KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Not sure how to handle this situation with recent interview

    KelRN215 replied to Southpawdown's topic in General Nursing

    This is my thought too. Was it a generic "thank you for applying, we get many good applicants and have decided to continue with others betters suited for the position" type email? A bot probably...
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    Curiosity

    KelRN215 replied to TexNurse777's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I can't see how someone in a monitoring program could get away with using synthetic urine. For pre-employment drug tests they search your belongings and make you leave everything outside, test the...
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    Signing hours for my volunteer

    KelRN215 replied to HalfBoiled's topic in General Nursing

    Child Life was in charge of volunteers when I worked in the hospital, not nurses. When I volunteered at a hospital when I was in high school, the hospital had an employed "Director of Volunteer...
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    overnight preceptorship

    KelRN215 replied to eternalstudent328's topic in General Students

    If you caffeinate, do so before and during your shift but stop early enough so you will be able to sleep when you get home in the morning. If you are so able, try to take a nap before your shift. I...
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    Please help me! Public Health/Community Rotation

    KelRN215 replied to Squidney's topic in General Students

    This is my thought too. Community based nurses have actual jobs and patients to see, they don't just go around randomly knocking on doors or meeting people at the grocery store and nursing them. What...
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    Getting pregnant during last semester or during new job?

    KelRN215 replied to Steph82997's topic in General Students

    This is what I was thinking reading the OP too. If you plan to give birth a few weeks after graduation, what happens if you need to go on bedrest at 25 weeks? Or give birth prematurely? Then you don't...
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    Volunteering as a TA?

    KelRN215 replied to ADN2DNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    You should get paid to TA. Our TAs when I was in my undergraduate program were students in the doctoral
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    Advice for new Ped-Hemonc Nurse

    KelRN215 replied to Piano-CelloRN's topic in Pediatric

    Most kids with cancer survive nowadays. There are some diagnoses that have terrible prognoses (like DIPG- 100% terminal) but for ALL, the most common pediatric cancer, survival is 85% or higher. For...
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    Should a new grad go into med/surg or into the specialty that they would love to be in?

    KelRN215 replied to StudentRNmt's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I strongly disagree with the notion that "everyone" needs 2 years of med/surg experience. I have been a nurse for 11 years, all 11 in pediatrics, and med-surg experience would have served me in no way...
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    Need resume advice, please!

    KelRN215 replied to britt418's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'd stick to reverse chronological order with the most recent job on top. I've been a nurse for 11 years. A lot of people would say the strongest selling points on my resume are my 5 years at a...
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    adult industry past? nursing a no?

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

    This is why I don't think you need to be concerned about someone possibly recognizing you from the past: I am a New England girl, born and raised. I've never lived or worked anywhere else. I am...
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    Thinking of quitting my new job.

    KelRN215 replied to studiousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    The fact that you are still in orientation is exactly why this is ok. You are in the probationary period. Your employer can simply decide that it's not working out and let you go. You are free to make...
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    Recent ABSN graduate

    KelRN215 replied to Frekledan's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I would start applying for jobs now. When I graduated, every single person I graduated with had a job secured months before graduation. My guess is a lot of the new grad positions are already...
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    adult industry past? nursing a no?

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

    I would NOT disclose this. You don't want to give people a reason to choose to reject you from the start. (All of us here think it's a non-issue but the hiring manager or admissions people might be...
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    How many rejected applicants vs accepted? Mchenry County College Or other

    KelRN215 replied to ForensicNurse18's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Most colleges publish their acceptance rates, if that's what you're asking. I'm pretty sure when I went to college, my alma mater's acceptance rate was around 33%. According to Google, today it is...
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    adult industry past? nursing a no?

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

    Meh, even if they think you look familiar, so what? Someone I know once told me that a lady working in customs at the Reykjavic airport looked just like me. The only issue I could see from something...
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    "Old New Grad" - Need Resume/Cover Letter Advice

    KelRN215 replied to KBabiesRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Most new grad postings I've seen specify that you must have graduated within the last 12 months to be eligible. You may have to take a less desirable nursing position to start (think LTC or PDN) to...
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    Should I Go From RN to Scrub Tech?

    KelRN215 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Don't spend $31,000 on a scrub tech course. You can be a scrub nurse in the OR with your current license, you just need to find an OR that's willing to train
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    CA license from out of state

    KelRN215 replied to wondereugene's topic in Nursing Career

    If your plan is to move back to California and work only in California, apply for licensure by examination in California. It matters not that you went to school in Tennessee (provided that your...
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    Nursing School Drug Testing

    KelRN215 replied to Egonza57's topic in General Students

    Just because your program does that does NOT mean that "most of the time" programs don't test after the original test. You can literally be drug tested at any time throughout the program- before...
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    Full time vs Part time vs Per Diem

    KelRN215 replied to KerenAvneryRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to some day only work per diem but, as it stands right now, I am the bread winner and I need health insurance so I need to work
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    Physiology & Chemistry the same semester?

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

    In my university A&P 1 and Chemistry were taken 1st semester freshman year. It was not an option to take them separately, both were only offered in fall
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    HELP! Am I asked to be doing something SAFE and Legal??

    KelRN215 replied to newtonursing123's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In what capacity are you employed and by whom? In my state, if you are a CNA employed as a home health aide, you cannot administer meds. If you are trained as a CNA but employed as a PCA, however, you...
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    Massachusetts School Nurses

    KelRN215 replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I worked per diem at a boarding school in MA 5 years ago and we had a TON of standing orders from the school MD- Tylenol, Motrin, Tums, Zantac, Zyrtec, Claritin, Cough Medicine, a whole bunch of...
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    Notarization Question

    KelRN215 replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I was going to say this as well. In my state, I'm pretty sure the max a notary can charge is like $5. I just Googled it and in Texas it's