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WIC would be an easy place to get hours. Also check with your local Public Health, Child Welfare, Health Clinics, School Nurses....Just start calling. Most people are very willing to let students in. I had no problem getting hours for my practicum...

HI LG1137, I finished WGU in January. (I started 9/1/11) I had no problem getting my PHN from the state. Loved WGU. A word of advice...When you start classes, start by going to taskstream and looking at the tasks. Then copy and paste the task rubr...

could you use information regarding the uterus shrinking, pp bleeding, risk for hemorrhage (why?), or how about the hormone changes after delivery and hormones that trigger breast milk production ??

you have to be a student to log in. There are e-books available and databases with full articles. It was easy to find sources for the research papers I did in their RN-BSN program.

if you have a home birth the midwife will be present. Hospital based midwives vary widely on how much time they spend with patients during labor. A doula will stay with you through the entire process as well. Having a doctor there all the time woul...

I started on 9/1/11, had 1 pre-rec and I only have 3 papers (tasks) left and I will be done! I work full time and have 4 children. I'm thinking about doing there MSN program. The tasks (assessments) are very concise. Just follow the directions in...

and WGU is CCNE accredited and accepted by the BRN in California for the Public Health Nurse Advanced Practice Certificate.

Western Governors RN-BSN, http://www.wgu.edu I'm nearly done and I started September 1, 2011. I had all of my pre-reqs done already. It is competency based so you can move through the classes at your own rate. You pay for time, not units. It cos...

Oh, and the RN-BSN program I am finishing only costs $3600. Not anywhere near $75,000

In California BSN nurses are required to do a 90 hour practicum in Public Health/ Community Health. It focuses on Public health areas such as communicable disease assessment, epidemiology, assessment of the health of the community as a whole and com...

look at Western Governors. http://www.wgu.edu I'm in the RN-BSN currently and looking at the MSN. I have finished almost 26 units since Sept 1. I really like it and the school is very supportive and easy to deal with.

I think I already wrote a paper on this topic : ) A hint is that a BSN community health nurse would take a very different role than the LNV and FNP. There is a reason to have all of them on a team. A community health nurse would function in a mu...

A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth by Murray Enkin. I also like Varney's Midwifery.

Cytotec use was the first thing that came to my mind as well. Although any induction puts a woman at increased risk for rupture.

Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have a physical or mental disability?

Are you sure that it is something from her work and not something from the internet?? It would still be tacky...

for management I think they would consider you w/o the BSN. I don't know where you live but in CA you can get your PHN with a BA + a community health class/clinical

I was a doula for many years before becoming a nurse. I think it is very important to have a doula for a hospital birth. As a doula I felt one of my most important jobs was "holding her space". Protecting her and her memory. Studies have show tha...

seman contains prostiglandins. : )

check out www.waterbirthinternational.org

Kaweah Delta has a critical care internship for new grads. So does Tulare Regional Medical Center. I know of a new grad that was just hired in L & D at Clovis Community. There are jobs but they are competitive. I graduated last Dec. and got h...

I've been a doula since 2001. I did DONAs training but never recieved their certification. I don't think that the certification is worth the money personally. I did a few birth during the first year of nursing school. It was really hard. I made ...

Most homebirth midwives recommend that the baby see a Pediatrican in the first 24 hours. Tansient tacyapnea of the newborn? Sometimes babies have very noisy little noses. ?? If the baby is nursing well that is a good sign. A baby who is going sou...

The pay is not comparable to hospital pay. I make $6 less an hour than a new grad at our local hospital. But I LOVE my job. You asked for a day in the life.... Arrive at office, check email, return phone calls, frantically try to chart. Go to a home ...

If you look on the CA BRN website there are certificate programs for nurses who have a BA in another subject. I am a ADN and got hired in public health right out of school, with the understanding that I needed to work on my BSN.