NurseCaitie

NurseCaitie specializes in ICU Tech for 1 year.

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1. New Nursing Student

   NurseCaitie replied to bmm08's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Well I am a new grad, and although I wasn't an LPN, I saw what some of my classmates who were LPNs went through. PROS: You get great experiences before you go to RN school. The students that are new...

2. New Grads of 2008 Please share your experiences as a new nurse and what to expect!

   NurseCaitie replied to NurseCaitie's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thank you for the advice, I never thought of how I will be tansforming into a nurse and each day I will be able to do things I maybe wasnt comfortable doing before. I just pray I have a good...

3. New Grads of 2008 Please share your experiences as a new nurse and what to expect!

   NurseCaitie replied to NurseCaitie's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thank you soo much for the advice! I never thought of how I will be transforming to a nurse and each day I'll do something that I maybe wasnt able or comfortable to do. Now I don't feel soo nervous...

4. New Grads of 2008 Please share your experiences as a new nurse and what to expect!

   NurseCaitie replied to NurseCaitie's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I am thinking of working nights too. Shift diff is $5.00 an hour extra and that would put me at $27.50 vs. $22.50 thats almost a $10,000 difference!! One thing I can advice about working nights is...

5. New Grads of 2008 Please share your experiences as a new nurse and what to expect!

   NurseCaitie replied to NurseCaitie's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thanx guys for the advice. I guess the thing Im afraid of the most is being so consumed with fear before going into work, I want to enjoy my work and learn alot, and try to not be sooo stressed....

6. "Accepted" with only a year of experience?

   NurseCaitie replied to brazuca's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   I live in Virginia and I am thinking of applying to ODU VCU, Duke, and Georgetown. My GPA is a 3.51. I will be working in a Medical/Neuro ICU, and I plan on taking Chemistry, and Organic Chem this...

7. New Grads of 2008 Please share your experiences as a new nurse and what to expect!

   NurseCaitie posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I graduate this May and will be taking my boards the first week of June. I start working June 16th at a Medical/Neuro ICU, I'm really excited but really nervous as well. Is it really true that alot of...