chwcbesteph RN

Childbirth Educator, Birth Doula

Childbirth Educator, Birth Doula, Community Health Worker, Registered Nurse

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    Did you take all pre-reqs before applying?

    chwcbesteph replied to MommaTy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would be interested to see the results of the poll asking "Did you take all pre-reqs before being accepted to your nursing program?" I voted no, because my advisor encouraged me to apply for a few...
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    Breastfeeding/pumping and 1st yr nursing school

    chwcbesteph posted a topic in General Students

    I will have a 3mon old when I start Fundamentals this fall. Breastfeeding is non-negotiable, and I know that I have a right to pump, depending on my state (SD), but I want to hear from people who...
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    Is there anyone out there that feels this way?

    chwcbesteph replied to adraorien's topic in General Students

    THIS is great insight for somebody like me who's heading into their
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    Conditional acceptance?

    chwcbesteph replied to chwcbesteph's topic in General Students

    They HAVE been. I raised over $500 in a week. It's been incredible. I guess people really think I'm going to make a good
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    Conditional acceptance?

    chwcbesteph replied to chwcbesteph's topic in General Students

    I'm guessing it's pretty integrated into the curriculum- it comes fully loaded with professional software for charting, etc.. We can get it fixed through the university's IT dept. and use a loaner...
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    Breastfeeding/pumping and 1st yr nursing school

    chwcbesteph replied to chwcbesteph's topic in General Students

    Yes- please keep me (us) updated. I want to hear how pumping during clinicals go. My understanding and assumption is that there are lactation rooms in most medical facilites, and there's probably...
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    Conditional acceptance?

    chwcbesteph replied to chwcbesteph's topic in General Students

    Gah! The laptops we need run between $1050 and $1800!! At least I have until this summer to figure out how I'm going to pay for
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    I am SO mad.

    chwcbesteph replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    And if she ever wants to know why you deleted her from FB, you can tell
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    How are you paying for Nursing school?

    chwcbesteph replied to jvanwoman's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Pell grant, then student loans. I figure I'm borrowing from my future, licensed self. I max out the subsidized student loans, because I'm not accruing any interest on them, and then I'm taking out...
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    I am SO mad.

    chwcbesteph replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    NOOOO!!!!! This. is. awful. (Not to mention such a slippery slope to HIIPA violations, sheesh). How totally unprofessional. My strategy would be this: Bring up Facebook posting and the...
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    Breastfeeding/pumping and 1st yr nursing school

    chwcbesteph replied to chwcbesteph's topic in General Students

    You mamas ROCK. I'll definitely be keeping in touch with y'all, checking in, letting you know how it goes. Now to just make it through the next 8
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    So you think flu vaccinations don't work . . . .

    chwcbesteph replied to Laidback Al's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Unless you get a live attenuated vaccine, which is still a living virus, and can cause complications in people with weakened immune systems or other underlying medical
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    Is it just me or does everyone hate nursing?

    chwcbesteph replied to kristen312's topic in General Students

    Also, from what I've seen, nurses are notorious at not taking care of themselves and not doing necessary burn-out prevention measures. As a student (and a mother), I'm making it a HUGE priority of...
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    Is it just me or does everyone hate nursing?

    chwcbesteph replied to kristen312's topic in General Students

    Hehe, go hang out in Public/Community Nursing- everybody loves their jobs over
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    Breastfeeding/pumping and 1st yr nursing school

    chwcbesteph replied to chwcbesteph's topic in General Students

    YES!! Thank you, thank you THANK YOU, GrnTea. That is exactly the advice I was looking for. Luckily, this ISN'T my first rodeo (I bf'ed my first until he was 2.5yo) and I struggled with oversupply...
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    L&D conferences

    chwcbesteph replied to floridaRN86's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The CIMS (Coalition for Improving Maternal Services) Forum was just last month, but those are great. Human Rights in Childbirth Conference is good.. I would search for "childbirth conferences" vs....
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    Neonatal Resuscitation

    chwcbesteph replied to caitlinjoy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I looked at your thread because I would also like to get NRP certified, but I'll chime in because I'm a trained and certifying labor doula and would be happy to answer any questions you have! Check...
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    Childbirth Education programs?

    chwcbesteph replied to mbrister's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi! You're further along than I am (depending on how you look at it, I suppose) but I'm on the same track- starting my ADN this fall! But I recently trained with BirthWorks International and loved...
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    Statistics

    chwcbesteph replied to BSNinprogress22's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm taking STAT online right now and I love it. I also got As in algebra. I don't consider myself a math wiz, but I do like approaching it as more of a puzzle, and I think that if you do it that...
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    2013-2014 HRSA Nursing Scholarship Program

    chwcbesteph replied to driven2012's topic in General Students

    It sounds like you don't have a choice but to wait another year Can you work on prereqs? Are you going to get your BSN someday? There are more prereqs for that that you could work
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    Info on scholarships/grants/loans .. I am a single mom in California...

    chwcbesteph replied to cnoto34's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Have you looked at the HRSA
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    Classes that can be taken after pre-reqs are completed?

    chwcbesteph replied to Tiff1989's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What program are you doing? Diploma? Associates? If you have any plans or dreams whatsoever to get your BSN in the future, start looking at programs and what they require. I had to wait quite a...
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    Anybody a nurse AND a doula?

    chwcbesteph posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm wondering if there is anybody here that started off as a doula or childbirth educator and moved on to nursing and labor and delivery! Conversely- are there any L&D nurses that sought out...
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    essential oils

    chwcbesteph replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    What exactly are we talking about treating? The OP was talking about using them in hospice, in which case you're not "treating" anything but providing comfort measures. So why isn't complementary...
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    Online STAT

    chwcbesteph posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm waiting at the moment to hear back from the University of South Dakota for the fall semester ADN. In the meantime, I'm taking 9 online credit hours- one of the being statistics. Was anybody...