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    Fear of vomiting and vomit?

    KelRN215 replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    https://www.google.com/search?q=emesis+basin&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=kdelVMGFHsiPyATdsICYAw&sqi=2&ved=0CC4QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=635 Useless for vomiting...
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    Difference in RN education

    KelRN215 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    Ok so the most obvious difference is that all nurses in the US are educated as generalists. No one graduates as an "adult nurse", "pediatric nurse", "mental health nurse", etc. we are all just nurses...
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    How common is it for employers to pay for BSN?

    KelRN215 replied to mcapuano's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    If you live in an area of the country that will hire ADN new grads into hospital positions, it may be possible. The only employers in my city that offer this benefit aren't paying for any RN-BSN...
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    RN to Healthcare Administration Question

    KelRN215 replied to gett34's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I don't think most financial managers within healthcare organizations are nurses, but are people who've spent their careers in finance. I honestly don't think this second bachelor's will help you at...
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    List of states that prefer bsn?

    KelRN215 replied to butterflykissesxo's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    There are no states that mandate or prefer BSN, the state itself doesn't care. Private employers within certain regions of the country may prefer/require BSN as a part of the hiring
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    Difference in RN education

    KelRN215 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that most nurses in the US don't know how nurse education is done in the UK, therefore we won't be able to tell you the differences. Why don't you tell us a...
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    HIPPA Violation? Chemo Infusion Room

    KelRN215 replied to yotakagirl's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I don't think it's officially a HIPAA violation. It's not the best practice but maybe the patient was going to be in the infusion room until the clinic closed or the MD didn't have any time other...
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    junior in highschool trying to become RN

    KelRN215 replied to trynabenurse's topic in General Students

    I don't think your odds would be any better going in "undecided" and trying to transfer into nursing. The school I went to (a nationally ranked university) the competition was no more or less getting...
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    Would you take a patient's blood sugar without an "order"?

    KelRN215 replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not talking about diabetic patients. I'm talking about kids who were temporarily on high dose methylprednisolone. They wouldn't be treating for a blood glucose of 150 mg/dL d/t steroids and we...
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    junior in highschool trying to become RN

    KelRN215 replied to trynabenurse's topic in General Students

    I agree with GrnTea. Anyone who knows in high school that she wants to pursue nursing should go straight for the BSN. You don't say where you are located but there are public university BSN programs...
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    Why do managers ask you to contact them with questions after interviews?

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

    "A few days ago" you sent the first email and then "several days later" you sent the second one. When was a few days ago? And when did you send the second email, yesterday? It's the middle of the...
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    Got 265 questions NCLEX RN

    KelRN215 replied to mangjose08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Your name not being on the BON's website within 24 hours doesn't mean you
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    Are CNAs allowed to do PPDs in Texas?

    KelRN215 replied to mariahthompson0913's topic in Texas Nursing

    Let me add (since if I try to edit my post it wants to include the addition as part of the hyperlink), that I've never worked anywhere where a CNA could plant a PPD. Medical assistants may be able to...
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    Are CNAs allowed to do PPDs in Texas?

    KelRN215 replied to mariahthompson0913's topic in Texas Nursing

    You just go to lmgtfy.com and type in the question and it gives you the link: Let me google that for
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    RN limited permit

    KelRN215 replied to khaleesi123's topic in New York Nursing

    I have never heard of an "RN limited permit", in my state there is no such thing and you cannot work in any capacity as a nurse without a license. But I googled it and the information was readily...
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    Pain medication and the dying patient

    KelRN215 replied to khall7398's topic in General Nursing

    I could see the pharmacy taking that long to make a medication if it was something that had to come from the pharmacy, but what kind of floor that accepts palliative patients doesn't have narcotics in...
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    Influenza

    KelRN215 replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

    None of my patients have had it so far this year and I haven't known anyone in my personal life to get it
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    Fear of vomiting and vomit?

    KelRN215 replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    Haha when I worked in the hospital and our supply budget was cut, emesis basins were the first thing to go since we surveyed the entire staff and everyone said we would grab the big bucket (wash...
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    anxiety about a mistake

    KelRN215 replied to wmrn88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    How would you lose your license for something that happened before you were a licensed nurse? You won't. I agree with the others, you need to see someone about this. This is not a normal level of...
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    Fear of vomiting and vomit?

    KelRN215 replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    What are you going to catch from someone's vomit? GI illnesses are spread fecal-oral for the most part. Follow universal precautions and you'll be
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    Question re: Overtime

    KelRN215 replied to as1234's topic in General Nursing

    Less than 40 hrs/week = no overtime required by law. 30 min x 3 shifts - 1.5 hrs extra, so 37.5 hrs/week. No overtime is due and it's both fair and
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    AFIB causes stroke, DVT causes PE?

    KelRN215 replied to Nursing2102's topic in General Students

    Because venous blood returns to the right side of the heart and then goes to the lungs, a DVT won't cause a stroke because it won't get past the lungs to do that. That's why it causes a PE, venous...
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    types of precaution measures?

    KelRN215 replied to Healthcare102's topic in General Students

    Uh, Ebola is definitely NOT airborne, it can only be spread by direct contact with infected bodily fluids. Someone who presents with a simple GI virus doesn't have the same symptoms as someone with...
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    Nurse Practice Act

    KelRN215 replied to aek1991's topic in General Students

    You have the source you need to find all that information- it's written in the
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    How to handle/ clean infectious vomit

    KelRN215 replied to Healthcare102's topic in General Students

    Universal precautions. One of my favorite doctors explains this to lay people as "you assume all bodily fluids are infected even though they are unlikely to be." Wear gloves. If you were vomited...