HeartsOpenWide RN

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    New selection criteria for California Community Colleges

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

    I am not sure how it works but I am excited to see they are doing something. I did not get into my community college because they used a pure lotto method. I got into my State College that used merit...
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    Becoming a nurse for the money...

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Marc86's topic in General Students

    I don't know where to even begin to respond to this post, nor do I want to waste my time convincing some one who is not even a nurse but still thinks they know everything about nursing...the Nurse is...
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    Latest version of ATI comprehensive predictor

    HeartsOpenWide replied to dmansmith10's topic in General Students

    I found this one to be the easiest. I didn't really study for it other than doing the practice tests on-line, but I had just taken the Med/Surg ATI the week before so I figured that would be the best...
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    Biggest mistake you've made in clinical

    HeartsOpenWide replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

    I never made any mistakes in clinical, thank God. I was so "on my toes" because we were all given the fear of God put in us that if we made a mistake we would be
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    ATI Pharmacology

    HeartsOpenWide replied to xc31's topic in General Students

    I am sorry I can not tell you for sure, the pharm was the only one we were not required to take; but if it is like all the other ATIs, yes it will be just like the practice ones (but not like the ones...
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    Nothing can beat knowing your content!!!

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

    I took the HURST Review and this is the same thing they told us. You have to know you core content, you can't just do 1000's of questions. I don't know if I could have passed without HURST Review,...
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    Do you regret becoming a Nurse?? Why?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. I love my job. I have wanted to work with pregnant women since I was young and now I am an OB nurse. Of course there are more interventions than I would like to see, but we are still well below...
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    Becoming a nurse for the money...

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Marc86's topic in General Students

    People are not saying the amount is not good, yes I make a lot more than 12/hr, but for what a nurse does equal to the pay. What do your family members do for 12/hr?...Don't get me wrong, I love my...
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    Becoming a nurse for the money...

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Marc86's topic in General Students

    Opps I ment one of the most un-affordable in the
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    Becoming a nurse for the money...

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Marc86's topic in General Students

    I have never heard of an LVN making that much. Most make under $20 in my area of NorCal. My friend is starting out at 58/hr in S.F. but the cost of living is astronomical. In my area I get 29.40/hr...
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    Becoming a nurse for the money...

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Marc86's topic in General Students

    Since you are a nursing assistant and your profile says pre-nursing I am guessing you are not a nurse yet and can not possible know what is is really like to be a nurse. So your comment does not hold...
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    Is Nursing school that hard??

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is hard. Especially if you want to go onto a masters and have to get As and Bs. I literally had no life while in nursing school; even on my "school breaks" I gave up my time to extra curricular...
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    Missed my clinical day

    HeartsOpenWide replied to kikwon89's topic in General Students

    Buy a new alarm clock. Put it on the other side of the room so you have to get up. Go to bed earlier. No one is going to give you sympathy when you show up to work late as a nurse and some one who...
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    I want to know what nurses think about socialized medicine.

    HeartsOpenWide replied to ratchet41's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why should I have to pay for other people's health care when I keep myself healthy. I eat right, exercise, use preventive health care--which is cheaper than waiting until I get sick, I don't drink, I...
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    Failed NCLEX RN TWICE...HELP ME PLEASE!

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

    Do the HURST Review, they have a 98% pass
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    New Grad RN-->No Jobs, Then what?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to lperkrn's topic in Nursing Career

    Sign up for a preceptorship. You probably wont get paid but you will keep your skills up. Chico state in California has one. You can also try to arrange one with your nursing
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    Nurse Practioner vs Doctors

    HeartsOpenWide replied to IcanHealYou's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Things may have changed over the years; but a FNP I worked for said that PAs and NPs get the same education but NPs are licensed under the nursing boards where PAs are licensed under another. Also,...
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    Cna challenge lpn boards

    HeartsOpenWide replied to marineswife0809's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    If they met the criteria and pass the boards why not? RNs go to nursing school and get some hands on experience, but not on everything out there that they will ever do and they are aloud to practice....
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    SURVEY for 75 questions on NCLEX RN

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Ng74's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    75 questions in one and half hours. No math. I would bet that most 75 questions passers did not have math; hear math is a low level type question. The HURST review told us that if you fail with 75 it...
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    Job Offer. Should I take it????????????

    HeartsOpenWide replied to gerry79's topic in Texas Nursing

    I would check the nursing ratios in that state. My friends mother works in TX and says she sometimes has 11 pts at a time. Unthinkable for a California girl like
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    LOVE maternity nursing so far!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to fsaav's topic in Ob/Gyn

    http://www.csuchico.edu/rcnp/ Summer is full but they do a winter session. Sign up as soon as you can. its first come first serve. Its very cheap too: They help provide housing as well which I...
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    what was the ratio of girls to guys in your nursing school class?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Ted D's topic in General Nursing

    I am graduated but out of a class of 40 we had 8 guys. The guys were never
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    Is this too much?? Or am I just new??

    HeartsOpenWide replied to stephanienicole87's topic in General Nursing

    I have never worked in a nursing home so can't speak from experience, but wow! Just because other people are posting that they have seen worse nursing homes does not discount that yours sounds pretty...
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    What does RN license a card or piece of paper?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to FNPdude74's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I got both. And in California at least, employers can print a copy of your license on on-line (not exact but has your name and license #; thats all they
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    why they say the REAL NCLEX is not what they expected

    HeartsOpenWide replied to bodz01's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did not type anything like that. I am confused what you are