KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    BMC and MGH New Grad Residency programs?

    KelRN215 replied to bostonRN2013's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Are you graduating with a
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    Peds/Neuro Advice

    KelRN215 replied to Quinticx's topic in Pediatric

    Peds to peds. I worked peds neuro for the first 5 years of my career. Rarely will you find a peds neurosurgery only unit- if the Children's Hospital has a neuro unit, it will likely be general...
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    job offer but not until December

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

    I would wait for peds and find something to supplement my income in the meantime- drive for Uber or Lyft, dog-sit, dog walk, wait tables, substitute
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    Quit Job While Pregnant and Can't Get Hired

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

    To be perfectly honest, your resume probably doesn't look all that impressive. 4 year gap between graduation and becoming licensed and then 3 jobs that were only a couple months each. If I were a...
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    An Ethical Dilemma- Outstanding Warrants

    KelRN215 replied to rkirk89's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Today I read an article about a guy who shot 2 police officers in my state who was arraigned by a judge in his hospital room. He is under arrest, shackled and handcuffed to his bed and guarded by...
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    Non bedside nursing Option ... and a side question bout Nails?

    KelRN215 replied to lovelyc's topic in Nursing Career

    It has not been my experience, at least where I've worked, that nurse managers are willing to do these things. Like I said, mine didn't know how to use our EMR or log into our pyxis and that was her...
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    Nursing major with double minor in Spanish and business?

    KelRN215 replied to Robinbird55's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    As MMJ said, there will be no room in your program to double minor. My nursing program (also in MA) offered 3 electives over the course of 4 years. A minor required 6 classes. I took 2 years of AP...
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    Did I get the job?

    KelRN215 replied to Ad808's topic in Nursing Career

    It doesn't sound like either. You didnt' get the job until HR calls you with an offer and sends you a written offer
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    Am I being short sighted? Advice on employment needed

    KelRN215 replied to Southpawdown's topic in Nursing Career

    I think you are being short sighted in that your only options are not current job vs this part time hospital gig with the long commute. Personally, I am not willing to give up M-F to go back to the...
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    New grad sinking fast

    KelRN215 replied to Sheika34's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You should not have 3 patients on your own within a week of starting a new job. When I was a new grad, I was in a new grad program which was 20 weeks long. We started with 1 patient WITH a preceptor...
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    Non bedside nursing Option ... and a side question bout Nails?

    KelRN215 replied to lovelyc's topic in Nursing Career

    Where do you work? When I worked in the hospital, my manager refused to help with patient care at all, didn't know how to use our EMR and didn't have access to the Pyxis. In no way was she "back-up"...
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    Does starting in peds make it harder to transition to adult?

    KelRN215 replied to wvickroy's topic in Pediatric

    Echoing the previous poster- why would you want to go adults from peds? Never for me. That said, I have known nurses who have done it because after they had kids of their own they either A) didn't...
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    An Ethical Dilemma- Outstanding Warrants

    KelRN215 replied to rkirk89's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    As a nurse, I would not view it as my job to inform the patient of this. It's the police's job to inform the patient that he is under arrest and read him his rights. I work in pediatrics so don't...
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    Is this a reasonable expectation?

    KelRN215 replied to MomOfFive2018's topic in General Students

    When I worked in the hospital, all new grads were hired into 40 hr day/night rotation positions. Period. No flexibility whatsoever. Weekend program positions were highly sought after and not easy to...
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    As a RN did you ever get paid minimum wage for a training?

    KelRN215 replied to Marian96's topic in General Nursing

    No, never. Trainings are work and I expect to be paid my regular rate of pay. The only hours I've ever been paid less than my regular rate for were on call hours. We got something like $6/hr for 2...
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    Leadership Interview Questions

    KelRN215 replied to JShel8's topic in General Nursing

    This is an anonymous site. No one is going to give you their full name here. And I agree with the previous poster. What on earth does your case manager being a single mom have to do with you having a...
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    How do you change a diaper without waking a baby up?

    KelRN215 replied to wingingit's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    New baby myelos. They leak stool constantly and keeping it away from their surgical site is an
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    Probe change schedule

    KelRN215 replied to middleagednurse's topic in Pediatric

    We used the disposable/adhesive probes when I worked in the hospital and didn't follow a strict schedule either. Most kids would rip them off and we'd change the site after they did that. Same rule...
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    NICU/PICU; where to start?

    KelRN215 replied to slgatley's topic in Pediatric

    General pediatrics is going to give you much more relevant experience than L&D
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    What Is This Type Of Schedule Called and Can I Change It?

    KelRN215 replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    They can if they have "schedule variability." I think that's what they called it when I worked in the hospital. 36 hrs/week didn't mean 36 hrs/week. It meant 216 hours over 6 weeks. They could (and...
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    Nursing

    KelRN215 replied to Joween's topic in General Nursing

    The index finger is your first finger, the one between your thumb and middle finger. Children learn this in pre-school. It has nothing to do with nursing, it's common knowledge that your first finger...
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    Unemployed before nursing

    KelRN215 replied to jessicaoropesa's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, my work history when I graduated nursing school (since I entered at the age of 18) was 4 summers of working at a pre-school aged summer camp, substitute teaching, one summer as a bus monitor for a...
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    Amoxicillin TID??

    KelRN215 replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    If the order was q 8hr, the schedule could be, for example, 6a-2p-10p, 7a-3p-11p, 8a-4p-12a. TID doesn't necessarily mean q 8hr. When I worked in the hospital, q 8hr drugs were scheduled q 8hr and...
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    New Grad Resume

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

    Because it doesn't belong on your resume. Your prospective employer will ask for them when they want
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    HemOnc RN resident and posterior fossa syndrome

    KelRN215 replied to margaritaw78's topic in Pediatric

    Posterior fossa syndrome is related to the child's craniotomy. The reglan/benadryl issue is unrelated to the posterior fossa syndrome. In peds oncology, benadryl is routinely given with reglan,...