Meriwhen ASN, BSN, MSN, RN

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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

    With all due respect...unless you ARE her, you really may not know the whole story. She may be telling you the truth...but she may not be telling you everything. Again, something doesn't add up in all...
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    uh oh- the drama begins.....

    Meriwhen replied to LunaFae's topic in General Students

    The other poster has a point though. The drama is going to affect you as long as you let it. If you keep saying to yourself, "I feel like I'm on Survivor"...guess what, you're on Survivor! Don't worry...
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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

    I agree with the above posters: she should have not gone in if she was feeling so sick. People think of "impaired" nurses as being only those who are drunk/stoned when they're on the job...but if she...
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    Job offer advice

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

    Given that the job market really sucks, I would take Option 1--it's a concrete job offer. There's no guarantee that hospitals 2 and 3 will make you an offer...you could take a chance and wait to see...
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    Med error...scared to death now...

    Meriwhen replied to troubled's topic in General Nursing

    And be sure to check the patient thoroughly for the patches--we've had more than a few patients put patches on in places that you'd never think to look for them...use your imagination :) As far as...
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    Pt with Unequal Pupils

    Meriwhen replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    I was assessing a patient who had unequal pupils--I thought it may have been due to the opiate use (especially since one was really dilated while the other wasn't), but she told me that she had them...
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    Lost it at Work

    Meriwhen replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    I lost it at work once, and I was wise enough to wait until I was in the staff lounge to do it. I was hit with something thrown at me by a patient, and after we got her transferred to our version of...
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    first med error

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

    Cheer up. Yes, making any med error is painful: been there, done that, got the T-shirt. But look at this way...the patient didn't die, the doctor was understanding, and Protonix wasn't too far off...
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    Interview Wear

    Meriwhen replied to bunsterj's topic in Virginia Nursing

    You can never go wrong with a suit. However if your finances can't afford one (and not a lot us can!), a nice blouse/shirt, slacks/skirt and good shoes will work. If you're a guy, don't forget the...
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    Med Errors: Share Your Stories

    Meriwhen replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    A memorable error happened about a week after I hit the floor as a new nurse. After I gave the patient his medications, I went back through his MAR to make sure I signed everything off. I noticed...
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    So do you think this is fair?

    Meriwhen replied to sneakymom2011's topic in General Students

    I guess you've figured out by now that nursing school is horribly unfair at times (or at least seems horribly unfair) Unfortunately, all we can do is roll with it. I'm glad things worked out for...
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    No nursing experience how do I compete with the others???

    Meriwhen replied to B. Nicole's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Volunteer somewhere. Volunteering at a free/local clinic often lets you use more nursing skills than if you were to volunteer at a hospital (due to liability issues); however, volunteering at a...
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    Wages and other sign on agreements???

    Meriwhen replied to B. Nicole's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As a new grad in this job market, your should consider getting a job offer itself as the signing-on bonus. Seriously, there's too many new grads out there, so it's not as though employers have to...
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    ADN Nursing Alumni Association?

    Meriwhen replied to geocachingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sigma Theta Tau isn't an alumni association but an honor society--think of it as Phi Beta Kappa (or Phi Theta Kappa) for
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    Is Psych Nursing Easy?

    Meriwhen replied to resilientnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    ROTFLMAO Seriously, great joke there. But I have to break it to you: staffing sucks as much in psych as it does in med-surg. We are so horribly understaffed at my facility that rarely a shift...
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    Suspended and Unsure.

    Meriwhen replied to VerbalGrl715's topic in General Nursing

    OP: best of luck at your new place...and that the last two at your current place are as uneventful as possible!
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    Do you experience jealousy from friends/family members?

    Meriwhen replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    Jealousy, no. Sympathy, yes, especially when they hear about my more interesting days at
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    I need to interview a RN (:

    Meriwhen replied to Lindsay729's topic in General Nursing

    Send me the questions by PM, I'll
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    Lied on...what to do?

    Meriwhen replied to NurseNinaFla's topic in General Nursing

    This is true: you really don't know for certain that it never left the table. It's possible the patient may have mistakenly placed it into the bed, or it could have rolled/fallen/been knocked into the...
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    Take LTC job? Stuck...

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

    If you are in a financial bind and need to start working as soon as possible, take the LTC job and then see if you can pick up a PRN job in psych. If you can financially afford to search a bit, or you...
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    I finally have a job!

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

    IMO, I wouldn't go in wearing jeans if I could help it--you are still making first impressions there. At the same time, if it's just a TB test, I don't think you need to be interview-level dressed...
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    Management of Marijuana Withdrawal

    Meriwhen replied to TriniStudentNurse's topic in General Students

    Don't know if this information is too late for the OP, but here are two books to try: The Substance Abuse Handbook (Ruiz, Strain, Langrod) Principles of Addiction Meidcine
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    Is there anything I can work on before starting NS?

    Meriwhen replied to missdixie023's topic in General Students

    You could start by getting an NCLEX review book and just thumbing through it to get an idea of the basics... But to be honest, I'd take the time to enjoy the summer and relax, because once NS starts...
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    Using Interview at One Hospital to Speed Up HR at Dream Job?

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

    Only do it if you're prepared to walk away, because the odds are good that the dream job will call your bluff and look for a replacement. It really isn't a job-hunters' market now. It might...
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    What do you hate most/love most about your job? List one of each.

    Meriwhen replied to AtACrossRoads's topic in General Nursing

    Psychiatric RN: Hate the staffing issues--usually we're short-staffed. Psych scares a lot of people off. Love that the "pillow-fluffing" duties are at a minimum compared to med-surg, so that I and my...