KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Three 12s vs Five 8s

    KelRN215 replied to jive turkey's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this. I loved working 3 days/week when I did it and never thought I wanted a Mon-Fri. Now that I've been doing it for 6 years, I don't want anything else. When I worked 12s, I didn't do...
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    Advice - References

    KelRN215 replied to Qing's topic in General Nursing

    Do you not have any colleagues you worked with there who you can give as a reference? I have never used my nurse manager from my hospital job as a reference nor my director because I don't trust...
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    Would you rather live at home in a small town or move big city?

    KelRN215 replied to Bunsbuns's topic in General Nursing

    I think it does make a difference. For profit companies care about profits above all else. I just worked for a for profit company for the past 3 years and I will never do that again. I have never felt...
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    Professional Advice

    KelRN215 replied to jbrent890's topic in General Nursing

    If you can find someone who is looking for a short term lease, you can sublet your apartment. When I bought my house, I still had 3 months left on my lease. My management company sublet it for me. If...
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    Coworker had a needle stick, HR is not supportive

    KelRN215 replied to mc-escher's topic in General Nursing

    Contrary to popular belief, it is not HR's role to advocate for the employees. Their role is to protect the
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    Advice - References

    KelRN215 replied to Qing's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had anywhere specifically ask but I have always provided references from different employers. The exception being when I was leaving my first nursing job, that was the only job I'd had so I...
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    References

    KelRN215 replied to Flossy73's topic in General Nursing

    What, exactly, do you mean by "sick leave"? Did you go out on FMLA and go beyond the 12 weeks you're legally entitled to? Or have you called out excessively? If someone says "sick leave" to me, I'm...
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    Do you look up the push rate for IVP meds?

    KelRN215 replied to Nsco2018's topic in General Nursing

    In peds, we tend to run EVERYTHING on a pump. Even a medication that the pharmacy has labeled to administer over 3 or 5 minutes is typically administered via syringe pump. The MAR and the label on the...
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    New Grad BSN Options Boston Area

    KelRN215 replied to Ramennoodles's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Worcester is pretty far to commute from Boston. I commute to the north shore a couple days a week and it generally takes me as long to get to the NH border as it does to get to my weekly meeting in...
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    Not hearing from former nurse co-workers

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

    I agree with this. Work friends aren't real friends. I keep in touch with people superficially through facebook but generally don't hang out with people from past jobs. Never really hung out with...
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    Coworker had a needle stick, HR is not supportive

    KelRN215 replied to mc-escher's topic in General Nursing

    Risk-benefit analysis. I've stuck myself with a subq needle while giving a 2 year old an injection and didn't even report it. Not worth my time or a second thought, in my opinion. The odds of a child...
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    What do you do on weekends off?

    KelRN215 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I work Mon-Fri. I travel at least 1/2 of weekends. If I stay home, we take the dogs hiking or go to professional or college sports games, depending on the season. In winter I hibernate on weekends at...
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    Scanning meds for refusal

    KelRN215 replied to Job33's topic in General Nursing

    What an incredible waste of
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    Would you tell a co-worker he needs hearing aides?

    KelRN215 replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I came here to say. OP, how do you know it's a hearing issue and not an attention issue? Or a comprehension issue? I am not an audiologist, therefore I wouldn't tell someone he needs...
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    Pediatric medication calculation

    KelRN215 replied to Merokim042382's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In the real world, this dose would be administered as a tablet. Even if it's a tube fed developmentally delayed adolescent, I think it's still more likely for the dose to be administered as a tablet...
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    Current student, looking to transfer license after graduation

    KelRN215 replied to KaylaRM's topic in General Students

    Yes, that's how new grad programs operate in my state. Offers are made contingent on passing NCLEX by your start date. Literally everyone I graduated with had a job offer in hand before graduation. I...
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    Current student, looking to transfer license after graduation

    KelRN215 replied to KaylaRM's topic in General Students

    It's not too long to wait if you can afford it. I did it, I knew that was my last chance to have a summer. However, I had my job offer long before I graduated. I chose the September start date. In...
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    math concentration question

    KelRN215 replied to wilhi4's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Remember that you further diluted the medication to 40 mg/mL. You have 1.6 mL of medication and the diluent which all needs to be infused
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    Thinking about going into nursing but...

    KelRN215 replied to Honeybee2486's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Depends on where you live and what you want to do. Some areas of the country, jobs are plentiful for ADN grads. Other areas, coveted hospital positions are BSN
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    Thinking about going into nursing - are there jobs?

    KelRN215 replied to chet381's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Probably a little of column A/a little of column
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    Thinking about going into nursing but...

    KelRN215 replied to Honeybee2486's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This. I have always loved being a pediatric nurse. I have consistently become disheartened with my various employers over the
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    Advice on a situation

    KelRN215 replied to Jw305's topic in Emergency

    Wrong. A lesion CAN be cancer but isn't necessarily. A lesion is simply an abnormality or change in tissue. It can be something completely benign. In the radiology reports I've historically seen,...
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    Medication instructions

    KelRN215 replied to marguerette123's topic in Patient Medications

    I am assuming this is home health. Who said the BP med was stopped? The patient said it wasn't. Did the agency receive an order from the MD to stop the med but somehow the discontinue order was never...
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    Am I the only one who thinks this is wildly inappropriate?

    KelRN215 replied to Rainbow_RN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am a brain tumor survivor who had severe seizures as the result of said tumor and I spent the first 5 years of my career in pediatric neurology/neurosurgery. I RARELY talked about it with patients....
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    Order your own labs services

    KelRN215 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. When I think I need labs, I email my Endocrinologist and tell him my symptoms. He responds to tell me he's placed an order in the computer and I have my labs drawn at my