AOX4RN

AOX4RN MSN, RN, NP

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  1. Im unsure and confused...

    AOX4RN replied to babs4u's topic in California Nursing

    don't sell yourself short because you might live up to that expectation! i was out of school for 19 years (tanked algebra in high school) before i tried my hand at taking college seriously. i took...

  2. New selection criteria for California Community Colleges

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

    I think Golden West College and Cerritos down in SoCal use this and they explain it as a super-complicated computerized algorithm that helps pick their lotteries. So I don't think it's something you...

  3. Current ACNM news

    AOX4RN posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Midwifery is politics! ACNM's letter to membership regarding attempts to provide federal recognition to CPMs ACNM's letter to Congress on this issue MANA's Open Letter to the ACNM Board of Directors...

  4. LVN or Sit on waiting Lists for RN (ADN/ASN)?

    AOX4RN replied to anie10's topic in General Students

    I'm in the LA area too and know that you'll need to do anatomy, physiology, microbiology in order to apply for a community college nursing program. Some require chemistry and English composition as...

  5. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    AOX4RN replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    How sad you think it's so

  6. Which doctors are the hardest to work with

    AOX4RN replied to cmingram8's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I hope not! I've experienced as a patient and mother to little patients an array but so far, OB/GYNs are a class of their

  7. NOSEBLEEDS?

    AOX4RN replied to Colleen2014's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My daughter gets frequent nosebleeds and instinctively puts her head back while going for the tissue so I think she just doesn't want to get

  8. Cerritos College, CA

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

    I thought I'd add to this thread by saying I talked with Luanne @ Cerritos the week before last and she said that the Spring '10 class will start to hear from them around October and then there will...

  9. Hard to stay interested in this forum once graduated

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

    There are a lot of groups on Yahoo Groups where both aspiring and practicing midwives co-mingle (http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/rmamidwives2/ is one) in email chit-chat, Mothering.com...

  10. Hard to stay interested in this forum once graduated

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

    Hm, guess I don't. I did ask what you expect of this forum as a means of starting a dialogue... There are a lot of us midwives active on Facebook and on an email groups called Sage Femmes and Bridge...

  11. Checking the placenta

    AOX4RN replied to saphyre's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've got a lemon and an orange tree currently growing out of control in pots on my patio thanks to the placenta fertilizer I have

  12. Hard to stay interested in this forum once graduated

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

    What do you expect from this forum? The best way to improve a forum is to participate in it and guide it, not complain about

  13. Is anyone not taking summer classes?

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

    Holy smokes! Good luck! I took Public Speaking and English Lit last summer and I was buried in writing (along with US History and Music online; no writing, no assignments, just reading and tests)......

  14. Anyone start as as a lay midwife or CPM and then become CNM?

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

    I'm starting nursing school in January as a LM, CPM for all the reasons you mentioned, with the exception of wanting to practice outside the US. btw, for all the hard work in your direct-entry program...

  15. GPA- ack...! 1.82 or 3.1?

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

    FWIW, Mt. St. Mary's in Los Angeles wanted transcripts from everything, including schools you may have applied to and never took a class. So I have transcripts from colleges where it says nothing at...

  16. GPA- ack...! 1.82 or 3.1?

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

    I took courses 20 years ago that don't count AT ALL toward my ADN general ed and I stil had to provide the transcripts because it is part of my student record. I haven't taken a single class not...

  17. finding cervix

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

    Do you cut the end off the end of a condom? How is it stretchy enough to open with the speculum? I used the wide blade speculum (forget which one this is) to scoop up as much flesh out of the way....

  18. Does a degree from west coast university transfer to cal state?

    AOX4RN replied to wooosp's topic in California Nursing

    Not being WASC accredited is good for West Coast's

  19. Which is the best school?

    AOX4RN replied to From55's topic in California Nursing

    I got a rejection too. I'm going to reapply for GWC and Saddleback Spring '10 as a last ditch effort to go to school closer to home (I'm a likely Spring '10 student at Cerritos with how they run it)....

  20. Anyone get into the Golden West nursing program for fall 2009

    AOX4RN replied to Tinaweber17's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I got my rejection today I will apply to Saddleback and GWC one more time before the Spring '10 semester in hopes I get in there because they are so much closer to home than Cerritos is. I was a...

  21. GPA- ack...! 1.82 or 3.1?

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

    Coriander look at what I wrote immediately before you post. Maybe academic renewal will help your GPA and your ego :) Helped

  22. GPA- ack...! 1.82 or 3.1?

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

    It's easy: Go to the school where you earned all those Ws and Fs and petition for Academic Renewal. Get those grades wiped! They will appear on your transcripts but will not be figured into your...

  23. Anyone get into the Golden West nursing program for fall 2009

    AOX4RN replied to Tinaweber17's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Ps: KR11 can you tell me who you talked to (impacted majors or nursing dept? I just got a boatload of mail and nothing from GWC. Thanks

  24. Anyone get into the Golden West nursing program for fall 2009

    AOX4RN replied to Tinaweber17's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Really? I swear I saw something from another SoCal CC for a 70s % passing rate. At any rate, I'm glad I have one less thing to stress out about since waiting is ENOUGH!

  25. Anyone get into the Golden West nursing program for fall 2009

    AOX4RN replied to Tinaweber17's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What's the TEAS requirement there? I took it for Cerritos already where theirs is 67% (I was in the 80s and already forgot!). Now I have a stomach ache waiting for the mail.... congrats on getting...