meanmaryjean DNP, RN

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    Do women find male nurses attractive?

    meanmaryjean replied to Sykadia's topic in Men in Nursing

    "most nurses are female, and the ones that aren't, are often gay" Your anecdotal observations are not
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    Are clinical sites hard to get?

    meanmaryjean replied to dreamer30's topic in School, College Programs

    Which program? (I am
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    DNP vs. PhD vs. EdD

    meanmaryjean replied to Hi2Jenn's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I am in academia full time with a DNP focused on Educational Leadership. I am not an advance practice nurse. I would say our faculty is pretty evenly divided DNP / PhD /
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    Do women find male nurses attractive?

    meanmaryjean replied to Sykadia's topic in Men in Nursing

    Could you please cite your source for this
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    Kosher to work part time in school with family???

    meanmaryjean replied to namaste111's topic in General Students

    Only you can answer that question taking into account your work ethic, family support, and study
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    Taking a break from school

    meanmaryjean replied to Ratrob's topic in General Students

    Friend, Don't beat yourself up over this. I have been an RN for almost 40 years- and I didn't recognize my father's Parkinson's disease. I also had to have 'the talk' about hospice for my dad with my...
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    US Citizen, thinking of foreign nursing route... no dice?

    meanmaryjean replied to downanelectron's topic in International Nursing

    Why not just move within the US to gain entry? I agree that you should train in the country you plan to
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    HIPAA Violation?

    meanmaryjean replied to hayestm's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    No - it did not reveal anything other than the person's gender. Not exactly
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    Linguistic Pet Peeves

    meanmaryjean replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    True story: In my previous life- I had a part-time gig grading papers for a university nursing program. I thought I had seen it all until I graded a paper that used 'b/c' for 'because' and 'd/t' for...
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    Linguistic Pet Peeves

    meanmaryjean replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    OK- I get it. But the post was about pet peeves, and y'all is mine. And wikipedia is an anonymously sourced internet site- not
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    Linguistic Pet Peeves

    meanmaryjean replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Y'all is not a word, or even a proper
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    Everyone wants me to take Nursing?

    meanmaryjean replied to PoppyLizz's topic in General Nursing

    Did you REALLY just ask if nursing was an easy job? Look around you at work- do the nurses look like their job is
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    Average DNP loans

    meanmaryjean replied to Ashtimus Prime's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I have to ask as it is not apparent from your previous posts- are you even a nurse
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    MSN

    meanmaryjean replied to Ashtimus Prime's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Well, first of all- one does not 'grab one of those degrees'. And there's really no point in getting an advanced degree without some exposure to the role. So, for administration, some progressive...
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    Looking for online LPN to RN program

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

    Your statement "I have places to do my clinicals" indicated that perhaps you thought student-directed clinical were possible. Thus my
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    How to stay professional and avoid emotional attachment to family/pt?

    meanmaryjean replied to BabyFood26's topic in Home Health

    You are a human being, not a machine. There will ALWAYS be a certain 'attachment' when working long term in such a 1:1 role. As the above poster stated, as long as no boundaries are crossed- you are...
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    RN TO BSN ONLINE programs WITH BS degree in another field! HELP!

    meanmaryjean replied to Lovebeingamom76's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Yes- I had a liberal arts degree from
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    PhD vs DNP

    meanmaryjean replied to Hoyasaxa96's topic in General Students

    My DNP is from Touro University Nevada. It's focus is Nursing Education Leadership- and it is tailored for nurses wanting to teach in academic (as opposed to staff development) roles. It does not...
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    RN TO BSN ONLINE programs WITH BS degree in another field! HELP!

    meanmaryjean replied to Lovebeingamom76's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Online University | Online Degree Programs | WGU I was in your shoes in 2010- and six months later had my BSN for ~$3k. At WGU you CAN accelerate- I did 23 credits in a single, six-month long term....
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    Looking to relocate to Indianapolis - Advice/Tips for a West Coast RN

    meanmaryjean replied to awyman33's topic in Indiana Nursing

    True story: I am from Chicago. "Traffic" in Indy means you MIGHT be forced to travel under the speed limit. :) I am constantly amazed that they even HAVE traffic helicopters here. My father recently...
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    CPR in a van

    meanmaryjean replied to Joseph callmejoe's topic in General Nursing

    Hang on here: I have a good friend who is the EMS director for our county, a paramedic, firefighter, and BLS instructor. He makes a tidy little sum every year doing exactly what the 'guy in the van'...
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    Looking for online LPN to RN program

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

    The only online LPN to BSN 'completely online' program is Excelsior. It is expensive and requires you to travel to a high stakes, final clinical practicum site for a weekend of intensive demonstration...
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    ITT Tech Brekingridge School of Nursing

    meanmaryjean replied to Kjm92500's topic in School, College Programs

    This ^^^^^^ Times a
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    Looking to relocate to Indianapolis - Advice/Tips for a West Coast RN

    meanmaryjean replied to awyman33's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Indiana is a lovely place, and there's plenty of culture- thanks very much. We are not all defined by our politicians you
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    New nurse: I get no respect

    meanmaryjean replied to Nurse326's topic in Emergency

    Respect is