babeinboots

babeinboots MSN, NP, CNM

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  1. Accepted into a pre nursing program

    babeinboots replied to WCSU1987's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    About half my class works, myself included. All of who work are already in the healthcare field and work as CNA, EMTs, LVNs, and Tele Techs. It can be tough but its definitely doable. Just be...

  2. UCLA Clinical Care Partner

    babeinboots replied to babeinboots's topic in California Nursing

    Thanx for the info! Do you know which units those are that prefer to hire their CNAs as new

  3. UCLA Clinical Care Partner

    babeinboots replied to babeinboots's topic in California Nursing

    Hearing back from them can definitely take a while, anywhere from 4-6 weeks. You just have to be patient. Are you a nursing student? Good luck to

  4. Quit during orientation

    babeinboots replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    My nursing program is the same way. In fundamentals, our professor had to be there for anything invasive except glucose checks, but in med-surg, once we have successfully performed a skill in front of...

  5. Quit during orientation

    babeinboots replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    Are you sure? I have never heard of this before and I live and go to school in California. Do you mind providing a link to the source where this information is provided? If this is true, then I have...

  6. Interview question

    babeinboots replied to vuphan86's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You can probably find the answer in the job description. Usually the required skills and expectations of a position is listed in the job description. Start there and add skills and qualities you...

  7. ATI Med/Surg (LVN) passed!

    babeinboots replied to Cheers_G's topic in General Students

    I'm actually in a RN program,sorry for the confusion. Congrats to everyone who passed their ATI and thanx for the

  8. ATI Med/Surg (LVN) passed!

    babeinboots replied to Cheers_G's topic in General Students

    Thanx for the tips! I take my med-surg ATI in about a month. Do you know what the cut off for a level 2

  9. book question - Jarvis

    babeinboots replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Have you considered renting your textbooks? Bookrenter.com has great prices for renting books and they include free shipping both ways. I've rented all my books except for my pharm and med-surg book....

  10. Microbiology is killing me

    babeinboots replied to tbird88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have to agree with you. Eating one meal a day and battling cancer are not even remotely similar challenges. As the significant other of a cancer survivor, I am a little offended by windsurfer's...

  11. Been waiting 2 years to do this...

    babeinboots replied to missmollie's topic in General Students

    Congratulations!!

  12. Cnas getting hired at grade schools

    babeinboots replied to Fabxoswthrt's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That's what I though at first too. We are trained by the RN and have to be signed off for significant training and demonstrate the procedure before performing the procedures independently. We work...

  13. Cnas getting hired at grade schools

    babeinboots replied to Fabxoswthrt's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am a CNA and I work for a school district with students with severe special needs at preschools, elementary, middle, and high schools. We do a wide array of care for the students, including G-tube...

  14. I need help!

    babeinboots replied to ericlavin67's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Based on your previous schools, I'm guessing you're in California. Most Cal States have ABSN programs including Northridge and LA. National University and Mt. Saint Mary's have ABSN programs. UCLA,...

  15. Has anyone waited longer than 2 years to get into the Los Angeles Pierce nursing program?

    babeinboots replied to Lilahrose's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have to agree with ArmaniX, you need to look into other programs. I believe there are 11 colleges in the Los Angeles CC District, most of them have RN programs with similar pre-reqs, apply to as...

  16. national university bsn program

    babeinboots replied to devildoc08's topic in General Students

    There is a July deadline for a cohort that begins in October, but if you go to your SOAR student portal, under nursing, it will have the application deadlines and start

  17. National University April 2015

    babeinboots replied to renathabest's topic in California Nursing

    Do you plan on completing general ed and pre-reqs at National or transferring them in from another school? That will change you length and cost. The actual nursing program is the same length and...

  18. National University April 2015

    babeinboots replied to renathabest's topic in California Nursing

    Good

  19. Where Will I be 5 Years Post-Graduation from Nursing School?

    babeinboots replied to Nicole93's topic in General Students

    Have you considered working as a school nurse? I currently work as a CNA for a school district in my area and am considering becoming a school nurse after I graduate next year. Working as a school...

  20. Vital Signs Skills Return Demonstration

    babeinboots replied to apedrique's topic in General Students

    I think you know more than you think, don't psych yourself out. You stated that you know the normal ranges, the abnormal ranges are values that fall outside the normal range. For example if a normal...

  21. Mean Nursing Instructor

    babeinboots replied to beckvolvo's topic in General Students

    We're only allowed to wear white socks and they must cover the ankle, it's stated in our nursing student handbook. Our first day of clinical we had to line up like we were in the army and our...

  22. Teas score error

    babeinboots replied to Gagan15's topic in General Students

    If my memory serves me right, only 142 of the 150 questions are graded and included in your final score. As the above poster stated, there are several "test questions" that are not graded and their is...

  23. Switch to private school

    babeinboots replied to Nurseeverywhere's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No sorry, I'm at the Los Angeles campus. I'm still early in my program, but we're at Kaiser and St. Joseph's for

  24. Switch to private school

    babeinboots replied to Nurseeverywhere's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I attend National's BSN program and it's great, I'm learning so much! I really like the school and the course format as well. If you can afford it, I say go for it! I personally couldn't afford to do...

  25. Feeling Discouraged, any advice?

    babeinboots replied to RatchedRN80's topic in California Nursing

    It might be further than you want to travel but a couple of the community colleges in the Los Angesles Community College District have first come, first serve policies (like Los Angeles Trade...