HeartsOpenWide RN

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    patient romance?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to nursiemellie's topic in General Nursing

    IF there is a policy against it there should be a policy on how to write it
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    How many Programs did you apply to??

    HeartsOpenWide replied to wannabenursi's topic in California Nursing

    I applied to two programs 1 ASN program at a community college that used a lotto system, and 1 BSN program at the state college that I am attending now that selected their students by merit; I got in...
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    Wait to conceive after a miscarriage

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know that they say a woman should wait 3 months to get pregnant again after the birth of a baby (6 months being ideal). I know that there is also a waiting period after an abortion/miscarriage; one...
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    CNA=Slave???

    HeartsOpenWide replied to j_b_221's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, I find if funny that some one misunderstood this post and complained about lazy nurses and how they do not ever help out the aids...I guess the grass is green on the other side. They do not even...
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    Its True about Nurses and Tickets

    HeartsOpenWide replied to ScooterNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Before I went back to nursing school I was a CMA. I did a new job physical on a new police officer in the town I was working in on the other side of the river. On the way home I got pulled over. The...
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    Desperate Need Help from RN students who make A's and B's consistently

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Txborn82's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I get As and Bs. I do not do anything special that I know of. I also was an honor student before nursing school. I read all of the assigned chapters, take good notes in class, answer all the lecture...
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    Unfair Wage Increase

    HeartsOpenWide replied to snuggles49's topic in Nurse Management

    Just because one has more experience than another, that does not make them more qualified...some one can have 5yrs experience and get a job over some one with 20yrs experience because they are more...
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    Professional Nurse: BSN VS ADN... need help...

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

    I resent that remark, we do more than just take a few extra history classes...and that extra year is not spent learning how to do assessments and write papers....we learned how to do assessments in...
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    Professional Nurse: BSN VS ADN... need help...

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

    So the guy at McDonald's who has professionalism should be called a
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    What do you think? CPD?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to paintedbison's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Your friend should have been aloud to try pushing, IMO...I have heard enough stories where women are told they have CPD and they deliver a even larger baby lady partslly on their second birth. CPD...
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    LPN versus CMA

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

    I guess they did not make you take a spelling class... sorry I couldn't resist...if you are going to sell yourself; sale yourself, but don't shoot yourself in the foot in the
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    Are you a true Minnesotan?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I am not from MN but my mom is and I grew up listening to Ole and Lena
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    Can CNA lose a certificate for pushing a mental patient?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Sparklet's topic in General Nursing

    Thsi thread will probably get closed, we can not give legal adivice on here. You will have to tell your sister to get legal
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    advanced degrees for L&D?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to anursenow's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Its like you stole might
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    Patient reactions to L&D nurses who have never had children

    HeartsOpenWide replied to BarkowRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That is so LAME! People do not question MALE Obs...why the sudden question because you are a male nurse? I rather have a male nurse and a midwife than a female nurse and a male Ob....having a male OB...
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    Unfair Wage Increase

    HeartsOpenWide replied to snuggles49's topic in Nurse Management

    I do not understand what is unfair here. The ED manager had the guts to give an altamatem....and it worked, she got the raise (we she deserves IMO). It sounds like people suddenly want the job when...
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    Preparing for NOC shift

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in General Nursing

    This summer I am taking my last GE for my bachelors degree. It is a one month course that is usually done in 16 weeks. The class is during the day four days a week. I am doing a preceptorship in...
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    Nursing Layoffs!!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Bklyngurl's topic in New York Nursing

    Why don't these nurses qualify for
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    Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    What happens if a woman refuses what a hospital considers "protocal'? What if she flat out refuses to have an I.V., amniotomy, EFM,
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    Can you get financial aide for pre-reqs?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Hausfrau's topic in Arizona Nursing

    You can get financial aid for any college courses (although I think some might not be approved if you are just taking a PE course to get full units to get full benefits) but you do have to be careful...
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    Medical assistants and LPNs

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Angela Ma's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am glad I do not live in Alaska, I would not want an unlicensed professional putting a narcotic in my IV:no: and I use to work as a CMA (got my education from a JC) before going back to nursing...
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    "Patient" or "Client"?

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in General Nursing

    The nursing school I attend has earned acclaim as one of the few programs in the USA to teach the Modeling and Role Modeling theory as a basis for nursing practice, emphasizing a holistic approach to...
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    How many students did your nursing program accept for your class?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to anna19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am the last class to be in the program that is 6 semesters which students were only selected in the spring and started in the fall (the classes below us changed to 5 semesters and accpt students in...
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    "REAL" nursing

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So I was at a convalescent home for my geriatric clinical rotation this week. The nurse told me that she already signed all the meds out for the night but that she had not given them yet so I could...
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    Lpn Or Ma

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

    LPNs/LVNs in my are are being phased out in the hospitals (2 of the do not even have LVNs at all) but they practicly run LTC...my friend was an LVN while getting his RN and he was the nurse sup! You...