KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Too much? 16.5 credits

    KelRN215 replied to erint91DC's topic in General Students

    No, not at all. It's only gonna get worse... You have no school on Mondays? And 8 hrs of class 2 days/week and 8 hrs of clinical 2 days/week? Sounds better than any semester I ever had. Nursing...
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    Males asking for female patients?

    KelRN215 replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Students

    How many male nurses are working at any given time? How many female nurses? When I worked in the hospital, with our staff of about 45-50 nurses, there were TWO men both of whom only worked nights....
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    Shabbat issues

    KelRN215 replied to savotinaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I knew one nurse who was able to do this. She worked every Friday until 3 and every
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    Blood Typing

    KelRN215 replied to jackiei3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Both the women with O+ and AB+ are fine and will not need Rhogam. There is the possibility for ABO incompatibility with the O+ woman but Rhogam can't do anything for that (people with O blood already...
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    Medical Diagnosis Terms to Avoid

    KelRN215 replied to lasarazen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I worked in neuro for almost 5 years and I charted "nystagmus" probably almost every day. You can't make a medical diagnosis but that doesn't mean you can't reference medical diagnoses that have...
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    Help! what to do after nursing school!?

    KelRN215 replied to erinthomas36's topic in General Students

    May 2013 already happened so you can't be planning to graduate then. Assuming you are talking about this year, start applying for jobs
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    Males asking for female patients?

    KelRN215 replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Students

    Male patients requesting female nurses/students or male students requesting female patients? I have experienced patients of both genders who refuse male nurses. I'm not sure what you mean when you...
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    Do nursing schools have to provide health insurance to students?

    KelRN215 replied to hkneurorn's topic in General Students

    Whoa whoa whoa... this guy is director of MARKETING? As in, it's his job to buy billboard space and make internet ads? Yeah, I'm pretty sure you shouldn't listen to anything he says. You are not...
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    Do nursing schools have to provide health insurance to students?

    KelRN215 replied to hkneurorn's topic in General Students

    This probably falls under the insurance that the school has on its program. Your health insurance is unlikely to pay the claim anyway. The urgent care will submit it and your health insurance will...
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    Raises after annual review where you work

    KelRN215 replied to 1fastRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital, 0-2% at the discretion of your manager. So, if he/she didn't like you, you'd get no raise and like it. At my current job, I got 4% last June and just got almost 9%....
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    Where to start?

    KelRN215 replied to pir8's topic in Pediatric

    I have only ever worked pediatrics. I hate
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    Weather Policy

    KelRN215 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Get to
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    Lidocaine air injectors for children

    KelRN215 replied to Training1's topic in Pediatric

    I don't find Emla useful for anything other than port accessing or shots. We used to use synera patches for IV starts/lab draws. It takes like 20 min but supposedly was better at not making veins...
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    What age did you complete your BSN or ASN?

    KelRN215 replied to mee9mee9's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    BSN 23. Would have been 22 but I took a medical LOA my sophomore year of
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    Temperatures

    KelRN215 replied to Gems0607's topic in School

    Mom is
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    Is this possible?

    KelRN215 replied to Yamamama's topic in General Nursing

    IF- and this is a big IF- you find such a program, are able to pass NCLEX and obtain licensure in another state, and the MA BoN accepts your application for licensure by endorsement you will never...
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    Does how much money we make and benefits really matter

    KelRN215 replied to clarinets's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. You get what you pay for, more or less. Quality employees are not going to stick around forever at a job that's not paying them well when a better opportunity comes
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    Hospital staff/no weekends/holidays

    KelRN215 replied to finallyRN7's topic in General Nursing

    This nurse's colleagues will either hate her or she's working on a floor where everyone hates the NM so much that no one wants to work the weekday day shifts when she's around. Maybe she works on my...
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    Absolutely ridiculous... You can keep your 4 hours

    KelRN215 replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is precisely how it worked when I was a hospital nurse. You could get canceled at 7AM and be told you were on-call either for 11AM or 3PM. The only way you could guarantee yourself the full day...
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    Hospital Converting Practice to Only Metric

    KelRN215 replied to jonesy7625's topic in General Nursing

    I've always worked pedi so that's all we did in the hospital. Scales were locked on kg and thermometers were locked on Celsius. Computer charting only allowed you to enter weight in kg, height in cm...
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    Does how much money we make and benefits really matter

    KelRN215 replied to clarinets's topic in General Nursing

    Salary and benefits matter... I need to pay my bills and I need good health insurance. But they don't matter in the scenario you've posted. If you have accepted a job, you do the job, regardless of...
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    The worst case of UTI related delirium and psychosis you have seen

    KelRN215 replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    This is when I was an aide, don't work with adults currently. Elderly woman admitted with change in mental status, found to have UTI. Told a very convincing story about how she'd gone to a concert...
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    Should I tell my boss that I work weekends for another HH agency?

    KelRN215 replied to jlmanzano13's topic in Home Health

    Workers comp is an insurance that provides wage replacement if you are injured on the job. I'm sure your boss wasn't talking about that when you asked about weekends. No employer wants to pay...
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    Pediatric Nursing

    KelRN215 replied to Mostlovely's topic in Pediatric

    Agree wholeheartedly. I love my kids. I can't stand many of their
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    Keeping a sterile field

    KelRN215 replied to Krista123's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Did she tell you how you contaminated