Meriwhen ASN, BSN, MSN, RN

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    Help! Nclex registration? Virginia or north carolina

    Meriwhen replied to bm71788's topic in General Nursing

    I was talking about the compact states...sorry if that wasn't clear
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    Help! Nclex registration? Virginia or north carolina

    Meriwhen replied to bm71788's topic in General Nursing

    Where you should be licensed depends on where you plan to live. You may be working in another state (rather common along the VA/NC border), but you need to hold a license in your state of
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    Blood type not the same with Father...

    Meriwhen replied to ms.pebbles's topic in General Nursing

    You've been watching too many soap operas Because only in soaps is blood type the guaranteed indicator of paternity (or lack thereof). Remember that the child gets one gene from each parent, and that...
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    A question or two about applying

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

    I was told by my local hospital that clincal experience in nursing school does not count as official employment experience. So while clinical experiences may help fill out your resume and highlight...
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    Applying Without Any Luck, What Now?

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

    This is true: nowadays, many employers won't even look at you until you're licensed...a fact that I was told by many employers when I began my job hunt last year. A lot don't want to take a chance on...
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    Finally starting work

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

    Good for you and
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    Questions for Nurses with Less than 5 Years of Experience

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

    - How long did it take for “the fear” to wear off? A few months...though it still reappears from time to time, as it should. - Do you have trouble balancing work and your personal life? Hell no :)...
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    How come it is so difficult to get a job as a New Grad? PLEASE HELP.

    Meriwhen replied to AmandaLdaisy's topic in Nursing Career

    I think it's all about money. New grads are expensive to train, and often the facilities do not get the return on them as many new grads are out of there once their first year is up. So to them,...
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    Tidewater Community College

    Meriwhen replied to NursingStudent08's topic in Virginia Nursing

    That's how they will have you do it, actually. Whenever you start in the cycle, it will be 5 straight semesters. It is faster, but it is also far more expensive than TCC: it's 30-40k, and I'm not...
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    HIPPA

    Meriwhen replied to ciskate's topic in General Nursing

    Only the Michigan BON can answer that question. Good luck to
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    patients with the same name

    Meriwhen replied to jorjaRN's topic in General Nursing

    The record on my unit is 4 patients with the same first name--2 of those shared the same last initial. This got confusing since on the outside of the charts and on the boards, we list them by first...
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    New grad orientation issue!

    Meriwhen replied to tnisgrl33's topic in First Year After Licensure

    True: the worst they can tell you is No. While I'm not telling you to skip the weddding, consider that there's not a lot of opportunities for new grads and you were fortunate enough to get one, so...
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    Question for the new grads?

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

    New grads can get hired in psych, never fear :) And you don't necessarily have to work in a hospital's mental health unit either...you could work in a freestanding psych hospital, residental homes,...
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    viewed cheating,what to do,if anythig?

    Meriwhen replied to nursegc's topic in General Students

    Then say something anonymously. If you are certain it is cheating, then it should be reported so it can be
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    New Nurse Rant

    Meriwhen replied to Lorrie34's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In my state you (the LPN/LVN) can't do initial assessments or create an initial plan of care, but you can do continuing assessments on a patient and report what is abnormal/different to the RN, and...
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    Low blood sugar, juice or D50?

    Meriwhen replied to mappers's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Not too long ago, I had a patient with a BG in the 30s...they were AO4, feeling "funny" but denying other symptoms, and capable of eating and drinking. So I gave them some sweetened OJ and some...
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    can a new grad work and study?

    Meriwhen replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

    I'm doing it now and it's going pretty well. It helps that the RN-BSN program is part-time and that I can take a lot of it
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    New RN...Am I being under paid???

    Meriwhen replied to RNewbie's topic in Nursing Career

    If that's your take-home pay, you're being paid more than new grads in my area
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    An RN friend being set up at her job, are even threatening her license; need advice

    Meriwhen replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    It may be almost laughable to you. I don't think the BON takes patient safety as lightly...I would hope they don't, anyway. I have read the BON's decisions (it really makes for good "I'm bored"...
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    An RN friend being set up at her job, are even threatening her license; need advice

    Meriwhen replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    There's a difference between being tired but able to function safely, and being so exhausted that you're not capable of fuctioning safely. I'm sure you can understand the difference: after all, you...
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    First job: Psych vs. Med-Surg

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

    If your heart and your future in is psych, then by all means go with the psych job! You'll be a lot happier there than if you were slogging away on a med-surg floor where you really don't want to be,...
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    Resignation Letter Review

    Meriwhen replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Good letter, though giving a reason is not required. I'd leave it in though---you phrased it very well. The important thing when resigning is not to burn any bridges and leave on the best terms...
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    Hiring new grad RN freeze

    Meriwhen replied to lizv's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, that's all you can do: take the risk. If you're concerned about debt, look at the type of programs offered. You could do a community college diploma or ADN program for much less than it...
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    Hiring new grad RN freeze

    Meriwhen replied to lizv's topic in General Nursing

    There's honestly no way of knowing what it will be like in 2-3 years. If you think about it, 2-3 years ago when employers were chasing graduate nurses for jobs and bonuses flowed left and right, I bet...
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    office job as a new grad?

    Meriwhen replied to vedder87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    IMO some experience is better than no experience...which is what you'd have if you decided to sit at home waiting for the call from the hospital. If you have time to decide on the office job, wait on...