KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    HIPAA compliance question

    KelRN215 replied to hea.hipaa's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Send the email to yourself and share it with patients by BCCing them on the email. If you have the clients' email addresses, presumably they provided this information to you. You are not sharing...
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    Getting my foot in the door...

    KelRN215 replied to Dtermnd2Bgreat's topic in General Students

    Have you done any clinicals? If so, apply to be an
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    Elevated WBCs s/p PRBC transfusion in sickle cell pt

    KelRN215 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I found this on Google: Transfusion-related leukocytosis in critically... [Crit Care Med. 2004] - PubMed -
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    Getting my foot in the door...

    KelRN215 replied to Dtermnd2Bgreat's topic in General Students

    Are you a nurse? A student? An
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    The coveted Monday thru Friday job

    KelRN215 replied to LTCNS's topic in General Nursing

    I go to the doctor the same time that you do. I schedule my appointments either first thing in the morning and go in late or in the late afternoon and leave early. Most Mon-Fri jobs at least have...
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    How does your morning begin?

    KelRN215 replied to PepperciniRN's topic in Home Health

    You can find these patients in pediatrics. I've had people ask me to come at 6am before. Kids gotta go to school, parents gotta go to work. And in the city I work in, kids start getting on the bus...
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    can per diem RN turn into full time work?

    KelRN215 replied to arose26's topic in Home Health

    What you are talking about in this post (bringing in more business for the agency) is completely different than what you said in your original post (working privately for clients that you met through...
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    Does everyone work 7 days a week in Home Health?

    KelRN215 replied to startofcare's topic in Home Health

    How is that your problem? You are a per diem employee. You simply say "I am not available on X day(s)" and leave it at that. It's their responsibility to staff the visits after
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    Can hospitals average two weeks together to avoid paying overtime?

    KelRN215 replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, so then yes, they were in violation of federal law. They probably (correctly) assumed that most people wouldn't realize it. I was a new grad floor nurse too. And I was still considered...
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    no show no call

    KelRN215 replied to supaflyz's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like, as Joe Biden would say, "a bunch of malarkey." A no call no show is just that- you don't call and you don't show up. If you call notifying them that you will not be in, how is it a...
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    Can hospitals average two weeks together to avoid paying overtime?

    KelRN215 replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    The 8/80 system that the OP said her hospital was operating under is federal. So in any state of the country, hospitals utilizing this system MUST pay overtime after 8 hours in a
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    Can hospitals average two weeks together to avoid paying overtime?

    KelRN215 replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    That's what the 8/80 rule is. The employer is allowed to use a 2 week period to calculate overtime but they MUST pay overtime for any hours over 8 in one day and over 80 in that 2 week period....
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    Can hospitals average two weeks together to avoid paying overtime?

    KelRN215 replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    If they are operating under the 8/80 system they can average two weeks together HOWEVER, they are obligated to pay overtime after 8 hours in a single day. So, you are correct. If they are using this...
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    Coping with loss

    KelRN215 replied to bdahlgren's topic in Pediatric

    Ok, so one of the 4 that I was referring to in my last post died today. And you know what her parents said when they shared the news of her death? They said "at x time, our daughter was declared...
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    Endometriosis

    KelRN215 replied to snantz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wondering what this has to do with pediatrics... you might try to OB/GYN forum... or
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    Hello! I have a question?

    KelRN215 replied to wannabenurse88's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    When I graduated in '07 (from a BSN program), there was talk of this and one of my Professors mentioned that she, too, was told this when she graduated... in 1985. There is a HUGE push for BSN from...
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    Coping with loss

    KelRN215 replied to bdahlgren's topic in Pediatric

    You just do. Honestly, it's been years since I cried when one of my patients died. In my line of work, their deaths are rarely unexpected and are often a relief. When you see a child go from a...
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    Titer and vaccines question?!

    KelRN215 replied to Domo231's topic in General Students

    If you only had one MMR, you probably need another one. 2 doses of MMR is the standard requirement. If you had both shots, you would only need a booster if you don't have
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    nutritional needs of a patient

    KelRN215 replied to AzahJulliet's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Consult
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    I'm sick, but should I miss clinical?

    KelRN215 replied to haileyjewell's topic in General Students

    It's probably something like Norovirus and the clinical site will NOT want you there. These kinds of illnesses were the only illnesses where my employers demanded that you not work and not come back...
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    Why do they always start with IV fluids?

    KelRN215 replied to rosemary_petals's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I GUARANTEE there are children admitted there who are not started on IVF. If you admit a child with SIADH and a sodium of 123, you best not be starting said child on IVF, unless it's 3% normal saline...
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    Help with a oz to mil question please

    KelRN215 replied to Wayne47's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What were you using as your conversion? You are very close to the correct
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    no bsn no job offer

    KelRN215 replied to sinsin84's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Well if you told them you were graduating in Fall 2013, you can surely understand why they revoked the job offer when you didn't have your BSN in March of
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    Seizure Patient Question

    KelRN215 replied to Nurse_Bella's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A seizure alone does not necessitate IV fluids. There might be another reason why a patient admitted for seizure activity would need IVF though. I've never had a patient injure himself due to IVF...
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    What is required to get licensed, do I need finerprinting?

    KelRN215 replied to gran781's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Yes, you are. They fingerprint you at the test site when you go to take NCLEX and you have to have a CORI done. Most jobs require a CORI prior to hiring too. My current job requires an annual one....