NurseCaitie

NurseCaitie specializes in ICU Tech for 1 year.

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1. New Nursing Student

   NurseCaitie replied to bmm08's topic in New Nurse

   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 to nursing are going to look up to you as the expe...

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

   NurseCaitie replied to NurseCaitie's topic in New Nurse

   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 preceptor. Thanks for the tips!!

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

   NurseCaitie replied to NurseCaitie's topic in New Nurse

   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 about starting work. I just pray I have an amazing p...

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

   NurseCaitie replied to NurseCaitie's topic in New Nurse

   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 make sure you are a night person. If you are naturall...

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

   NurseCaitie replied to NurseCaitie's topic in New Nurse

   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. Hopefully all will work out and it will be a great expe...

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

   NurseCaitie replied to brazuca's topic in SRNA

   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 Fall/Spring. Also I need to take my GRE all this befo...

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

   NurseCaitie posted a topic in New Nurse

   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 new nurses stress out hard core before going to w...