KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Associates or bachelor

    KelRN215 replied to Sanchez788's topic in Nursing Career

    Perhaps your professor is aware that ADN grads in your area have difficulty finding employment because the hospitals require a BSN? Have you looked into the job market in your
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    3rd shift and bf

    KelRN215 replied to klance's topic in General Nursing

    It's light out and nice out well into the evenings now. If you get home from your night shift around 8am, go to bed and sleep while your boyfriend is at work and then do something together outside in...
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    Needed: CNO to Interview for School

    KelRN215 replied to CaitlinLiz's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Interestingly, I have 2 mutual connections with this random lady (though both are random recruiters, I think, who I accepted when I was job
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    Help with ABG

    KelRN215 replied to trev343's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    pH is 7.423- it's normal but pointing more towards alkalosis. CO2 is 48- it's high and it's an acid. Since the pH is pointing more towards an alkalosis and a high CO2 is an acidosis, this is your...
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    Help with ABG

    KelRN215 replied to trev343's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    pH is 7.423- what does this mean? Is this normal, acid or alkaline? pCO2 is 48.4 mmHg- you posted the reference range right next to it, so what is going on here? Is CO2 an acid or a base? What can a...
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    Marijuana usage by parents in NICU

    KelRN215 replied to fifita2010's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't sound like security was needed since the visitors left when asked to leave. I'd let Social Work know so she can address the issue with Dad the next time he
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    Will having one W affect my application to the nursing program?

    KelRN215 replied to gwynth's topic in General Students

    I doubt it will matter. I have a semester worth of Ws on my transcript because I had to take a medical leave of absence my sophomore year. It's been 15 years and no one has
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    Giving last name in report

    KelRN215 replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    I just thought of a situation in which I was regularly asked my last name when working in the hospital- when the lab called panic results in. They still butchered the spelling every time, even though...
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    Nursing and overtime?

    KelRN215 replied to fishguy909's topic in General Nursing

    I was a staff nurse at a facility that considered staff nurses to be salaried employees. We did not get overtime, ever. It didn't matter how many hours a week we worked. We could be regularly...
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    Background check

    KelRN215 replied to Tipbaby12's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Even if the BoN says yes, I can't think of anywhere I've ever worked that would hire someone with such a blemish on his background check. Getting the certification is one thing, getting a job is...
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    Giving last name in report

    KelRN215 replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    I never asked for the last name of the accepting nurse when transferring a patient either to rehab or another facility. Never was asked for my name when accepting a transfer, either. I am...
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    Sick of the bedside. SOS

    KelRN215 replied to EKTheRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think a year is enough experience to transition into case management. I have made the transition away from bedside to a normal M-F schedule and, after doing it for 6 years, I can't imagine...
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    How did you get the big pay raise?

    KelRN215 replied to Nurse3242's topic in General Nursing

    I changed jobs. The year that I resigned my hospital job, I made approximately $20K more than I did the year before. Of course, that amount did involve a very large PTO payout from my hospital job...
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    What's your best catch?

    KelRN215 replied to beekee's topic in General Nursing

    Either the time that I discovered my school aged r/o seizure patient wasn't having seizures at all but a dystonic reaction to Mom's compazine, which she had found/taken on her own to treat a...
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    How does on call work?

    KelRN215 replied to jarielle22's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to imagine that on-call involves taking call for overnights and weekends/to respond to emergency cases. So if you are on-call one week, you work your 4 10 hr days and then after 5-6pm...
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    Associate's RN or A-BSN RN?

    KelRN215 replied to amberscareer's topic in General Nursing

    1. What do you recommend if I intend on eventually getting an MSN? (Since there are RN to MSN bridge programs, traditional BSN to MSN programs, and I already have 2 bachelor's degrees.) Accelerated...
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    Decline job offer and inquire about another one?

    KelRN215 replied to shelw067's topic in Nursing Career

    I once declined a job offer by saying, "regrettably, I have to decline the offer. Unfortunately my situation is such that I cannot afford to have a tiered health insurance or high deductible plan. I...
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    Will I be approved with BON if I am diagnosed with "Unspecific Depression"

    KelRN215 replied to Monkey9x's topic in General Students

    The question doesn't ask anything about depression. If you have not been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a personality disorder or a psychotic disorder, your answer to this question is
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    Marijuana

    KelRN215 replied to JadaM96's topic in Nurses Recovery

    They rescind the
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    Relocation benefits info

    KelRN215 replied to KathyRN26's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm going to agree with llg- because that hospital has a line of applicants out its door and doesn't need to offer extra incentive to prospective
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    Rant*I hope I'm never their patient

    KelRN215 replied to xtina334's topic in General Students

    30 minutes is about how long it took me to take most of my tests in college. I consistently was among the first to finish and I finished my NCLEX in less than 45 minutes. Someone taking tests faster...
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    How long to work in one place?

    KelRN215 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Conventional wisdom says you should change jobs roughly every 3 years. You Should Plan On Switching Jobs Every Three Years For The Rest Of Yo Headhunters Say: You Should Change Jobs Every Three
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    Dosage calculation

    KelRN215 replied to Ava96's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1. 1g is the dose not the volume. In order to calculate the flow rate, you need to use the volume in mL. You need to infuse 100 mL in 45 min, not 1,000 mL. 2. What you are doing here has nothing to...
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    Nurses' Day

    KelRN215 replied to Ainhoa13's topic in General Nursing

    In the US, National Nurses' Day is May 6. Nurses' Week is May 6-12. My last 2 jobs have given us gift certificates. I forget what the hospital did when I worked there. I think put a banner up that...
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    Not disclosing patient death to family member

    KelRN215 replied to ddib3's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of HIPAA violation do you think this could possibly be? Do you know what HIPAA