HeartsOpenWide RN

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    feelings on vaccines?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to crazybusyRN's topic in General Nursing

    what's your vaccine pet peeve? People that are not fully educated on vaccinations and simply assume the worst or trust what a friend said (who is also misinformed). Are you annoyed that you are asked...
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    Thoughts on online courses

    HeartsOpenWide replied to godsend213's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    All the on-line programs I have heard of are only RN to BSN. I heard of one in NY that is on line. I know that there is an on-line midwifery program through Frontier Nursing but you still have to fly...
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    Am I too old?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to ILoveHK's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I will be about 31 before I get my Masters degree in Nursing and become a midwife. My mother in law is in her mid forties and is just starting her pre-requs and starting college for the FIRST time...
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    Can a BSN major take the NCLEX after his second year of BSN program?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to nursinguy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The BSN I am in you can take your boards after two and a half years. Not two and you do not have to wait three. I do not see how anyone would have time to study for boards while still in nursing...
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    RN Vs. BSN program, which one is less competitive?

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

    In California there are over 100 ASN programs and only about 26 BSN programs. I know it is different every where but, from my experience BSN programs are more competitive because they look at grades,...
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    "Natural" birth

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    It seems like there are so many different meanings to different people for "Natural Birth" What do you consider "Natural Birth"? When a patient comes into your hospital wanting the most "Natural...
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    Double Standard BS

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    (Let me first tell you that my husband is the second oldest of 13) I was talking with a family friend of my in-laws who is at UC Sandiego getting her Pych degree. I was telling her how I am starting...
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    Double Standard BS

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    three years to get BSN One year in OB then 18 months to get CNM I think you are right. The other day he said "You do not want kids!" I told him I did but I could not give the attention that I would...
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    Getting CNAs to WEAR GLOVES & WASH HANDS?!?!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    Tell them they will be fired if they do not, and follow through. They might not care if they get an infection from a patient, but I bet patients will be ticked if they get another patients illness...
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    What exactly ARE the wrong reasons?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Lachrymologist's topic in General Nursing

    IMO: *If you do it for the money *If you hate people and think that you can "just" get a job in med-surg because "at least the people will be asleep"...yes I had a girl in my Micro class that really...
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    "But I'm pregnant . . ."

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    This is a good thing not to be around because of infection...I am not sure about the "Yucky"part...I worked with a PA that could not see patients that were sick. Just paps, med checks, ect... I think...
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    When selecting needle size, is there a standard?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Dratz's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The most common needle I use is a 25G 1inch (1 1/2 for very large patients and it is in the Glut)...if it is more than one CC and it is an IM it can not go it the deltoid. We use a lot of TB syringes...
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    Student and wanting help in going forward to bcome a OB nurse

    HeartsOpenWide replied to NursingStudent19's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You could get a job in L&D as a CNA. It would not be hard to do with your MA
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    Assisting in abortions

    HeartsOpenWide replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    Your words are moving and almost make me change what I have said, but what about situations in small rual hospitals were there is no one else to take your place if you do not want to do it and the...
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    Assisting in abortions

    HeartsOpenWide replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I thought it was a law that the ER could not turn away patients, hence the patient with no insurance or money getting in for a hang nail etc.(I know there are some situations like those that involve...
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    ADN or BSN

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Dusty08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, if you decide to move to a mid-level position like a Nurse-Midwife or a Family Nurse
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    Do we HAVE to address docs by "Dr.--"

    HeartsOpenWide replied to kmokay's topic in General Nursing

    I do out of respect when at work, but out side of work (one doc use to take us to get drinks after work) I feel fine using first names. Some times I slip and say Dr.G or Dr.B but they have never said...
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    what can docs do to us?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to kmokay's topic in General Nursing

    I work for a doctor in a office setting as an MA. Other than yell at me to get the drug rep that was standing in the hall way "the hell out of his office" (he had a dying patient in the hospital that...
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    Real 911 calls.....

    HeartsOpenWide replied to RosesrReder's topic in Nursing Humor

    I got a ride in a cop car once. I had not done anything wrong but was in a fender bender and was really young and shaken up that I locked myself out of my car so the cop had to drive me to work, which...
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    Real 911 calls.....

    HeartsOpenWide replied to RosesrReder's topic in Nursing Humor

    Remember the show "rescue 9-1-1"? The one where the kid calls on a cordless phone because his tongue is stuck to the inside of the
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    Why does California have a longer educational requirment than other states?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Bala Shark's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    at my school LVNs do not have to take nearly as many pre-requs as RN nursing students, but many take them anyway so they do not have to go back and take them if they decide to bridge.,For example:...
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    Does this bother you?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Gods child's topic in General Nursing

    At the JC I just graduated from, they started a high school. I did not have any in my classes but they were around campus and they were all noisy; you aways knew when a class was getting out. They...
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    Should nipple piercings preclude you from breast-feeding?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    But people do not suck on your ears with a strong latch for 10 mins or so at a time several times a day.:kiss . But if you can take them out without the holes closing why take the risk of leaving them...
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    2 Year Track Nursing

    HeartsOpenWide replied to a0493261's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Are you talking about getting a BSN in two years? There are TONS of two year colleges in California if you mean an
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    question about nursing school: practicing on each other

    HeartsOpenWide replied to br107's topic in General Students

    I learned to draw blood and give injections on fake people. The schools insurance policy did not cover them to allow us to practice on each