HeartsOpenWide RN

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    Shocked by What Nursing Really Is!!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to kendra1978's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on what department you work in. Although OB has much more paperwork than most departments (intrapartum you have intrapartum paperwork, if mom delivers than you have postpartum...
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    is this a form of medicaid abuse?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to sasha2lady's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Like everyone else is saying....turn her in!! Not just for us working stiffs...but for the people that actually follow the rules and need help-whom which she is ALSO stealing from. Although she did...
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    Nursing School Drama queens

    HeartsOpenWide replied to dinah77's topic in General Students

    Maybe I just got lucky. There was no drama in my nursing school...well, at least that I noticed because I was not involved in it...and at least not among classmates; there was some drama between a few...
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    what area of nursing do you never see yourself working in?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting what people love and hate. I love my OB job and would not like anything else as much. I could see myself in Community Nursing. I could probably even handle psych...Long Term Care is the...
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    Terminated after applying to another department...Is this legal???

    HeartsOpenWide replied to DMCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry this happened to you. Can not even imagine. I am not sure what your rights are since when you are in orientation I think you are kinda in that "at will" stage and can be fire for any...
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    Humboldt Points

    HeartsOpenWide replied to bluechick112's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am an HSU graduate. I got in with 95 points. HSU is still accepting applications for fall 2009. They are the only program out of the entire state of California that
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    Diploma Program a bad idea?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to jadedgreeneyes's topic in General Nursing

    Wish I could tell you. I am in California and they did away with diploma programs years ago. I am not sure why. Suppose they rather have a nurse with some type of degree. Do diploma classes count as...
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    100% pro-life, considering nursing school

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    You can support some one without supporting what they do. Although you can get away with not participating with an abortion, you can not refuse to take care of a patient that is the result of a bad...
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    Online CPR certification?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to southgal's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt any place of employment would hire some one that has taken a CPR class on line. I would not want some one who to a CPR class on line involved in my code. Most places will certify you...
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    100% pro-life, considering nursing school

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    Work in a nursing home or Public Health. Even if you work in a Catholic hospital, if you work in nearly every department (except short stay MAYBE) you will have to care for women that come in to the...
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    L&D position, nights... can i survive??!!??!?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to liamssmile's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could tell you. I am training in OB on days right now but as soon as my orientation is over I am booted to nights. I did a NOC preceptorship over the summer and winter. It was really hard, I...
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    24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

    HeartsOpenWide replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency

    I am guessing you have to be an ER nurse to find this stuff funny...but if they are funny to E.R. nurses it makes me glad I am in "fluffy" OB...to find these humorus must mean you put up with a LOT of...
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    Why don't employers start lowering wages for nurses?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to hcer4507's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, it takes more than 2 years to get a nursing degree, even a ASN. It took me five years to get my BSN. Wait until you become a nurse before you say nurses should get half of what they are...
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    Nasty LPNS AND RNS TO STUDENTS

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Lpnmandy's topic in General Nursing

    Just blow it off. Like you said, she was running around busy. M/S is a crazy unit and having a student makes it harder. Many students assume that it makes the nurses job easier because they are there...
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    CNA vs CMA in California, Help! ( Please?) :)

    HeartsOpenWide replied to PollyGhost's topic in General Nursing

    Take your CMA classes at a JC, it will be very cheap. CNA and CMA are totally different. CMA works in a physician office does vital signs, intake, injections, blood draws, EKG, suture removals, some...
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    Can anyone tell me how much a CNA would make in California hospitals?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to nyhoneydew's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    California is big, it depends on where you are. In my area they don't get much more than minimum wage, maybe
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    Nclex Books After you pass?

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

    I am going to give mine to the students that are doing clinicals in our hospital. Or at least ask them to take the ones they want and leave the rest in the school nursing lounge for anyone else that...
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    How nursing has changed over the years...

    HeartsOpenWide replied to nurse2be2010's topic in General Nursing

    This is an interesting thread. For those of you who have been around, what things do you like best about what has changed and what things do you wish didn't
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    Cost of nursing School

    HeartsOpenWide replied to duvonm's topic in General Students

    Yeah, thats a lot. I could get my masters for less that that. What kind of school is
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    Is Texting legal

    HeartsOpenWide replied to shbryer's topic in General Nursing

    I would have a problem with a doctor that does not have the common decency to pick up the phone and check up on his patients are call to give an order...as it is TORB are suppose to be for emergent...
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    New Grad RN - Planned Parenthood

    HeartsOpenWide replied to missjmeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I could never do it. I am all for women's rights. I wish women would choose alternatives to abortion, but I understand that special situations come up. I however could not participate in a abortion...
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    Does a nurse have the right to review her charting w/o violating HIPAA?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to 925_ER_RN's topic in General Nursing

    People do chart reviews on patients that are not even theirs and its ok for them to do it...why would it not be ok for you to review a chart of one of your own patients to see if an error on your part...
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    HELP PLEASE. cal state prerequisites..

    HeartsOpenWide replied to findingmyway's topic in California Nursing

    You can take your GE at any time. I would recommend taking at least your lower if not also upper division GE and getting out of the way before you get into a Cal State nursing program. Its hard enough...
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    No Nicotine!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Brikkz's topic in General Students

    Not at my hospital, but we are a smoke free campus...no smoking anywhere, this includes patients. I do know some places, not just hospitals, will not hire smokers as well as people in poor health...
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    When do you think this hiring freeze will end?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Divest's topic in General Nursing

    I am in Northern California and there are NO jobs. Over half of my class did not get jobs. All of NorCal is pretty bad. From what I understand SoCal is a LITTLE better. Maybe there is a demand for...