HeartsOpenWide RN

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    I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

    HeartsOpenWide replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, SHE graduated last year. From a top
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    When is the best time to eat while working nights?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to LETRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am still trying to figure that one out. I have last 12 lbs since starting night
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    University of Phoenix for BSN

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Delag5's topic in School, College Programs

    Phoenix is a rip off. You could get it done for way cheaper at a different school. My entire college career (BSN) start to finish was not even close to $45K. And your just bridging...way to
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    I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

    HeartsOpenWide replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

    It was not in her application, she flubbed and said it out loud during her interview. Like you have never flubbed and said a medical term incorrectly. I would have serious doubts about having a nurse...
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    I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

    HeartsOpenWide replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

    No. She applied late in the year so her chances of getting in were not the best. It is a competitive program to get into. I use to work with a PA that said a guy was in her class that got in after 7...
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    New Grad in the NICU?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to robyn226's topic in Pediatric

    Getting into the NICU as a new grad is very hard. My friend had previous experience as a unit coordinator in an OB department. When in school she did a preceptorship in the NICU and then set up two...
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    I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

    HeartsOpenWide replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

    It not Physician's Assistant. Its Physician Assistant. My friend graduated from UC Davis with her PA but before she got in she got rejected one term she applied and was sternly corrected that it is...
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    Really?? A Farmer's Market in the hospital?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital grows our own fruits and vegetables in the garden behind the hospital... You just gave me a good idea! As long as they are not selling the the halls right outside the patients room and...
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    So... have I burned my bridges with this hospital or can I recover?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    Even if they looked at your application next to some one with a slightly GPA, experience, ect, as a new grad; if they interview well they will get the job over you with that black mark. Like it or...
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    I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

    HeartsOpenWide replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

    I am part of the nursing staff because I am a NURSE. An aid is a nurses aid (its possessive) not, nurse
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    Chose your precepting department VERY carefully!!!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to AZblabnurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Or it can help you. I did two extra preceptorships with another nursing school in L&D and now I work there. My manager actually asked for me, had I not done the preceptorship than who knows if I...
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    Please, help critique my resume!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to grateful2010's topic in General Nursing

    I would take the "activities and interests" out. It is not needed and the employer does not care. Unless you are a fitness trainer and actually have a job to coach people on how to loose weight then...
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    Not a caregiver type, but considering nursing?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to wide-eyed's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This might be a good example that there is a difference in a ASN and a BSN. In my state an RN has to have her BSN to work in public health which has the most "poop free" jobs. Because there are so...
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    Major Vent

    HeartsOpenWide replied to LouisVRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What irks me is that the masters program I want to get into gives preference to those that speak Spanish...so I have to learn a second language in my own home country to accommodate to those that...
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    Any RN working in L&D with only an ADN??

    HeartsOpenWide replied to EILEEN456's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a BSN working in L&D and we have BSN and ADN nurses. If you did not ask what type of degree the nurse had you would never
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    Worth it to go to Canada in order to graduate 4 months faster?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to sixthwannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Four months is not that long and not a guarantee you will even get a job within four months after
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    Can I lose my license for being nude on internet?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to climbs's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    They can not revoke your license, but if prospective employers find out it might not be
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    Japan needs nurses, STAT

    HeartsOpenWide replied to betakurt's topic in General World

    Sorry. I would never want a nursing job that
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    A legality question about pay

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Amberjade's topic in General Nursing

    I get on at 2300. Count narcs, get report. I get a half hour lunch. I get off shift at 0700 but stay until 0730 counting narcs and getting report. I get paid for all 8 hrs. If report goes over 15 mins...
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    Things that should be banned in acute care.

    HeartsOpenWide replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Umm, no bans. I would never go to a place that banned silly stuff like soda and T.V., if I wanted restrictions I would go back to being 12 and living with my
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    I HATE My Job - Why did I ever go into Nursing?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in First Year After Licensure

    that is a crazy ratio. I work OB but I have friends that work M/S and the max is 5 here in California (granted we do not have LVNs and very little CNAs) and they say they can not imagine having more...
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    -How long did it take you to find a job as a new grad?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to European's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Graduated June 09. Got my job before
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    Would you ever own a motorcycle? YES or NO?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    I grew up around motorcycles. My dad has had once since he was a kid and I have gone on trips with him on the bike. I Because of this I know you have to be an excellent driver and I do not trust...
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    Quit or be fired

    HeartsOpenWide replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    I live in an "at will-state". They can not fire you for no reason. They can lay you off without reason and without any warning. I was laid off; went into work, was told I was being laid off and went...
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    What do you call the Doc?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Flipper911's topic in General Nursing

    I call the MDs "Dr. Jones" ect. I call the CNMs, and CRNAs by their first