HeartsOpenWide RN

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    I am about to enter the snake pit...please help

    HeartsOpenWide replied to ♑ Capricorn ♑'s topic in General Students

    Keep your head down. Do your work and get out. Make friends with those serious about nursing school; avoid any and all social parities, accept the fact that your social life will be
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    interesting article

    HeartsOpenWide replied to cayenne06's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't stand
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    NRC Neonatal

    HeartsOpenWide replied to LeahChan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Or do you mean NRP? You take the exam online and then you have to do a simulation within 30 days. Call hospitals in your area for the
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    NRC Neonatal

    HeartsOpenWide replied to LeahChan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What is NRC? Do you mean RN-C NICU? You have to have two years experience in the specialty area you are testing
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    She got fired...

    HeartsOpenWide replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Nursing

    #1 she probably did something out of her scope of practice #2 if the doctor was not getting there ASAP she should have called the ER doc; or even went to him first...a patient bleeding out? I am not...
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    OB Nursing Residency Programs

    HeartsOpenWide replied to jcadler82's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You could probably get into a Hospital with Versant with grades like that. One of the hospitals in my area has one. I am not sure if you go to the Versant website if they list all the hospitals that...
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    OB Nursing Residency Programs

    HeartsOpenWide replied to jcadler82's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Versant (sp?) does. They are however VERY competitive; they only take the best of the best. Where do you live? I know of a program in California. You have to pay to get in, its a preceptorship....
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    Is this sneaky?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to sbostonRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I agree. I actually have a BSN (not s BS) and I list my name Heartsopenwide
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    Men in OB/Peds Nursing....Any thoughts?....

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Wild Irish LPN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Let me add, I do not mean a woman who has never given birth can not be an OB nurse; just that women understand women...and giving birth is a woman thing. Again, if it were up to me, only a woman would...
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    Men in OB/Peds Nursing....Any thoughts?....

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Wild Irish LPN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would refuse a male nurse. Would I let a man deliver my baby? Yes, if he was in the OB practice that I was going to for my pregnancy; difference? I will get to know this male provider over a period...
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    comfort measures for med-free labor

    HeartsOpenWide replied to loving2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why do you require continuous EFM? Do your docs not know that intermittent is just as accurate? If mom is drug free, Pitocin free, and low risk; we do intermittent and Doppler monitoring, we don't...
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    A day in the life..."birth sitting"

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Vannablack's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You will have more job security as a CNM. Easier to get Malpractice Insurance. And if universal healthcare goes through, I have a feeling the use of mid-level practitioners will
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    Nurses Week/Hospital Week

    HeartsOpenWide replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    I was just thinking that....my hospital can't show us enough respect to celebrate a week that is designated specifically to us, they make us share it with the whole dang
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    Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why are you so concerned about what should be done to her? Why is there no mention of what should be done to HIM? Its takes two to you know what...if anyone should be in more trouble its HIM, she was...
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    Call pay

    HeartsOpenWide replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Operating Room

    Northern California. $4/hr. No recall pay. Hospital down the street gets $9.50/hr and time and a half if they are called back
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    How do you encourage rooming in.

    HeartsOpenWide replied to gallicxy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our philosophy is Family Centered Care, very rarely do we double new moms up in a room. We do not have a NICU, just a standard nursery. We do not staff nurses in the nursery. If there is a sick baby...
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    Is this fair? Honest opinions, please.

    HeartsOpenWide replied to BC913's topic in General Students

    Don't go to the dean. It's none of your business and by complaining about it your saying you dont agree with he decision. My concern is; what happens when these people fail? Are they going to whine...
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    Student Response to "Court Subpoena"

    HeartsOpenWide replied to guest042302019's topic in General Students

    Follow standard procedures, what they expect a prudent nurse to do. Uphold hospital protocol. Buy private malpractice insurance, your hospital WILL throw you under the bus to save their own ass. Take...
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    Is it crazy to want to quit my job after 2 days???

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Smilee1116's topic in General Nursing

    Three days if you were a travel nurse with lots of experience; a new grad? No way. If you do leave, ask in the interview how long the orientation is next
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    Changing practice for experienced nurses

    HeartsOpenWide replied to gfoster6993's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    the reason they don't use the dorsal gluteal site used is because of the risk of hitting the sciatic nerve. changer or not. i prefer evidence based nursing...thats what is
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    Hospital Won't Hire Obese Workers

    HeartsOpenWide replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

    Those over weight cost the employer more for heath insurance. Maybe an option would be for the employee to pay the difference between what a healthy person cost in medical bills and what a obese...
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    New grad nurse - purposely work part time?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to SoCal student's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wouldn't suggest it, at least not for the first year or two. Most nurses do not start to feel confident until after their first year, and that's full time; you need to get as much experience as you...
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    Would you keep lower level certification or licenses current?

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been an RN for almost three years now. I was a certified medical assistant before becoming a nurse. To keep your certification as a CMA you have to do X amount of CEUs every 5 years and pay...
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    Changing practice for experienced nurses

    HeartsOpenWide replied to gfoster6993's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ask your administrators to write a policy for giving IM injections. We use to give phenergan IV, but now we can only give it PO or IM; a notice went out from
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    "Nurses do doctor's dictations all the time"

    HeartsOpenWide replied to mzjones6's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    People get very specialized training to dictate. They have people to dictate that that is their primary job. I have never known the nurse to do it. They would pay someone way less than a nurses wage,...