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    My mom won't let me be a nurse. How do I convince her?

    KelRN215 replied to Amanda97's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Once you are in college, your mother doesn't need to "let" you do anything. You will be an adult. You will make your own decisions. If it were me, I'd lie to my mother and tell her I was majoring...
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    Should I have pushed Doc for more?

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

    If the MD was a Resident, climb the chain of command. Chief Resident==> Fellow==> Attending if necessary. I've had to do that
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    Abrieviations

    KelRN215 replied to supernurse109's topic in Psychiatric

    Are you talking about medical/nursing abbreviations or internet
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    Fired for posting on face book

    KelRN215 replied to Lizzly's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Honestly, sounds like they gave her what she wanted. She didn't think going into work during inclement weather (as an essential employee) was worth it and now she doesn't have to worry about it...
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    IM meds question

    KelRN215 replied to sassifras85's topic in Psychiatric

    In the OP's scenario, the patient is an acute danger to himself/others. While you're calling to try to get a judge to appoint someone his legal guardian, he's trying to strangle his roommate or is...
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    About Pediatric Oncology

    KelRN215 replied to careerhelp22's topic in Oncology

    To be a pediatric oncology nurse, in college you must major in nursing. You will then be eligible to take NCLEX when you graduate to become licensed as a nurse. You will work with blood in many...
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    VTBI - pump question

    KelRN215 replied to Benj2610's topic in Medical-Surgical

    VTBI is volume to be infused. You set it at 200, the pump will infuse 200 mL and then stop because the volume to be infused has been
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    Thoughts of a Student Nurse

    KelRN215 replied to AJ2016's topic in Pediatric

    Ding, we have a winner. About 10% of my caseload currently have open cases with CPS and there are several more that are heading that way. I had one patient (who I currently do not follow for reasons...
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    Pediatric Daycare Facilities

    KelRN215 replied to sanaalam's topic in Pediatric

    The only two medical day cares that I know of in my area are affiliated with hospitals- one with a rehab hospital and the other with an acute care hospital. This sounds
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    querry regarding oxytocin

    KelRN215 replied to aarohi's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Impossible to answer without knowing how many units of oxytocin per 1 mL. If you have 20 milliunits per mL and you have 500 mL, you have 10,000 milliunits in your bag. So I'm assuming your original...
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    Dosage Help

    KelRN215 replied to hopeless romantic's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just one thing. The answer is not 14.4 mg/min, it's just 14.4 mg. When you multiply 0.24 mg/min x 60 min, the minutes cancel each other out and you are left with the dose in
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    Alarm Fatigue, Silencing Many Hospital Alarms Leads To Better Health Care

    KelRN215 replied to Emergent's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That was our rule in the pediatric hospital too. Supposedly to force nurses to check the site hourly for signs of infiltration. I think it's stupid because it's like "we don't trust you to actually...
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    Can I Get a head start in my nursing career at an early age?

    KelRN215 replied to emilyanncarter123's topic in General Nursing

    When I was your age, I volunteered at my local hospital 2 afternoons/week for the
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    I need help

    KelRN215 replied to slyty2953's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Ok, so how does she know she passed NCLEX? Has she received her official
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    Is the "system" failing its New Grads???

    KelRN215 replied to Barbara H.'s topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Ok, this is just my experience of it, but I don't see travelers and new grads as vying for the same positions. When I worked in the hospital, we mostly used travelers to cover maternity leaves. It...
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    I need help

    KelRN215 replied to slyty2953's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    You mean she hasn't received her physical license or her name hasn't posted to the BoN website yet? How do you know she passed NCLEX? Has she received official
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    Reasons for getting fired as a nurse?

    KelRN215 replied to deetrain's topic in General Nursing

    Unless it's something so egregious that the BoN could conclude that no safe nurse would make that mistake... like you push 100 mEq of KCl... a med error is not going to cause you to lose your license....
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    Does Preferring to Work Night Shift mean you're lazy?

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

    When I worked in the hospital, nights was the preferred shift. The most senior nurses on the unit (25+ years) worked permanent nights and had for a million years. Once my manager had the brilliant...
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    Licensure Question

    KelRN215 replied to DangerCat's topic in Nursing Career

    It doesn't really sound like the OP is considering that, though. She said she is moving back to California shortly after graduation. I admit I'm not so great with geography on that side of the...
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    IV initiation

    KelRN215 replied to Saasy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I can't see how you could do that with any of the products I've use for peripheral
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    Alarm Fatigue, Silencing Many Hospital Alarms Leads To Better Health Care

    KelRN215 replied to Emergent's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I remember when that happened... one of my good friends works at said hospital and while they were investigating what was going on, they were paying nurses overtime to do 4 hr shifts to sit at the...
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    Licensure Question

    KelRN215 replied to DangerCat's topic in Nursing Career

    Neither. NCLEX is a national exam, there is no need to take it twice. You can physically take the exam in Idaho for licensure in California, you can take NCLEX wherever you want so long as you...
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    Help with resignation letter

    KelRN215 replied to whichone'spink's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No, do NOT be truthful about what caused you to resign in your resignation letter. Tell them that you are resigning and when, thank them for the opportunity and be done. Dear Manager, I am hereby...
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    Mandated overtime. What?

    KelRN215 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    And what if no one volunteered to stay, no one volunteered to come in, there were no registry/float pool nurses and no other floors had a nurse to spare? You might not have ever experienced this...
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    Why not medicine?

    KelRN215 replied to msrxchef's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see that this question warrants a response more than "because I wanted to be a nurse and not a