kellyann0198

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1. You'll never make it in California

   kellyann0198 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in California Nursing

   Have you thought of starting your own day care and maybe working on weekends until your son is old enough. If you're talking to me, who would watch the kid on the weekend? He's in school and all...

2. You'll never make it in California

   kellyann0198 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in California Nursing

   Your problem is quite similar to mine. I have a boyfriend in Huntington Beach, California (surfer town in Orange County) and have spent quite a bit of time out there lately. For example, I was in...

3. Pt refusing basic nursing care

   kellyann0198 replied to kellyann0198's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Late update---this gal refused her surgery, stuck around an extra day then was discharged. I did listen to her talk for a long, long time as did every other nurse and her primary doctor. The only...

4. What are your routines like on a medsurg unit

   kellyann0198 replied to angelique777's topic in Medical-Surgical

   First of all, thank the Lord I live in MN, home of fully-staffed hospitals. One of my teachers told me "plan for at least one unexpected thing that'll take up at least 30-45 minutes of your time"....

5. Pt refusing basic nursing care

   kellyann0198 replied to kellyann0198's topic in Medical-Surgical

   [/b]Kelly's psych consult: This gal read her "patient's rights" brochure and is all of a sudden on a power trip..."Look someone gave me the right to say no, and so I'll just exercise my right over all...

6. Pt refusing basic nursing care

   kellyann0198 replied to kellyann0198's topic in Medical-Surgical

   We documented everything--I'm not worried about having some legal consequence if something were to happen, just thinking she's just in some denial or desperately wants to be in

7. Pt refusing basic nursing care

   kellyann0198 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   i'm a newish rn work in neuro med/surg. i got a 30-something year old patient who has a highly unstable spinal fracture from a fall---bone fragments everywhere...80% spinal canal is compromised...