Meriwhen ASN, BSN, MSN, RN

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    comparing myself to co-workers

    Meriwhen replied to LookForward's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    1. Stop comparing yourself to your coworkers. 2. Focus on how you can improve yourself. 3. Don't be too hard on yourself. As you gain experience, you'll feel better and more competent...but it...
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    Weekend Only Shift

    Meriwhen replied to mwc1230's topic in General Nursing

    I would imagine there'd have to be an exception for weekend-only staff--otherwise it would not be fair to
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    Weekend Only Shift

    Meriwhen replied to mwc1230's topic in General Nursing

    Not too bad. The question is, will you be OK with being unavailable for family stuff on weekend
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    Weekend Only Shift

    Meriwhen replied to mwc1230's topic in General Nursing

    Some people prefer working only weekends. So if it works for you, go for
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    Kaplan University online NP program ?

    Meriwhen replied to wulisahuang's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That is because a school does not need to be accredited in order to confer a degree. So they did nothing illegal in offering a BSN-NP program that wasn't yet accredited. Now, what BONs (and...
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    Be a renal nurse and not work a day in your life

    Meriwhen replied to abbyrenalRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Unfortunately, almost every specialty gets tagged, "just a..." by someone. Just a dialysis nurse, just a LTC nurse, just a psych nurse, just a L&D nurse, just a school nurse, just a med-surg...
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    what career is the hardest to work in?

    Meriwhen replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say things like that to some of my patients who aren't first graders. And to answer the question in your thread title, the hardest career to work in is a career that you don't want to work...
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    Time to renew my license - i got a DUI between last renewal and now

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

    Get a lawyer ready, then notify your BON and set this all right. You are going to have to address this eventually; better you do it now than at renewal...or before the BON finds out on their own. Do...
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    Misdemeanor purged??? Confused.

    Meriwhen replied to freedom01's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I never heard of a purged record...hence why I'm pointing you in the direction of your lawyer
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    Be a renal nurse and not work a day in your life

    Meriwhen replied to abbyrenalRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    For a second, I thought that said "real" nurse...then I saw all the dialysis talk and figured it out You're spot on: if you truly enjoy what you do at work, you'll never be working. Nice
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    BSN failed NCLEX twice, what jobs are in demand?

    Meriwhen replied to WorldTravelingYogi's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm not a LVN so I may be wrong about this, but if you decide to become a LVN by challenge and are successful, the LVN license you get will CA-specific only and not endorsable to other states....
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    NURS 4325 Research Start Date 5/20/2013

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

    Oh yeah...no one's done this so I'm not reprimanding anyone. However, I'd be neglecting my duties as forum staff if I didn't mention it. So let me do my job... A reminder to all NOT to discuss any...
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    NURS 4325 Research Start Date 5/20/2013

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

    To be honest, I'm not even sure...I'm still kind of numb from it. Now I have to go listen to the lovely
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    NURS 4325 Research Start Date 5/20/2013

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

    That's my view too: I think the research itself is great. I can see myself doing it in the future. But it's the format of the class, the disorganization, the vagueness and all of the technical...
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    NURS 4325 Research Start Date 5/20/2013

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

    Thanks. Literature was never my strong suit
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    NURS 4325 Research Start Date 5/20/2013

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

    I'm not bothering with the OOH now--I don't need that stress before the quiz. I'll listen to the recording
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    Misdemeanor purged??? Confused.

    Meriwhen replied to freedom01's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    To be honest, I think you'll get better answers from your attorney about the purged charge than you will get from us here. Also, keep in mind that you will still have to declare expunged or purged...
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    Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    Meriwhen replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    OP (if you're still around): I suppose you could try psych. Most of our patients are "walkie-talkies"...or at least "walkies"...so there's very little patient bathing and ADLs. In fact, it's more...
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    NURS 4325 Research Start Date 5/20/2013

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

    IMO, with this class...happy. I think Voltaire described this course in one of his levels of Hell. I take the quiz in about 3 hours. I fell asleep during my rosary last night--I better finish...
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    NURS 4325 Research Start Date 5/20/2013

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

    Tried to, gave up before I finished Chapter
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    NURS 4325 Research Start Date 5/20/2013

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

    Tequila. Seriously, I'm rewatching all of the videos from week 1, rereading the summaries of the corresponding chapters in the book, rereading all of the notes from class and the ones I typed up,...
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    domestic violence in nursing

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

    To be honest, the best source for the answer of whether Ohio will license you is the Ohio BON. But here's the problem: almost all BONs will not give you an answer about licensure if you just call...
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    Engraving on Littmann

    Meriwhen replied to ilovemythreeguys's topic in General Students

    And to answer your thread's question, I have it engraved with my full name and RN. When I was a student, I used just my
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    Engraving on Littmann

    Meriwhen replied to ilovemythreeguys's topic in General Students

    If you had decided to go ahead and get RN put on it, you'd better keep that stethoscope at home until you get your license. Otherwise I--and almost every other nurse out there--WILL call you on it if...
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    Mommy Nurse

    Meriwhen replied to ekev12's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No worries: if you can't edit a post, just make another post and continue saying what you wanted to