Meriwhen ASN, BSN, MSN, RN

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    Random Question

    Meriwhen replied to NurseEnvision's topic in General Nursing

    Random Answer: 42. Seriously though, I don't think there's any set way hospitals have to be set up. I imagine that they would group certain areas close to each other (i.e., the SICU and PACU are...
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    ER GN Quitting Smoking - Any tips?

    Meriwhen replied to AlmostERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I only smoked for 4 years, less than a pack a day. Started at the end of my teens...surprisingly late since I grew up in a household full of hardcore smokers. Heck, my younger sister started smoking...
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    Credentials

    Meriwhen replied to Medic2RN-CCRN-CMC's topic in General Nursing

    I think that by saying "superior", OP was referring to the order in which his credentials would be listed, i.e. would LPN be ahead of EMT, or EMT placed in front of LPN. And not necessarily assuming...
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    Should Female Muslim Psychiatric Patients Be Allowed to Wear Hijabs?

    Meriwhen replied to purplegal's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm more concerned that someone else would take and use the fabric to hurt the patient or another person, than the patient deciding to use it to hurt herself. As someone else mentioned, it's a little...
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    Psych nursing while pregnant

    Meriwhen replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Psychiatric

    I know I'm late to the thread, but I have worked psych while pregnant. In the psych ER, once I told the charge about the pregnancy, she would not let be in the front line of any codes because the...
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    Unit Clerk Reading Allnurses.com ..

    Meriwhen replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    Same here...except that said coworker--same person across two separate jobs, no less!--used a picture of herself as her avatar. So between the photo and the details in her posts, it was easy to ID...
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    Am i still renewing my LVN license?

    Meriwhen replied to MedSurgicalRN's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is, if are hired into a LVN role, you can only perform LVN duties. However, if something goes wrong, you are held to the standard of your highest license, i.e., the RN. That's a catch-22...
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    Big Trouble

    Meriwhen replied to Bentlysnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    Good. There isn't always a rhyme or reason regarding how people divert. Some are very crafty and thoroughly think through how they divert. Some are less meticulous or too deep in the throes of...
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    The difficulties of trying to be proactive

    Meriwhen replied to JonathanClouse's topic in Psychiatric

    It's a lose/lose situation: cutbacks means there's less outpatient providers and services, so delays in getting outpatient service increase. So when patients can't get services, they go to the ED....
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    I am not a chew toy

    Meriwhen replied to audreysmagic's topic in Psychiatric

    I was assaulted by one of my patients the other day--they landed a few good blows on me, even with several security and staff in the fray as well. But said patient was delirious (UTI of course) so I...
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    Virginia BON

    Meriwhen replied to tani2010's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This. Have you asked the BON if there's anything outstanding in your application that you need to address? And on a related note, if you had a criminal history and failed to disclose it for whatever...
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    New Grad Qualification Question

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

    I would read "eligible for licensure" as your having your ATT in hand. That means you've graduated from nursing school, your transcript(s) are able to be released to the BON, the BON has reviewed you...
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    Discrimination for being a new mom?

    Meriwhen replied to Karn88's topic in General Nursing

    The Family and Medical Leave Act - Wage and Hour Division (WHD) - U.S. Department of Labor FMLA guarantees that you can return to your original or equivalent job. So you would have a job to return...
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    Big Trouble

    Meriwhen replied to Bentlysnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have to admit that I didn't think of that, probably because I'm in psych and not critical care. We don't keep IV or IM painkillers around (except Toradol), and when Ativan or Valium IM is ordered,...
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    How do I answer this question in an interview?

    Meriwhen replied to kummerspeck's topic in School

    Or substitute the word "paradise." If someone hearing that takes offense with that word, IMO they are actively looking for things to be offended by. OP: best of luck whatever you
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    What do you think will happen if we actually achieve truly safe staffing ratios?

    Meriwhen replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    What will happen--besides all the good things--is that nursing salaries will drop and/or LVNs and CNAs/techs will go away. Probably both. So then the RN will have only 4 med-surg patients, but it...
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    Big Trouble

    Meriwhen replied to Bentlysnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm not saying you did or didn't do it--I wasn't there so all I can go by on is what you post. But 5 times is 4 times too many to be an accidental oversight. Especially when the medication in...
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    Possible BRN Program in California

    Meriwhen replied to M2185's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Moving to the Nurses in Recovery forum. Not stating you are or aren't an addict by moving it there...but in that forum, you will find posters who have gone through diversion programs and can offer...
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    Charge

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

    To answer your question...you need to contact your nursing school and ask if this charge (you need not disclose the details to us if you don't want to) will render you ineligible for admission. The...
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    Charge

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

    Moving to the Licensure with a Criminal History forum. Be aware that this is a moderated forum, and all posts are reviewed before publishing. So there may be a small delay in seeing
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    First Dose medication alert and education

    Meriwhen replied to Rayrayaz13's topic in General Nursing

    Our EMR doesn't flag first doses. We're expected to stay on top of new medications and dosage changes, educate patients when said new/changed meds are given, and chart said
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    Any truth to getting the last question RIGHT on nclex and passing?

    Meriwhen replied to avidhunter3's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The PVT/pop-up test has been known to be inaccurate. I recently replied to a poster who tried checking the same test twice via PVT and got two different results. So one of those results is clearly...
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    ACLS or PALS

    Meriwhen replied to drod8375's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If you are at all uncertain, contact your local AHA training center to verify that you can register. I did glance at the AHA site quickly and didn't see anything that said, "thou shalt be a...
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    Disney and Nascar Nurse?

    Meriwhen replied to nursephillip's topic in Nursing News

    For my ultimate job before I fully retire, my goal is to be a nurse at
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    Challenging the LVN Board

    Meriwhen replied to cvh1576's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Best of luck in your attempt! One thing though...you may want to glance at the hiring requirements that employers in your area have for their LVN jobs. If they require applicants to have graduated...