NurseKate

NurseKate has 7 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, Intermediate.

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1. 11 Days and finally!!!

   NurseKate replied to NurseKate's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Thanks for the belated wishes! Congratulations to you! Good luck with your career.

2. Looking for mentors

   NurseKate replied to RNAnna's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hi Anna: I read your reply and kept thinking, "I felt that way, " or "I still feel that way" while reading it. When I first graduated I wanted to be Superwoman (and sometimes I still strive for...

3. Looking for mentors

   NurseKate replied to RNAnna's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Well, I have been out of school for a year and do not consider myself "experienced," but I have worked both surgical/trauma and med-surg and would be happy to be a sounding board for anyone who wants...

4. Med surg nursing

   NurseKate replied to Tony35NYC's topic in First Year After Licensure

   **WARNING: Long-winded post** I started on a surgical/truma unit right out of school when I moved to NC. Like you, when I was preparing to graduate I heard "You need at least a year of experience on...

5. New grad on 11pm-7am Med-Surg

   NurseKate replied to shape0fmyheart's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Definitely ask your preceptor for help!!! Your preceptor is there to help YOU. If there is something you have not done before then you need to ask for help. Maybe say, "I learn best if I watch it...

6. New grad on 11pm-7am Med-Surg

   NurseKate replied to shape0fmyheart's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I concur with what the previous poster stated. What you're feeling is normal. Confidence comes with time. I think med-surg will be a great place for you to work (but maybe I am biased being a...

7. What is it about Med-Surg?

   NurseKate replied to Mint Julip's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Like quite a few students, med-surg scared me and I had no interest in it after I graduated. After graduation I worked on a Surgical/Trauma unit at a Level I trauma center and absolutely hated it! I...

8. new grad in over head

   NurseKate replied to martymoose's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I worked on a Surgical/Trauma unit right out of school and ended up feeling so overwhelmed and discouraged after a few months. I began feeling as though I was not the right fit for that floor (or...

9. question about endorsing license and work

   NurseKate replied to share's topic in First Year After Licensure

   PCS ( a company in TN) reviewed the licensure paperwork and verified my other license, etc. Once the paperwork was in it took maybe less than two weeks for them to notify me that I had met all of the...

10. question about endorsing license and work

    NurseKate replied to share's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi there. I just received my MA nursing license by reciprocity. I used to work as an RN in NC. I found a job in MA while my application for my MA nursing license was being processed and reviewed, but...

11. Psych nurses in NC???

    NurseKate posted a topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Is anyone a psych nurse here in NC? If so, how do you like it? What don't you like about it? I am unsure if it's an area I want to go into, but it's an area that has always interested me. Anyone...

12. regarding NCLEX...

    NurseKate replied to pie123's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Sounds like your friend is stressing you out...and from experience I know that you don't need any more stress than you are probably already going through! I didn't get any new format questions and I...

13. frustrated and overwhelmed

    NurseKate replied to dwag's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I read your post thinking, "Wow, this sounds just like what I have been thinking and feeling." I am coming off orientation soon and I am terrified! I worry about the same things and feel the same way...

14. frustrated and overwhelmed

    NurseKate replied to dwag's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I read your post thinking, "Wow, this sounds just like what I have been thinking and feeling." I am coming off orientation soon and I am terrified! I worry about the same things and feel the same way...

15. took nclex today got 88 or 90 ques!! please help

    NurseKate replied to surgicalrn2b's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :):balloons:CONGRATULATIONS!!! :balloons: :) Good luck with your career as a new nurse! Best of wishes to