mclennan BSN, RN

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    New graduate looking for work...

    mclennan replied to tony51783's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I feel badly for you if your school snowed you into believing there was a shortage. That's what schools do to get your money and keep their graduation rates up. It's a blatant lie they've been pushing...
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    CA bon problems

    mclennan replied to Ethio.yod's topic in Nurse Registration

    And your citizenship status does matter, as another poster asked if you are a citizen or have an SSN, which you did not
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    For those wishing to move to L.A.

    mclennan posted a topic in California Nursing

    Here is a horrifying study recently published by UCLA: 10 Charts That Show How and Why LA Has the Most Unaffordable Rental Market in the US - Rentally Deranged - Curbed LA Please be warned. Also,...
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    Best lotion for dry hands?

    mclennan replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Dr. Hauschka Hydrating Hand Cream or Weleda Skin Food are both way, way far above anything I've found at conventional drug stores. Because they're so powerful you use less. One small tube lasts me...
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    Does anyone know how many times you can write NCLEX RN Iin MN?

    mclennan replied to RNN7's topic in General Nursing

    When you asked the Board of Nursing, what did they
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    Is it fair for the media to blame the RN in Texas for contracting Ebola?

    mclennan replied to luv2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/health/texas-ebola-nurses-union-claims/index.html?sr=sharebar_facebook I am so glad this nurses organization has taken this to the media. Part of the reason I have...
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    How did you celebrate passing your boards?

    mclennan replied to anh06005's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Got smashed on champagne and
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    IV clinics for hangovers

    mclennan replied to floridaRN38's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    You sound precious. And very, very new to nursing. I appreciate your fervent passion that's so shiny and frothy and naïve! I remember when I was like that. It will all evaporate when the anvil of...
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    IV clinics for hangovers

    mclennan replied to floridaRN38's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    For anyone to suggest this treatment is any less ethical than the current systematic extortion of patients by insurance & pharmaceutical in exchange for treatments that only encourage more abuse...
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    Family and Obligations...I need to vent.

    mclennan replied to stacieprimus's topic in General Students

    Just say no. It really is that simple. Yes......it is. To succeed in nursing you need a strong resolve, which it sounds like you already have. You got out of the country life & are pursuing...
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    Alzheimer's Disease and Delirium

    mclennan replied to cparker67's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I tried to do it but every time I hit "next" it reloaded the consent page, even after refreshing repeatedly. Sorry, I
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    West Coast University

    mclennan replied to ElizabethTonoyan's topic in California Nursing

    Well, sometimes the truth is
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    West Coast University

    mclennan replied to ElizabethTonoyan's topic in California Nursing

    When I sat on a hiring committee recently, WCU grads went to the bottom of the applicant pile. We seriously questioned the judgment and decision making skills of anyone who would choose such an...
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    Are We Truly That Gullible?

    mclennan replied to Teacher Sue's topic in General Nursing

    We have some brilliant provocateurs here; someone needs to start a nursing-focused Gomerblog
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    Not What I Expected

    mclennan replied to LoveAlwaysAlisa's topic in General Students

    Can you be more specific about exactly what it is you don't
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    Goodbye, fellow nurses

    mclennan replied to mcbg6335's topic in General Nursing

    No seriously OP, BIG UPS to you for having the courage. I've been voluntarily not working since March and DREADING going back. Exploring non-nursing options as well. Live long and prosper, good luck...
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    Goodbye, fellow nurses

    mclennan replied to mcbg6335's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing
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    HELP. I plan to major in Nursing but one problem: I don't like science.

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

    Haha! I have worked with many of those creatures, a bizarre amalgam of automaton, company man and somewhere in there.....nurse. You are exactly correct. Some nurses DO abandon the SCIENCE and critical...
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    Second Semester Nursing Student Educates Staff

    mclennan posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    HA! Hahahaha!
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    Anybody here ever found a GF or a future wife as a "murse" at work?

    mclennan replied to PlentyOfMurses's topic in Male Nursing Students

    You sound desperate, insecure, competitive and way too worried about what other people think about how you're "supposed" to be. As a smart, interesting and attractive woman, I can tell you right now...
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    What is bullying then?

    mclennan replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Folks. The bottom line is, all the posts from young whiners crying "bullying" and "NETY" are driving away the longtime, valuable and wise old guard who have been mentors here for a long time. Here's...
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    Is This Bullying?

    mclennan replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    YOU GUYS. Are *totally* cracking me up!!!!!
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    IV clinics for hangovers

    mclennan replied to floridaRN38's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I have *often* thought of doing something like this here in Los Angeles, and making it appear "high end," to appeal to rich drunks, traveling execs, and celebs. A Mercedes van comes to you, offering...
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    How to get a hospital position in middle age.

    mclennan replied to Cynthia M's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If you are referring to yourself as a "nurse" ANYWHERE on your résumé or cover letter, that is probably the reason you aren't getting interviews. It is a crime in most states to do
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    No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

    mclennan replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Holy rant-o-rama, Ruby!!!! I could not AGREE MORE with every word you've said here. Great post! Explaining the mysterious ways of the moderators as viewing the whiny youngins as "future income...