meanmaryjean DNP, RN

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    ITT Students: READ THIS

    meanmaryjean posted a topic in General Students

    Advice to ITT Students: Don't Give Up! Many, many schools are stepping up to try and help you. There will be terms and conditions, and what they offer may not be right for you. But there is help - do...
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    ITT/ Breckinridge No Longer Accepting New Students

    meanmaryjean posted a topic in General Students

    ITT Tech no longer accepting new students following government ruling - 13 WTHR Indianapolis The article is from an Indianapolis paper- but pertains to ALL locations nationwide! READ the entire...
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    Worried Anxiety Disorder/Depression will get in the way, should I pick another field?

    meanmaryjean replied to desic737's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Are you getting treatment for
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    Medical Board Nursing Board Whats up?

    meanmaryjean replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    NPs do not practice medicine. They do not attend medical school. They attend nursing school. The scope of practice is different. Furthermore, if you'd "Like to be able to tell people I practice...
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    Where did you get your MSN Clinical Informatics Degree?

    meanmaryjean replied to gyanez's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Online University | Online Degree Programs | WGU will be starting a 100% online, MSN in Informatics in the next three-four
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    Helpful (?) (!) Advice for burns

    meanmaryjean replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Windex???????? My late mother-in-law would put bacon grease on a burn. She ALWAYS had a coffee can of it. Not surprisingly, everyone on that side of the family dies of heart disease....but I
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    I need to interview 2 nurses for my writing class!

    meanmaryjean replied to greenm28's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    McKayla, This is not interviewing a nurse. This is asking us to do your homework for you. You need to find and interview two nurses, not post on an anonymous internet forum where the respondent could...
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    How is accessing a Port-a-Cath performed correctly and also why a nurse would not flush

    meanmaryjean replied to Jellybean12's topic in General Nursing

    Per the AllNurses Terms of Service we cannot speculate on your medical condition nor offer
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    Do You Use A Jackhammer?

    meanmaryjean replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    As my late father-in-law used to say, "Don't force it honey, get a bigger
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    Working as WGU evaluator worth anything on resume?

    meanmaryjean replied to Murse901's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    From a current job posting: [h=3]Required Experience[/h] Minimum earned Master's Degree in a field related to evidence based nursing practice and applied nursing research. A doctorate degree is...
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    preceptor needed

    meanmaryjean replied to busymom15's topic in General Nursing

    What type of role? What is the focus of your
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    Want to get a DNP but need help with a research project

    meanmaryjean replied to tellabella21's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Parallel study (I've already verified it's effectiveness): "The Drink-or-Drown Method of Oral Medication Administration I Learned from My
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    Working as WGU evaluator worth anything on resume?

    meanmaryjean replied to Murse901's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Not true. Course MENTORS must have a terminal degree, evaluators are still MSN, although terminal degree is preferred for new
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    racist patients

    meanmaryjean replied to Rn 1979's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP- sometimes people are just jerks. Not only in nursing, but in all walks/ aspect of life. Sad, but
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    A question about the use of drawing-up needles

    meanmaryjean replied to 5alazar's topic in Patient Medications

    OP: I'm confused here. Are you actually talking about a vial with a rubber stopper? Because an ampule/ ampoule is a totally glass container which is broken to access the liquid medication inside. It...
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    I need 2 interventiondischarge plan.

    meanmaryjean replied to uc8331sz's topic in General Students

    Agreed. Your failure to plan does not constitute an emergency. PS: In the time you took to create this account and register, you could have figured this out on your own- which is what you were...
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    Evolution of the Nurse Cape?

    meanmaryjean replied to amyday's topic in General Nursing

    Capes had gone away because everyone now KNOWS we're superheroes- making them
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    Nursing Research for publication

    meanmaryjean replied to spartan_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    95% of publication is choosing the correct outlet. Spend some time looking through journal websites to see what types of articles they recruit for, typically publish, and what things they avoid. Look...
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    frequent vomiting, any ideas?

    meanmaryjean replied to BeckyESRN's topic in School

    Not a school nurse, but from my experience: If the pediatrician is still dicking around with this kid, mom needs to go park in the ED of the nearest children's hospital until she gets a GI referral/...
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    I can't believe I have a "c'mon" already today!

    meanmaryjean replied to DEgalRN's topic in School

    My first conscious thought, every day of my life has been "I need to pee". My son can get up, eat breakfast, watch Mike & Mike for an hour- THEN pee. How is
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    Help! ITT Closed and I'm enrolled in IOT to get my LPN

    meanmaryjean replied to kgearynotary's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm so sorry you find yourself in this position. A pox on the greedy unethical ITT management. PLEASE do not make a rash decision and enroll in another unaccredited school. Slow down, look around for...
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    Mental Illness Question

    meanmaryjean replied to Roda dendron's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a homework
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    Shock

    meanmaryjean replied to Aqua_nars's topic in Cardiac

    Two obvious homework posts in 30 minutes. OP's only two posts and (wait for it) she just joined
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    Corresponding with an inmate?

    meanmaryjean replied to cirqul8r's topic in Correctional

    Use mom's return
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    Rationale for full normal diet after tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy?

    meanmaryjean replied to GE90's topic in General Nursing

    Our ENT says 'if they're gonna bleed- I want it to be HERE and not at home' as a