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    NCLEX and lab values

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    How am I suppose to study lab values for the NCLEX when lab values can change in different labs??? i.e. one book says Lipase is 0-110 an another says its 40-375 and for amylase one says 45-200 while...
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    I am feeling like an idiot. Please explain this to me

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok. I am apparently having a brain fart or brain abduction because I am totally confused. I have read in two places now that a toxic level of acetaminophen in 150 mcg/ml.....BUT I have also learned...
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    New Grads- What floor where you hired for?

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

    I got hired into OB. Yes, its why I went to nursing school. I worked hard for it too. I don't have your average resume and I made sure of
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    Could you new grads that had trouble with job search do me a favor.

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

    I was one of the people that was worried about getting a job at all. I was preparing to apply out of the area. Then out of the blue I got a call from the place that was my dream job that I originally...
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    BSN...what for?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to exit96's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Out side of bed side. In many states the ASN/ADN will be chained to the bedside while the BSN had more mobility options in work and can move up the educational latter more quickly. If it were not for...
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    do the correctionals hire new grads?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to spongebob6286's topic in Correctional

    A classmate of mine just got hired at a Prison in California. He is starting out at $85,000/year. Not to bad for some one in their early twenties. Not the job for me, he on the other had was made for...
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    Those who got A's while taking 2 sciences together...

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

    I took Micro; Chem: inorganic, organic, and bio; and Human Growth and Development (Psych) all at once and got A's in all three. I did not work. I studied my tushy
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    Suzanne's Plan Really gone or for Premium Membership only?

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I read on one thread that Suzanne's Plan is on longer offered, but on some of the links that say they take you to Suzanne's plan I get an access denied/not sufficient privileges...if I pay for a...
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    Nursing shortage bolony! Let the practicing LPN/LVN's get into school 1st!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Chanta2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am not an LPN/LVN and I did not go to a accelerated program, but I did go to a program that went by merits. It went by overall GPA, pre-req GPA, TEAS score, state residency, if you had a foreign...
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    Do you snitch on cheaters?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Students

    so when you become a nurse and see another nurse do something wrong to a patient your just going to "mind your own business"? in most schools, part of the honor code is reporting cheaters, so it...
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    Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    HeartsOpenWide replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    I have never heard a school where a 2.67 us not a B-....the way most nursing schools do things is that a B might be a 90% instead of an 85% which the rest of the college is graded on...nursing...
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    Do you snitch on cheaters?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Students

    proctors are people that give the examination. Most places the teacher just gives the
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    GPA- ack...! 1.82 or 3.1?

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

    I just skimmed your post. Most schools care about your cumulative GPA, the 1.82 and 3.1 together which would be about 2.46? Plus many nursing school look at cumulative GPA and pre-nursing GPA...so if...
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    Do you snitch on cheaters?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Students

    I never observed anyone cheating. Just heard other people claim they saw people cheating. Tried to talk them into informing the teacher of this, however they did not want to be a "snitch". I am not...
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    Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    HeartsOpenWide replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    This is what I am talking about. There is a huge difference between the C student that tries their best and is happy with his/her C because he/she worked hard for it...and the C student that says,...
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    Ottitis Media Question

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am doing a review course and it says to lay on the affected side for drainage with Ottitis Media...I always though you were suppose to lie on the opposite side with a heating pad for drainage...
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    June 2009 NCLEX Support Group

    HeartsOpenWide replied to kristin1213's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am taking the 25th of June am scared you know
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    Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    HeartsOpenWide replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    :yeahthat: And why is it that people always say, "I rather have a caring C nurse than an A nurse that is not very therapeutic"....as if you can only have one or the other, that smart people can't be...
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    Ottitis Media Question

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    But what if it hasn't? Affected side
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    Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    HeartsOpenWide replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Most new grad programs ask for your transcripts. And in this economy and very few jobs for new grads, having good grades/honors is one more thing for you to put on your resume that some one else might...
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    so when is it wrong to stand for unfairness...

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Movin'onUP's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    At first I was thinking "The school is so wrong!" but then I realized you did this in front of the class.... This should have been done in private if done at all. What you did was very unprofessional....
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    How do I study for NCLEX?

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

    I took HURST review. They guarantee a 98% chance of passing. I take mine next month so lets hope that is accurate. Its $350 for the course, and although that might seem like a lot I consider it a...
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    Oklahoma Nurses get paid WHAT?!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Mrs.BSN71109's topic in General Nursing

    California is at at will state and we have the best nursing ratios in the country and
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    I got my ATT email today

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Stacy2009's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    They told me I will be getting mine within 24 hrs. So I am checking all the time
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    Recent New Grads: Job Search Poll

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

    Why was your job canceled 15 mins into first