AOX4RN

AOX4RN MSN, RN, NP

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  1. Citrus College OR Cerritos College (Help! Dilemma!)

    AOX4RN replied to BT001's topic in General Students

    FWIW, I drive between 30 and 60 minutes getting to Cerritos and clinicals. I love the program and instructors. There are students who come from Moreno Valley, San Clemente and Burbank. One lived in...

  2. Electives...Easy A or something I'll ACTUALLY use!???

    AOX4RN replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    I took only what I needed and not an extra class anywhere. If it was an "Arts" class, I took History of Rock N Roll. I don't care if it was an easy A or not. It fit the requirement in the category,...

  3. Age limits/requirements

    AOX4RN replied to AOX4RN's topic in Government, Military

    Thank you Athena55! How can I find out what MEDCEN facilities are in my area? I'm in SoCal and know there are VA hospitals in Long Beach and West Los Angeles. I was under the impression the Gov't...

  4. Saw a car accident; I wish I was already a nurse!

    AOX4RN replied to happy2learn's topic in General Students

    You don't need to be a nurse to be a good citizen. You don't have to be bleeding to die. And you'd be surprised at what people are doing while hanging around an accident. I was once stopped in...

  5. Do you ever wonder how in the world some people could ever be a nurse?

    AOX4RN replied to happy2learn's topic in General Students

    Yes, I wonder all the time how a few of my classmates could ever be a nurse and feel really bad for their future coworkers and

  6. Emergency C-section questions

    AOX4RN replied to peachmouse's topic in General Students

    I would add warmth as an engorgement comfort measure (but have never seen ANYONE engorged at 16 hrs PP and often see lactogenesis delayed after sections as many as four days). I wonder if 1/U = 1...

  7. How many hours of sleep did you get a night when you were in nursing school?

    AOX4RN replied to 2bnurseofchrist's topic in General Students

    I got one night at 4 hours and will never do that again. Can't deal with less than 6 hours. It's dangerous for my drive, it's dangerous for me in

  8. Cerritos College, CA

    AOX4RN replied to AOX4RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Call the office and talk to them. I don't know anything about how they deal with situations like

  9. What do you wish you were told on the first day?

    AOX4RN replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    I disagree... if my class had been given the list of "advice" Tyler77 gave on Day 1 and maybe again on Day 45, 99% of the drama could be erased and focus returned to class and clinical and not the...

  10. What is a typical clinical day?

    AOX4RN replied to OBplease's topic in General Students

    Our skills lab is set up like a hospital wing. We've got a bunch of "wards", a lab, and pharmacy. They want us dressed for lab days as if we were in the hospital. Indoor voices, no eating/drinking...

  11. Is anyone squeemish?

    AOX4RN replied to CNAkt's topic in General Students

    For me it has been way easier to do things to other people than to do them to my family members. My son had his fingers slammed in the door jamb when he was a baby and I almost passed out. My...

  12. Is anyone squeemish?

    AOX4RN replied to CNAkt's topic in General Students

    I try to distract myself from what I'm seeing/smelling and take a minute to compose myself in the bathroom where I'm dumping it out, wash my hands, wipe my eyes if they tear up. Luckily so far the...

  13. Is anyone squeemish?

    AOX4RN replied to CNAkt's topic in General Students

    I have been covered in amniotic fluid, had to stick my arm up to the elbow into a lady parts and uterus fishing for a retained placenta, thrown up on, hemorrhaged on... but what makes me gag?...

  14. maternal care plan

    AOX4RN replied to carecrafter's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I figured it was for school, I'm just surprised that it was an assignment. I've worked in home birth for 10 years in two states with CNMs and RNs who are licensed midwives and have never seen any...

  15. maternal care plan

    AOX4RN replied to carecrafter's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is interesting... why would you be developing a care plan for a home

  16. Cerritos nursing program 2010

    AOX4RN replied to Addf8765's topic in California Nursing

    btw, the secretary's email is listed publicly on the school site... About the Nursing Program maybe you can write her and save her answering the phone? she's always been great about returning...

  17. Cerritos nursing program 2010

    AOX4RN replied to Addf8765's topic in California Nursing

    Alrighty then, you just have to wait. The mail is delivered on Saturdays too! btw, you can go to ATI Testing - Home and verify your score just to be sure for yourself that you

  18. Cerritos nursing program 2010

    AOX4RN replied to Addf8765's topic in California Nursing

    Are you *certain* you passed the TEAS test? You mentioned in an earlier post they gave you a paper for registering for Removing Barriers to Success in Nursing when you left after taking the TEAS...

  19. Cerritos College, CA

    AOX4RN replied to AOX4RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    They didn't put numbers on our letters last year, we just knew if we asked about them. We found out our ranking when we checked in for orientation. I was considered an alternate for the Fall '09...

  20. west coast university/other bsn programs

    AOX4RN replied to nock_tine's topic in School, College Programs

    Check out these threads in the CALIFORNIA forum: Does a degree from west coast university transfer to cal state? - Nursing for Nurses Attending WestCoast University.. I need some info? - Nursing for...

  21. Cerritos College, CA

    AOX4RN replied to AOX4RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's a lottery so your chances are as good as

  22. Cerritos nursing program 2010

    AOX4RN replied to Addf8765's topic in California Nursing

    I wrote this in the other Cerritos thread so I'm adding it here just in case... It would be pretty insane for half of the chosen students to decline entry! I was #76 and would have had to have...

  23. Cerritos College, CA

    AOX4RN replied to AOX4RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No, but many just happened to be CNAs or

  24. Cerritos College, CA

    AOX4RN replied to AOX4RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It would be pretty insane for half of the chosen students to decline entry! I was #76 and would have had to have that many decline for me to make the Fall '09 class. Instead there were only about 5...

  25. Am I too old to become a CNM

    AOX4RN replied to oldenurselady's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I'm 41, a licensed midwife in my first year of an RN program... hoping to bridge to CNM with Frontier when I'm done. So, IMHO you're not too