KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    an RN is a practicing Jehovah's witness

    KelRN215 replied to strawberryrnc1611's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    A nurse who "demands" exceptions is going to soon find herself without a job offer. We all have our own lives. And add me to the club that doesn't understand why a JW nurse would "demand" holidays...
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    Horrible Clinical Instructor!! WHAT SHOULD I DO?

    KelRN215 replied to yywsu2014's topic in General Students

    Don't do anything. Let it go. It sounds like you actually DID the things she pointed so I'm not really following how that makes her "mean" or "horrible". No employer is going to call your school...
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    Skin tag on assessment

    KelRN215 replied to Melissa0108's topic in General Students

    Well my dermatologist doesn't care to take note of mine so I'd say
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    Are study groups necessary to help me succeed in nursing program?

    KelRN215 replied to mharzi's topic in General Students

    Study groups sound like the worst thing ever for me. No, they are not
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    Half pay for RN BID Insulin visits daily

    KelRN215 replied to Tampa121's topic in Home Health

    Well if you are per visit, why are you agreeing to do these visits for this rate? Just say
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    UPS Drivers make HOW much????

    KelRN215 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Clearly you have never talked to your wife about what her job entails... or never listened when she told
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    Thyroids...

    KelRN215 replied to NurseSN45696's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You are correct, in primary hypothyroidism the problem is with the thyroid. The TSH levels are high because the brain is trying to get the thyroid to produce more T3 and T4 in response to low...
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    Help! School won't release us for NCLEX

    KelRN215 replied to lrlbug's topic in General Students

    Well, you haven't graduated from the program yet and, as far as they're concerned, you haven't completed the requirements of the program because they added another requirement that you did not...
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    Things I hated about my nursing school

    KelRN215 replied to Endebted_Forever's topic in General Students

    I did not see that. Everyone I know who's gone there has had a positive
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    Problems regarding IV pump systems

    KelRN215 replied to BMT4's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I have not found this to be an issue in either hospital care or home care. My patients who are on IVs at home have some sort of central venous access. Their IV pumps may be on poles that they push...
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    how many hrs an LPN can bill Medicaid for caring for a disabled parent

    KelRN215 replied to nyctrisha's topic in Private Duty

    How many hours of nursing care is he approved for? It can't be more than that. I don't know anyone who qualifies for 24 hr PDN
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    Things I hated about my nursing school

    KelRN215 replied to Endebted_Forever's topic in General Students

    I went to school in Boston and I had none of these issues. Anything that I "hated" about my university had nothing to do with the nursing program. I didn't like that the administration used its...
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    Things I hated about my nursing school

    KelRN215 replied to Endebted_Forever's topic in General Students

    Why would it not
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    Pediatric home health questions

    KelRN215 replied to MerissaS's topic in Home Health

    VERY different when you're in a hospital with infinite resources at your disposal and when you're alone with a critically ill patient at home and it's just you. On a Med Surg floor, you push a button...
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    Pediatric home health questions

    KelRN215 replied to MerissaS's topic in Home Health

    If you have zero experience with trach care, this is not the case for you and, frankly, an agency who would place a new grad with no trach experience on a trach case is probably not an agency you want...
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    Patient with zofran pump and no orders

    KelRN215 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Patient Medications

    When I worked in the hospital, the pharmacy once told me that a patient could not have her anti-retrovirals because A) the pharmacy didn't carry them and B) the patient's mother brought them in the...
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    Aspirating an air bubble

    KelRN215 replied to newgrad1988's topic in General Nursing

    For an infant, an IM would not be given in the deltoid. IM injections in infants/toddlers are given in the vastus
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    Coude

    KelRN215 replied to Baldy RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've had female patients who are chronically cath'd who use coude
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    Pediatric home health questions

    KelRN215 replied to MerissaS's topic in Home Health

    Sounds like you are talking about Private Duty nursing and not home health visits. What is this child's medical condition? Does he have a trach? A vent? On TPN? G-tube? You will be on your own...
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    Top nursing schools

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

    This list takes "affordability" into consideration without consideration for financial aid hence it is biased toward public schools and schools in less expensive areas of the country. Schools that...
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    How do I become and RN?

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

    You live in Washington State- UW is consistently ranked as the #1 undergrad nursing program in the country so I am quite certain that, if you look, you can find traditional pre-licensure nursing...
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    Home Health Interview. Your opinions please.

    KelRN215 replied to pixie&pepper's topic in Home Health

    I feel my job is very stable. If you are working per diem, you don't have a guaranteed salary just like you wouldn't as a per diem nurse in the hospital. Hospitals' censuses can drop too and...
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    Would this bag work for HHC?

    KelRN215 replied to Atownshend's topic in Home Health

    A rolling bag would never work for me. Can't be dragging this thing up narrow stairwells to a 3rd floor apartment in the projects. And, yeah, with snow on the ground 1/3 of the year and needing to...
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    Other Side of the "Clinicals" Coin

    KelRN215 replied to krisiepoo's topic in General Students

    Not a thought in the world is given to who the nurse caring for the patient will be when the clinical instructor chooses the patient for their students. They pick patients who are willing to have a...
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    Kudos board

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

    Well and if you just leave it out for the grabbing, all the likes of medical students, residents and everyone else who walks through just helps themselves to it