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    It's a crime to take pictures of your patients

    KelRN215 replied to Alnitak7's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    This statement doesn't even make sense. News media doesn't have more "rights" than health care staff. They can't just waltz into a hospital and start taking pictures of patients. Again, HIPAA...
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    Admission fee

    KelRN215 replied to Vishwamitr's topic in Florida Nursing

    Application fees to universities are never refunded. I'm not getting what you're saying. You pay the fee regardless of if you decide to study there and $35 is a mad cheap application
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    Clinical social worker vs RN?

    KelRN215 replied to Healthcare102's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't think bodily fluids are "disturbing" at all and especially not as disturbing as some of the things social workers see on a regular basis... like people who burn cigarettes into their...
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    Do you carry around your stethoscope?

    KelRN215 replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a joke? How do you listen for lung sounds, heart sounds, bowel sounds without a stethoscope? A cardiac monitor can't hear a murmur. A chest xray can't hear wheezing. If your post-op...
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    RN first or BSN first?

    KelRN215 replied to Louise Henaut's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Go the BSN route. I entered my BSN program directly out of high school and was an RN with a BSN by 23 (had to take a year off for medical reasons). You can't enter an ADN program directly out of...
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    Why do we not get paid for lunch even if we never get to take one?

    KelRN215 replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

    Even if your patient does code while you're in the bathroom, everyone available is expected to respond to a code, are they not? In all the codes I've been involved in, I don't think any were ever a...
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    Questions on post High School Graduation

    KelRN215 replied to DorothyMichelle's topic in Nursing Career

    You should enter a BSN program right away. Getting a job in Massachusetts without a BSN is next to impossible. The following schools in Massachusetts have traditional BSN programs that you enter...
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    Working the Holidays

    KelRN215 replied to Omaapecm's topic in General Nursing

    What's to feel bad
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    Why do we not get paid for lunch even if we never get to take one?

    KelRN215 replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

    If you are an hourly paid employee, you must be paid for all time worked, including if you've worked through lunch. A lunch break is only an unpaid break if you are completely relieved of your duties...
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    need some advice on use of iv

    KelRN215 replied to Kissy1818's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Palliative care is the kindest option for end stage cancer. I've seen it both ways- people who choose the palliative care route and people who go for a phase I trial and die horrible deaths. There...
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    palliative meds

    KelRN215 replied to Kissy1818's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    He needs better symptom management, should be on a
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    hospital based program

    KelRN215 replied to toi121's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Brockton Hospital's School of Nursing still operates here in MA,
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    Deciding what to give to the patient who gets everything

    KelRN215 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Was the scheduled morphine MS contin and the breakthrough just plain morphine sulfate? If so, that makes sense. Give the scheduled morphine and if breakthrough pain, give a PRN. I agree start with...
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    Vancomycin rate question

    KelRN215 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What is the coworker's rationale? If you have to infuse 500 mL of Vanco and you're running it at 125 mL/hr, it's going to take 4 hours to infuse. In pediatrics, Vanco is dosed based on weight and run...
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    hospital based program

    KelRN215 replied to toi121's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    These are few and far between nowadays. I know of one diploma/hospital based nursing program still in existence in my
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    Staying safe or branching out in first RN job?

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

    I've never worked anywhere where new grads could be hired into a float pool. You have to hit the ground running and be fairly confident to work float
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    Can I escape my checkered nursing past?

    KelRN215 replied to SweetRN88's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Your supervisor reported you for patient abandonment and you think she did it for personal reasons? This is a pretty serious offense and the fact that you don't realize nor do you take responsibility...
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    Respiratory depression

    KelRN215 replied to Kissy1818's topic in Patient Medications

    I wouldn't. The focus is palliation, you don't want to get behind on managing the patient's pain. How frequently are you giving these meds? Morphine has a short half life. Again, this is why you...
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    Demanding patient wanting me to page MD about insignificant issue.

    KelRN215 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What if you didn't "let him" do it but he just did it without telling you? Honestly that's what I'd do in the same situation if I were a patient. I carry my chronic meds with me at all times, if the...
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    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    KelRN215 replied to Littleles79's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    As far as I know, all monthly union dues for MNA hospitals are twice your hourly rate but there is a minimum and a maximum. I don't know what shift differentials are at the Brigham but I imagine...
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    Given a do over, which (feasible) career would you pursue?

    KelRN215 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the United States. I maintain that it's
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    name change

    KelRN215 replied to NursingOn27's topic in General Students

    Your husband will NOT claim you as a dependent on his taxes. The IRS does not permit one to name his spouse as his "dependent." God, what an archaic idea that a wife is her husband's dependent. If...
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    Can I get LVN license during in RN program?

    KelRN215 replied to vuphan86's topic in LPN to RN

    It depends on the state. Very few states offer this option
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    Can an employer ask?

    KelRN215 replied to UFEDRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    OP said it was in the new hire packet. Once she's been hired, she's no longer an applicant. They can ask. The information should stay with Employee
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    Respiratory depression

    KelRN215 replied to Kissy1818's topic in Patient Medications

    This is why you escalate the doses per protocol/titrate to effect. If you do that, it's unlikely the patient will have respiratory depression. I have given as much as 100 mg/hr of morphine to an 8...