KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Who's for banning rotating shifts?

    KelRN215 replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    I hated straight days the most when I worked in the hospital. Nights were a nice break but switching back from them was brutal. Permanent nights was the coveted schedule on my floor. The majority...
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    Working Alone

    KelRN215 replied to clarinets's topic in General Nursing

    No. You must be able to function independently to be a nurse. That does not mean that you work alone. Most nurses have colleagues
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    Can parents give medically fragile kids meds w/o Dr. order in homecare?

    KelRN215 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yeah, I was confused by it at first too then I went back and read the OP and saw where it (I assume) came
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    Can parents give medically fragile kids meds w/o Dr. order in homecare?

    KelRN215 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think T-Bird was referring to the statement where the OP said there's a MAR that says "give Albuterol per parents'
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    Male pediatric nurses?

    KelRN215 replied to FutureNurseKyle's topic in Pediatric

    Cute commercial BUT... the nurse didn't scrub the hub nor flush the line before giving the medication and the syringe wasn't
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    APPENDICITIS

    KelRN215 replied to KYARNP's topic in Emergency

    Honestly I'm not sure about that, I just see the kids when they come home to complete their IV Zosyn
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    Are married women bullied less at work?

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

    How on earth is "bringing up past posts" bullying? I guess I was being bullied when a past post I made was brought up in this thread?...
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    Are married women bullied less at work?

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

    Not one poster in this thread has said ANYTHING about what that woman said being true. We don't know you save for what you post on this forum, clearly we are not in a position to judge your dating...
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    Are married women bullied less at work?

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

    Goes to pattern. You state that you "know" when you are being bullied. I simply pointed out that you accused us all of bullying you before when NO ONE was. We were just telling you a truth that you...
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    Are married women bullied less at work?

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

    This definitely happens but it's not bullying. And if you live close to the hospital AND are single, they definitely will act like you should be able to drop everything and be there in 15 minutes....
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    Experience with HR

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

    Yes, this. HR exists to protect the employer. They side with
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    Are married women bullied less at work?

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

    You previously accused all of us of bullying you because we told you it's not an expectation that your professors spoon feed you Power Point slides and study guides. What you have described thus far...
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    APPENDICITIS

    KelRN215 replied to KYARNP's topic in Emergency

    In home care, I see appy patients coming home (no surgery) to complete a 7-10 day course of IV Zosyn q 8hr. This seems like the standard of care nowadays, at least with the pediatric hospital that is...
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    Are married women bullied less at work?

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

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    Are married women bullied less at work?

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

    How is that
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    Greeting & chatting to pts

    KelRN215 replied to jwha's topic in General Nursing

    Pediatric Nurse here. Go into the room, say "Good morning" (or "Good evening" for nights), acknowledge the patient/parent. For young child, complement him on his SpongeBob pajamas or ask what his...
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    Which alternative antiseptic to use for CVC dressing?

    KelRN215 replied to Miss_Morris's topic in General Nursing

    Your central line dressing kits don't have chloraprep sponges or swabs in them? I have never seen such a
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    ADN Or BSN?

    KelRN215 replied to KnottyNurse17's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If your ultimate goal is BSN, just do it. In my area of the country there is basically no job market for new grad ADNs so it doesn't make sense to me to do that and prolong the overall
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    My stack of books was taller in RN school than in NP school

    KelRN215 replied to chillnurse's topic in General Nursing

    My BSN program was 4 years of an undergrad degree where I had to take courses such as History, Philosophy, Theology, Theatre. Were I to go back to grad school, there would be no such core courses and...
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    Can parents give medically fragile kids meds w/o Dr. order in homecare?

    KelRN215 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm not understanding what the issue is with that either. If it's blended to a consistency that doesn't clog the GT, why is it a problem? The patient is being fed. What Mom's doing may, in fact,...
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    Why I think L&D nursing really is best and hardest

    KelRN215 replied to lovemyjoblandd's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't think most nurses operate under the Pollyanna-ish assumption that their specialty is either the best or the hardest. My job is hard because I have to function in multiple roles. It's...
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    Can parents give medically fragile kids meds w/o Dr. order in homecare?

    KelRN215 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    CoQ10 is an OTC med. Parents do NOT need MD orders to administer OTCs to their children just like you don't need an order from your doctor to take Tylenol. That's why these meds are OTC. Do you...
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    Pediatric Nursing

    KelRN215 replied to Mostlovely's topic in Pediatric

    Nope. This is a different but very similar case. The other one is still in his mother's custody, as far as I know. His services were discontinued a while ago when his primary care providers decided...
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    Start of care orders

    KelRN215 replied to wossaa's topic in Home Health

    Where are you getting your referrals from? I'm having a hard time understanding why you'd have trouble with SOC orders as SOMEONE must have referred this patient to your agency for nursing for a...
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    Central line dressing question

    KelRN215 replied to schnookimz's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, fair enough, I see the point. So changing the dressing early in and of itself is not the causative factor of the infection but the reason for it being changed early more often than not increases...