KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    How did you know what area of nursing was for you?

    KelRN215 replied to Nurse3242's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, it's the job that's fallen in my lap. I have always worked and will always work in pediatrics. My first job was the floor I did my pediatric clinical and senior preceptorship on. It was...
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    Harrison closing

    KelRN215 replied to dreamer30's topic in General Nursing

    I had no idea ITT tech had shut down until I saw this post. I guess I just never noticed I wasn't seeing their commercials
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    triple lumen feeding tubes

    KelRN215 replied to busy-bee's topic in General Nursing

    Um, this topic is over 8 years old and the poster you're quoting hasn't signed on in 8
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    Working as RN for the state vs hospital

    KelRN215 replied to NewNurse1997's topic in General Nursing

    I agree we need more information. State nursing jobs I can think of vary widely from, in my state: one of the hospitals run by the state, a residential school for children with severe special needs...
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    Can I please get a Parking Spot!

    KelRN215 replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate the MBTA as much as the next guy but I think it's more of a supply/demand issue. There just aren't that many people commuting to Boston from the far out areas that need to be in the city that...
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    Opps, broke something? Maybe?

    KelRN215 replied to JePierreB's topic in General Students

    Did it still
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    How to remember PEDS key milestones and toys?

    KelRN215 replied to carti's topic in General Students

    Yes, this. Nurses no not assess a child's ability to stack blocks. PT or OT
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    How to remember PEDS key milestones and toys?

    KelRN215 replied to carti's topic in General Students

    For babies, key developmental milestones are: lift their head by 3 months, sit by 6 months, crawl by 9 months and walk around 1 year. Remember it as neck by 3 months, waist by 6 months, knees by 9...
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    drug calculation

    KelRN215 replied to priya0504's topic in General Nursing

    Real world answer = call the pharmacy and ask why they didn't send tablets for an adult. Metronidazole comes in 200 mg and 400 mg
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    Nursing Student International Volunteering

    KelRN215 replied to broughden's topic in General Students

    I went to Nicaragua with my university. I completed half of my community clinical
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    Should I report my own error?

    KelRN215 replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    It seems pretty straightforward to me. When I worked in the hospital, if we pulled a PO narcotic and the patient then didn't take it, if the package was unopened we could return it to the Pyxis (with...
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    Day shift or Night shift

    KelRN215 replied to KBStuRN's topic in General Students

    Everyone that I know in my general area of the country is hired into a day/night rotation. The only people I know on straight days have worked on the same floor for 15+ years. Straight nights was the...
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    Nursing Student International Volunteering

    KelRN215 replied to broughden's topic in General Students

    I did half of my community clinical in rural Nicaragua and did a medical mission trip to rural Belize the summer after I graduated through International Service Learning. It was definitely worth it....
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    If your manager falsely accused you of something

    KelRN215 replied to Ad515's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you are in a union and have a path through which to file a grievance, most likely you're going to be wasting your time. HR is going to take the employer's side. They exist to protect the...
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    Help please ! Nursing Advocacy

    KelRN215 replied to CDWARD13's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What year are you in? You can't think of any situation in which you'd have to be an
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    Voiding!

    KelRN215 replied to ohsosarah20's topic in General Nursing

    As you said in your OP, most adults sleep through the night without waking to pee. It's certainly not concerning if a sleeping adult doesn't wake to void between the hours of 11pm-7am though, of...
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    Floor vs home health

    KelRN215 replied to rnrnnow's topic in General Nursing

    Is it home health case management as in in office case management/overseeing field staff or being a field nurse but case managing your own patients? I prefer the schedule and independence of home...
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    Can I please get a Parking Spot!

    KelRN215 replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Nursing

    $200/year? My last job, parking at the hospital I was a liaison at was $315/month. That was to park at a local college and walk 1/2 mile to the hospital. The only reason I drove to this job was...
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    Misuse of the ER

    KelRN215 replied to ShortFuse's topic in General Nursing

    ER overuse is very common among people with Medicaid. Many Primary Care offices do not accept Medicaid which leads to these patients using the ER as primary care. Truthfully I don't see your example...
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    What to do with my award money?

    KelRN215 replied to carebear01's topic in General Nursing

    Is this $1000 award tax free? Because, if not, you'll really have something like $610 instead of $1000 to
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    Not told of lower training pay

    KelRN215 replied to amberlt91's topic in General Nursing

    The link specifically says that they can pay you a lower rate of pay for training and that it need not be agreed to in writing. It may very well be written in a policy somewhere that this is how...
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    Are nurses and doctors equal?

    KelRN215 replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

    A couple months ago, I was at a GI appointment with a 2 year old patient of mine, her grandmother (who is her foster mother), and her biological father was there with her CPS worker. Her father asked...
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    Where Were You...9/11

    KelRN215 replied to Daisy4RN's topic in General Nursing

    I was in Spanish class, a senior in high school. Another teacher on her prep period came running down the hall to tell us when the first tower was hit and then we turned the news on the radio and...
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    Not told of lower training pay

    KelRN215 replied to amberlt91's topic in General Nursing

    Well do you have another option? I wouldn't give up a job hoping that something better would come along when you might end up not finding anything. My state doesn't have "graduate nurse" status so...
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    Quitting my job before my shift starts

    KelRN215 replied to LPNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    While I don't think calling off after a vacation is ever wise (unless you caught dysentery abroad or something) nor do I advocate resigning without notice, how is it that they "won't let you call...