verene MSN

mental health / psychiatic nursing

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    Am I allowed to have tattoos as a Pediatric Nurse?

    verene replied to IconicJay's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Really depends on where you live and what kind of employer you work for. I live urban west-coast. Tattoos are not particularly controversial and I know any number of working professionals with...
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    Exorcisms anyone?

    verene replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Psychiatric

    It is offensive because conflating mental illness with demonic possession perpetuates stigma around mental illness as being "of the devil" "evil" and "sign of sin" etc. and delegitimizes mental health...
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    Studying as You Go

    verene replied to SNgirl21's topic in General Students

    In your case I recommend actually backing off on the studying some - 4-6 hours every night plus on breaks doesn't really give your brain anytime to relax and process what you learned. Use you lunch or...
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    Are you taking a self-care course?

    verene replied to elleavon's topic in General Students

    No self-care course in my program, but it the importance of self-care was talked about frequently through out the curriculum. Our student health center also provided a lot of options for self-care...
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    bsn waste without license?

    verene replied to burtonmarg's topic in General Students

    You can probably get any job that just wants a generic "4-year degree." But you will face questions from employers about why you aren't working as a nurse or anything like it during applications. My...
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    My school plan and my anxiety

    verene replied to Meow278's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Is there a reason you aren't looking at local community colleges? They tend to be cheaper, than private schools. Further more even though you think you only want to work as an LPN in LTC for now,...
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    Free schooling through Auto Parts Store - Anything Nursing, Similar?

    verene replied to Guest1025459's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In answer to your question - yes, it may be possible to obtain *some* financial assistance for nursing school from a healthcare employer - however, usually this assistance is limited and it may...
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    Online PreReq suggestions?

    verene replied to student0075's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In-state/local community college is usually one of the cheapest/easiest options for knocking out pre-reqs and many have online courses or non-traditional hours for classes available. The community...
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    Do you renew both LPN and RN licenses?

    verene replied to LPN1118's topic in General Nursing

    The higher license typically supersedes a lower license so I think you only need to renew the RN license as the active RN license will inactivate an LPN license in most cases. You can continue working...
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    Endorsing License

    verene replied to NurseLowe's topic in Nurse Registration

    From the Oregon BON web-page: "Practice Hour Requirement: If it has been more than five years since you graduated from your nursing program, you must include on your application proof of completion of...
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    She called my MOTHER!!!

    verene replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    You need some serious boundaries established; like yesterday. Picture this patient as anyone other than family and it is possible you'd have grounds to have police and gone to court to request a...
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    2 full-time jobs?

    verene replied to anna225's topic in General Nursing

    One thing to consider (as you've already nixed moving home and going for a cheaper ADN degree) is that if you stay at your current out-of-state school look into what it would take to qualify for...
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    Denied from nursing school...

    verene replied to callmeachilles1's topic in General Students

    Every school has their own admission criteria - some allow retakes, some do not. Some factor withdrawals from a class as a "0" or failing score and some leave it as a "W" and don't factor it into...
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    Can I please get a Parking Spot!

    verene replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think the pay to park thing is more of an urban hospital problem where parking is limited. Having been a volunteer, worker, and student at a variety of locations. My current job is not a hospital...
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    Please help me! Public Health/Community Rotation

    verene replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    What kind of site are you at for you community rotation - in my program people were placed in a wide variety of community settings and thus what patient population they were working with, primary...
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    Tattoos, Piercings & Professionalism

    verene replied to lilew's topic in General Nursing

    It think it really depends on where you work. I work in a mental health setting in an urban environment. Co-workers have tattoos, piercings, and unnatural hair colors and it isn't an issue for my...
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    Nursing schools WITHOUT wait lists?

    verene replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in School, College Programs

    Broaden your search to include community colleges, BSN programs, and ABSN programs outside of your immediate area. Look at the admission criteria for each program and how closely you align with it,...
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    First semester- feels like drowning

    verene replied to BagelBomber's topic in General Students

    You are definitely not alone! A lot of us in my program had a rude awakening on our first exam but everyone in the cohort made it to graduation. I thought I was doing fine in nursing school until I...
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    HIPPA/FAXING/PMShift

    verene replied to Lapreea's topic in General Nursing

    These are things to clarify at work based on their policies, as well as those of the pharmacy / clinics you need to interface with on a regular basis. Where I work I send the pharmacy and lab faxes...
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    First semester- feels like drowning

    verene replied to BagelBomber's topic in General Students

    Nursing school can be extremely rough for those who have been "straight A" students for most of their academic career because it is hard to maintain getting A's in nursing school. So breathe, and...
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    Nursing in Idaho

    verene replied to Slasavage's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals near to Sagel are two critical access hospitals (Bonner General in Sandpoint, and Newport Health in Newport, WA), and a larger community hospital in Coeur d'alene (Kootanai Medical Center)....
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    Re-taking science classes?

    verene replied to epowetata's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You'll have to contact the individual schools and find out their retake policies. Some allow unlimited retakes, some only 1 or 2, some don't allow retakes at all. Some will allow retakes if it has...
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    Psychiatric nursing interview

    verene replied to Dpi8310's topic in Psychiatric

    Probably not a great place to work if an interviewer can't get off their phone long enough to pay attention during an interview and make a connection with a potential new hire. That kind of behavior...
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    is nursing right for me

    verene replied to samantha7's topic in General Students

    If you enjoyed your peds rotation then consider getting a peds job when you graduate - that way you can get some experience under your belt. There are a lot of non-bedside jobs out there but they...
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    How to leave hospice?

    verene replied to thunderrain's topic in General Nursing

    Don't apply to new grad jobs, you're an experienced nurse and not qualified on that basis. Where do you want to go? Do you want to go into acute care, away from bedside, some place else? What areas of...