mclennan BSN, RN

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    Best paid nursing jobs?

    mclennan replied to william1's topic in MICU, SICU

    LTCs in Los Angeles or
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    I do not like patient care nursing :(

    mclennan replied to Nurseheidi321's topic in Nursing Career

    Hey. Watch it. We nurses who "work in offices" make HUGE DIFFERENCES in people's lives. Just as much, if not more than nurses in clinical settings. You might have pushed meds through an IV, hung...
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    The Culture of Nursing

    mclennan replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I'd like the culture of self-care to change. This mentality I see so often amongst nurses that because we take care of everyone else, we don't take care of ourselves! I see so many nurses who are...
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    Why do nurses love for profit schools?

    mclennan replied to futureeastcoastNP's topic in School, College Programs

    Two prominent hospital systems I know of will not hire graduates of certain for-profit online schools. My company is also discussing the same issue. Also, when I was looking around at graduate schools...
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    Calling off-what are your company's policies?

    mclennan posted a topic in Case Management

    My company has many regions. Each region tailors a lot of their protocols according to patient population and staffing. My region is very tiny and we lack clerical support. We do all telephonic case...
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    Calling off-what are your company's policies?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Case Management

    No, I don't work in a call center. I'm an RN case manager and work for a large medical group. I float from inpatient locations to offices to hospitals to SNFs. I do transitional care management for...
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    Calling off-what are your company's policies?

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in Case Management

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    pray, read the bible, but overwhelmed

    mclennan replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Sounds to me like you need to spend less time with God and more time developing a plan of action to pass meds. The time you spent praying could have been spent collaborating with what staff you had...
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    Ranting on the New Grads

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

    I review stacks of résumés for our open positions (which all require experience, which is clearly stated on every posting, but tons of new grads apply anyway) and the low quality of writing, grammar...
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    I'm grateful for you crusty old bats

    mclennan replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks COBs, for kicking my sorry little new grad behind when I first started down this twisted road! And for not keeping your mouths shut! Well on my way to COB status myself.....the 8 year...
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    Abuse Culture in Nursing...How Far Does it Go?

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

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    Has anyone taken care of a celeb?

    mclennan replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I worked at Cedars-Sinai in L.A. so yes, and it was so commonplace it really didn't affect much. Other than a lot of eye rolling about the extra security. People in L.A. don't get real excited about...
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    RN looking to do Case Management

    mclennan replied to VerbalGrl715's topic in Case Management

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    WHY do I need a BSN?

    mclennan replied to AnnMarie52471's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    After 2 years in case management and 4 in public health, I can confidently say I do notice a difference between ADN and BSN nurses. I've worked extensively with both. And sometimes noticed these...
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    I signed up for what???

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

    I don't really have any advice for you. Hospital floor nursing is a quagmire of stress, politics and failure everywhere. That's why I mostly steered clear of it. I stayed on the Public Health and Case...
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    Feeling so guilty calling off sick

    mclennan posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have had a good old fashioned flu the last two days, with fever, chest congestion, cough & body aches. I'm pretty miserable. I called off yesterday and had to force myself to call again today. I...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

    mclennan replied to AnnMarie52471's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Some BSN programs are wonderful and great and teach you lots of useful stuff and critical thinking and intelligent things you'll put into practice every day. Some BSN programs are useless, stupid,...
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    Feeling so guilty calling off sick

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    I DID get the flu shot! Now, I haven't been swabbed to see if this is actually influenza, but I am pretty darn sure it's no common cold. I'm on day 3 of fever (100+), deep, painful chest congestion,...
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    Do recruiters even read your resume?

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

    I'm surprised at your naïveté. No; rarely are resumés posted to online sites read by any human being. The "recruiters" you're getting emails from are just spambots that generated automated...
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    Feeling so guilty calling off sick

    mclennan replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much for the supportive comments everyone!!! Earlier this week and last week, nurses were working sick, wearing face masks! Like they were HEROES. I'm sorry but I think that is crazy. I feel...
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    Scrub skirts Nurses

    mclennan replied to Lysa71's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

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    Scrub skirts Nurses

    mclennan replied to Lysa71's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    When I wore scrubs I wore skirts, because they were just more comfortable, no religious reasons. I had so much trouble finding the "perfect" skirt, so I made a bunch of my own knee-length, poly-blend...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

    mclennan replied to AnnMarie52471's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I can't understand for the life of me why so many nurses find the idea of being more educated so offensive. The anti-intellectual tone found all over this forum is awkward and shameful. What in the...
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    Cover letter - Is less better

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

    You're already at a big disadvantage being a new grad. This letter will only make it worse. It's too long, too vague and too fake. We sometimes get 500+ resumes with cover letters per open position,...
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    What was/are the 3 things that got/get you through nursing school?

    mclennan replied to crushlush's topic in General Students

    Hot tub Booze Red