Latest Activity

1. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford RN Residency Program 2018

   Cate1987 replied to outsidegirl's topic in New Nurse

   Congrats to everyone who has gotten an interview! Has anyone heard from maternity or L&D yet?

2. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford RN Residency Program 2018

   Cate1987 replied to outsidegirl's topic in New Nurse

   Congrats to everyone who got an interview! Has anyone heard from Maternity or L&D yet?

3. 48hours quick result on sunday

   Cate1987 replied to gretzelmae16's topic in NCLEX

   Congratulations!

4. Hurst Review Opinion?

   Cate1987 replied to jennifer_app's topic in NCLEX

   I haven't taken the NCLEX yet but I took Hurst and loved it. They always explain why you do things which is something I felt was lacking in my nursing program. I take NCLEX later this summer. Once I take it I will post again to share if it was helpfu...

5. How do I learn and not just memorize???

   Cate1987 replied to lebelesprit_'s topic in Share Tips

   Kahn academy is great for physiology. Anatomy unfortunately just requires memorization. I made flashcards with photos on the front and name, origin insertion etc on the back and that really helped me. Also I wish I had read this book while I was in ...

6. How To Answer The Most Common Nursing Interview Questions

   Cate1987 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Job Hunt

   Thanks for all of these helpful comments!

7. Leaving ICU to go to Hospice - Case management

   Cate1987 replied to Linp's topic in Hospice

   Lin P- Hospice nurses are amazing and what inspired me to go to nursing school. You will be absolutely amazing, you clearly already have the skills and passion for it.

8. How I passed the EXIT HESI first try 2 weeks out...

   Cate1987 replied to jspreitzer's topic in HESI

   Thank you for sharing!

9. HH experience a plus?

   Cate1987 replied to popcrnlvr's topic in Public/Community

   Thanks for your post! Are you happy that you did acute care first? I am interested in PHN and am curious if you are glad you did a year of a cute care nursing first.

10. HH experience a plus?

    Cate1987 replied to popcrnlvr's topic in Public/Community

    Mia415- Are you happy that you went into PHN nursing right away? I am interested in PHN after graduation, but everyone says I must do med surg first. My heart isn't in med surg though, and I feel that my personal strengths are more aligned with PHN....

11. Endoscopy Nursing as a New grad

    Cate1987 replied to NCMurse1313's topic in Gastroenterology

    NCMurse- I'm curious. How did this all work out? Did you end up going into endoscopy nursing?

12. First job for second career nurse planning on starting a family

    Cate1987 posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hi! I would love to hear from any second degree/ career nurses about their advice/ experience the first few years after graduation. I left my first career because I wanted to find something where I felt like I was helping people and making a differe...

13. Stanford RN New Grad 3/2017

    Cate1987 replied to chetoh9113's topic in California

    Hi, To anyone who was accepted into the Stanford New grad program. How are you liking it? Are you happy with your choice?

14. Is home health that bad?

    Cate1987 replied to trinan71's topic in Home Health

    Hi ChocolateRN- Thank you for your post, you said everything I have been feeling! I was wondering did you do acute care before going into HH? I am a second career nurse graduating in the next few months and I am really drawn to home health or hosp...