Meriwhen ASN, BSN, MSN, RN

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    Can job termination occur if nurses do not get the flu shot and refuse to wear a mask

    Meriwhen replied to helen2346's topic in Disaster Preparation

    For my facility, I can get the shot or wear a mask. If I don't get the shot and refuse to wear a mask, I can't work in any patient care area...so unless they find an administrative job for me (and...
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    Can job termination occur if nurses do not get the flu shot and refuse to wear a mask

    Meriwhen replied to helen2346's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Many states are employment-at-will, meaning you can be fired for any reason as long as it's not an illegal one. IMO, your most accurate answer would come from an attorney versed in employment law in...
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    How do you feel about coworkers who refuse to work overtime?

    Meriwhen replied to tuxedopenguino's topic in Nursing Career

    I think it's fine if a nurse wants to refuse OT: once a nurse has met their daily/weekly hourly commitment, they are not obligated to do any more than
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    Can nurses use medical marijuana?

    Meriwhen replied to melisgood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think it would be more uncompassionate for me to give someone false hope about being able to use marijuana and continue working as a nurse. Just telling you how it is. Even here in CA, where 4/20 is...
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    Need advice on Psych pt

    Meriwhen replied to mumarada's topic in Psychiatric

    This. You will truly be surprised at how far five minutes of your focused attention will go with the psych patient, compared to you going "yeah, uh huh" as you check cardiac monitors or fiddle with...
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    Abuse or not abuse?

    Meriwhen replied to iscreambiebah's topic in Psychiatric

    Your questions are impossible to answer as we only have one side of the story to go on...and you also admit to being on drugs and having a "somewhat blurry" memory of the event. Not saying that what...
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    I'm just as good as you...

    Meriwhen replied to rnrg's topic in Private Duty

    You're a nurse the minute you passed the NCLEX and earned that RN/LVN license. Whatever you do with your license in no way changes that fact. Ignore the haters. You're doing a job in a speciality...
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    Military Nursing// May not be single parents

    Meriwhen replied to msive22's topic in Government, Military

    My other half is in the Navy and has had more than one single parent working for him, though not in the medical branch. Everything the OP says is true. The military expects their...
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    To lock or not to lock the rooms

    Meriwhen replied to natalissa's topic in Psychiatric

    I've worked at facilities on both sides of the country, from for-profit to state-run and everything in-between. The ONLY times I've ever seen a patient locked out of their rooms is if repairs were...
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    Sharp New Grad Winter 2014/2015

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

    Since we had two Sharp support threads going in two different forums, I have consolidated them into one thread and placed it here, under First Job Hunt Assistance. Best of luck to all of
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    "not recommended for rehire"

    Meriwhen replied to guest464345's topic in Nursing Career

    If the official policy per HR is for nurses to give 30 days' notice, then that's what you needed to do. The fact that the manager accepted the resignations of other nurses on less notice doesn't...
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    license renewal

    Meriwhen replied to aleena23's topic in General Nursing

    Call your BON and
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    sustenna IM for schizophrenia can we massage the site?

    Meriwhen replied to nurseEsteve's topic in Psychiatric

    Massaging the site after the injection does help with the pain: http://medind.nic.in/nad/t11/i2/nadt11i2p84.pdf As far as there being any contraindications in rubbing a Sustenna shot...I don't know....
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    Advice please regarding Dual Diagnosis

    Meriwhen replied to Starcicles1's topic in Psychiatric

    When it comes to medications that they aren't prescribed, I tell them that I can't give it for them no matter how much they demand it--only their provider can order it, and they can discuss it with...
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    Mentally ill

    Meriwhen replied to apnurserock's topic in Patient Education

    Mental illness does not always mean the patient is of low intelligence. Unfortunately, many nurses not familiar with psych--and some who are--tend to believe it does...and you have no idea how much...
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    ANCC Mental Health Nurse Certification

    Meriwhen replied to kennybania's topic in Psychiatric

    Unless things have changed since 2011 when I took it, they'll tell you whether you've passed when you finish. As far as what type of questions are on it, I know they did a major revamp of the test...
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    Per Diem availability question

    Meriwhen replied to Clovery's topic in General Nursing

    With one job, I put in my availability for the month, and I'm considered booked for any shifts that I put in for, unless I am cancelled that morning. With the other job, I give them my availability...
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    7 Year Address History

    Meriwhen replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    Speaking from experience moving around d/t the other half's military career while still maintaining a house in our home state...I list any address that I was physically living at, even if some of...
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    Azusa Pacific University Psych NP Spring 2015

    Meriwhen replied to jfj0710's topic in Psychiatric

    Not in the program but I would love to hear about it. I'm thinking of going the PMHNP route down the road but USD is far too expensive...so I'm curious about other options such as this
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    Old new grad, what kind of position to apply to?

    Meriwhen replied to nur18's topic in Nursing Career

    Old new grads are those who graduated more than a year ago but have less than a year's experience. You have more than two years' nursing experience under your belt...hence why you're not qualifying...
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    ER Lite?

    Meriwhen replied to Mrs Badcrumble's topic in Travel

    And there's nothing wrong with wanting that :) But if you apply as a traveller to the ER, that's what the agency will think you want to do, and they're going to throw you straight into the ER....
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    What went wrong with my IM injection?

    Meriwhen replied to littlemissfit's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sounds like you clipped a capillary on the way out. It
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    Help! Trying to obtain a BSN in AZ but I have a misdemeanor charge

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

    Unfortunately, schools and their clinical sites have the right to refuse applicants based on their criminal record. Check with a lawyer to see if expungment is an option--that will help you with...
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    ER Lite?

    Meriwhen replied to Mrs Badcrumble's topic in Travel

    I'm not an ER nurse...but I can say that if we had a traveling psych nurse come into the facility with the attitude that he/she doesn't want to work with the high acuity patients but only wants to...
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    Changing Attitudes of a Psych Nurse

    Meriwhen replied to wingding's topic in Psychiatric

    Unfortunately, a lot of psych patients don't want to participate in their treatment, and you (general) have to get used to hearing "NO!" from them. This attitude is even more prevalent in...