KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    New grad cant pick a job

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

    Do you have an offer from the ICU where you are doing your
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    Problems with nursing profession and why I want to quit

    KelRN215 replied to bravewarrior1's topic in General Nursing

    There are non-bedside jobs where you don't have these issues. I haven't dealt with any of the issues you post about at most of my jobs. I'm not sure what you expected nursing to be but the field is...
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    CPR LAWS

    KelRN215 replied to shargrove1201's topic in General Nursing

    I missed where in the OP's scenario it stated this was a child? This could be 98 year old Grandma for all we know whose children just don't want to believe it's her time. Either way, if the patient is...
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    Hiring Mgr: We will let you know in 2 weeks

    KelRN215 replied to chaki's topic in General Nursing

    This is not true across the board. Most of my job offers have come the week following my interview after references have been checked. And I've been a nurse for 11 years and have had 5 nursing
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    Hiring Mgr: We will let you know in 2 weeks

    KelRN215 replied to chaki's topic in General Nursing

    I had a job that I interviewed for recently that every step of the process took 2 weeks. Phone interview with HR was done and went well. 2 weeks later got called for an interview with Nurse Manager...
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    Family Member Watching Pro-terror/ Anti-America/ Anti-Semitic video

    KelRN215 replied to sugarmagnolia3's topic in General Nursing

    I have a few thoughts on this. 1) Risk Management would have no interest in this and were not the appropriate people to contact. 1a) Reporting behavior of parents is not a HIPAA violation though. As...
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    CPR LAWS

    KelRN215 replied to shargrove1201's topic in General Nursing

    Just because the family doesn't want to sign a DNR doesn't mean you keep doing CPR for hours and hours. You have attempted resuscitation. It didn't work. In this case, if the provider calls time of...
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    I'm having a quarter life crisis. BSN graduate with no idea what to do.

    KelRN215 replied to NNurseLina's topic in General Nursing

    Relax. Graduate from college, pass NCLEX, get a job as an RN and then cross the NP bridge in a few years once you've figured out the area you want to be
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    affordable apartment with rn salary

    KelRN215 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Honestly I think you should sit down and weigh the pros and cons of both scenarios. Ex- Duke: pros- nicer area, lower cost of living; cons- lower salary, moving far away from home, don't know anyone...
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    Administer medication right or wrong

    KelRN215 replied to Lovenursing1116's topic in Patient Medications

    The order should simply state the dose in mg since the pharmacy could change the tablet strength at any time d/t product availability. Ativan 0.5 mg is in no way ambiguous. Regardless of the tablets...
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    GCS verbal response

    KelRN215 replied to ireyes98's topic in Emergency

    I wouldn't give him a 3 because I don't think saying "my head hurts" would be considered "inappropriate words" in someone with untreated hydrocephalus and possibly impending herniation whose head...
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    GCS verbal response

    KelRN215 replied to ireyes98's topic in Emergency

    1 is no verbal response. Saying "my head hurts" is a verbal response. The Glasgow Coma Scale: Eye Opening 1. None 2. To pain 3. To speech 4. Spontaneous Verbal Response 1. None 2. Incomprehensible...
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    Research - Nurses working in Hospitals

    KelRN215 replied to zurita.a12's topic in Health, Stress Management

    What if you are employed by a hospital but are community
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    Nursing conditions

    KelRN215 replied to Mary3010's topic in Nursing Career

    Does what mean that? I'm not really sure what part of my post you're referencing. In my area, teaching at a university level requires a PhD or some other form of doctorate degree. The vast majority of...
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    what if

    KelRN215 replied to 8-ball's topic in Travel

    What if you get canceled for shifts you've already booked flights months in advance for? When I worked in the hospital, our per diem staff were canceled more than they worked. If I was going to do...
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    Staff Shots?

    KelRN215 replied to ArryOtter's topic in School

    When I worked per diem at a school, we did have a staff member who the full-time school RN had agreed to give allergy shots to. We also did faculty flu
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    Holding babies for lumbar punctures

    KelRN215 replied to charlimoon's topic in Pediatric

    When I worked inpatient peds neuro, we did LPs in the treatment room with conscious sedation but they were rarely successful on the floor. Most of our kids ended up going to the OR for the procedures...
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    License by endorsement

    KelRN215 replied to pdarlyn1's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I believe she said it took several months. Do you have a BSN? If not, getting a hospital job in Boston will be difficult. What kind of position(s) are you interested
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    Roy's adaptation model?

    KelRN215 replied to bleafcna's topic in General Students

    Sister Callista Roy is a professor and nurse theorist at my alma mater and I still don't remember anything about her
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    To all RNs, prior to getting hired as an RN, did you need experience?

    KelRN215 replied to Ceebayy1's topic in General Students

    I worked as a nurse's aide for a summer during nursing school. I had a new grad job secured on my #1 unit prior to graduation but I'd also done 2 clinicals on that unit so it was my connections that...
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    What are your thoughts on the idea of it taking four years to be an RN?

    KelRN215 replied to Guest878640's topic in General Students

    What kind of program did you attend where you learned everything you needed to know for nursing in the first 2 years? My first 2 years were mostly core classes and then pre-reqs like A&P, chem and...
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    Is "downtime" a delusion?

    KelRN215 replied to nicoleb12's topic in General Students

    I think most of the craziness you're describing is from your family life and not nursing school. Once you're working as a nurse, your kids will still have studying, homework, sports, there will still...
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    Choices - How to decide

    KelRN215 replied to Dreaming on the beach's topic in Nursing Career

    Which one of these do you consider to be the most limited? Because I can tell you all 3 have a place in home health. In your OP, you said only 2 can be anywhere. I'm guessing it's lactation consultant...
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    License by endorsement

    KelRN215 replied to pdarlyn1's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Yes, there is a ton of competition and you need connections to get into most of the Boston hospitals. Almost everyone I know needed a connection to get in. Definitely don't move here and think "I'll...
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    Nurse Practitioner Overtime Pay

    KelRN215 replied to JRay813's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    By law, they do not have to pay you OT. As a salaried employee and a "learned professional", you would be considered "exempt" from the FLSA. http://www.flsa.com/coverage.html That is not to say that...