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    Nursing conditions

    KelRN215 replied to Mary3010's topic in Nursing Career

    I am not sure how it is in your country but in the US, nurses are educated and licensed as generalists. I have only ever worked in pediatrics but I could switch to geriatrics at any point in time if I...
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    Nursing conditions

    KelRN215 replied to Mary3010's topic in Nursing Career

    Teaching is a HUGE part of nursing. Not school-type teaching, though. Nurses in every field teach their patients. They teach about medications, about disease management, about follow-up needs, about...
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    Make a Wish

    KelRN215 replied to southpawluck's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a manager in a home health agency with a large PDN population, our nurses did accompany children on their Make-A-Wish trips. The nurses were paid for the hours they worked while there and...
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    Greenwood what floor?

    KelRN215 replied to knj04a's topic in General Nursing

    You may not think so but I doubt you'll find anyone to specifically chime in and say "yes, I work on this floor. My name is Betty Smith. I've been there for 10 years and I recommend you stay far away"...
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    Nurse Practitioner Overtime Pay

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

    There are both Federal and State specific laws. The ones that apply to each situation are generally the ones that protect the employee more. OP, are you paid hourly or salary? It's not clear to me...
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    I need help on a math problem!! Not making sense to me

    KelRN215 replied to Katieexi3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Indeed you CAN give a fraction of a tablet. We cut tablets all the time in pediatrics. You can't give this particular fraction which is 0.93 tablet so you'd end up giving the whole thing. In the US,...
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    Hired, based on having a BSN

    KelRN215 replied to Premiee82's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Actually, no they don't. If a hospital wants to hire BSNs only, they can do just that. There is no shortage of BSN prepared nurses applying for these jobs. It's an employer's market, they can do what...
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    License by endorsement

    KelRN215 replied to pdarlyn1's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    What state did you test for licensure in? You have to apply for license by reciprocity: Apply for a nursing license by reciprocity | Mass.gov A colleague at my last job endorsed from CT to MA and said...
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    RN, BSN

    KelRN215 replied to Dove99's topic in Nursing Career

    This is the Oncology nursing forum, not Ask Nurse Beth, but here are the requirements for OCN: Testing and Renewal | ONCC You can enter your information, including the percentage of oncology patients...
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    Best pathway for becoming flight nurse?

    KelRN215 replied to HuckleberryNScrubs's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    My closest friend from nursing school had originally wanted to do this but I think she dropped the idea of doing it several years ago. She worked on the same medical unit for 10+ years and recently...
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    Lowest Turnover / Stable Unit for Hospital Nursing?

    KelRN215 replied to HuckleberryNScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    This is highly employer specific. Cardiology may have low turnover at one hospital but extremely high at another. Management and unit culture tend to drive retention and turnover. Turnover has been...
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    Experienced Viewpoint Please?

    KelRN215 replied to bitter_betsy's topic in General Students

    If you already have a bachelor's degree, an accelerated BSN program is probably your best bet. There are many areas of the country that are "BSN only", especially for new grads. Not strictly in that...
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    affordable apartment with rn salary

    KelRN215 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    If not, there's always Craigslist for roommates. I've never done it myself but have friends who have found good roommate situations that
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    Infusion RN for new grad with lots of IV experience prior to RN school

    KelRN215 replied to RunBabyRN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

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    Infusion RN for new grad with lots of IV experience prior to RN school

    KelRN215 replied to RunBabyRN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I recently left the home infusion world and, I can tell you, that the nurse manager in the office I worked out of was more than willing to hire new grads. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to...
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    California RN

    KelRN215 replied to Masha_rn's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    OASIS is a comprehensive assessment for Medicare patients. Nearly all Medicare patients require these assessments at admission, resumption of care post-hospitalizations, re-certifications q 60 days...
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    Testing Requirement in ER Before passing Meds and Sending to X-Ray

    KelRN215 replied to nicole1141982's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Probably one of my biggest nursing pet peeves is people asking "is this legal?" for something that is clearly a matter of facility policy not law/something that the government would have no interest...
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    Testing Requirement in ER Before passing Meds and Sending to X-Ray

    KelRN215 replied to nicole1141982's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I worked in the hospital, the only time I'm sure urine HCG was required per policy was prior to surgery for any girl over the age of 11. I think it may have also been required for girls of the...
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    Interview help!

    KelRN215 replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Pediatric

    I recently went through the job change process and I got a lot of questions like: "How do you deal with conflict?" "How do you function as a member of a team?" "Tell me an example of a time you went...
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    PICC line companies

    KelRN215 replied to kynurse62's topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of such a company. Most hospitals have their own IV teams that place PICCs. When I worked for a home infusion pharmacy, our field nurses were only able to place midlines in the...
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    Choices - How to decide

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

    I make my decisions based on health insurance, PTO, and flexibility. If all jobs are with the same employer then presumably the health insurance and PTO are the same so personally I'd pick the one...
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    Who cleans the poo?

    KelRN215 replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

    I never had this exact situation but I seem to recall that, if patients vomited on the floor when I worked in the hospital, we had to clean up the chunks and whatnot before housekeeping would come in...
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    I hate my new grad nurse residency program HELP

    KelRN215 replied to nursingisfun4lyfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Is it actually a binding contract? When I was a new grad, the offer letter said something to the tune of "because of the time and effort requiring to train a new grad, we are requesting a 2 year...
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    Potential to Violate, Employer says it's ok.

    KelRN215 replied to underabus's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Same. It's 2018, there's nothing wrong with using cell phones for work. In my last 3 jobs, I have worked off of work cell phones. When I was on call in my home care job, patients or nurses would call...
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    What would you be in another life?

    KelRN215 replied to NurseYoshi's topic in General Nursing

    Supreme Court Justice or Travel Blogger. I actually considered applying to be a freelance writer (~ 6 hrs/week) for a travel blog that I follow (and that once featured me as a "reader success story")...