HeartsOpenWide RN

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    Online University or Local cc

    HeartsOpenWide replied to lnstringfield's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You have to already be an RN to go to U of Phoenix on line. It is for those going on to get their Bachelors. (Yeah I already checked that one out a few years
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    Why do I keep hearing stuff about waiting lists?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to justagirl992's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I applied to two schools and got into one on the first try. I was going to be 72 on the waiting list at my Junior college where I had done all my pre-req's where they take anybody that has passed...
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    What you make as a nurse Vs. Cost of living

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    LVN make about $15/hr here, thats about the same......but great house prices! (for you I
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    FNP in the ER?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to kllyhlls's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Can I ask where you are from? I am in California....a depressed area at
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    FNP in the ER?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to kllyhlls's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What do they make were you live?? why would you not consider it
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    Putting RN on license plate???

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Kalico's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt it. Unless you have a "medical" license plate, which I am not sure if RNs can even get them, I know MD's can, but not man that do. I know an FNP that has "FNP CARE" on his plate. But I am...
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    FNP in the ER?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to kllyhlls's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    An FNP I worked with made $80/hr in the
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    Micro advice???

    HeartsOpenWide replied to bpo93's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Don't underestimate Medical Terminology just because it is on-line. Micro in the summer at my school is done in 5 weeks and you are at school from 8 to 4 with a one hour break, four days a...
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    how long did it take you to complete your pre-reqs?

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

    I think it is a mater of opinion, I L-O-V-E-D microbiology. If I could do all that chem I would forget about nursing and become a
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    LPN's Are they really being phased out?

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

    $$$ for an MA program:rotfl: :rotfl: your getting ripped off! It would take me nealy 2 years to pay that back as "much" as I make as an
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    LPN's Are they really being phased out?

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

    In the part of northern California I live in there are no LVN/LPN in the hospitals, only in convalescent homes, but they are still around. Since the govonator has been in office there are not even...
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    On-line Microbiology Course in NC?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Lynn5346's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I did not know you could do Micor on line. My class was 80% lab. I can not imagine doing at home what we did in lab at school. But then again, I did Chemistry on line. Good
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    Nursing as Tax Exempt Profession

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Emergency RN's topic in General Nursing

    So when you call the police they can not come to your house, and you can not drive your car on the road, you better home school you kids, and if your house catches fire grab your garden hose.....if...
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    Nursing as Tax Exempt Profession

    HeartsOpenWide replied to Emergency RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is a pretty lame incentive. If people want to become nurses they will. There are enough people that do want to become nurses but are stuck on waiting lists. The desire to become a nurse...
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    how long did it take you to complete your pre-reqs?

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

    Pre-reqs took me three semesters. But I had already taken nutritian (when I was working full-time, year before I took the major pre-requs) and Pych(for my CMA programs) earlier. Physio Micro chem life...
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    Is it logical that we're warned against losing >3lbs/wk but gastric bypass is OK?

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

    Don't get me wrong. I am not singling anyone out here. I understand that these type of people do exists. One of my best friends is Obese and she eats healthy. However, a lot of people use this as an...
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    RN's who cannot insert IV's being Fired???

    HeartsOpenWide replied to maidy's topic in General Nursing

    I do not like doing ear lavages. Ear wax so big it "plunks" in the emessis basin....ew. But that does not mean I can get out of doing them. Is this person expecting other nurses to do I.V.s for...
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    HIPAA/doctors checking on pt's

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    If the PCP referred the patient to your facility, then yes it is fine. Especially if it is "documented as such". The PCP is going to want to follow up with his patient. These are referred to as...
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    Is it logical that we're warned against losing >3lbs/wk but gastric bypass is OK?

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

    This is a very expensive way to lose weight. Most insurance companies will not pay for or even consider paying for bariatric surgery unless the patient has gone though a diet plan Rx by their doc and...
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    general classes online?

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

    Classes I know you can take on line at my school: Upper division math (like trig, calc ect), Pysc-basic and life span development, sociology, political science. I took chemistry on line at a different...
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    How often do you draw blood?

    HeartsOpenWide posted a topic in General Nursing

    How often do you draw blood as an R.N? I am certified to draw blood at a Certified Medical Assistant now. I start nursing school in August. At my work they announced that they will not longer be...
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    Venipuncture Help

    HeartsOpenWide replied to middlekane's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I put the patients arm on a pillow and then line the tubes up in order againts their arm. They will not roll away because their arm causes the pillow to indent. If you are using a vacutainer always...
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    Teas??

    HeartsOpenWide replied to busylizzy's topic in Alabama Nursing

    That is a fine score. At my school you have to get atleast a 75% to get full credit for points. I hated taking that darn test! But I am glad the school went by GPA instead of lotto. I was 72 on a list...
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    How often do you draw blood?

    HeartsOpenWide replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    It not just for that (I am also saving for lasix eye surgery).I have been drawing blood for 4+ years. So it is like riding a bike
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    Medical Assistant Or LPN?

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

    As much as I love being a Certified Medical Assistant, and even though it has given me much more experience, I would have to say that if you ever plan on moving up like to say an R.N. then go the LPN...