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    Forgetting to waste meds

    KelRN215 replied to NewGirl24's topic in Patient Medications

    When I worked in the hospital, you could not remove a narcotic from the pyxis without a second nurse's fingerprint if the order was less than the full dose to be removed. So you have a patient who's...
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    pt refuses, wants med later

    KelRN215 replied to chsc's topic in Patient Medications

    QHS is bedtime. The patient did not want to go to bed at 9PM so he wasn't ready for his medication then. I don't see the issue. I'd simple reschedule the med and sign it off when I gave
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    How much free water to put in G-tube?

    KelRN215 replied to JerseyCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    How much does this guy weigh? Fluid requirements are officially based on weight but your average (healthy) adult needs roughly 2L of fluid per day. (Remember the old adage of 8 (eight ounce) glasses...
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    Do you hear nurses will take over respiratory work?

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

    OP, what is it that you're concerned with? When I worked in the hospital, we nurses did most of what other hospitals apparently have respiratory doing. We did all nebs, trach care, suctioning, chest...
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    Piggy Back IV order with no fluid order?

    KelRN215 replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Patient Medications

    The only bag of anything that was in our pyxis when I worked in the hospital was Mannitol. All the standard IV fluid bags including 500 mL, 150 mL and 25 mL bags of normal saline, were in boxes in he...
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    Prospective employee's psych hx

    KelRN215 replied to ashleed's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    This seems like an illegal hiring policy to me. I'd file an anonymous complaint with the EEOC. Employers are prohibited from discriminating against a prospective employee on the basis of disability...
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    Piggy Back IV order with no fluid order?

    KelRN215 replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Patient Medications

    You can run IV antibiotics as a primary and not waste any medication if you flush the line with NS afterwards. When I worked in the hospital, we had 25 mL bags of normal saline for this purpose....
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    how to deal with an evil boss...

    KelRN215 replied to jlynn167's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Around the time I was leaving my hospital job a couple years ago, MANY nurses were leaving and for several of them, the reason was our manager. They all outright told HR that the manager was the...
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    how to deal with an evil boss...

    KelRN215 replied to jlynn167's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If your profile didn't say you were from Florida, I'd think you worked on my old
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    shocked @ email received

    KelRN215 replied to mmc51264's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Meh, if they know your name and have seen how your facility formats email addresses, they can probably figure yours out. I do that all the time when I need to email doctors. I know how email...
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    HUGE RANT Since when does LPN experience not count for ANY kind of nursing experience

    KelRN215 replied to missymis86's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I'm not following this statement: You said that they are only considering candidates with 1 yr of RN experience so, no, your orientation would not be cut in half compared to experienced RNs....
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    Getting investigated for "diversion"

    KelRN215 replied to Liric's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You don't need to authorize the release of records to the BoN. You are a licensed professional who expressed to another licensed professional that you diverted controlled substances from work. The...
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    APPENDICITIS

    KelRN215 replied to KYARNP's topic in Emergency

    I used to give 2 mg of morphine q 2hrs to kids who weighed 20 kg so, I agree, for an adult that's
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    Letter of personal reference

    KelRN215 replied to Tina, RN's topic in School

    I'd do
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    test results

    KelRN215 replied to kmjohnson924's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It depends on the situation- Patient presents with headache and vomiting. MRI reveals large brain tumor. You, as the nurse, see the results in the computer. Mom asks "did the MRI results come...
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    HELP! TB test positive after 14 hours?

    KelRN215 replied to somuchdebt's topic in General Nursing

    Even IF (and that's a big if) your test is positive at the 48-72 hr mark, why would you think that would "screw up" your chance for your dream job? I feel like 1/2 of our workforce (at my job) has a...
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    BCG (Tuberculosis) Vaccine

    KelRN215 replied to BusyBee91's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had it nor was I ever offered it, even when traveling to parts of the world where active TB is more common. Last year, I worked per diem at a boarding school that had a large international...
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    RN's what was your occupation while in nursing school?

    KelRN215 replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    Full time college student. Drinker of cheap alcohol that anyone not in college wouldn't
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    How can I comfort a homesick child? (NAI case)

    KelRN215 replied to xyrhana's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure why you wouldn't be able to ask for cooperation from a "broken family". By this do you mean the parents are separated/divorced? How would that automatically lead the hospital to...
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    Are nurses forced to assist abortions?

    KelRN215 replied to lookingintoRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I disagree. We'd absolutely still be having this debate. There are MANY people out there who believe that abortion should be illegal even in the cases of ectopic pregnancy, maternal "issues" (I...
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    Are nurses forced to assist abortions?

    KelRN215 replied to lookingintoRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Person is not a scientific term, it is a legal/philosophical one. Please point out where any one poster on this thread has ever said that a human fetus is not human. Of course it is human. The...
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    Need advice on Wrongful work practices in Mass.

    KelRN215 replied to maah's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    The MA Attorney General actually takes these complaints pretty seriously. I filed one a few years ago and someone called me back pretty
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    Mass General

    KelRN215 replied to OUxPhys's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Well in that case, you might want to visit before you decide to move here.
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    Are nurses forced to assist abortions?

    KelRN215 replied to lookingintoRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Did you seriously just ask why a woman can't kill her child? A child is a person with legal rights. A fetus is not. Pregnancy is not really comparable to buying food or clothing for a baby as...
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    math help

    KelRN215 replied to t2nrock's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This was a very strangely worded question. A "medication drip of 6 mg/mL" is not a complete order, at all. Basically, what you know from your question is that your final concentration must be 6...