HeartsOpenWide RN

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    Eclipes Blackout Curtians

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new RN so of course that means I will be a "NOC'er". I did NOCs during a extra curricular preceptorship so I already know how hard it is for me to sleep in the day time. What do you use to...
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    ATTN: Becoming a Medical Assistant=Waste of Time

    HeartsOpenWide replied to msnjie4RN's topic in General Nursing

    I make more than three times as much as a new grad RN than I did when I was an MA. I don't regret becoming and MA, it was what was appropriate for me at that time in my life and got me a good taste of...
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    Failed nclex 75 questions TWICE!!! Here is my story...

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

    Your grammar is a little sketcy so it is hard for me to understand exactly what you are saying. As far as I know you can take it as many times as you want in California. I would suggest waiting until...
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    Took NCLEX June 23 in CA

    HeartsOpenWide replied to 2bigdogs's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    yeah I was not an 8 yr re-take. But congrats to you!! I am glad the guy told
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    Took NCLEX June 23 in CA

    HeartsOpenWide replied to 2bigdogs's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    As long as all your paper work from your school is in and there is no transcripts problems you should see your name on the CA BRN within 3 business days. I took mine June 25th and it was up there by...
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    ATI predictor... accurate?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to pinky11889's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I got a 98% chance of passing. I took an hour and a half and passed with 75
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    Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to is5512's topic in General Students

    The reason your test was so long is because you did not have computers that could gauge what level you were at and change the questions according to how you answered the previous question. Also, a...
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    what degree path to take: Associates or Bachelors

    HeartsOpenWide replied to md714's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Maybe I am bias because I have one, but I say go for your BSN. I have no regrets. I just had a physical for my new job. In my are there are two programs one ASN and one BSN. When the doctor asked me...
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    How to get L&D experience

    HeartsOpenWide replied to jessnye's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I got my doula training though Child Birth International. It was only $350.00 if I remember correctly. The teachings were all on line so totally doable with a school schedule. You have to read a...
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    some truths about CNM salaries and benefits

    HeartsOpenWide replied to epiphany's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    So its not true that you make more as a floor nurse? When I was a student I told a L&D nurse that I wanted to become a CNM some day and she told me that floor nurses make more, especially if they...
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    Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you can't stand smart, independent, demanding women when it comes to THEIR baby, THEIR body, and THEIR birth; then maybe you are in the wrong department. Maybe its the feminist in my speaking but,...
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    If they can ask for it..they aren't too sedated...

    HeartsOpenWide replied to faline1973's topic in General Nursing

    California is not a Unionized state. Many hospitals, mine included (even though sister hospitals are unionized), are not
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    locked unit problems

    HeartsOpenWide replied to deonj_21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I did a preceptorship on a locked unit. It did have a doorbell so we would know so someone could let them it. I kinda just got use to it; the annoying part was the people that could not figure out how...
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    OB foreign language

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is my third week in OB. I am tired of feeling like I have landed on a new planet that speaks martian:lol2: I have worked in family practice up until starting nursing school. I want to be a...
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    Please help me. Im a new student and Im kind of freaking out

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

    at risk for metabolic imbalance r/t severe
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    I'm a nurse. Not a housekeeper!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to EpiattIPNurse's topic in Private Duty

    just a question. are these people paying for your services out of their own pockets? I bet Medicaid and any Insurance would not be happy they were paying for maid
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    Eclipes Blackout Curtians

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    do you know the brand of the JCPenny
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    What is the one thing you wish you were told before starting nursing school

    HeartsOpenWide replied to CyberVulpine's topic in General Students

    I fortunately am one of the few that got a job out of all my classmates. But I wish some one would have NOT told me "oh, you will always have a job when you become a nurse" Also, no social life, and...
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    My State exam is Saturday...and I need some encouragement please!!

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

    Breath!!! Remember to breath! Take a break every hour no matter what. Get up go pee, do some jumping jacks; get all the blood that settled in your butt from sitting back into your head:bugeyes: Take...
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    Certified Nurse Midwife vs. Women's Health NP?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to whatshername's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You do not have to choose between the two. I want to go to UCSF, when you graduate with your CNM you are also a C\WHNP. So you deliver babies and do all the office stuff of the C\WHNP like paps,...
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    how many would not continue on to nursing school if..

    HeartsOpenWide replied to thekid's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I have known I wanted to be a nurse for awhile now. I was an MA for a few years, and although that is nothing like nursing I got a good idea of what it is like to work with people in the medical...
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    Ohio board of nursing should be ashamed

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Miss Tay's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I am in California so it may be different. But I called and asked for my ATT and they e-mailed if a few hours later. A lot of people said the testing center had their e-mail wrong and that was why...
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    Should there be a limit on # of tries for NCLEX?

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Considering that 85% of people pass the NCLEX the first time do you think there should be a limit on the number of times a person can take the NCLEX or maybe a required remediation after the second...
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    Not to be provacative but why not Physician's assistant....

    HeartsOpenWide replied to howardrgreenberg's topic in General Nursing

    What she said. PA-C and FNPs do almost the same thing (PA-C with more supervision and a little less range in practice than FNP) PA-C give medical diagnoses, write prescriptions, order diagnostic tests...
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    CALLING---Those who have Jobs- WE need you!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to k.morris's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1. labor, delivery, postpartum, nursery 2. northern california 3. did not work there previously. i do not have your regular run of the mill resume. i graduated cume laude, am a member of sigma theta...