kbrn2002 ADN, RN

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RN from WI

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    Max Pay Fresenius?

    kbrn2002 replied to andrea3434's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Well that does very much depend on location. In a lower cost of living area very few RN's are making over $50/hr. I have found that where I live the wages are about the same as the local hospitals so...
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    Home Health - Is it worth the pay?

    kbrn2002 replied to michaellorenzo's topic in Home Health

    Being paid milage is not the same as being paid for your commute time and $35 a visit sounds like you would need to make a lot of visits to get a decent paycheck. You'd be spending a lot of...
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    Nurse from Kenya failed NCLEX times 2 in Texas, wants to test in Arizona

    kbrn2002 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    This exactly. Getting all the required paperwork together and taking the required pre-tests sounds like quite a bit of work to go through again. Unless OP plans to move to and work in AZ why apply for...
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    Call out

    kbrn2002 replied to BSNRN_'s topic in General Nursing

    But if you have advance notice it's not really an emergency, is it? Emergencies aren't planned and anybody going to their supervisor/scheduler and saying they are going to have an emergency on a...
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    Wondering if I am cut out for bedside nursing

    kbrn2002 replied to Baynurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'd be more worried if you didn't feel like a flaming idiot this early in your career. As you're discovering nursing school does not prepare you to be a successful nurse, it just prepares you to...
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    I want a future where all nurses have science degrees and are not mean girls

    kbrn2002 replied to RitzyCinnamonRoll's topic in Crusty Old Bats's Chatter

    Never look down on any job, which is what it sounds like you are doing. I bet you go to a hairdresser, that is a licensed and very skilled job by the way. Those construction workers you want to...
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    Giving PRN pain meds to hospice patient

    kbrn2002 replied to A2024's topic in General Nursing

    The resident is enrolled in Hospice? If so there is a terminal diagnosis and the family should be well aware of the poor prognosis and the plan for comfort care including pain control, educating and...
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    Transferring NY NCLEX/license to BC, Canada

    kbrn2002 replied to Nancy Florence's topic in Canada

    Interesting, educated in India, tested for NY in the US and live in Canada. It sounds complicated but it may not be....I had to do a quick search and found this: "If you are a Canadian citizen,...
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    Heartbreak and nursing program

    kbrn2002 replied to Herc1201's topic in General Students

    A breakup can be devastating, especially when you thought things were fine and got blindsided by it. I doubt if this will help much in the short term but trust me on this, if she wasn't willing to...
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    My co-worker refuses to trade shifts with me

    kbrn2002 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    If your co-worker always works Tues, Wed, Thu does that mean you always work only a Mon and Fri? So you already have a 3 day stretch off, it's just during the week instead of over the weekend. That's...
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    How can I balance nursing school and working full-time?

    kbrn2002 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    With those hours working full time will be near impossible. First barrier is there is simply not enough time in a week to put in that many school hours, study out of classroom hours, get decent sleep...
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    Holidays

    kbrn2002 replied to upstatejj's topic in General Nursing

    Some companies still use the vacation/holiday/sick pay model where the pay for these comes out of different buckets. Most however have gone to a PTO model where it's all lumped in together, so your...
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    Is my supervisor trying to set me up?

    kbrn2002 replied to Revolutionaryroad's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago when all the meds in the SNF worked for came in bubble packs from an outside pharmacy meds "borrowing" meds from another resident was not that unusual, we all knew it was wrong to do so but...
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    Medication Error

    kbrn2002 replied to Flintstones's topic in Pediatric

    It's a med error. It was caught, reported and followed up on with no adverse effect. Unless you are already in hot water with management for other reasons there shouldn't be any repercussions from...
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    Patient abandonment question

    kbrn2002 replied to Jackson1322's topic in General Nursing

    For those electing to go the challenge method to licensing it can be a good way to jump start your nursing career as long as you go into it aware of the possible ramifications. Most states will not...
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    Went back into nursing management but hate it still, what to do?

    kbrn2002 replied to tobetheone's topic in General Nursing

    OK...I take it you are not pro-union. I do find it hard to believe there are zero options for leadership roles in non-union facilities. Even if every hospital in the area is a union shop, there are...
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    Reported to DEA

    kbrn2002 replied to S.S.'s topic in General Nursing

    If you gave the medication and you documented it late that is a documentation error. Not great but certainly nothing the DEA is interested in. Did they at least confirm the narc count was...
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    Discharge medications not ready for pickup

    kbrn2002 replied to tcy12345's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't understand how this became your problem in the first place. If the pharmacy doesn't have a med in stock why aren't they the one's looking for an alternate supplier? Since they dumped it...
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    Can I be a nurse if I admit I abused alcohol?

    kbrn2002 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I agree with jadedRN04's opinion. If there are no charges or convictions related to your alcohol abuse and if there was no court ordered rehab that would leave a paper trail no way would I disclose...
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    PTO being used by hospital?

    kbrn2002 replied to Duncan6's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Wisconsin. Wisconsin is weird. While it is a state that does not have any laws requiring an employer to provide PTO, there is a law that requires employers to pay out unused PTO? Didn't know...
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    Call out

    kbrn2002 replied to BSNRN_'s topic in General Nursing

    Yes, American employers generally have Holiday pay on the major holidays, there are usually 6 Holidays that are paid, New Years, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas....
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    Call out

    kbrn2002 replied to BSNRN_'s topic in General Nursing

    It depends on your employers policies but yes, it can cause problems. Many employers' won't pay the Holiday pay if you call out the day before, the day of or the day after the Holiday so at the very...
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    PTO being used by hospital?

    kbrn2002 replied to Duncan6's topic in General Nursing

    Is it normal? Sadly yes, it is. When I was working at my previous clinic we were only open half days on Tues, Thurs and Sat so any of those days I was scheduled I had to use my PTO if I wanted to be...
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    Can I be accepted to nursing school with Battery, Trespassing and Shoplifting convictions?

    kbrn2002 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Wow, that's an extensive and occasionally oddly specific list of offenses. Deploying a booby trap? Never even heard of that particular
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    For those who have taken the PN NCLEX

    kbrn2002 replied to capybaraNurse2b's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Has the practice test you have been working on been updated to reflect the new NCLEX scoring system? If not your practice test scoring might not be accurate. The way it used to work with the SATA type...