meanmaryjean DNP, RN

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    Any advice or thoughts?

    meanmaryjean replied to AddictedToCoffee4657's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Minors are fairly worthless. If it means you might jeopardize your scholarships- I'd decline. Let me guess, the professor who said a minor in Spanish looks great on your resume is a Spanish...
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    Has anyone worked in the NICU as an CNA?

    meanmaryjean replied to Jtingle44's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    NICUs seldom employ anyone other than RNs for patient care. My NICU had techs, but they cleaned equipment, stocked and did other non-patient care duties. They almost never touched a
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    St. David's/ HCA nurses- Is Meditech on the way out?

    meanmaryjean replied to yankintejas's topic in Texas Nursing

    Meditech- the dot-matrix printer of
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    Nursing school and working a 9-6

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

    It is exceedingly difficult to hold down a traditional, full-time job and simultaneously attend nursing school. The old adage is true- it you want something in your life to change, you have to change...
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    Required Admission Vaccines while breastfeeding?

    meanmaryjean replied to Mwrn2021's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Required is required. You may have to wait to complete your
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    Pediatric Patient IV Infiltration- Is it My Fault?

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

    Perhaps the private email address should be edited
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    My Family can't see me as a Nurse but it's my dream

    meanmaryjean replied to Adrianaboydlewis's topic in General Students

    Become a nurse. That should convince
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    Healthcare insurance

    meanmaryjean replied to Colleenj19's topic in General Nursing

    Homework?
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    Is pediatrics disappearing?

    meanmaryjean replied to LOVE40's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed with both of you. I think it's not disappearing, but rather these smaller hospitals are just waking up to the incredible risk involved, and turfing kids to specialized care. Also, so many...
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    religion and interviews

    meanmaryjean replied to CticuRN95's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Lots of 'religious' people work on their Sabbath as caring for the ill and injured. It is considered serving one's God. The Christian parable of the ox in the well comes to
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    Graduated in 2014

    meanmaryjean replied to XiHoneyNurse's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Truthfully. To do otherwise will come back and bite you
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    RN to BSN online

    meanmaryjean replied to Rncab's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Online University | Online Degree Programs | WGU Affordable, accredited and the only clinical is community health- and you self-schedule
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    Maternal Risks of Skin to Skin?

    meanmaryjean replied to LineaAspera's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Cooties if it's a fresh, wet baby?
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    Scheduling above my required hours

    meanmaryjean replied to Mel_L&D_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Is it also possible that someone just made a
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    Preceptor Issues -CVOR

    meanmaryjean replied to nocturnallife's topic in Operating Room

    Asking questions during a procedure is a good way to cause an error to happen. Ask your questions afterwards. That's probably why you got the one-word responses, they were focused on the
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    Disheartening.

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

    Online University | Online Degree Programs | WGU offers prelicesnure BSN in your area- about 1/4 the cost of West Coast. Fully accredited. All coursework online and clinicals in well-respected...
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    Transcript Fear

    meanmaryjean replied to Guest1005876's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I apologize- I did not mean you were painting yourself as a victim- just warning you against it. That's
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    Transcript Fear

    meanmaryjean replied to Guest1005876's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Say exactly what you said in your post. Although, try not to paint yourself as a victim- just give facts. Your decades-old grades could be a factor, but if it is, there are other schools that don't...
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    Thinking of going back to school

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

    Also, your prior degrees likely did not include the science courses prerequisite to nursing (anatomy, chemistry, microbiology) and most programs require these courses to be completed BEFORE applying...
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    Not getting accepted into a nursing program.

    meanmaryjean replied to jinxiscool2's topic in General Nursing

    You should also apply to more than one school rather that placing all your eggs in one
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    HIPPA violation concern

    meanmaryjean replied to Nurselady2b27's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    1) It's HIPAA 2) You should discuss nothing about patients with family. Let this be a lesson and don't do it
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    Foreign MD with US pre requisites and Hesi score 86,trying to find a Nursing program

    meanmaryjean replied to paris800's topic in School, College Programs

    you will need to take the TEAS instead- but the good news is they have cohorts that start almost every month of the year- so you could begin very
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    Foreign MD with US pre requisites and Hesi score 86,trying to find a Nursing program

    meanmaryjean replied to paris800's topic in School, College Programs

    Online University | Online Degree Programs | WGU offers prelicensure is your area. Affordable and accredited. Be sure and talk to a prelicensure enrollment counselor- as WGU has many post licensure...
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    I had to leave work in the middle of the shift.

    meanmaryjean replied to Dawnmarie71's topic in General Nursing

    I would suggest you do so unless you want to get reported to the BON. Why would you
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    Crohn's Disease P/t

    meanmaryjean replied to Stephanie5160's topic in General Nursing

    I beg to differ- I've seen it a lot in my 40 years of practice. I've done it