mclennan BSN, RN

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    Who were you in high school

    mclennan replied to Dezy's topic in General Students

    I was a punk rocker with pink/blue/green dreads or Mohawk, leather jacket and combat boots. I hung out with the waste-oids, skaters, and Goths in the smoking pit behind school, but I was also a...
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    What did I get myself into??!! I'm scared!!!

    mclennan replied to RN_Mommy_2_3's topic in Home Health

    I tried RN case management for a HHA for 4 months. I have a low BS tolerance, I'm almost 40 and had been a Public Health nurse for 5 years when I tried this. It was a supposedly "reputable" agency...
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    Foods you have discovered as a Nurse

    mclennan replied to FlorenceNtheMachine's topic in General Nursing

    Haha, the fufu was the bland starchy part that's supposed to COOL the heat! Either way - NEVER again! Do you work in MN? That's where I was - big African immigrant
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    Foods you have discovered as a Nurse

    mclennan replied to FlorenceNtheMachine's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work SNF with a bunch of CNAs from Somalia and Eritrea. One night I was bragging, shooting my mouth off how I could handle any level of heat from spicy food. (Usually true). One of them...
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    77 K for BSN in L.A.

    mclennan replied to Twinkle007's topic in California Nursing

    I live in LA, where are you talking
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    Dear British "Hoaxed" Nurse:

    mclennan replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am heartbroken over this whole story, and the comments that disgust me the most are those that speculate other potential reasons why she took her life. 1. It doesn't matter. She's gone. Her...
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    Nasty feet

    mclennan replied to Stcroix's topic in General Nursing

    Ohhhhh......HO ha ha haaaa! *rubs hands together in fiendish glee* I worked as a Public Health Nurse in a clinic that served 90% homeless people for 4 years Later when I get home I will blow the roof...
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    New Grad Leaving Hospital for Office Job

    mclennan replied to IcySageNurse's topic in Nursing Career

    Ummm. I'm not a bedside nurse and haven't been for 4 years. How are you so sure the responders are bedside
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    New Grad Leaving Hospital for Office Job

    mclennan replied to IcySageNurse's topic in Nursing Career

    It's a running joke on this forum that many people come here asking for advice, and when they are told things they don't wanna hear, they predictably become defensive and angry. Way to keep the...
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    New Grad Leaving Hospital for Office Job

    mclennan replied to IcySageNurse's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow. LOL I've worked with NPs for years in many different settings and EVERY. SINGLE. ONE started out cleaning up POOP! AND put in at least 3 to 5 years (some longer) working shifts on hospital floors...
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    Dear Nursing Students/Orientees: A Love Note from the Preceptor from Hell

    mclennan replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

    Believe me, I "get" the OP - all too well. I have seen, experienced and heard about time and time again, that style of precepting in nursing. It is pervasive and dominant and leaves very little not...
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    Dear Nursing Students/Orientees: A Love Note from the Preceptor from Hell

    mclennan replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

    I'm working on my Master's in Nursing Education for the very reason that *I* had a horrific substandard clinical experience in nursing school and feel a drive to be part of the solution. I can...
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    PHN to have on New Grad resume- worth it?

    mclennan replied to NurseK7's topic in Nursing Career

    The CA BON has pretty strict requirements about your BSN curriculum's Public Health content. There's really no such thing as a BSN program that "specializes" in Public Health; instead, in most states...
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    PHN to have on New Grad resume- worth it?

    mclennan replied to NurseK7's topic in Nursing Career

    No. She is talking about the State of CA PHN license, not ANCC board certification. And yes, as a CA PHN RN of 6 years who started in this state as a new grad it IS worth it. Get it. ANYTHING you...
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    Accepted! Now needing financial advice

    mclennan replied to tcl0045's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Read my post very carefully. Literally every question you just asked is answered in
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    New LVN management/case manager

    mclennan replied to gwelsh87's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I work in case management for a large medical group, and was told by my managers that their goal is to have the entire department staffed by experienced BSNs who also have Board Certification in case...
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    Can someone please help with my new grad resume?

    mclennan replied to texasrn4ever's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Sorry but I totally disagree. Clinical experiences vary wildly. At least listing ones important to the job you're applying for is
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    Can someone please help with my new grad resume?

    mclennan replied to texasrn4ever's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I don't understand all the fuss about clinical experience on a nursing resume. My boss says she wants to see that on a resume - ESPECIALLY that of a new grad, it gives the potential employer some...
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    Drug-seeking patients in the clinic

    mclennan replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I worked for a year at a free/low cost/sliding fee clinic that was staffed by resident/student docs. It was basically a Vicodin/Norco/Oxy factory. It was a satellite of a large and well respected...
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    I think I want out, end semester 1

    mclennan replied to Katyvent7's topic in General Students

    I completely sympathize with the OP and agree with midwifetobe85. I went into my BSN program in my 30s with combined 6 or 7 years of both CNA & EMT work under my belt plus a previous BA & 5...
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    Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    mclennan replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Commuter for an excellent article. I've made decent middle class income in my 6 years of nursing - but after all the co-pays for anti depressants, talk therapy, psychiatrists and chiropractors...
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    A Fork in The Road!!!!!!

    mclennan replied to katiebeth's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Be prepared to work in a SNF or rehab to start; Also be ready to sit on a waiting list for a BSN program for months - maybe years. As long as you are realistic about these facts you'll be fine. I...
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    Office/Clinic setting staff morale

    mclennan replied to CoffeeLoveRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    At an ambulatory clinic where I once worked, we had one really cool manager who would very quietly compliment or praise us individually on something at least every other day. No big announcements;...
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    Yet another burned-out nurse question...

    mclennan replied to Gabrielle33's topic in General Nursing

    Everything worked out great. I did use some of the time and money to get a board certification in Case Management and now have a great 9-5, M-F case management job. Also, beware COBRA. It's a sham....
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    Ready for a change...insurance RN?

    mclennan replied to mvzRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Please see my recent reply to the thread on the Case Manager section. Every company's requirements are