HeartsOpenWide RN

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    Question about NP writing contols for out of state

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In the state of California a FNP can write Rx's for controlled substances, even triplicates like oxycontin, methadone, ect. I had a patient today that has a mail order pharmacy. They refused to fill...
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    Epidural placement as a "spectator sport"

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Suebee6's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What about the dad who was holding his wife during the placement, passed out, cracked his head open and died. Wife sued the hospital. I think I heard that one on here. However, IF I have my baby in a...
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    Do they make these?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to StarGirl's topic in General Nursing

    I saw some in a cataloge at work. I'll hunt down the website when I go in this
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    Crazy Classes?

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

    This could be too much. I hope you are not working, you will drown for sure. I took Micro with Chem and Human Growth & Development and I got an A in all three. I can not imagine doing A&P (we...
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    RN one class at a time, but what about now?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to career#3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    well paint me sill. Way
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    Medical Terminalogy

    HeartsOpenWide replied to snoop105's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It was not the easiest class, but I have worked harder for an A before (like chem:lol2: ) Do not try to learn all the words by themselves. Lean the prefixes, roots, ect... Like "Hypo" means below...
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    RN one class at a time, but what about now?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to career#3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am sorry to tell you this, but I do not think you CAN take one class at a time. In my program they sent me a letter telling me the three classes I had to sign up for (not including each had a lab)...
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    What order to take prereq's in

    HeartsOpenWide replied to AZmom's topic in Arizona Nursing

    This is how I took mine (not including the basic classes I took with them) Physio Microbiology,Human Growth & Development, Inorganic,Organic and Bio-Chem Anatomy, Stats (took nutrition a few...
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    But you're a MAN!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to nursesaideBen's topic in Men in Nursing

    Please do not chastise me for being a girl and posting here. Just wanted to share. I am a girl as I said. I am working as an MA while I am in NS. I can not tell you how many times I have asked a male...
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    Cerclage at 19wks

    HeartsOpenWide replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You know how you can tell a first time mother just by the way she is with her baby...maybe this woman Dr is just being extra pre-cautious while she is
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    Please help regarding TB testing & Hep-b shots

    HeartsOpenWide replied to jillzamo's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I work in a doctors office. TB's are only $15 and I do not recall how much the Hep B is. The Health Dept is always the cheapest to go if you have to pay. However, when I was going to a JC all the...
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    Highest paying LVN job??

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

    Try more like 700,000 or more. My husbands grandparents sold a one bedroom shack right inside S.F. for a little over 700,000 two years
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    RANT!! He left a dirty needle on my table!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to nursejohio's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I see this all the time. I use to work for an FNP and he was good about throwing his needles out. However, a few of the docs I also work with leave their used sutures, disposable scalpers and needles...
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    Threat of needle sticks!!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a doctors office as an MA while I go through nursing school. MDs NPs, PAs all do rectal checks, and prostate checks in our office. Infact, just yesterday I assisted with a Procto...the long...
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    Threat of needle sticks!!

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Are you serious? This seems like a
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    expired classes

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

    Find out if you can CLEP the classes. If you can not pass the CLEP than that tells you you really need to re-take the classes anyway. It could very froms school to school My friend just started PA...
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    Differences between Medical Assistants and Registered Nurses?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to MA2006's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. MA's are always being bashed on this site. It is MA's like these that give the rest of us a bad name. Please nurses, we are not all like this. However, I hope that when I become a nurse...
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    Differences between Medical Assistants and Registered Nurses?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to MA2006's topic in General Nursing

    I am a CMA and starting nursing school in the fall. I do not make crap at my job (but I stay because they worked around my school when doing pre-requs) I have been there just over four years now and I...
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    Any nurses in the Clearlake area? (Northern California?)

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Community Care's topic in California Nursing

    I live just south of Eureka, 45 mins North of Garerville, about 2 hours from clearlake (but if you know California that is not very far) I love Clearlake, my husband and I stayed there when we got...
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    How hard is Statistics?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to soko2002's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Its almost not math. (think thats why I liked it the best out off all my math classes:lol2: ) It is hard to explain, you'll see. My teacher taught college algebra as well as statistics, he said...
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    Chem and Anatomy together?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to reese19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think it depends on the person and the level of commitment they are willing to give. I took Chemistry at the same time as Microbiology and Human Growth and Development. I worked hard and got A's all...
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    Lasik vision correction

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in California Nursing

    Have any of you had laser/lasik (I think they are they same) eye correction surgery? *Would you recommend it to some one else? *Did you get 20/20 vision? (they say that not all people get 20/20) and...
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    How many miles do you drive to work each day?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to nurse2b2007SC's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on which office I am in. If I am in the one that is in town it is 1.09 miles If I am in the smaller office in the next town over it is 9.58 miles Nobody hate me, heck it's rual living!...
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    How to get info about family members who are in hospital

    HeartsOpenWide replied to vastudent's topic in General Nursing

    I thought HIPPA did not apply to immediate family member is emergency situations. At least that is what they told us, say that people would be freaking out about emergency situations. Maybe I heard...
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    Jury Duty during nursing school

    HeartsOpenWide replied to capribry's topic in General Nursing

    in California, unless it is the first week of classes or during finals you still have to appear. Just because you appear does not mean you will be selected from the jury pool anyway. Just check...