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    Pediatric nursing right out of school?

    KelRN215 replied to ital91's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yes, 11 years in and I have never touched an adult as a nurse other than young adults with pediatric illnesses who continue to be followed at pediatric facilities. I did a new grad program at a...
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    Not cut out for home health?

    KelRN215 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Home Health

    So, just because your employer wants OASIS questions answered a certain way, that doesn't mean that your answers were wrong. You are the one who assessed the patient. Likely, your employer is trying...
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    Exclusion List

    KelRN215 replied to Kitty300's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes nurses do personally bill. In my state, nurses can sign up to be independent nurses with the state's Medicaid program and bill Medicaid directly for private duty nursing services for people...
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    Shall I take this job?

    KelRN215 replied to bonjour79's topic in General Nursing

    If that's all it is, they will have no recourse if you leave prior to 2 years other than maybe marking you as ineligible for rehire. When I was a new grad, my offer letter included something along the...
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    patient showering on different floor

    KelRN215 replied to workinmomRN2012's topic in General Nursing

    Our floor didn't have a tub room when I worked in the hospital. Parents took their kids to neighboring floors to use the tub all the time if it was a kid who wouldn't shower and particularly loved...
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    Shall I take this job?

    KelRN215 replied to bonjour79's topic in General Nursing

    What happens if you leave before the 2 years is
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    Chemo for hospitalized patients.

    KelRN215 replied to YoBee's topic in Oncology

    When I worked in the hospital, there were 3 floors that administered chemotherapy- the heme/onc floor, the stem cell transplant floor and the neuroscience floor, which included neuro-onc patients. All...
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    Any thoughts on being exposed to chemo/radiation as an RN that wants babies someday?

    KelRN215 replied to NurseBabe1841's topic in Oncology

    Exposure to radiation is minimal, if any. Patients go into radiation rooms on their own. No one is allowed in the room with them, at least not in my experience. I am a pediatric nurse and any time I...
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    Best schedule for single mother

    KelRN215 replied to sungrl01's topic in General Nursing

    This is my thought too. This woman never travels? Never has anything to do on the weekend that spending 18 hrs with a fellow churchgoer's children would
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    Best schedule for single mother

    KelRN215 replied to sungrl01's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the previous poster. Who is going to watch your children from 6am-midnight every Sat/Sun? Daycare is open Mon-Fri so I think that's your better option. Long term, school nursing might be...
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    What would you do?

    KelRN215 replied to jimmyjohn1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Being that the picture was of the patient's face, I think that could be considered a patient identifier,
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    Quit Job While Pregnant and Can't Get Hired

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

    How do you think people become nurses if NCLEX "isn't required" as far as you know? State boards don't exist anymore. In order to become a licensed nurse in the United States, you must take and pass...
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    What would you do?

    KelRN215 replied to jimmyjohn1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why does anyone even have their personal cell phone with them in the OR? That's a serious
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    job offer but not until December

    KelRN215 replied to direw0lf's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This sounds
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    Leaving a job after just a couple months

    KelRN215 replied to awintt94's topic in General Nursing

    An 8 hr drive is usually only an hour flight and flights can be pretty cheap if you fly on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Saturdays. Are you able to work 3 days in a row so you can spend the other 4...
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    What would you do?

    KelRN215 replied to jimmyjohn1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Does your company not have a compliance hotline where you can make anonymous complaints? Your OP says 5 people took a cell phone picture of a patient while awake. Did you mean while asleep? If the...
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    Nurse legality issue, help

    KelRN215 replied to jess124's topic in General Nursing

    Also, if the Mom wants this done, why doesn't she just do it
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    Nurse legality issue, help

    KelRN215 replied to jess124's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guessing this is private duty. All nurses should be administering medication based on the written medication orders, regardless of what the pharmacy bottle says. If the Mom reports the dose has...
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    Exclusion List

    KelRN215 replied to Kitty300's topic in General Nursing

    From Ohio Medicaid's website: "If an individual or company is on the list, the individual or company may not be an owner in whole or in part; officer or partner; authorized agent, associate, manager,...
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    Exclusion List

    KelRN215 replied to Kitty300's topic in General Nursing

    In your OP, you stated: Clearly you know why you were placed on the list if you paid a lot of money to get it
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    Nursing Incentives - New Grads and Expereinced

    KelRN215 replied to RNCompConsultant's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I look for when applying for jobs: 1) competitive salary, 2) generous PTO, 3) health insurance with no
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    Can a home health agency give their Nurses/PT/OT financial bonuses for referrals?

    KelRN215 replied to Rnasn2017's topic in General Nursing

    Do these patients have skilled nursing needs? Medicare only covers home skilled nursing visits under very specific criteria- the patient has to be homebound, for one, the MD has to certify that the...
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    IV vs PO abx

    KelRN215 replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    And gent, tobra and amikacin. Those were the big ones I saw providers order levels on when I worked in home infusion. For pneumonia, in my experience, oral antibiotics are usually trialed first. I...
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    Can a home health agency give their Nurses/PT/OT financial bonuses for referrals?

    KelRN215 replied to Rnasn2017's topic in General Nursing

    Referring patients in what aspect? If the nurse is working as a liaison in a hospital and accepts referrals on the agency's behalf, then yes, that's not a problem. At my last job, I was eligible for...
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    Cape Cod Nursing

    KelRN215 replied to Cahoon BSN RN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Expect the pay to be less than Boston. Other than that, I don't have any