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    #1 Priority

    KelRN215 replied to Malorymug's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well, what were the other diagnoses you had? There are times when pain might be your #1 priority. But there are other times where other issues are more
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    What if the test answers are not right?

    KelRN215 replied to vonnieb63's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well you look at your watch/the clock/the monitor and note the time. How is that not an
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    What if the test answers are not right?

    KelRN215 replied to vonnieb63's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I worked in Neuro for 5 years and I say A. It takes half a second to note what time the seizure began and that's going to be important when the provider responds and says "how long has he been...
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    Student loans, ugh!

    KelRN215 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I've been paying them off for 7 years... probably have about 5 left, unless I hit the
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    Med error

    KelRN215 replied to bionicgirlie's topic in Patient Medications

    What kind of med requires a supervisor to sign off on it? I have never known a facility to report a med error to the BoN. It is not true that there's a limit to the number of med errors you can...
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    Do you read hospital Yelp reviews?

    KelRN215 replied to rumwynnieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've written a Yelp review on a hospital that I am a patient at... and it was about the billing department. I have a co-pay that I paid AT my appointment in October. The hospital continues to send...
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    Pseudo Munchausen parents...

    KelRN215 replied to wooh's topic in Pediatric

    MRI cannot confirm or deny seizure activity. There are plenty of people with epilepsy who have normal MRIs. As Jan said, a 5 year old with seizures may very well know her aura so her ability to...
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    Can a woman refuse an emergency csection ?

    KelRN215 replied to pixiestudent2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, she can. It is illegal to perform surgery on someone without their consent. A competent adult is free to make whatever decision she chooses, whether it's considered to be a good decision or...
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    Boston. any foreign nurse recruiters

    KelRN215 replied to annecia's topic in International Nursing

    You don't have to believe it but it is a fact. Boston is not recruiting foreign nurses
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    Allergic to hand sanitizer

    KelRN215 replied to ama3t's topic in General Nursing

    Wash your hands with
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    Transgender Nurses - experiences/opinions

    KelRN215 replied to Kaley1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You know, it's obvious that people who say "what will we tell the children?!?!?!" have never actually discussed such issues with children. I have a patient who just turned 7. She is in the first...
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    Transgender Nurses - experiences/opinions

    KelRN215 replied to Kaley1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well one would hope a compassionate parent would tell their child "I love you and I want you to be happy." Living a lie is no way to live a happy life. Here's an awesome Mom's response to her...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    KelRN215 replied to yesterday's topic in General Nursing

    Well, when was this? Perhaps she just hasn't responded YET. She contacted you to let you know there was an opening, she wouldn't have done that if she had no interest in
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    Transgender Nurses - experiences/opinions

    KelRN215 replied to Kaley1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why, pray tell, is this? Are you so homophobic that it bothers you to think that you may be attracted to one of your female colleagues only to find out later that she was born with male genitalia? I...
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    What do I do?

    KelRN215 replied to Emily#1's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, if you are going for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, your major is Nursing. There will not be enough electives available to you to double major. It was not even possible to minor in something...
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    How is your schedule set?

    KelRN215 replied to Em843's topic in General Nursing

    Every hospital and even every floor is different. Some nurses can work a "set" schedule with the same days every week but, in my experience, only nurses with a lot of seniority could do that... and...
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    Practice Problem Zosyn 4.5 g in 100 mL?

    KelRN215 replied to RN_TOBE's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Half an hour is, well, HALF an hour. So if you give 100 mL in thirty minutes, how many mL would you give in twice that time? That's your rate in
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    Help Help

    KelRN215 replied to RN_TOBE's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is a pretty easy question... like you should probably be able to do it in your head. You have 500 mg in 5 mL. What does that mean? What does a dose of 0.6 g
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    There has to be a BETTER WAY to obtain a blood sample.

    KelRN215 replied to lady3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Babies scream bloody murder when you take their temperature. Crying does not mean a baby is suffering. It IS a little prick. The prick itself takes a second. The baby is, as another poster said,...
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    Personal Information

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

    People always ask these questions. When I worked in the hospital, my last name was on my badge and if I handed them any discharge paperwork or printed lab results, it was there too. I didn't care if...
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    How do you handle impending death of a child

    KelRN215 replied to kheadrick's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mean how do you handle it at work with the family or how do you handle it yourself? A lot of people say you don't but, honestly, I feel like I've gotten used to it. Many of my patients have...
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    Portal cath

    KelRN215 replied to Avu00's topic in General Nursing

    I agree here. If it's a new port, you need to confirm placement and a provider order for "ok to use." If a patient comes in with an existing port, I've never had an MD write an order to "access...
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    Nursing Schools are so stupid...

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

    I'm having a hard time understanding how you could have a 4.0 with your own statement that you earned multiple Bs. Well, to be perfectly honest, if the TEAS is as basic as you describe [2+2, grammar...
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    Anyone left the nursing profession?

    KelRN215 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would gather that people who have left the profession probably are not spending too much of their time on a nursing
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    telephone triage for busy pediatric office

    KelRN215 replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Pediatric

    I don't work in a pediatric office but, as a pediatric visiting nurse, parents call me about stuff they should be calling their doctor about, stuff they should be calling 911 about and stuff that they...