meanmaryjean DNP, RN

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    Night nurse - noise cancelling headphones to sleep with

    meanmaryjean replied to rumikodan's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Foam earplugs and a fan placed near the door (if it's house noise) or the window (if it's outside
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    Going from full-time to part-time for dream job for time being? Advice?

    meanmaryjean replied to newrnonthefloor's topic in General Nursing

    Besides the money- please consider the impact on your benefit package on going
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    Career advice for aspiring nurse educator

    meanmaryjean replied to Christina.f0602's topic in Nursing Career

    An MSN in EDUCATION is what you want. There is not education / pedagogy content (which you will need) in a Leadership/ Management
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    Organ Procurement Transporter

    meanmaryjean replied to E_R_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Typically the procurement team transports the organ. It is not a separate person uninvolved in the process. Flight nursing really doesn't enter into transporting organs and not entire
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    Online medical terminology certificate

    meanmaryjean replied to aloya1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Don't know what DMU is but Coursera is
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    Passed my NCLEX! Need help in Indiana endorsement info

    meanmaryjean replied to xuale01's topic in First Year After Licensure

    And coming July 1- you can convert your IN license to a multi-state for a piddling extra
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    Medical exemption for nighttime capstone shift

    meanmaryjean replied to Lacandela's topic in General Students

    Where do your children go when you have day shift clinicals? Wherever that is- make those same arrangements for your night shift
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    Leadership Interview- Nurse manager

    meanmaryjean replied to MDelainy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm certain your instructor did not intend for you to post your questions on an anonymous website where you cannot verify the respondent even IS a nurse. You are asking others to do your homework for...
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    Non travel nurse contract cancel

    meanmaryjean replied to TheBrooklynKnight's topic in General Nursing

    Did you read the contract? Because the answer to your question is in the
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    Can I break my contract if I'm homesick?

    meanmaryjean replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Save your money and go home every six months and in between buy someone from home a ticket to come and visit you. And Nurse SMS advice is also
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    Finishing Excelsior ADN Soon, BSN concerns

    meanmaryjean replied to Medic6940's topic in Excelsior College

    www.wgu.edu
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    OB Unit for Male Student

    meanmaryjean replied to nurse2bguy555's topic in General Students

    And was it 'no males allowed' or just overcrowding at the
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    Novel coronavirus

    meanmaryjean replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    During the height of the SARS outbreak (VERY similar coronavirus) I was grading papers on a disease outbreak. Of course, EVERYONE chose SARS because it was in the news, recent sources and all that....
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    Western Governors University (WGU) and Flu Shot Declination Pre-Licensure BSN

    meanmaryjean replied to CAFFEINEgtt's topic in School, College Programs

    The definitive answer is the one from the handbook (posted above). You need to get a flu shot to go to clinical. Period. Complete
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    Tired kids!

    meanmaryjean replied to Keeperofthebandaids's topic in School

    Sleep Research Society (FB and Twitter) has numerous studies, infographics and the like related to kids and sleep. My daughter is a pre-school Special Ed teacher and uses the info to share with...
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    Western Governors University (WGU) and Flu Shot Declination Pre-Licensure BSN

    meanmaryjean replied to CAFFEINEgtt's topic in School, College Programs

    In answer to your question OP- you will be more than likely declined for admission. Just because you work at a clinical partner- does not mean you will be placed there. And as MotoMonkey stated above-...
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    Hybrid Nursing Programs

    meanmaryjean replied to colgate77's topic in School, College Programs

    This issue is concurrency- and most states' regulations have something to say about it. California gets mentioned more often for rejecting foreign applicants because of concurrency issues- but I...
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    ACT Exam

    meanmaryjean replied to igus2666's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ACT is probably the university's requirement- not the nursing
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    Love school nursing, but can't pay my bills.

    meanmaryjean replied to jupitercrash's topic in School

    You only work part-time? No wonder you are having trouble making ends meet. Seems kinda obvious the solution
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    Australian RN moving to California

    meanmaryjean replied to Paris.e's topic in International Nursing

    In addition to Silverdragon's useful information- NCLEX is the same test no matter where you take it and a passing score is the same in every state. It is a comprehensive exam of nursing knowledge...
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    OB Unit for Male Student

    meanmaryjean replied to nurse2bguy555's topic in General Students

    Your board of nursing would be very interested in this information - that your school cannot provide clinical
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    OB Unit for Male Student

    meanmaryjean replied to nurse2bguy555's topic in General Students

    What kind of sketchy program do you attend? 10- 20% of nursing students are male and I know of no schools that deny clinical placement to males (and I am a program director so yes I DO know what I'm...
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    Desperately need advice and encouragement

    meanmaryjean replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you have kids you have already encountered 99% of the 'yuck' nursing is likely to throw at
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    Bad reference?

    meanmaryjean replied to Nurse35150's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm sorry- leaving syringes in briefs? How does that even
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    What careers are there for working with special needs children?

    meanmaryjean replied to lilbit_erin's topic in Nursing Career

    In a specialty children's hospital- a large percentage of the patients have special needs. Peds home care as mentioned above is almost exclusively special needs kids. Specialty clinics, Shriner's ,...