HeartsOpenWide RN

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    88 Hours, tired, what was your highest week? how did you recover?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    That is crazy! I have never worked that many hours. I think I would sleep 16 hours straight after that and not worry about "waking up" until my body was ready to. Why did you work so many
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    How is the Math on the NCLEX-RN exam?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to guest610's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I never had a math question. I passed with 75 questions. People say math questions are low level questions. I imagine they are medication calculation questions if you get
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    Struggling.....Should I do Kaplan or Hurst?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to helpmepass's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I swear by HURST. I passed in an hour and a half with 75 questions. You do have to study and use the tools they gave you. You can not just take the class and then take it the next
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    The DNP and what it means for the APN

    HeartsOpenWide replied to StangGang92's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The irony of this all is that two of the best FNPs I know only have their ASN degree on top of there FNP
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    Not Another Looking for Job Thread

    HeartsOpenWide replied to eddie_D's topic in New York Nursing

    I don't think it is necessarily that some states have more positions or if it is just that some people have more of what employers are looking for; a competitive resume. I live in California and know...
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    Is having a ADN useless these days?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    It is the statement below that people are getting upset about: If employers are looking for a BSN they want a BSN, not an ASN with a BA degree, because a BSN nurse has taken nursing courses a ASN...
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    Is having a ADN useless these days?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    If your BA with an ASN was comparable to a BSN then they would change your BA to a BSN when you got your ASN. I do not mean to discount your BA degree, but I find it offensive that you are saying it...
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    Dead end job

    HeartsOpenWide replied to silentRN's topic in General Nursing

    As a BSN nurse I do not feel like I am in a dead end job. I can apply for a masters program tomorrow and become an FNP/CNM/ect. Sounds like you might be stuck in a rut, don't blame it on nursing. Its...
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    epidural and decel question

    HeartsOpenWide replied to JadeRN7's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes you can tell the patient this. I do all the time. The patient has a right to know the side effects of any treatment she is getting or else it is not informed consent. And yes you should write down...
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    How many times do you try to start an IV before calling in reinforcements?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to belgarion's topic in General Nursing

    I will try twice and then ask some one else to try. Not only does your confidence go out the window by the second failure but you are running out of veins. I work in OB and when I have a difficult one...
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    Is having a ADN useless these days?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    So you are making 137.50/hr? Even with over-time I do not understand how you could possibly be making
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    Just wondering -- what is the "cost" of hiring new grads?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It is the cost of having two nurses for the same amount of patients as one. Your preceptor probably is not paid much extra but typically new grads do not take on a full load all on their
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    If you graduated between 2008 and 2009,how long did it take to find a job ?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    Graduated May 09' Got the job a few months before graduation. Got laid off a few months later do to over staffing, then got my second job 6 weeks later. I am in Northern
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    protocol to challenge board to become RN

    HeartsOpenWide replied to 1966nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I highly doubt that. Maybe you are thinking of the LVN. You can not challenge the boards to become an RN in California . People can however challenge the board to take the exam to become an LVN with...
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    8 years since RN school and 6 since NCLEX, still haven't passed.

    HeartsOpenWide replied to helpmepass's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I agree with the HURST Review comment above. I would also look to see if there is a clinical review program in your
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    Future DNP program admission requirements

    HeartsOpenWide replied to coffee and toast's topic in Post Graduate Students

    It was my understanding that the DNP is just talk right now and not official. Back in July of 08 this is the reply I got from UCSF's CNM program when I asked about the DNP
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    Relocating for first RN Job!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Danielle27's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You will have enough going on being a new RN. I will be officially an RN for 1 yr on the 25th but did not start working until mid-july. I would not even think about applying for an MSN right
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    Could I like OB even if I'm an "all natural" kind of girl?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to lalalalexi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You need to research the practices at the hospital you were offered the position at. I work in a hospital that low risk women can get away without even having to get a S.L. if they request it....
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    Nudity?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to tlp514's topic in General Students

    You seriously believe this? Come on. Think about it. MAYBE practice bed baths, but just go though the motions for sensitive areas...but just sit their naked the rest of the class? If you can not...
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    staffing/scheduling

    HeartsOpenWide replied to scrn68's topic in General Nursing

    In my hospital full time is top of the totem poll, then part time, and then per-diem. Full timers need their hours to meet group status and get their benefits...although on-call time does go towards...
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    Home birth in NY?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to mree's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am an OB nurse and I will be having a HB. I work in a hospital that low risk women can get away without even having to get a S.L. if they request it. We have low induction rates; many of our women...
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    Why so much competition between nurses?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to MrsCrypes's topic in General Nursing

    In this job market, it is a
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    Being Sued / Losing License

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Meraki's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    2/3? I don't think so. And anyone can be sued. Does not mean the nurse will loose their license or the
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    Our new boss writing everyone up!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    1-2 mins late? Yeah that is not a big deal...but I get to work at least 10 mins early...hello the next shift is tired and wants to go
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    Holistic Nursing Schools

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Neriandal's topic in Nursing Career

    I do not know of any MSN programs that are holistic but I graduated from a holistic BSN program and am eligible to sit for the exam to become a certified holistic nurse (finding the time to study now...