KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    "Take the skin off the tape" advice given here

    KelRN215 replied to 3aremyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    That's why I take the tape off myself when I know a line is coming out. Usually I only have IVs when I'm getting my yearly MRIs and I can get the tape off before the tech even has me out of the...
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    What's the best site to get my ceu hours?

    KelRN215 replied to nixx7's topic in General Nursing

    I also use Medscape. I don't like the video ones though, the videos are
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    How often are you called off?

    KelRN215 replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    That's strange... RSV was in full force in New England. Several of my oncology patients had it as did at least one former
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    Prioritizing infusions

    KelRN215 replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    The platelets are ready as in, you have them in your hands? So you only have a half hour to hang them from when they arrived from the blood bank, right? I'd hang the platelets. If they go up at...
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    Radiation danger, repeated CTs by frequent flyers

    KelRN215 replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    When I worked in the hospital, there was a big push to move away from them. We used to CT all of our shunt patients all the time. The movement was towards doing MR/Vent Checks instead to minimize...
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    What do you think of fibromyalgia?

    KelRN215 replied to Emergent's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I believe that Lyrica (Pregabalin), like its sister drug Neurontin (Gabapentin), was originally introduced as an anti-epileptic drug. It turns out it's not a very good AED- I mean in almost 5 years...
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    Showering with a central line

    KelRN215 replied to Jewlya81201's topic in Pediatric

    There are products that are specifically made and FDA approved for this purpose. We started using "Aqua Guard" products shortly before I left the hospital. Before that, we basically covered them...
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    Tips on administrating vaccines to the lil ones

    KelRN215 replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Pediatric

    How little are we talking? You're probably not going to be able to negotiate any child under the age of 4 or 5 into cooperating. You *might* get a younger one who's cooperative if it's a kid who is...
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    Surgeries listed on 485?

    KelRN215 replied to dmdrn73's topic in Home Health

    I always list them. The most annoying thing ever about the software we use though is that if you enter all the information into the referral and then try to "copy diagnoses" onto the 485, it copies...
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    Things people say/think

    KelRN215 posted a topic in Oncology

    I'm talking to my Mom last week and she's telling me this story about a co-worker of hers who evidently has melanoma. He is, she says, being treated on a clinical trial. (As most people with cancer...
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    What to do about a classmate that is a pathological liar?

    KelRN215 replied to Brilton's topic in General Students

    If you're gonna be a nurse, you need to get used to being lied to. Patients lie all the time. Right to your face. It's not personal. Child has a non-detectable anti-epileptic drug level. Mom "he...
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    Charting when there are nursing students

    KelRN215 replied to kjnsweets's topic in General Nursing

    2 different situations: 1. I am the nurse working the floor. There is a group of students on the floor. They are being supervised by their instructor. One of them is assigned to one of my patients....
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    What You Can Do To Combat Childhood Obesity

    KelRN215 replied to AHRQ's topic in Pediatric

    To be perfectly honest, working with primarily pediatric oncology patients this isn't at the top of our list of concerns. Most of our kids lose so much weight because of their treatment that the...
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    declining vaccines

    KelRN215 replied to rockappella's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about Texas but I can say with some degree of confidence that a student without a current TDaP would not have been allowed to participate in clinicals at my school. When I was doing my...
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    Occurence reporting to punish other nurses

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

    Except for the time it's not... like when you realize the tubing was originally used on your patient's roommate, who is HIV+. That happened at the hospital I used to work at. Now, I've never written...
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    Quitting: is it okay to say....

    KelRN215 replied to Zuzu's Petals's topic in Nursing Career

    If your manager is that bad, your colleagues know it. If you have the option to, you can complete an exit interview with HR and tell them why you are leaving. I have several colleagues who outright...
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    Nursing Career

    KelRN215 replied to Ambitious83's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think I'd call it the best decision I ever made. It's my profession, not my life. I'm not even sure what the best decision I've ever made was. Leaving my first nursing job is pretty high up...
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    Did you get to choose your Clinicals site/schedule?

    KelRN215 replied to Stacilator's topic in General Students

    No choice for the first 2 semesters (Med Surg I and II and Maternity). For Peds and Psych, they let you give preferences from a list of options but, ultimately, you were placed where you were placed....
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    cancer is a four letter word

    KelRN215 replied to gvrn13's topic in Oncology

    I've seen cancer win a lot. Even if it doesn't take the patient's life, it can still win. Brain tumors, in particular, can do that. Kids walk into the hospital with a few weeks of headache and...
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    Marijuana and nursing

    KelRN215 replied to swimmer333's topic in General Nursing

    Others have already commented on this but, since marijuana is not legal in Florida in any capacity, yes you'd get in trouble if you tested positive for it. And employers are permitted to test you...
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    Taking dying patient home with children - what are your thoughts?

    KelRN215 replied to tokebi's topic in Pediatric

    Pedi nurse here. I have not encountered the situation of an adult dying and the family deciding to keep him in the hospital because there are children at home because, well, I am a pedi nurse. I...
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    Pediatric Psych?

    KelRN215 replied to uds16's topic in Pediatric

    The Children's Hospital I worked at had an inpatient psych unit (and said unit has been in the news a lot recently). The major Psych Hospital in the area also has several different units/programs for...
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    Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP)

    KelRN215 replied to Allinicole97's topic in Pediatric

    I disagree with the advice to go to a community college. Just pick a BSN program at a 4 year university that has the pre-reqs built into the program. My university did not accept transfer students...
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    Boston. any foreign nurse recruiters

    KelRN215 replied to annecia's topic in International Nursing

    I doubt there are any in 2014. Boston has no need to recruit foreign nurses, currently. We have enough nursing school churning out grads by the 100s every year. There is no nursing shortage in...
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    am i reasonably resigning?

    KelRN215 replied to wakeuptothesun86's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    How will you pay your loans if you quit your job without another one lined up? You don't qualify for unemployment if you resign. Start applying for jobs NOW and stick it out at your current job...