Calabria

Calabria BSN, RN

NICU, OB/GYN

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  1. All Those NPs with No Bedside Experience

    Calabria replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    A few observations: 1. Peer pressure. A trend that I've noticed (after graduating less than a year ago) is that my fellow floor nurses, family members, and friends have eagerly been asking me, "WHEN...

  2. Loans, loans and more loans

    Calabria replied to Jennyfour's topic in General Nursing

    Good on you. My follow-up post wasn't directed solely at you (although I did quote you in my first), it was a general statement regarding some of the posts on this thread in general. Your advice for...

  3. Loans, loans and more loans

    Calabria replied to Jennyfour's topic in General Nursing

    Right, I do partially agree with you... but there's a way to say things without being hurtful, too, considering that there are better alternatives to the road that the OP took. The OP was clearly...

  4. Loans, loans and more loans

    Calabria replied to Jennyfour's topic in General Nursing

    I guess some people missed the "therapeutic response" part in nursing school. OP, I graduated nursing school almost a year ago owing around $60,000 in loans for 2 degrees (as I am a second-degree...

  5. RN school graduation gift to self? What did you promise yourself?

    Calabria replied to OnaTrek's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I promised myself sleep. So I slept for 12+ hours every night for a week (on top of studying for NCLEX, of course). It was

  6. how much orientation did you receive as a new grad?

    Calabria replied to tokmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    12 weeks for an OB unit. We spent more time in the classroom than on the unit in the beginning, but then slowly transitioned to spending more time on the unit by the end. I worked with 2 preceptors:...

  7. What Do You Think You Needed To Learn in School, But Didn't

    Calabria replied to xtxrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How to speak to the doctors... especially when you really need something if your patient's decompensating. And/or how to go up the chain of command when things just aren't going right. I think those...

  8. How much did you owe in loans after earning your BSN?

    Calabria replied to AllNursesisCool's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I owe about 48K right now (down from the initial 60K I started with about 8 months ago, and that was after scholarships and working through school :\)... I still have some money left to put in my bank...

  9. How did you find a job as a new grad?

    Calabria replied to rn_yogi's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm a second degree student, so I have a BSN, and another BS (which is relevant to health care). I had some volunteer medical experience in a clinic and in a hospital, and I volunteered with children...