meanmaryjean DNP, RN

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    Maryville University

    meanmaryjean replied to Losmith25's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Actually, some schools DO require a PC. Or a
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    Recycled topics (vent)

    meanmaryjean replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 56 and have always had a 9-5 Monday-Friday job completely unrelated to health care or science. I know now that I was always meant to be a nurse. An NP at that! I know I'll be successful as a...
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    What Kind of Threads Do You ENJOY Reading?

    meanmaryjean replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I like thoughtful questions from students who include, in their first post, what they've already done to find the answer. I like posts from people going into a new specialty who want to know how to...
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    Recycled topics (vent)

    meanmaryjean replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    "I hope you're never MY
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    Recycled topics (vent)

    meanmaryjean replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Can anyone tell me why the records office at Podunk Central Community College of the Internet has not acknowledged whether or not they got my transcripts? I sent them yesterday! Sooooooooo stressed!...
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    Recycled topics (vent)

    meanmaryjean replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This!!! Or when they want you to compare JVDAS, TRBBNXS, LCCB, and TGGF. Because we've all attended multiple schools in close geographic
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    Recycled topics (vent)

    meanmaryjean replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I just got accepted to (insert name of for-profit, low-quality 'we'll accept you if you have a pulse and can sign the loan papers') University. I know it costs $132,000 for a BSN (I'm looking at you...
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    Recycled topics (vent)

    meanmaryjean replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 1.3 hours into orientation and everyone's so MEAN to me - NETY, NETY,
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    1hr Drive to Nursing School

    meanmaryjean replied to hamolady's topic in General Students

    Why don't you just
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    Seeking Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Rotation

    meanmaryjean replied to Dexymola's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    OP- you REALLY don't want to post your phone number on an anonymous internet site with over 800,000
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    Florida hospital pre employment physical help

    meanmaryjean replied to mich2121's topic in General Nursing

    Again, experiencing anxiety for a one-minute procedure is not a terrible
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    How to become a lactation consultant??

    meanmaryjean replied to gvrn13's topic in General Nursing

    But be aware that just about every other OB nurse I know wants to be a LC. The number of positions vs. number of applicants is about 1:100 at my previous
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    Nursing scrubs worn by visitors in the unit

    meanmaryjean replied to Skippingtowork's topic in General Nursing

    Sleepy new mom + person in scrubs/ badge turned backwards = abduction potential Nearly every abducted newborn from a hospital was abducted by a person wearing
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    Nursing scrubs worn by visitors in the unit

    meanmaryjean replied to Skippingtowork's topic in General Nursing

    It is absolutely forbidden* in our Women's and our Children's hospital. *We have occasionally had a parent arrive with their emergently admitted child while the parent was wearing scrubs- we explain...
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    Starting a new PEDS job

    meanmaryjean replied to Medic2RN_'s topic in General Nursing

    Always tell them the truth. If it's going to hurt- DON'T LIE! Have a ready repertoire of Disney songs ready to sing at a moment's notice. Do NOT trust parents to keep them from falling off the cart/...
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    You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    meanmaryjean replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    When you ask who the intensivist is for the night and the day charge says "Dr.
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    DNP Fluff

    meanmaryjean replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    OP- being a nurse and being an NP is NOT just about the daily taskwork. It is much more. The so-called 'fluff' is useful even if it doesn't align with the topic at hand. And APA is easily conquered...
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    New Hire Help...

    meanmaryjean replied to Sweetlillove's topic in General Nursing

    This is fitting for so many on these boards- the students who enroll in shady for-profit schools to avoid being waitlisted, and on and on and on..... Good advice here
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    Trach for double/triple chins?

    meanmaryjean replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    There is also a produce Bivona makes called the HyperFlex which is extended in length from the flange to the connection and can be ordered in custom lengths. It's a product you see a lot of roly-poly...
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    Hospital ID Bracelets

    meanmaryjean replied to Kris199699's topic in General Nursing

    "Don't Forget to
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    New MD orders

    meanmaryjean replied to rolvue's topic in General Nursing

    Let it go. This will happen a hundred times in your career. Nothing bad happened, you're not in trouble and you learned something. Really, life is too short to ruminate about this of all
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    New Hire Help...

    meanmaryjean replied to Sweetlillove's topic in General Nursing

    Yes!!!
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    New Hire Help...

    meanmaryjean replied to Sweetlillove's topic in General Nursing

    Stiffen your backbone- walk into the HR/ DON/ Admins office and say "I don't work for free and need to know the salary and benefits package TODAY" . If they don't provide it- do not
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    How many NPs have had to prescribe or diagnose a patient?

    meanmaryjean replied to Ashtimus Prime's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    OP has historically and repeatedly declined to answer the question of whether he is indeed a
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    Poop and the dirty side of nursing?

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

    Not completely OT: Monty Python bit from the 70's. Scuzzy boyfriend is meeting aristocratic father of the girlfriend for the first time. Father: "So what do you do for a living young man?" Boyfriend:...