KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Getting Sick as a Nurse

    KelRN215 replied to EdwardE's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't called out sick in any of my last 3 jobs. I called out sick a handful of times over 5 years as a floor nurse but most of those reasons would not warrant me calling out at my current...
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    Is this a fair holiday schedule

    KelRN215 replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital, everyone was required to work a minor and major holiday for the winter holidays. Minor holidays were Thanksgiving night, Christmas Eve day, Christmas day night, New...
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    Friend is sending FB requests to all ICU/ER nurses

    KelRN215 replied to NurseSince2014's topic in General Nursing

    Of my 959 Facebook friends, I probably regularly interact with about 7 of them. No one is going to go out of their way to recommend a stranger for a
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    Decision, decisions, decisions

    KelRN215 replied to Larsen4220's topic in General Students

    In this market, it may be wherever hires you. Remember that where you start your career isn't where you have to spend the entire thing. I always knew I wanted to be a pediatric nurse, for example....
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    Friend is sending FB requests to all ICU/ER nurses

    KelRN215 replied to NurseSince2014's topic in General Nursing

    Many people don't post their work information on facebook at all or don't update it when they change jobs. I took all my work information off facebook years ago, for example. And even if people post...
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    Do nurse residencies hire non-new grads?

    KelRN215 replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Forgive me for being blunt but yes, that's why they're called new grad residencies. The fact that you graduated over 2 years ago and worked as a nurse for 9 months makes you not a new grad. I agree...
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    Where to get first licensure?

    KelRN215 replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Start looking for jobs before you graduate. Apply for licensure by examination wherever you have a job secured. (For my new grad program, I started applying in January, got an offer in March,...
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    California New Grad taking job out of state, what are my chances of getting back to CA?

    KelRN215 replied to sunflow3rz's topic in General Nursing

    Massachusetts would be the California of your scenario, not the Arizona. Are there people who leave because of the tight job market to gain experience and then look to move home? Sure. I worked with a...
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    Your words are against you

    KelRN215 replied to WHICH's topic in General Students

    Completely depends on the situation. When I worked in peds neuro, for example, it didn't bother me that my colleagues knew that I had a history of a brain tumor. I did not tell them, however, when I...
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    Is LVN not enough for you!

    KelRN215 replied to YourFuture22's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Any RN who has a million dollars certainly didn't get it from nursing. Perhaps they won the lottery and just kept their license active. Or perhaps they married into wealth and work per diem just to...
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    HIPAA violation?

    KelRN215 replied to sunnyskies9's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Ok, if Auntie told the family "I have been diagnosed with ALS" (or whatever the disease may be) and the family knows that you work in an ALS program, I would say you can answer their questions on a...
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    HIPAA violation?

    KelRN215 replied to sunnyskies9's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    How is it a gray area? Any information you have you gained from your professional relationship with her during her hospitalization. You cannot tell them
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    Is LVN not enough for you!

    KelRN215 replied to YourFuture22's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Uhh... can I just ask why you think LPNs don't have responsibility and/or stress? I don't know about your area of the country but in my area, there is not much of a market for LPNs outside of SNFs....
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    What is considered an acceptable length of new grad residency or orientation?

    KelRN215 replied to CEMMDRN's topic in General Nursing

    My new grad program was 20 weeks long. I thought that was a little too long. The ICU's new grad program was even longer- I think 6
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    OB class makes me depressed...

    KelRN215 replied to erikathered's topic in General Students

    This strikes me as an extremely condescending and transphobic comment. Not everyone shares your beliefs. No imaginary being created
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    Rant. Questions are killing me!

    KelRN215 replied to broughden's topic in General Students

    This was many years ago when I was still in college and my mother's home phone number was also my home phone number. The situation with my Neurologist was a bit of a gray area because I was 17 when I...
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    Do I have to join the Union?

    KelRN215 replied to friendlylark's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I don't know about California but in my state monthly union dues are 2x your hourly rate but there's a minimum and
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    Do I have to join the Union?

    KelRN215 replied to friendlylark's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The article you cite is about government employees and whether or not they can be required to pay dues if they don't join the union. California is not a right to work state so, as far as I am aware,...
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    When to insert PICC/Central Lines?

    KelRN215 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Infected hardware from a hip replacement usually requires long term IV antibiotics so, yes, a PICC would be appropriate. If the patient is going to be discharged on IV antibiotics she will need one....
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    Iv antibiotic running as primary?

    KelRN215 replied to SquatsNScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I worked at also carried 25 mL bags of normal saline. If a patient was on IV antibiotics only, no fluids, and it was something that came in a bag instead of a syringe (this was...
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    Rant. Questions are killing me!

    KelRN215 replied to broughden's topic in General Students

    I didn't miss it, you added a lot of nonsense details to the scenario in your OP in an effort to convince yourself that your answer was right (it still wasn't) and then said that a nurse who did what...
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    Is it wrong to start infusion that will not finish till next shift?

    KelRN215 replied to Capp's topic in Patient Medications

    This is dumb. What would the oncoming nurse think about a 2 hr vanco infusion timed for 0600? If you are an inpatient nurse you will literally take patients who have meds infusing that you didn't hang...
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    Pre-calculation of emergency meds?

    KelRN215 replied to Lanesmama's topic in Pediatric

    We had drug cards when I worked in the hospital. There was a binder with all of them on our code cart. It had all of the doses for code medications for a child who weighed 20 kg, for
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    Immunizations Advice

    KelRN215 replied to Meow278's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I genuinely wanted to know your thought process. Anything, like your personal medical records, that you are legally entitled to, you are legally entitled to. The records are still yours, regardless of...
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    Allegation of Neglect

    KelRN215 replied to jaortiz20's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ok, how do you reconcile the above statement with this prior statement?: If you go to the BoN contradicting yourself like this, I'd definitely expect there to be discipline against your license as...