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    How would you like 3 consecutive months off a year?

    KelRN215 replied to KrCmommy522's topic in Nursing News

    When I worked in the hospital, I think some of the medical floors had a deal where their nurses could get the summers off but the deal was something like they worked 48 hrs/week through the winter and...
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    Is it possible for a nurse to become a doctor?

    KelRN215 replied to madel23's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is possible but, as others have said, there is no "fastest way." All med school applicants have to take the same pre-reqs and the MCAT and all med students have to complete 4 years of med...
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    Senior Nursing student...Eating disorder nurse

    KelRN215 replied to umichnurse2019's topic in General Students

    There are eating disorder specific units within psych hospitals. Adolescent medical units in Children's Hospitals will sometimes have a population of teenagers with eating disorders who are too...
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    Do you think that nursing students need to work as a CNA or nurse aid while in school?

    KelRN215 replied to LindseyPar's topic in General Students

    Is it necessary? No. But it is helpful. I do not think that GPA would get a prospective candidate the job over experience. Especially if the CNA applying for an RN position worked on the floor or in...
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    how do you know when to report expected or unexpected sign on test

    KelRN215 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    A high pitched cry is a sign of increasing ICP in an infant. Sudden limb paralysis would need to be reported, as well, but it may or may not be related at all to the disease process the question is...
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    Buying previously used books

    KelRN215 replied to herewego23's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    After my first year of nursing school, I exclusively bought used books on half.com. I emailed my professors prior to the semester to get the list of books then bought them online. The best was the...
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    Vaccine administration children

    KelRN215 replied to amysnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've always given subq injections higher up on the thigh than the vastus
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    Taking a paycut for experience?

    KelRN215 replied to dropdatslurpee's topic in Nursing Career

    $20/hr equates to over $40,000 a year. Add that the loss of benefits and there is no way in Hades that this is worth
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    Finally done with the worst two years of my life

    KelRN215 replied to DeeninNurse's topic in General Nursing

    You think endless paperwork doesn't exist in the real nursing
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    Do 3, 12 hr shifts for weekdays only exist?

    KelRN215 replied to M0nk3y007's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital, the weekend differential for people on the weekend incentive program was $10/hr. So someone who worked weekend nights Fri, Sat, Sun brought home an extra $360/week or...
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    Advice for Rotating Shift

    KelRN215 replied to BeezieRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is the norm in my neck of the woods. I rotated shifts for almost 5 years. Usually 3 weeks of days followed by 3 weeks of nights but my floor didn't guarantee that you wouldn't work days/nights in...
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    Do 3, 12 hr shifts for weekdays only exist?

    KelRN215 replied to M0nk3y007's topic in General Nursing

    As a new employee, you will most likely have a weekend requirement. When I worked in the hospital, the only nurses who didn't have to work every 3rd weekend were permanent charge nurses. Everyone else...
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    Being rehired after not giving s 2 week notice.

    KelRN215 replied to Nursedee1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well now you know why you always give proper notice. You never want to burn your
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    Giving OTC medications to your aides/coworkers?

    KelRN215 replied to knotizer12's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Um, presumably an adult has taken Ibuprofen or Tylenol several times in their life and knows whether or not they have an allergy to it. When I worked in the hospital, our pyxis had an option for...
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    What kind of nurses have to suction patients?

    KelRN215 replied to Maya331's topic in United Kingdom

    If you do direct patient care, you will have to do it. Period. Some areas less so than others but you never know, you could be working in L&D and a woman with a trach comes in in
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    Do all nurses have to go into theatre and A&E when training?

    KelRN215 replied to Maya331's topic in United Kingdom

    Patients in surgery generally aren't experiencing pain since they're, you know, under generalized anesthesia. They tend to be in pain when they're out of surgery. Blood is everywhere. You will come...
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    nurse doesn't do her charting

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

    Why would your license be at risk because another nurse didn't chart her assessments on a shift you weren't working? You are responsible for you. The other nurse's poor habits will catch up to her...
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    Where to live to work in Boston?

    KelRN215 replied to ijchase's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Also keep in mind that if you are going to be working eves or nights and therefore maybe walking to/from the T after dark, you want to live in a relatively safe area. You could maybe find somewhere...
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    Hospital Case Managers: how does your department handle weekends?

    KelRN215 replied to RNbellashadow's topic in Case Management

    At the hospital I worked at (not as a CM, I was a staff nurse there for 5 years and then a home infusion liaison who worked closely with the inpatient CMs), there were 2 CMs on the weekends and they...
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    Cna incident investigation

    KelRN215 replied to Nnb07's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused. What was your role here? Why weren't you helping to change her and transfer her? Wouldn't that be the whole reason for you being in the
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    Peds Acute to School

    KelRN215 replied to Lex_pedsRN's topic in School

    People think this about any nurse who doesn't work on an inpatient unit in a hospital. It's been 6 years since I was a hospital nurse but consistently when people hear I am a nurse, the first question...
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    Suctioning Question

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

    My trached peds patients tend to hack loogies out of their trachs rather than pool secretions in their
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    Peds (and picu/nicu) nurses- tell me about your unit!

    KelRN215 replied to ML23's topic in Pediatric

    I don't work inpatient anymore but I will answer from when I did: 1) Do you work in a children's (only) hospital or on a peds floor at a general/adult hospital system? Which area of the country (state...
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    Question about nursing, law enforcement, and HIPAA

    KelRN215 replied to twinmommy+2's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Your hospital presumably has a legal department that has someone on call. Direct any inquiries to them if you are
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    Dropped Pill - Do you give it?

    KelRN215 replied to applesxoranges's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on what the pill is and how important it is. If it's a seizure medication that's dispensed from the pharmacy that is time sensitive and it's going to take the pharmacy 3 hours to get me...