HeartsOpenWide RN

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    Does anyone use nurses as a side job?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if you worked three 12hr shifts as a nurse you could still code on the side. Then if one of these horror stories came true for you you would still be up to date on your
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    Does anyone use nurses as a side job?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

    You will make a lot more as a nurse. With the amount of time it will take you to become a nurse you will not want it to be second to a lesser degree (if coding even requires a degree, most people that...
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    Is it easier to enter UC as an undergraduate or a graduate?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to spicychickensandwich's topic in Nursing Career

    I would check their website for most of your answers. However, my adviser at the JC before I transfered to a CSU told me that people that apply from a JC have a better chance at getting in than those...
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    Being An M.a. Does Not Cut It.......

    HeartsOpenWide replied to not_a_happy_M.A.'s topic in Nursing Career

    Where are you from? In California they have a special loan program. You take out student loans through the Gov up to $20,000. Then, if you work in an underserved area for three yrs when you graduate...
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    Can A Lvn Be A Medical Assistant??? Help!!!

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

    I don't think it would hurt to try a few offices. You know a lot more than an MA, they would be getting a good deal; and you would be getting ripped off, until you pass your boards of course. Not all...
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    The CMA Debate

    HeartsOpenWide replied to sharona97's topic in General Nursing

    I am in northern California. I was only making $9.00/hr after working at the same place for almost five years...its a long disgruntled story I do not care to get into. $14.42 is unheard of in my area;...
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    Nursing school question

    HeartsOpenWide replied to toonces73's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am in my second year of three. I do not work while I am in school and I do not have kids; unless I can count my husband LOL. I can not imagine having to do this with kids. Some people do it just...
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    Non smoking hospital: What is this?!!!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital in my town did it; even the medical office buildings around it are nonsmoking because its considered hospital grounds. I guess they figure that if they are well enough then they can walk...
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    LPN versus CMA

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

    i am in a bsn program an we have to give 20 min presentations this semester. i would not want to attempt that without a speech class. and regardless whether or not i ever give an official speech when...
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    Do you have to give drugs you do not agree with?

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse, do you have to give drugs you do not agree with; such as Cytotec to induce labor? I am not trying to start a debate here on whether or not it should be used, but I am against it and its...
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    Do you have to give drugs you do not agree with?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Well then, if I have to give a drug I do not want to, could I later get into trouble if something when wrong? I know we are taught in school that if there is a med error that the doctor makes and you...
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    How Much Is The Salary For Lvn In California

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

    It depends on where you live and where you work. My friend is an LVN in RN school and he got a job right after becomming and LVN at a rest home and was only getting 12 starting out. He then got a job...
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    "let loose the nurses of war"

    HeartsOpenWide replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    When I first started getting on this board as a pre-nursing student I though people were mean for bashing MAs on here. Now I understand. I am in my second year of a BSN program. Last semester I spent...
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    Do you work night clinicals?

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in General Students

    We are doing Peds/Ob this semester and we have clinical until midnight. I know there are noc shifts when you become a nurse, but is this typical for student rotations? I am having a hard time...
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    boards need to regulate MA's

    HeartsOpenWide replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Because I am not going to school for three years (not counting the two years of pre-requs) so some one that went to school for one year or less can claim they have the same title. Just like bad MAs...
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    boards need to regulate MA's

    HeartsOpenWide replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Here is a good link: http://www.medbd.ca.gov/MA.htm When I worked as a CMA before getting into nursing school I DID have a scope of practice. I got very efficient training at a JC. I too get...
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    Patients on Medicaid

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

    I have a question. When I worked in a Dr. office the pts insurance card (copy) was taped to the front of the chart so you knew what kind of insurance they had for billing and blood drawing purposes...
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    Patients on Medicaid

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

    I have seen both. When I worked in a family practice I saw people on medi-cal (like medicaid but in California) drive up in 30,000 pick-up trucks and then proceed to complain to me that their wife is...
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    Would you retake a class because of a B???

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

    I got a B in Stats but an A in all of my sciences and I had no problem getting in. I was HAPPY to get my B in Stats, a girl in my class was retaking it because she got a C and did not get into the...
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    BSN in another Degree to a Masters in Nursing

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Silly1's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    yes it is
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    Cab Vouchers

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    I worked in a mobile clinic that mostly saw indigent and homeless people. We gave out bus vouchers for those that needed to see a specialist or go to the hospital for tests we could do at the mobile...
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    BSN programs

    HeartsOpenWide replied to MAmom81's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As your school about nursing bridge
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    Are nurses professional?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to mmmk10's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    At my school (a four year) we spend three of the four years in the actual nursing program. I call it a three year program and the ASN/ADN program a 2 year program because you do not actually take...
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    How important is Chemistry, really?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to EGKB's topic in General Nursing

    I got an A in my organic, inorganic and bio-chem but only because I have a friend who got accepted to Berkley and basically taught it to me himself. I would go to his house for four hours every...
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    Did you watch the Previews during Sicko?

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in General Nursing

    I went and saw Sicko last night. No I am not here to discuss that. There was a preview on there about a Brother and Sister who have a father with Alzheimer's. I can not remember the title of the movie...