Meriwhen ASN, BSN, MSN, RN

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    Good News!

    Meriwhen replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Congratulations!
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    Can I get a job in CA if I go to a out of state school?

    Meriwhen replied to JoAnnaPT's topic in California Nursing

    Technically, yes. As long as you have a valid CA license you can get a job in CA regardless of where you went to school. Reality: in-state new grads are having a difficult time as it is getting a...
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    N3335 Health Promotion Across the Lifespan RN-BSN)

    Meriwhen replied to nurse_starlight's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    This class isn't bad at all. I took it with Holistic Health Assessment and had no problems with
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    Wondering about sitter assigned to 2 pts at same time

    Meriwhen replied to crazyforchange's topic in General Nursing

    You will need to talk to an attorney, are we are unable to offer you legal advice. Best of luck. ETA: Baker Act is an involuntary psychiatric hold allowing a patient to be held up to 72 hours because...
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    One year

    Meriwhen replied to MichelleRN34's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congratulations on your success so far and your continued recovery. Best of luck with getting the license
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    Sabbath Observing students of Excelsior?

    Meriwhen replied to anrnshubby's topic in Excelsior College

    The way I see it: you don't hear about Catholic hospitals closing every Sunday, or hospitals in Israel being closed on Saturdays. And I doubt that all of the nurses in those facilities working on days...
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    How should I answer SATA if I'm not sure??

    Meriwhen replied to Bsngrad2013's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Technically, yes: they can have only one answer. In practice, it's not common to see them. But I have encoutered one-answered SATAs in nursing school, Kaplan tests and other NCLEX practice tests, so I...
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    How should I answer SATA if I'm not sure??

    Meriwhen replied to Bsngrad2013's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Look at the question. Then start with choice #1 and ask yourself, "could this choice answer the question correctly?" Don't look at choice #1 compared to the other choices. Focus only on if/how...
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    My daughter graduated BSN May 10th still hasn't received her ATT. Has anyone

    Meriwhen replied to Cathylady's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Depending on the time of year, ATTs can take a long time to arrive. I received my ATT in Virginia. My class applied at the same time (seriously, we had a day set aside for filling out the...
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    How should I answer SATA if I'm not sure??

    Meriwhen replied to Bsngrad2013's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My advice: look at the first answer choice. Decide if it's a correct answer or not. If it is, mark it; if not, don't mark it. Then move to the next answer choice and do the same. Then the next...
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    Random drug tests in nursing school?!

    Meriwhen replied to Yolopilas's topic in General Students

    My better half got hit with 3 drug screens in the same month. Two were truly random screens; the third was because they suspected someone in the unit of using so they tested the whole
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    medical care in your place of employment

    Meriwhen replied to Umberlee's topic in Psychiatric

    Usually by "medically cleared" they mean that they want the patient stable. This doesn't mean that the patient can't have medical issues--as you have seen, a lot of them do. But consider that unless...
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    Sabbath Observing students of Excelsior?

    Meriwhen replied to anrnshubby's topic in Excelsior College

    I'm guessing that the OP will be all over taking shifts on Sundays (and Saturday nights in the winter when the Sabbath ends early). At least that's what the observant Jewish coworkers I worked with...
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    Random drug tests in nursing school?!

    Meriwhen replied to Yolopilas's topic in General Students

    In the case of a false positive, they can do qualitative testing to determine what the exact substance is that's causing the
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    It's getting very quiet in here!

    Meriwhen replied to 100kids's topic in School

    I'll admit that's a damn good argument in favor of going into school nursing :) 10 weeks off to enjoy the summer... Enjoy your vacations (if you're getting one)--you all definitely deserve
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    Random drug tests in nursing school?!

    Meriwhen replied to Yolopilas's topic in General Students

    Same policy here: if you do not take the drug test by the deadline, they treat it as a positive test result and act accordingly. IMO, you should be prepared to be drug tested at any time. In fact,...
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    Random drug tests in nursing school?!

    Meriwhen replied to Yolopilas's topic in General Students

    I never had a random UDS while in school. I knew we were aware that we could have to take one, but I guess they just never called my number. Of course, if you're not using any drugs (whether illegal...
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    New Grad RN concerned about new LTC job

    Meriwhen replied to Lynn52's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Moving to First Year After Nursing Licensure to help you get more targeted
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    Are you married sweetie?"

    Meriwhen replied to Nurse-84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had the opposite happen when I floated to the geriatric program. A little old Italian lady told me I was fat. I was 8 months pregnant with the beginnings of preeclampsia so I was really
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    NURS 4325 Research Start Date 5/20/2013

    Meriwhen replied to laskydncr's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    Good to know, thanks. Still would have been nice of them to post an
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    NURS 4325 Research Start Date 5/20/2013

    Meriwhen replied to laskydncr's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    ...or maybe not. Nothing's open in the OOH section yet. So I have no idea if/when they're planning to have OOH this week. If they had cancelled this week's session, it'd have been nice if they made...
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    NURS 4325 Research Start Date 5/20/2013

    Meriwhen replied to laskydncr's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    AFAIK there should be an
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    Perdiem as fulltime?

    Meriwhen replied to evil03midget's topic in Agency Nurses

    Agreed. I suspect that $250 may be per month/quarter, and not per year. Or if it's per year, they're getting a bare-bones policy. OP: in addition to agreeing to most everything else said in this...
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    working as a psych nurse for an agency

    Meriwhen replied to thekid's topic in Psychiatric

    Psych isn't all about med passes...and to be honest, as a RN you won't do a lot of med passes--they usually have a LVN for that. Nor are psych hospitals long-term...state/government hospitals may...
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    Help! graduated with honors from BSN program!

    Meriwhen replied to RN2b599's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Ok, now to reply to your post :) BONs make these decisions on a case-by-case basis...and because of that, two nurses with similar criminal histories can have two very different outcomes. Some nurses...