Meriwhen ASN, BSN, MSN, RN

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    Canadian travel nurse going to CA

    Meriwhen replied to Tatiie's topic in Nurse Registration

    Also moved to the Nurse Registration
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    Canadian travel nurse going to CA

    Meriwhen replied to Tatiie's topic in Nurse Registration

    That I don't know off the top of my head, so I asked Professor Google: https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10096.pdf Start here. Also, there's no nursing shortage here in the US, plus there's tons of...
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    Canadian travel nurse going to CA

    Meriwhen replied to Tatiie's topic in Nurse Registration

    Honestly? Start by getting a California nursing license. I'm not being facetious. The California Board of Nursing (BRN) has very strict educational standards for those seeking licensure. It's fairly...
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    In lieu of conviction

    Meriwhen replied to johnnyq123's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    We can not offer you legal advice. Nor can we predict when or if you will be charged as we are not psychics. If you are charged, you need to lawyer up. Then follow that attorney's advice to a T....
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    HR help!!! Contingent Job offer pending background check

    Meriwhen replied to msannaa7711's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    It looks like you've done everything you've had to as far as the BON is concerned. The fact that they're letting you take the NCLEX is very promising, though IMO don't celebrate until you have your...
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    HR help!!! Contingent Job offer pending background check

    Meriwhen replied to msannaa7711's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Moving to the Licensure with a Criminal History forum. Be advised that this is a moderated forum, so all posts are reviewed before they are made
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    Going back for BSN after DNP

    Meriwhen replied to ludonco's topic in Nursing Career

    Technically, you could go pursue any degree you wanted, even that BSN. However, when it comes to BONs, you will be held to the standard of your highest
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    Denied entracne into ASN program...story with questions

    Meriwhen replied to bullery1986's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I'm no lawyer (though I am a gun owner) and it seems kind of odd that a charge of discharging a firearm near a dwelling can be just a citation. Honestly, I would find out exactly what your criminal...
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    Denied entracne into ASN program...story with questions

    Meriwhen replied to bullery1986's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Moving to the Licensure with Criminal History forum for more targeted responses. Be advised that this is a moderated forum, so posts are reviewed before they are made
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    Questions for those who did accelerated courses...

    Meriwhen replied to LilaDavis's topic in Psychiatric

    1. Honestly, employees don't care whether it's a traditional or accelerated BSN, just as long as you have a valid nursing license. 2. I did my pre-reqs for my ADN program over 2 years. I took...
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    Vitamins are a controlled substance?

    Meriwhen replied to Volley88's topic in Patient Medications

    It's not uncommon for them to want counts of non-controlled drugs that staff might help themselves to: nicotine patches/lozenges, ibuprofen, acetaminophen, Phenergan, Mylanta, Imodium, Zanaflex,...
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    LGBTQI and Psych Nursing

    Meriwhen replied to medic1969's topic in Psychiatric

    Also moving thread to the Psychiatric Nursing forum for more targeted
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    LGBTQI and Psych Nursing

    Meriwhen replied to medic1969's topic in Psychiatric

    I deal with a fair number of LGBT patients; then again, I'm in CA, where anything LGBT is nothing new :) I'd wager about 25-33% of my patients are LGBT. Sometimes being LGBT is part of their...
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    How to get acute care experience when you are no longer a "new grad RN"

    Meriwhen replied to arose26's topic in General Nursing

    OP; that's because you're not a new grad RN. You're a new grad RNP. Hospital residencies are going to see the RNP and think (incorrectly, but you can't blame them) that you must have had prior...
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    Not entering vital signs in pt chart per MD orders...

    Meriwhen replied to Sadie2016's topic in General Nursing

    And if something happened to this patient and the charting was reviewed, I guarantee that MD would throw you under the bus ("I didn't tell OP that. Why didn't OP chart the pressure like any nurse is...
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    Ever experience violence at work???

    Meriwhen replied to aoguagha's topic in General Nursing

    I completed the survey. Now, be advised that I work in psych, so violence in of one form or another from patients is pretty much an expected occurrence. Verbal violence occurs far more often than...
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    RN shortage

    Meriwhen replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated nursing school just after the job bubble burst. The year prior to graduation, hospitals were throwing themselves at nurses' feet promising them the moon and lots of money for them to come...
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    Nurses-Scheduling (Do you work a matrix? Self schedule? Etc)

    Meriwhen replied to KLynn11's topic in General Nursing

    In my facility, we all work fixed
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    Reciprocity in other states

    Meriwhen replied to Salemer's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to work in PA, then you need to play by the PA BON's rules. Generally, BONs want CEUs when it comes to license renewal time, so if you're not planning to keep up your PA license after the...
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    ED Pay vs Med/Surg Pay

    Meriwhen replied to trumley's topic in Emergency

    My hospital is union so base pay is based on job class (Nurse I, Nurse II, etc.) and years of experience. This goes across all specialties both inpatient and outpatient. The medical clinics have a...
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    California BRN Disciplinary Citation

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

    The fact is that you didn't disclose the conviction...and the CA BRN makes it very clear that they want to know about all convictions, EVEN expunged ones (reference: License Discipline and...
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    Magnet vs. Closer to home

    Meriwhen replied to pleasenocdif's topic in General Nursing

    See which facility would offer you the best opportunities for your career. That doesn't necessarily mean always going for the Magnet. Sometimes the better opportunities are not in the Magnet...
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    Need some advice from experienced nurses.

    Meriwhen replied to ItsYourJourney's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing about the "year of med/surg first..." experience: people may tell you that it will help you in changing specialties or returning to med/surg later. The reality is that it will only...
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    Received job offer, but have interview for my first-choice facility?!

    Meriwhen replied to MotesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Entirely true. But as OP is, based on their other post, going for PCU-level positions, I'd wager OP is probably looking in an area where's there a little more competition than a little
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    Nursing and the Sabbath

    Meriwhen replied to kdf6404's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I've always said you don't hear about hospitals in Israel shutting down before sunset on Friday, or Catholic hospitals kicking all the patients out on Saturday night and letting them back in on Monday...