pellykate ASN

pellykate has 11 years experience as a ASN and specializes in Psychiatric, School Health, Adminstration.

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1. staff nurse + DON

   pellykate replied to pellykate's topic in LTC Directors

   That's what I think, too. We only have two nurses for up to 32 clients. They don't all take meds, but many of them need a LOT of attention so the days are busy, and with admissions and discharges and panic attacks and questions and BPD... oh LORD, ho...

2. staff nurse + DON

   pellykate posted a topic in LTC Directors

   How many days a week do you work in the staff nurse role? I've been told I am to be the RN two days a week and am alotted three "director days" a week. Is this normal? I've never worked in this environment (voluntary residential psych) and never been...

3. CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

   pellykate replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   I think what he meant to say was, “More nurses will not improve my profits.”

4. Medical coding as a side-hustle?

   pellykate posted a topic in General Nursing

   I’m a school nurse which is the perfect job for me and my family’s needs EXCEPT for the pay. Oh, the pay. I have $29 after paying rent and one smallish bill immediately after my paycheck dropped last night. That’s right. $29 to live on for two weeks....

5. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

   pellykate replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Why didn't she call the pharmacy first and ask about the med not showing up?! Sure, she may have been rushed, but GOOD LORD. If Versed is ordered, it doesn't show up in the Pyxis, you type in VE on override and something else shows up, you DON'T PICK...

6. School Nurse Salary?

   pellykate replied to kegreat's topic in School

   LOL! Oops! I meant to type "$39K", as in $39,000 a year. Minus taxes and benefits, I end up with $2000 a month. I thought I could make it work. WRONG. As for cost of living, yes, it has increased dramatically around here in the past few years. From o...

7. School Nurse Salary?

   pellykate replied to kegreat's topic in School

   In Metro Nashville, I am an employee of the city Health Department within Metro Government, which has excellent benefits. I divide my days evenly between two schools which are just down the road from each other. We work on the students' calendar with...

8. Cartoon Caption Contest WIN $250! Nurses Week 2018

   pellykate replied to Brian S.'s topic in Announcements

   NOW do you guys understand why doing mouth care is so important?!

9. Why parents! Why?!!

   pellykate replied to MrsNurse08's topic in School

   Right. I once said to a parapro who brought in a student she just really did not want to deal with that day (temp was in the lower 98's), "She feels warm because she's alive" and laughed so she wouldn't slap me.

10. Would you pray with a student?

    pellykate replied to smudges.blips's topic in School

    Heck yeah! If the student has made it clear they are Christian, and they are in need of prayer, then how could I not?

11. C'Mon Now!

    pellykate replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Student comes to clinic with 45 minutes left in the day saying her sore throat is worse and looks all sad and wilted. I tell her go get your backpack and just wait for the bus in here with me. She comes back, plops down and proceeds to talk for the n...

12. Older Student

    pellykate replied to sande8312's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Do it! Go all the way! We have three women in our program who are 50 and above and a couple others who are in their 40's, and they are doing great. I think you have two advantages over younger students: life experience and your kids are self-sufficie...

13. Cellulitis and edema

    pellykate replied to pellykate's topic in General Nursing

    It was in her chart. It had been placed to admin antibiotics before surgery because of a previous MRSA infection. Home health nurse failed to show to assess/change it, finally arrived three days late and found her legs swollen and hot. The pt said he...

14. Cellulitis and edema

    pellykate posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm in my third semester of nursing school.Tonight at clinical my patient had cellulitis caused by MRSA from a neglected PICC line. Go ahead and laugh at/berate me for my ignorance, but i was confused by her arm that seemed totally fine, but she had ...

15. Aquinas College/ HESI

    pellykate replied to willmo81's topic in Tennessee

    Dr. R. rules!