Meriwhen ASN, BSN, MSN, RN

Psych ICU, addictions

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    Most satisfying Nursing Specialties?

    Meriwhen replied to ZDriver96's topic in General Nursing

    The most satisifying speciality is the one you love working in. For me, it's psych. For someone else, it may be L&D. For another person, LTC. And guess what: we're all right
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    Private colleges worth the money?

    Meriwhen replied to cnafromaz's topic in General Nursing

    IMO, think long and hard before racking up the debt. The job market sucks for new grads now and there's no idea if/when it will get better. Also, with so many new grads out there looking for work,...
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    What field of Nursing will you work in??? & best/worst place to work?

    Meriwhen replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Nursing

    The best place/field you want to work is one that you want to work in, because then you'll enjoy your job. The worst is one you don't want to work in because you will be miserable. As other posters...
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    New Grads hired at my LTC facility

    Meriwhen replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in General Nursing

    That's good! I wouldn't give them your user name, IMO...that way you still maintain your privacy here, instead of them being able to scrutinize everything you post and wonder if you're talking about...
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    Any ideas on how to keep their pants up?

    Meriwhen replied to NCindasun21's topic in Psychiatric

    We use self-locking plastic ties like the ones you'd use to keep wires bundled together. To minimize the risk of self-harm, we don't hand it to a patient to put on; instead, we put it on for them,...
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    Is putting 'BSN' on badge snobbish?

    Meriwhen replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    Nice to know I taught someone something today
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    Help!:(

    Meriwhen replied to maureenelopre's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Try looking outside of hospitals: rehab, skilled nursing, LTC, dialysis, outpatient clinics, private practices, etc. Right now it's hard to get into an acute care facility as a new grad, and IMO any...
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    Is putting 'BSN' on badge snobbish?

    Meriwhen replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    One meaning for GED is General Education Diploma. It's what you can get if you don't finish high school. You take a series of tests to obtain it, and it's the equivalent of a high school
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    GPA

    Meriwhen replied to UCDAVIS JESSICA's topic in General Students

    Keep in mind that if you repeat a class, the NS usually look at the most recent grade...so if you repeat and do worse, you've just shot yourself in the foot. So if you had a B in a pre-req class, IMO...
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    how many uniforms to buy?

    Meriwhen replied to sajohnston1978's topic in General Students

    If it's a custom uniform, I would get at least two: that way if you slack on doing laundry or one gets damaged/stained, you have a second ready to go. Also as far as dealing with stains, treat them...
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    Will i be able to get a job with a 2 year degree?

    Meriwhen replied to Caren1221's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes, a 2 year degree can get you a job--I'm living proof. There are some places that do prefer a 4 year degree though. Though truth be told, the job market still really sucks right now and all new...
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    Is putting 'BSN' on badge snobbish?

    Meriwhen replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    My patients don't care what's on my badge as long as I'm there to care for them. Likewise, I don't particulary care what's on my badge either as long as my title is correct (RN). That being said, if...
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    sumitting resignation letter via email?

    Meriwhen replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    E-mail should not be used as the only method of resigning--then it's not very professional, IMO. Use it in conjuction with a hard-copy resignation letter which should be hand-delivered to your HR...
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    Psych. RNs

    Meriwhen replied to lion09's topic in Psychiatric

    When I was per-diem, I had no problem picking up hours...but we were short-staffed at the time. Now we have so many full-time staff that a lot of per-diems are getting cut or are relegated to the...
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    Depression in nurses and how/where to get help?

    Meriwhen replied to SeattleKid09's topic in Psychiatric

    If you don't want it to be known at work that you're seeking treatment for depression, all I can suggest is that you seek an psychiatry appointment outside of employee health. Go through your medical...
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    Requesting status change...good idea?!?! help!!

    Meriwhen replied to Starfish1's topic in General Nursing

    IMO, I would stay at the full-time job. You run the risk of not pulling enough PRN hours to make a full-time check. Or you may not get any PRN work for long stretches because PRN doesn't guarantee you...
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    In a New Grad Program seeking to apply for another

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

    IMO, it may be worth sucking up driving 30 miles in LA traffic to stay at the first job for that magic year. As others have mentioned, it's not the best looking thing on your resume and with all the...
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    I need some Advice please

    Meriwhen replied to babypoo's topic in General Nursing

    Actually...no. The only thing the hospital can't do is fire you for being pregnant. They CAN fire you if you don't do your job while pregnant, if they can demonstrate they'd fire a non-pregnant...
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    IM injection on myself...need help

    Meriwhen replied to sk8inghunny's topic in General Nursing

    Your physician's office is the best person to ask about this--either the doctor or (more likely) one of the nurses will be able to instruct you in the proper technique. We can't give medical advice...
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    How is it like to be a Psych Nurse..

    Meriwhen replied to blessedbelle's topic in Psychiatric

    That's why I said most patients and not all were self-ADLs...I know what the deal is with
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    Feeling So Defeated

    Meriwhen replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    The ICU is tough speciality to go into straight out of the gate. The learning curve is steep, the patients are critical and you don't have the wiggle room for learning and errors that you'd have on a...
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    Job interview!! FINALLY!

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

    I'm
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    Report or not?

    Meriwhen replied to dscott76's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I hope you feel better soon. While you may have thought what you were doing would look better, it doesn't. In addition to possibly spreading illness to other staff as well as the...
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    Med error!

    Meriwhen replied to LINJOH8571's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    And you may not see any documentation. If an incident report was filed by the previous shift, it certainly would not be shown to you since you weren't involved in the error. Nor would it be documented...
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    HELP: quit LTC without 2 wk notice and ED treatened to report me to BON

    Meriwhen replied to hgal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OP: I got curious and went to my state's BON website. According to them, resigning without notice is NOT considered patient abandoment--it's an employer issue and not a patient issue. This is, of...