KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Changing IV tubing with half full bag?

    KelRN215 replied to erint91DC's topic in General Students

    Yes it's a waste but the cost of treating sepsis would be infinitely greater and the hospital would have to eat the cost of it because it would be an infection caused by the hospital/a breach of...
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    clinical instructor problem or is it me?

    KelRN215 replied to studentnurse162484's topic in General Students

    What did you learn about IV meds in your classes/skills labs? Anything that is to be administered intravenously must be kept sterile. This is critically important. Perhaps you are not used to this...
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    What cracked me up today

    KelRN215 replied to Flare's topic in School

    This sounds like some of my patients'
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    simple drug calculation

    KelRN215 replied to kattie99's topic in Pediatric

    Are you sure it's not supposed to be 30 mg/kg/DAY, divided into 3 doses? So 10 mg/kg/DOSE? The usual pediatric dose for amoxicillin for OM is 20 to 50 mg/kg/day, divided either q 12hr or q 8hr. 90...
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    Pediatric Midline IVs?

    KelRN215 replied to Vicki_RN's topic in Pediatric

    The only time I ever saw a midline was if a PICC couldn't be advanced all the way to be central or if a PICC was central and the child pulled at it and the team decided to leave it as a midline. So...
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    "Please pray for me to pass"...?

    KelRN215 replied to RNsRWe's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I think what you're talking about is a little different than the OP's topic. If it makes someone feel better about the test to pray, so be it. But to come on a message board and ask strangers to...
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    "Please pray for me to pass"...?

    KelRN215 replied to RNsRWe's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    IF I prayed, that would absolutely be something I would pray for for my end of life patients. For a random student to pass NCLEX? Not so
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    "Please pray for me to pass"...?

    KelRN215 replied to RNsRWe's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I'm not conflicted at all about my beliefs or lack thereof. I don't think that just because I don't believe I have a soul that will float in the sky for all eternity that I have no purpose on earth....
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    "Please pray for me to pass"...?

    KelRN215 replied to RNsRWe's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I have a big problem with this. Working in pediatric oncology, I see parents pray non-stop for a cure for their children. Guess what? If the diagnosis is something like DIPG, 100% of them die...
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    IV catheter changes..

    KelRN215 replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in General Nursing

    Where are these "most places"? Both my current and former employer do NOT require it and the standard is to keep the IV as long as it is
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    IV catheter changes..

    KelRN215 replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital (pediatrics) it used to be policy that peripheral IVs had to be changed q 7 days. In the adult world I know it was q 96 hours. But that changed several years ago and as...
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    Would you ever ask another nurse to give your pt a suppository?

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

    I don't see the issue. You are already back there. Administering a suppository takes 3
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    "Please pray for me to pass"...?

    KelRN215 replied to RNsRWe's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I agree with everything the OP says. Asking a message board full of strangers to pay for you to pass a nursing licensure exam is rather narcissistic, IMO. Honestly, I don't care if NursingStudent123...
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    PPD Wrong dose

    KelRN215 replied to Dadam89's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ask the nurse what she gave. I have never heard of counting syringes/needles. Do you have a big problem with people stealing these things to give to their junkie Grandpa or
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    Inpatient carbohydrate counting?

    KelRN215 replied to lovin's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Almost every diabetic patient I've ever known had insulin doses based on carbs to be consumed so, yes, we counted carbs for our diabetic patients when I worked in the
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    Med error and disciplinary action

    KelRN215 replied to Trolleydoll's topic in Patient Medications

    Same. I would not have filed an incident report in this instance (there was no "incident", the correct med was given to the correct patient) and I most definitely would not have notified the MD. Why...
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    I'm wondering-can the government force nurses to work during an emergency outbreak su

    KelRN215 replied to dnnc52's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Lucky for me that I'm medically ineligible to serve in the military then. I seriously doubt that Congress is going to authorize a draft of healthcare professionals and send them to Africa to fight...
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    I'm wondering-can the government force nurses to work during an emergency outbreak su

    KelRN215 replied to dnnc52's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't work for the government. So I don't know how they would go about forcing me to
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    New Graduate RN in Boston

    KelRN215 replied to FreeMan RN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    When are you graduating? If you are graduating in May, start applying in
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    RN Health Issues

    KelRN215 replied to kelly328846's topic in Health, Stress Management

    There is no obligation. I am a person who works 40 hrs/week as a nurse. My personal life is my own and I have no obligation to be a role model to my patients. That said, in inner city pediatrics...
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    Failed preceptorship?

    KelRN215 replied to colorsofthewind's topic in General Nursing

    My friend is precepting a senior nursing student now who she told me she already knows won't pass. The student has previously failed 2 attempts at preceptorship at another hospital. In this case, it...
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    How has Obamacare affected you and your employer?

    KelRN215 replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It hasn't changed anything. Massachusetts has had the same health care law since
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    New to Home Health # 1 Pet Peave so far...

    KelRN215 replied to Patchouli's topic in Home Health

    Haha that sounds like my grandfather. Never owned more than a rotary phone and refused to buy an answering machine ever. I don't have this problem since my patients are children and I don't deal with...
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    home meds

    KelRN215 replied to mpccrn's topic in Patient Medications

    We didn't confiscate home meds when I worked in the hospital. We told the parents "we give all meds here, so you will not need to use your meds" and that was that. It would be a cold day in Hades...
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    Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

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

    Uhhh... well you might want to consider that before you become a nurse then. Because you're not going to find rainbows and unicorns in any nursing work