HeartsOpenWide RN

Ante-Intra-Postpartum, Post Gyne

Member

All Content by HeartsOpenWide

  1. HeartsOpenWide

    Think we'll get letters over spring break?

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

    I know how you guys and gals feel. Does your school start in the fall? Both of the ones I applied for started at the end of August. I got my letter from the ASN program at the JC that I was already...
  2. HeartsOpenWide

    Does it really cost $131,414/yr to live in CA?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to YoungWiseWoman's topic in California Nursing

    I was born and raised in California. Housing continues to rise. My parents say that they could not even afford to buy their own house if they had to re-buy it. If not for family I would get the heck...
  3. HeartsOpenWide

    Do you have to take ATI exams?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

    Some one said that some of them are hard and some of them are easier. The first one I have to take is for Fundamentals (from last semester). Remember if it is one of the hard or easy
  4. HeartsOpenWide

    Do you have to take ATI exams?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

    Me------> :barf01: :barf01: Do you know what the 70th %
  5. HeartsOpenWide

    CAn anyone tell me about the TEAS test????

    HeartsOpenWide replied to veronica77's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My college did this. You had to get a certain number to get points. The higher the test you got compared to the national average the more points you got. The points were added with other things like...
  6. HeartsOpenWide

    would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    As a patient. I would not want a nurse that only made $11.00 an
  7. HeartsOpenWide

    Why are RN's so fat!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a question. If I get a job for Dr. 90210 when I graduate will I have to get a boob job and collagen injections in my lips to get hired?? Just being
  8. HeartsOpenWide

    Do you get laughed at?

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

    First of all. Congrats on going back to school! Just ignore people like this. When I took Physio I bought the "Physiology for Dumb-Dumbs" and the "Anatomy Coloring Book" and I got A's in Both classes....
  9. HeartsOpenWide

    Can't take blood pressure

    HeartsOpenWide replied to djmac's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My friend has this same problem. She say that it is because her ear canals are so small. She can even hear hear own heart beat when she uses those little ear peices on her I-pod. Tell your wife to go...
  10. HeartsOpenWide

    How Many Times Do You Have To Take A&P1 ?

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

    At my school you can only repeat a pre-nursing class once or else they will not even consider you. I guess they figure if a person can not get the basics they will not make it in nursing
  11. HeartsOpenWide

    HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    HeartsOpenWide replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    Well either find a different dream or learn to roll up your leaves. First of all, you will do this stuff as a nurse to. They only have ONE CNA on an ENTIRE FLOOR at the last hospital I did clinical...
  12. HeartsOpenWide

    What is the best study method? To cram or not too cram?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to jbjints's topic in General Students

    When I was in micro I got all A's and I crammed mostly. Now that I am in nursing school I still cram (l am taking a break from it right now) but I also study everyday so its not just making sense the...
  13. HeartsOpenWide

    Help I have an Instructor that doesn't teach!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Lovely_RN's topic in General Students

    I would not call that unique. I was about to ask you if you went to my school:chuckle . All last semester I said, "If I wanted to teach myself how to be a nurse I would buy a book and follow a nurse...
  14. HeartsOpenWide

    Interesting places where women have given birth

    HeartsOpenWide replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In the back seat of a VW bug on a dirt
  15. HeartsOpenWide

    What's your experience with doulas?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to EnergeticRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think it depends who you ask. For me, I think Doula's are great. I want to even become one on my way to becoming a midwife. I however am not sure I would ever get one, only because I have enough...
  16. HeartsOpenWide

    Can you sue your instructor?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Phillygryl's topic in General Students

    Sue Coke for sticking your tongue in a bottle and getting it stuck? If every one sued for a class they failed colleges would go out of business. Some one could turn the tables...so the lottery system...
  17. HeartsOpenWide

    Don't pounce me, I really do not know!

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    We do not have any office nurses in my area that I know of. All medical offices are filled with MAs. At least the ones I am familiar with and make referrals too. I am am an MA and I am not saying in...
  18. HeartsOpenWide

    anatomy and physiology in california

    HeartsOpenWide replied to lp307303's topic in General Students

    I did not know that califonia still offered these courses. All the Jr Colleges require anatomy and physio as separate courses and all the State colleges that I know of do the same thing. I had a...
  19. HeartsOpenWide

    Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I use to feel this way. Seemed like the same people always came in with migraines all the time wanting stadal or dem. Until I got a migraine so bad I saw black lines. I did nothing about it because I...
  20. HeartsOpenWide

    what is with this 9 months business?

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    So full term pregnancy is 40 weeks, but why do they always refer to 9 months? Do they just round since 40 weeks is calculated by the last LMP and actual date of conception can not be
  21. HeartsOpenWide

    How Did a BSN Help Your Career (Or Not)

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    I want to become a midwife and you have to have a BSN or a Bachelors in another field with an RN. Since I was not a nurse yet, and did not have a bachelors in another field, I figured it was best to...
  22. HeartsOpenWide

    A&P without Bio and Chemistry????

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Hope2Be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took Physio before Anatomy, Chem and Micro together and I got A's in all four. I did have a basic bio class, the only stuff I recall being connected at all was from Micro...although you had to take...
  23. HeartsOpenWide

    Accepted into 3 schools. Need help deciding.

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

    Oh my gosh, BOO HOO HOO, what ever are you going to do?? Just kidding, I am just so use to every one crying about wait-lists and GPA requirements and how unfair every thing is. Not that I don't do my...
  24. HeartsOpenWide

    Midwife gets jail in baby's death

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Mrs.S's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am all for VBAC, but not at home after three c-sections. The parents should be held accountable
  25. HeartsOpenWide

    Why not question pts about their eating habits?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I am in a BSN program that is holistic and we use Gordon's and when we did assessments we asked our clients 24-hour