HeartsOpenWide RN

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    Nurses will do the CNA job

    HeartsOpenWide replied to bongids's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals in my area did this 3 years ago. They don't have any CNAs (maybe one for an entire floor) and NO LVNs at all. RNs do it all, from bedbaths to assessments, nursing diagnoses, I.V.s, trach...
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    Nursing School: Self-Taught?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Blove86's topic in General Students

    my friend/classmate and I joke that if we were ever given a polygraph test and they asked us if we were self taught nurses we could say "yes" and pass the test.... I am in my last year of my BSN...
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    CNA's referred to as "Nurse"

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

    I am not sure what the scope of practice is for CNAs in a office setting. Are you sure that they are not CMAs? CMAs are allowed to do the things you described above, at least in california and we have...
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    Breast Feeding and Contractions Questions

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Emily Suzanne's topic in Ob/Gyn

    what Jolie
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    Hold that Push!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to moz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would not sign it. Just because you sign something a whinny doctor had written up does not mean it will save you from a lawsuit if something does happen as a result of not pushing. Just hearing this...
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    nursing school w/o prereqs?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to smellyacres's topic in California Nursing

    All ADN/ASN nursing programs in CA have the same pre-req requirements; they did this a few years back because students were having a hard time applying to multiple schools because many had different...
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    pre-req grades

    HeartsOpenWide replied to andr3w's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In my school you got points for pr-req GPA and overall GPA, english was included in the pre-reqs. Depending on your competition, a C in english could hurt you, you would have to find out with your...
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    opinions about homebirthing

    HeartsOpenWide replied to momma/babyrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :barf01: I find people with this attitude have not been fully and correctly educated about home birth and have only seen birth inside a hospital setting... or view birth as a medical even. Studies...
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    Difference between CMA & RMA

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

    Yes, I could call anything that was a refill except for triplicates (.i.e. oxycodone) because it can not be faxed or called in, it can only be filled when the patient brings in the Rx on a special Rx...
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    Difference between CMA & RMA

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

    :yeahthat: When I was a CMA (before nursing school) I was allowed to call in meds if they were refills, but if the dose changed or instructions on how to take them (i.e. BID to TID ect) then the doc...
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    do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

    HeartsOpenWide replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

    I know what you mean...there is one in every bunch; there is a student in my class that has a comment or story for nearly everything the teacher says. Teachers are finally catching on and saying...
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    Is it better to take microbiology after anatomy and physiology?

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

    I am sure everyone will give you a different answer, but I don't think it really makes a difference. I took my courses all backwards. Physio one semester, Micro the next and Anatomy last. ( I would...
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    NCLEX review programs, any comparisons?

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I just took the HURST review. I am sure that all NCLEX review programs claim that they are the best. HURST states that their students have a 98% pass rate, sounds darn good to me. They said that...
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    NCLEX review programs, any comparisons?

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

    I liked it, the teacher was great and gave lots of study tips. the class comes with a book that you fill in answers as the class goes on so you are actively participating. I thought it was good but...
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    Terrified of drawing blood

    HeartsOpenWide replied to anxious student's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was a medical assistant too, but l loved drawing blood. I was suprised that we were not taught this, but most hospitals have lab techs and phelbotomists. Your blood drawing techniques will come in...
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    How does California manage to staff with a 5:1 ratio?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, i am in Humboldt County, which is Semi-Rural and from what I am told we are the second poorest county in all of California; second to Del-Nort county just over the mountain. (yet our house prices...
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    Would you pick a school according to their pass rates?

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in California Nursing

    If you could choose to go to any school would you pick a school that has the highest NCLEX pass rates? Do you suppose that their pass rates are higher because the education is "better" or because the...
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    How does California manage to staff with a 5:1 ratio?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    No there are not any Marjuana vending machines here (had to laugh at that), although I am sure a lot wish there was. It is legal but only for medical reasons and they are having problems with that...
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    How does California manage to staff with a 5:1 ratio?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    We do not have any CNAs or LVNs, RNs do it all, at least in my area of CA and we start out at one hospital at 18/hr and another at low 20's/hr right after graduation (not good pay though I hear it is...
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    Do you take NCLEX exam if you do ADN - BSN program?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to student86's topic in General Nursing

    That is what I ment by the right ones; there are many nursing classes that BSN students take for their higher degree that are not required for the NCLEX (like
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    How did you get an "A" in anatomy?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Diver Dude's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I didn't have a coloring book, but I used flash cards. For bones I made color copies (back and front) of photos of bones and cut them out so I could learn visually when I could not be in the lab (...
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    Do you take NCLEX exam if you do ADN - BSN program?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to student86's topic in General Nursing

    I have not graduated from my program straight BSN but my understanding is that once you have your RN you do not have to take the NCLEX again just because you bridge; I know that I could take the NCLEX...
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    Stirrups?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to CEG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Laying in a lithotomy position does not straighten the birth canal, it causes her to push against gravity; it is the worst position for a woman to be in...were you saying your doctors or wack or that...
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    Stirrups?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to CEG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am still in nursing school, one year left for my BSN but I took an extra summer class doing a preceptorship in OB and am a doula and have taken a begining midwifery course which allows me to look...
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    Grades don't matter!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    I know, so many people say "C's get degrees", well I work hard for my GPA and As and Bs in nursing school because one has to have at least a 3.0 to even be considered for a masters program, and NO...