HeartsOpenWide RN

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    Midwives without nursing degrees risk prosecution

    HeartsOpenWide replied to TeleNurse2010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I feel sorry for the women in your state. Do they allow LM or CPM? If not your state is doing a serious disservice to
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    nurse

    HeartsOpenWide replied to kanny's topic in General Nursing

    She/he needs to call a doctors office to find out. There is no way any one on here would know, all docs charge
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    Patients can sue all the nurses?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to autumn_sky's topic in General Nursing

    anyone can sue or be
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    MA Question?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to RockGoddess's topic in Nursing Career

    I went to medical assisting school back in 2001 at my Junior college. There were not any pre-requisites but you had to test high enough in math to be able to do algebra and high enough in English to...
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    Using insulin syringes for another purpose

    HeartsOpenWide replied to kiszi's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a needle exchange clinic, they passed out insulin syringes to the heroin
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    What is Physiology like by itself?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Mommyto2and2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had a friend with the same problem, they told her you do not learn as much in a combined course. I took it seperate and it was hard but double. I enjoyed it for the most part, you could just focus...
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    HeartsOpenWide replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Doctors have had this attitude since they were created. Take midwives for examples, they were delivering babies in the bible. Then OB come around and make it illegal for midwives to even practice (yes...
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    Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    HeartsOpenWide replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a strange dream last night kinda related to nursing. I am waiting to have children until I am done with school, my husband on the other hand would love to have kids right now. Anyway, I dreamt...
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    can you pick your destination?

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in Travel

    Do you get sent where ever when you are a traveling nurse? Can you pick your locations or at least say you want to stay close to a group of states? I guessing its not a family job and does not really...
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    Gpa 2.73

    HeartsOpenWide replied to 2bNurseNik's topic in General Students

    you could go for your ASN, the local JC where I live only requires a 2.5 GPA and uses a lotto system. I am in a BSN now and have a 3.57; I came in with straight A's for my pre-nursing courses; when I...
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    science prerequisites

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

    My friend is in PA school, she was in nursing school before she had her kids and had to drop out. She had to take all her pre-reques again accept for Micro for some reason, not sure why not micro. But...
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    Attention all clinical instructors, would you do this??

    HeartsOpenWide replied to RN_2_B_5/2004's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am a student; not an RN yet and we get the information on our patients along with the nurses getting report. I would be thankful for the two hours you do get, as far as the other students getting...
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    Just an LVN is historical

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My husbands grandmother is a retired nurse, so when ever she sees me she asks me about how my schooling is going. She was asking me about my path and I was telling her that when I graduate from my...
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    Did you hear this about Medicaid?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I saw this in the paper a few months ago; they are not paying for any infections or injuries that are acquired will in the hospital....I think this can be a good thing, however, they seem to be taking...
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    How soon can you apply to a nursing program? Do you need to finish ALL pre-reqs?

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

    you have to find out from your school, every school is
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    ATI Testing

    HeartsOpenWide replied to almostanurse26's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I am sure they are different questions. A guy in my class took it a second time and did worse, probably because he was nervous from failing the first time. I recommend doing all the questions in the...
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    ATI Testing

    HeartsOpenWide replied to almostanurse26's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    We have to take them at the end of every semester for each class we take. I do not think they are that bad. I got in the 97th percentile for the Ob nursing one (level 3), a 95th percentile for...
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    Accepted to a BSN program.......BUT!!!!!Need Info please

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Kawain's topic in Government, Military

    Most BSN schools are three additional year; regardless of having an AS degree. The program itself is THREE years not including the classes you have to have just for your degree through the college; if...
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    If you can start from the beinging would you go straight for RN

    HeartsOpenWide replied to mydee's topic in LPN to RN

    I am not an RN yet, but I am in the BSN program. At my old JC their program is 2 years-4 semesters- for an AS and 3 semesters for the LPN/LVN. At my BSN program they recently changed the program to...
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    Help! Was this call for real?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to ink10300's topic in Florida Nursing

    I got a call like this but it called and asked if I had charged X amount to my bank account. I hung up and called the bank and told them the # and they said it was legit; so one had stolen my debit...
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    Statistics Curriculum Concern

    HeartsOpenWide replied to abooker's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Stats was required for my BSN program too. I took it with anatomy and an GE art class. I SUCK at math but found it to be interesting. I worked my tail off for the B I got in the class. Most practical...
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    I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

    HeartsOpenWide replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    I was a Certified Medical Assistant prior to becoming a nurse/student nurse. I always knew I wanted to be a nurse. But, I got married young and could not offord to go back to school so I did the...
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    California breatfeeding mothers read here

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    California Civil Code 43.3 This could easily be printed on a business sized card and lamented. Here is a link to the others states as well as breastfeeding mothers rights (such as in the workplace...
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    ATI Test for Placement

    HeartsOpenWide replied to somewhereouthere's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    You can also buy a study book. Study all the science that has nothing to do with nursing like rocks and clouds. They asked only 2 questions about anatomy and physio and the rest were on crap I had not...
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    MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    HeartsOpenWide replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    They were just talking about this in my Nursing2007 Journal I have watched people die, they are going to go anyways. Why make them go in pain because a family memeber wants to spend every last...