Merlyn

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  1. New jersey lpn to rn programs

    Merlyn replied to jamiefromno's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    What part of Jersey? There's 19 Community Colleges in the State. If you Google Community Colleges in New Jersey all pop

  2. Coming off Active Duty, looking for new specialty

    Merlyn replied to zjesko's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know anything that give you the rush like ER. Get you BSN. Maybe by then something will pop

  3. does anyone get a set day off

    Merlyn replied to sunshine1216's topic in General Nursing

    amen!

  4. does anyone get a set day off

    Merlyn replied to sunshine1216's topic in General Nursing

    As I understand it, You are doing extra 12 shifts so other units will be full staff or you are moving more than you are required to help other units? Stop it. Stop moving more. Is it in your job...

  5. Diversity.. at what price?

    Merlyn replied to Been there,done that's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If it's The New World Order, then let's all learn Chinese, they are going to own the New World pretty soon

  6. Diversity.. at what price?

    Merlyn replied to Been there,done that's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But what two languages? I can speak, or at least can be understood in Spanish, Polish, and Russian. Maybe we can learn the languages of my ancestors. How do you think we would do in Gaelic and...

  7. Job Predicament- Need Advice!

    Merlyn replied to ernbot's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with SweetseRN, give this job some time. Don't jump ship. If #1 didn't want you in the first place, then it's their lost. No matter how great they are, they made the mistake of not giving you...

  8. Can a licensed nurse still work as a nursing assistant in New Jersey?

    Merlyn replied to Stefanie2011's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    It's not a question of supporting CNA's. It's a question of CNA's being able to practice as MDs, or me Practicing as an RN, or bleeding heart RNs saying I'll do the CNA work and it's also the...

  9. Can a licensed nurse still work as a nursing assistant in New Jersey?

    Merlyn replied to Stefanie2011's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Unless they change the rules, In NJ you can't hold more than one license in the Med field. if you have your CNA license you can't hold an LPN or RN or MD license. I was taught this back in the Dark...

  10. Recovering from stabbing now what for LPN

    Merlyn replied to friendofinjuredlpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Rates vary from job to job or agency to agency. I know the state of New Jersey use to pay around $40k to $45K depends if you work in LTC or Psychic. Psychic pays the best. The benefits can't be beat....

  11. Diversity.. at what price?

    Merlyn replied to Been there,done that's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, it is the responsibility of the minority in a hospital to at lease make an effort to learn the language of the country. So that things can go smoothly between the staff. It's not that hard. If...

  12. Diversity.. at what price?

    Merlyn replied to Been there,done that's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've work with a nurse who wore tin foil on her head to keep the people from her home planet from knowing where she is, I have worked with witches, Born Agains, and fellow Atheist, all races, and...

  13. Recovering from stabbing now what for LPN

    Merlyn replied to friendofinjuredlpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    He is very lucky in one respect---He has you, Sweet Soul. I still have some PTS from the service. Enough said. Victor Hugo said it best when he wrote "Life itself is a battlefield, with its own...

  14. question about a possible job in mental health facility

    Merlyn replied to gabriella86's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I have worked some years with these type of patients. Be ready for anything from highly aggressive to docile. It could very rewarding, also very dangerous. Have you assessment skills and...

  15. Diversity.. at what price?

    Merlyn replied to Been there,done that's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's not about accents or dialects, it's about saving lives. If the Nurse, or doctor can not be understood or are not patient with our trying to understand them, People, in my 40+ years of nursing,...

  16. Recovering from stabbing now what for LPN

    Merlyn replied to friendofinjuredlpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I know of at least one company that hires LPN"s . It's an insurance Company. It helps you pay what the medical insurance doesn't. They hire people that go over medical records. I don't know if they...

  17. DOH showed today while I was out playing.

    Merlyn replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    We only make fun because all of us have been there. It was Hell for me. The Commissioner of Heath got me. The only difference was when he started to get angry, I made him laugh. But again good...

  18. pt. called in narcotics under MY name...now what

    Merlyn replied to Yulie's topic in General Nursing

    Each moderate size Police Force has a Narcotics Division or Department that has the job of investigating crimes concerning drugs. All the police I know have training in Narcotics such as recognition...

  19. DOH showed today while I was out playing.

    Merlyn replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    No!, No! Not The Comfy Chair! Oh! The

  20. DOH showed today while I was out playing.

    Merlyn replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    See, there was no blood. No Spanish Boot, no

  21. pt. called in narcotics under MY name...now what

    Merlyn replied to Yulie's topic in General Nursing

    thank you, Not at you must have hit the wrong

  22. pt. called in narcotics under MY name...now what

    Merlyn replied to Yulie's topic in General Nursing

    I don't watch CSI, just call me

  23. Pros, Cons, Salary In Agency Nursing

    Merlyn replied to Meriwhen's topic in Agency Nurses

    They have found a sucker. I have be doing agency for a while. Don't comment yourself to long assignments if you can't do them. Think ahead. Anything personal l coming up. you are new they will do...

  24. pt. called in narcotics under MY name...now what

    Merlyn replied to Yulie's topic in General Nursing

    It's not the Police that care . It's those guys that come from Washington. The ones that have little plastic I.D. cards that read FDA. The ones for which we count in and out each shift and carry...

  25. fired... where can a bad nurse go to find a job?

    Merlyn replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    If you like Psych go back to Psych. If you hate Nursing get out of it now. Don't make yourself crazy. Try job training. I know here in Jersey, the state will train you. I've been fired from more jobs...