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    New grad RN

    KelRN215 replied to Tbajeux2010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If a patient codes, you call for help and it will come running. People who have run codes before will take over. It's only been 5 weeks. When I was a new nurse I was told it takes an average of 18...
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    Can LPNs work in the delivery room or maternity?

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

    I would say it's theoretically possible but unlikely. No hospitals in my city hire LPNs to work on the floors, some will hire them in clinics. The community hospital I worked at had LPNs working on...
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    Infusion RN

    KelRN215 replied to Nickni's topic in General Nursing

    Walgreens recently acquired another home infusion company, Critical Care Systems, and rebranded them. They employ few nurses- most of the patients they are pharmacy only for, at least in my neck of...
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    For those of you who have left bedside for admin.....

    KelRN215 replied to EarlineCox's topic in General Nursing

    Let me start by saying I never thought I wanted a Mon-Fri gig. I hate doing errands on the weekends when everyone and their mother are at the store and I liked being able to do grocery shopping at...
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    Nurse Licensure Compact Q & A

    KelRN215 replied to ashlibuts's topic in General Students

    NCLEX is a national exam. You can go to school in Oregon and physically take NCLEX in Washington State for licensure in California, provided your program in Oregon meets all of California's...
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    Protonix beads for g-tube

    KelRN215 replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    Prilosec and Prevacid do too. I see liquid Prilosec all the time, liquid Protonix sometimes, liquid Prevacid rarely and have never seen Nexium in liquid or compounded forms. That's just because Nexium...
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    Tolerance and acceptace of gay nurses and patients

    KelRN215 replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I live in Massachusetts. I have not encountered this from nursing staff. I have always worked with gay co-workers- when they got married or had babies, the same work celebrations were held as when...
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    Hippa and confidentiality

    KelRN215 replied to maybabe's topic in General Nursing

    Who are you going to give the results to if not the parent? Are you going to call a 3 yr old or a 6 yr old or a 9 yr old to explain the results of lab work or an MRI or a biopsy? Of course not, the...
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    Hippa and confidentiality

    KelRN215 replied to maybabe's topic in General Nursing

    In my line of work, lab results are given out over the phone every single day. Kids are having labs drawn at home to determine if they need blood transfusions, if they need to continue or can stop...
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    Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    KelRN215 replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    Home health was also not on my short list when I graduated from nursing school. I got what I considered to be my "dream job" straight out of school, working in a pediatric hospital and thought I'd...
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    Compact License Question

    KelRN215 replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    Since you can't possibly commute from Maryland to Arizona, you will need to apply for licensure by endorsement to Arizona. If you plan to live in Arizona, you need a license for Arizona. As I...
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    Canadian nclex today

    KelRN215 replied to zxjchristina's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    Does that mean it will be easier for me to endorse my license to Canada in the event that I have to move following the 2016
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    Opinion on using the word "retarded"?

    KelRN215 replied to abbypoo's topic in General Nursing

    We are on the DSM-V now. It is true that the DSM-IV listed "mental retardation" as does ICD-9 and it was only with DSM-V that it was changed. I have less of a problem with people using "MR",...
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    Anyone dealt with COBRA?

    KelRN215 replied to tnmarie's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't matter why you left, you are eligible for COBRA for up to 18 months after leaving a job. You don't have to prove you left d/t a drastic change in working conditions. If you haven't...
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    Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    KelRN215 replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    YES! Recently, a patient's (school aged child with cancer) nanny was telling me something about how it must be so hard to do what I do and how sad it must be to work with sick kids, blah blah etc....
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    Keeping up the RN license

    KelRN215 replied to SoaringOwl's topic in Florida Nursing

    In my state, it's not necessary to send in evidence of completed CEUs unless you are audited. And no CEUs are required for your first renewal. It's not for a lack of organization or thoughtfulness...
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    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    KelRN215 replied to Littleles79's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    A rep from the MNA told me 3 years ago that Dana Farber nurses were the highest paid nurses in the state. It could have changed since
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    Need advice about departments

    KelRN215 replied to npixie's topic in General Students

    Are they asking you this because they need to place you for your senior practicum? I've never heard of a school caring what specialty their students are interested in beyond for placement in...
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    so confused about applying for license by endorsement ..please help!!

    KelRN215 replied to CrystalCanary's topic in General Nursing

    As long as you pay Kentucky every renewal and complete any necessary CEUs, your license will remain active. You don't have to live in the state you hold a license in- that requirement only applies if...
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    2yr Nursing Grad waiting to take NCLEX in Feb/Mar & wants RESUME tips (e.g. write BSN?)

    KelRN215 replied to Kit.Kat's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Agree with above. Your title on your resume should be "Kit Kat, ADN"- you are not an RN so cannot call yourself one. If you have not enrolled in a BSN program, it doesn't belong on your resume. You...
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    Can I date the nurse who took care my mother before she passed away?

    KelRN215 replied to m4a123's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ok, this is the creepiest thing I've ever heard and please do not say anything like this to a woman whom you've never been out on a date with. You will scare her off. I think her lack of response...
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    Hey so young nurses, are we really making "that much"?

    KelRN215 replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    Based on this thread and the OP's most recent one (https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/do-you-carry-966544.html#post8284957) it seems like he/she is not really interested in being a...
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    Nursing Diagnoses

    KelRN215 replied to JanRudd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well, what is going on with the patient? Not all patients with PKU will have the same nursing
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    Can you be a member of NSNA as a new RN?

    KelRN215 replied to FinallyRNStatus's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Why do you want to be? Why not join a professional organization once you are working as an
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    Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    KelRN215 replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    Geriatrics, Psychiatry, Maternity, Med/Surg, anything that involves taking care of adults. I don't see myself ever leaving pediatrics. I loathe