KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    The teacher had the question wrong...Should I be penalized?

    KelRN215 replied to vonnieb63's topic in General Students

    This is the second time you've made a post accusing the teacher of having the wrong answer or, in this case, the wrong question. The first time, every nurse who read the question agreed that the...
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    One thing I learned today is that honesty will get you nowhere in Nursing School.

    KelRN215 replied to guest08/05/2014's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't answer the door in the first place. Either time. Sleeping through an alarm wouldn't rise to the level of "valid" excuse. Valid excuses would be things like my grandfather died and his...
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    Can you have a life AND do HH?

    KelRN215 replied to lweatherby's topic in Home Health

    I don't bring my laptop home. Can't chart at home if it's not there. Problem
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    Boston Children's Hospital

    KelRN215 replied to teddygraham's topic in Pediatric

    I tried to PM you but your inbox is full. I plead the 5th in
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    Doctor's attitude towards nurses

    KelRN215 replied to jrsnars2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Meh, it already happened, I wouldn't bring it up. If a doctor did something like that to me, I'd probably say "oh, the order sheets are right there in the filing cabinet, help yourself." Usually...
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    That person

    KelRN215 replied to AmandaRn912's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't volunteer the information but most doctors either ask what my profession is or figure it out based on the way I am talking. Several years ago, I saw a doctor for a second opinion for a...
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    Would you deliver your baby at your place of employment?

    KelRN215 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't, because it would be a pretty bad idea to try to deliver a baby in the office of a small home health agency where none of the nurses in the office have ever worked L&D... especially...
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    No more glucose checks by CNAs/PCTs

    KelRN215 replied to Paws2people's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our UAPs were not allowed to do them when I worked in the hospital, either. It was RNs only. Honestly, our UAPs were known to make up blood pressures and temps or to ignore severely out of range...
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    Do I need a Pediatric Stethocope?

    KelRN215 replied to hopeless romantic's topic in Pediatric

    I've been a pediatric nurse for almost 7 years and I don't have- nor have I ever had- a "pediatric" stethoscope. I find the quality of them to be lacking. You can hear a child's breath sounds, heart...
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    Would you be insulted by this?

    KelRN215 replied to jannjul76's topic in General Nursing

    I hated Nurses' Week/Day when I worked in the hospital. I got treated like crap 364 days a year. I didn't want a stupid pen or a cookie as the hospital's fake token of appreciation. Like "hey we...
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    Discharge summary

    KelRN215 replied to Kimi,RN's topic in Home Health

    What did you do for the patient/why were you following her? I don't think any of us can tell you what to write when we don't know this patient. If I am discharging a patient- let's say the patient is...
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    In Hospital Nursing Assistant Training Programs?

    KelRN215 replied to lux libertas's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Nursing homes sometimes offer this but I've never known a hospital in Boston to offer this training. It's because Boston is the medical mecca that it is that they don't offer these kinds of...
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    Umass vs st vincents

    KelRN215 replied to Annaolivorn's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    St Vincents is still around? I thought they closed years ago. I guess not. The only time I ever hear about them is when they're about to strike. Personally, I would not want to work for a...
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    Writing orders

    KelRN215 replied to welch07's topic in Home Health

    You have no training at all? Are you working per diem or full-time? I don't think the writing orders/building the 485 requires a TON of training but you should have
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    Per diem schedule obligations.

    KelRN215 replied to joy09's topic in Home Health

    Per diem staff do not take call. We rotate call between 6 supervisors but we do not go out on demand for visits. Per diem staff are obligated to work once every 60 days. That is their only...
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    Can you have a life AND do HH?

    KelRN215 replied to lweatherby's topic in Home Health

    I disagree. I don't have any of the problems you guys are talking about on this thread. I have a life. I went on vacation for 2 weeks in February, I'm taking 2 weeks off in the summer and another 2...
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    Can you have a life AND do HH?

    KelRN215 replied to lweatherby's topic in Home Health

    I don't know of any home health agencies in my area that are for profit, other than the one owned by the larger hospital system that was purchased by a for-profit corporation a couple years back....
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    Writing orders

    KelRN215 replied to welch07's topic in Home Health

    Ok, so the 485 is your plan of care. When you do the admission assessment, you make a plan for the patient, do you not? That's your
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    g-jt and checking for residual in the jt port

    KelRN215 replied to virginia deskins's topic in Pediatric

    What do the orders say? I have never checked residual from a J-tube... ever. The jejunum is not like the
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    Writing orders

    KelRN215 replied to welch07's topic in Home Health

    Are you talking about 485 orders or interim
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    What if the test answers are not right?

    KelRN215 replied to vonnieb63's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    D is an incorrect answer. You don't turn someone's head to the side when he's seizing, you turn the patient on his
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    I violated the Prime Directive!!!

    KelRN215 replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Pediatric

    They love to do it when you're weighing them (naked) too. I've had boys and girls do that. In the Rugrats movie, the babies are able to create a rainbow with their collective stream of pee. This...
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    Pedi and NICU the same???

    KelRN215 replied to PediatricRNTX's topic in Pediatric

    Peds and NICU are not the same but if you're talking about a level 2 NICU, around here we call that a "special care nursery" and I think a pedi nurse would be able to handle that. Those floors are...
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    #1 Priority

    KelRN215 replied to Malorymug's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So ineffective tissue perfusion, the patient may end up with an amputation. Pain is not the priority
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    What if the test answers are not right?

    KelRN215 replied to vonnieb63's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well, no, but assessing the patient is an action anyway. Honestly, I think you're splitting hairs at this point. The answer is