verene MSN

mental health / psychiatic nursing

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    Past grades

    verene replied to Hopefulnurse94's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It depends on the school's admission policies. Some only look and newest score, some average scores, some don't allow repeats, and others don't care how many times you repeat. The only way to know is...
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    PMHNP & Suboxone

    verene replied to Spaciousness's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Assuming I am reading and interpreting the law correctly it looks like NPs can prescribe and administer suboxone treatment for opioid addiction management as of July 2016. (Providing NP prescription...
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    Letters of recommendation needed for OHSU?

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

    Check the application instructions for your program. I don't believe the undergrad programs required letters of recommendation, unless you are jointly applying to continue on to a graduate program....
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    Breastfeeding and Suspected Pregnancy - Vaccines for CNA Program

    verene replied to NaturesMedicine's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Step 1. Confirm that you are actually pregnant. If you aren't there isn't any point in worrying about whether or not you can have the vaccines. You can just go get them. Step 2. If you are pregnant,...
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    Low census--what do you do?

    verene replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    This is pretty similar to where I've worked. No one got low census very frequently, or spent all their time floating. Plus it wasn't unusual for people to volunteer for low census if our census was...
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    Is it a bad idea to go back to school for a CNA license after graduating as LVN?

    verene replied to Virtual's topic in General Nursing

    It is pointless to go get a CNA certification when you already have your LVN license. The LVN scope includes the CNA scope and gaining a higher certification level usually invalidates the lower level...
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    On-line classes

    verene replied to ErikaD360's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took my psychology and nutrition pre-reqs completely online. I also took hybrid statistics and chemistry (lecture online, quizzes/tests/labs in-person). I could have taken my other science pre-reqs...
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    New RN-Licensed: How to enter CC nursing?

    verene replied to crome's topic in Critical Care

    One of my friends got into CC nursing as a new grad by applying to a new-grad residency program and putting down critical care as his first choice unit. This may not be the case everywhere but it...
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    CNA Cert. with no experience: how to land a job.

    verene replied to futurehealthprof's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals may expect experience because they pay more, however CNA work is seen as entry level and many long-term care facilities (and even a few hospitals) will hire you with out work experience and...
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    What do other hospitals do regard to scheduling staff for weekends?

    verene replied to Metalchild's topic in General Nursing

    All of the hospitals in my area have weekend policies. Typical policy is to work every other weekend (1500 Friday through 0700 Monday counts as weekend time for earning weekend
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    Bachelor's Degree (NonScience) to Nursing

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

    You have 3 main options to go through nursing school. All of which will require you to take pre-reqs (1-2 years depending on what coursework is needed, some coursework from your prior degree may...
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    Advice on education options?

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

    Both EMT and phlebotomist are short certification courses, and will likely be similar cost and time to complete, with phlebotomy likely being slightly shorter if you are already on that path. However...
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    Is 32 to late to go to a nursing program ?(ADN)

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

    Nursing draws a lot of career changers and therefor has a lot more non-traditional students. Because of this being older doesn't make you stand out as much as it might in another field. In all...
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    Taking clothes off for a head to toe assessment

    verene replied to evelyn305's topic in General Students

    In program we did practice on skin - but we had options. Students playing the patient could wear a gown, could wear a tank-top or loose fitting shirt, or could take off shirt/wear sports bra. It was...
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    Judge Sends Man to Prison Because He Can't Pay Hospital Bill

    verene replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in Nursing News

    No where in the article does it talk about this man being unable to pay because of health care bills. Sounds like he wrote a bunch of bad checks and got caught. Not sure if he was trying to commit...
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    How many programs/schools are you applying to?

    verene replied to micahg714's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I planned on applying to 6 programs, actually applied to 4, and was accepted at 2 (one conditionally, one full-acceptance). Fortunately the full-acceptance program was my top choice
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    Nursing prerequisites

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

    Check with programs you are interested in. I found that the pre-reqs varied so much from school to school that I kept an excel spreadsheet to keep them straight. The only ones that overlapped for all...
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    Should I take Intro to Stats this semester?

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

    I would wait. I took stats with chem but those were my only courses that quarter. I did fine in both courses, but I think my chem grade would have been slightly higher if I'd taken an easier class...
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    Nursing student getting cna

    verene replied to Jmarty31's topic in General Students

    I know when I took CNA training, we just had to have scrubs, it didn't matter color or cut. That being said if the scrubs you currently own are branded with the nursing school logo or other...
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    MSN/FNP programs

    verene replied to Natashaaa's topic in General Nursing

    There are direct-entry programs. Usually this consists of a MSN with the first-year prelicensure and then 2 years of graduate work, or a paired/dual-admission ABSN/MSN program which is 12-18 months...
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    Im begging for someone's opinion here. Too tired to enjoy my job... Too tired to DO my job

    verene replied to Rlandreth's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I would check state labor laws but that many 16s in a week may be violating what you can legally work. Also talk to management. It does them no good if you harm a resident or drive into a ditch...
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    Classes like A and P along with the nursing courses?

    verene replied to MichaelMJT's topic in General Students

    My program requires A&P before being admitted. I would think it would be a struggle to take A&P while in nursing school, and have no idea how I would survive pathophysiology and pharmacology...
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    New Nurse Exhausted from Extremely Long Shifts? Help?

    verene replied to KellySpencer800's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Learn to set boundaries. Say no to extra shifts when you are already working over-time on regular shifts, you are not obligated to work anything other than your assigned shifts unless management...
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    College HELP

    verene replied to jesslopez16a's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Depends on how the programs are set up. Usually it would be 2-3 years after transferring, but doing pre-reqs this way would likely still be cheaper. (Though do look into what scholarship and grant...
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    Are psych units closing in your area?

    verene replied to mystory's topic in General Nursing

    In my area several in-patient psych units at different hospitals are being consolidated into a single free-standing psych hospital. Supposedly it is to increase access to care and reduce ED wait time...