HeartsOpenWide RN

Ante-Intra-Postpartum, Post Gyne

Member

All Content by HeartsOpenWide

  1. HeartsOpenWide

    CMA need same pay as RN

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

    Opinions are like a** holes everyone has one. But I still think that if you were actually a nurse you would understand where these nurses are coming from. I was never paid close to what I was worth...
  2. HeartsOpenWide

    What should your title look like?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    I have only seen Jane Doe BSN, RN or Jane Doe RN-BSN or higher. I have never seen Jane Doe ASN, RN or Jane Doe RN-ASN. Why is it that only BSN and above put their degree on their name
  3. HeartsOpenWide

    Requirements to teach in RN program

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

    I think it depends on which type of school you teach at (JC vs UC) and if you want to teach lecture or clinical (higher degree required for lecture vs.
  4. HeartsOpenWide

    "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

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

    Granted that LVN/LPNs are not in the hospitals anymore where I live (except those grandfathered) LVNs are the main components of LTC facilitates. With the retiring baby boomers, if anything, we will...
  5. HeartsOpenWide

    CMA need same pay as RN

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

    Ummmm...no. I used my brain as a CMA, what I have learned so far in nursing school (one semester left for my BSN) by far surpasses anything that I had to know as a CMA (and yeah, I graduated with...
  6. HeartsOpenWide

    CMA need same pay as RN

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

    Is this a troll? I worked as a CMA before getting into nursing school so I can speak from experience. CMA's should not be paid the same as an RN...giving meds is not the only thing that RNs do that...
  7. HeartsOpenWide

    Evidence Based Practice

    HeartsOpenWide replied to VAJenny's topic in General Nursing

    Are you in school? Your college should pay for memberships to data bases and journals such as CINHAL. You will be looking for research
  8. HeartsOpenWide

    Tattoos on patients

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Duckyaryj's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen a lot of war/military/army ect tattoos on older men, like in their 80's, I can barley tell what they are with the aged skin; enough to convince me not to get
  9. HeartsOpenWide

    Can you work in L&D as an LPN?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to ksauce20's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It depends on the hospital. One hospital around here does not even hire LPN/LVN at all, while other has then in all departments; well they did have one over the summer in OB but she got her RN and...
  10. HeartsOpenWide

    I have a question about an RN wanting to work as an LPN or Medical Assistant

    HeartsOpenWide replied to I love my cat!'s topic in General Nursing

    Does your friend have a BSN? During my community/public health rotation there was a woman who was an RN-BSN who had taken 16 yrs off to raise her son and she got a job in public health because she has...
  11. HeartsOpenWide

    There IS a nursing shortage

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    WE know why...it needs to be publicized...it is not "oops we did not plan ahead for the baby boomer
  12. HeartsOpenWide

    ATI & NCLEX

    HeartsOpenWide replied to rbex09's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My school makes us take these exams as well, we have to get at least a level 1 or else our grade for the class will be changed to an F; even if we are getting an A in the class. I am in my last...
  13. HeartsOpenWide

    Don't wear gloves when doing vitals on post-partum mom

    HeartsOpenWide replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Was this before or after the babys first bath? Gloves are a must before the first bath, think about where the bab just came
  14. HeartsOpenWide

    Should a nursing instructor tell a student they are not nursing material.

    HeartsOpenWide replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    Be careful how you say things, you could offend. A learning disability is not necessarily a bad thing or mean that you can not get good grades. I have a documented learning disability and I have an...
  15. HeartsOpenWide

    Why do nursing stuents hate eachother??

    HeartsOpenWide replied to midnight*sky's topic in General Students

    I am guessing you are in an extreme case. Everyone in my class gets alone. Some people get along well more than with others, just like any situation, but no body hates anyone that I know of, we all...
  16. HeartsOpenWide

    Hiring a nurse that's a carrier of MRSA - Can that happen?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Halla17's topic in General Nursing

    If some one with AIDs can be a nurse then some one with MRSA can too. Many nurses carry MRSA, almost all nurses carry s.aureus in their nares according to my old Micro
  17. HeartsOpenWide

    CNM or OB/GYN

    HeartsOpenWide replied to ezxoxo322's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I suggest that you read about the midwifery model and the medical model and decide which is more your style. No offense, but there are enough Med-Wives out there. It does injustice to the midwifery...
  18. HeartsOpenWide

    my kid wants a sibling, I want to start nursing school

    HeartsOpenWide replied to la mama 310's topic in General Students

    You stated yourself that you do not have the time to do it now. Then don't. It sounds like you are not very sure about this, you need to do this only if you want to. Also, IMO, having another kid so...
  19. HeartsOpenWide

    Nursing student taking drugs

    HeartsOpenWide replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

    Unless I saw them doing it before clinical or smelled it on them or knew that they did it before clinical....nothing, what they do on their time is their business. If they were doing it before...
  20. HeartsOpenWide

    Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

    HeartsOpenWide replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    I know students that smoke weed, none that do it before or even around clinical days, and since it stays in your system for awhile it is hard to say when the person does it. Heck harder stuff leaves...
  21. HeartsOpenWide

    CNA? MA? similar?

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

    I am sure every place is different, but in my town the nursing home will train you and pay for your CNA exam, but you have to sign that you will work for them for x amount of
  22. HeartsOpenWide

    Do you have to PAY to reschedule NCLEX?

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

    If you cancel and reschedule 24hrs in advanced you don't have to pay. Do it when you feel comfortable, is your mind going to be all with it with your husband leaving around that
  23. HeartsOpenWide

    This might make you think twice about which nursing school to go to

    HeartsOpenWide replied to AZGirl27's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Looking at a school's NCLEX pass rate does not tell you anything about the quality of their school. Any school can increase their pass rates by making the curriculum extremely hard; this way only the...
  24. HeartsOpenWide

    LVN or RN?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to sarahlm's topic in California Nursing

    Community Colleges offer LVN programs too. It is only 20/unit right now. My local CC's LVN program is only 49 units...49X20=$980.00...not including books of course, and the program is only three...
  25. HeartsOpenWide

    Where would YOU live in California?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to SteveNNP's topic in California Nursing

    To each their own. I live in No. California and would not live in Central or Southern Cal if you paid me a million dollars. Things are not as fast paced up here and people tend to be more paid back....