KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Licensing Process

    KelRN215 replied to bitter_betsy's topic in General Students

    Just so you know, even if Georgia wasn't a compact state, going to school there wouldn't be "shooting yourself in the foot." You can attend nursing school wherever you please and take NCLEX for...
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    affordable apartment with rn salary

    KelRN215 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    I'm late to the party but no, in no uncertain terms should you rent an apartment for $3000 a month. That's almost double my mortgage for a 3 bedroom house! When I was a new grad, my starting salary...
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    Specialization?

    KelRN215 replied to Askaquestion's topic in General Students

    I have been a nurse for almost 11 years. I have never worked (and will never work) with adults. There is nothing wrong with starting out in pediatrics if that's what you know you want. I recently...
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    What happens if IV med does not finish on time?

    KelRN215 replied to umharhar's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    What does the label on the bag say? Have you called the infusion pharmacy about your issue? What size is the patient's PICC? I have always found dial-a-flow tubing to be crap in pediatrics where kids...
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    Would and how would you address no pay raise in over a year?

    KelRN215 replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    If it's a large facility and, facility-wide, they aren't offering raises there's probably little that you can do to address it. I'd probably evaluate if I liked the job enough to stay without a
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    Multiple CNA's refusing assigned task

    KelRN215 replied to Dawnkeibals's topic in General Nursing

    These sound like the CNAs I used to work with and they are an example of why I'm glad to have not worked in an environment that employs CNAs for the past 6 years. I'd have just done it myself because...
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    Whats your perfect fit!!!!!

    KelRN215 replied to Ginger_22's topic in General Nursing

    I just always knew that, for me, it was pediatrics. Eleven years in and I can't imagine ever doing anything else. The beauty of it is that nursing is so broad and diverse that you can work in multiple...
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    Changing the PPV on PICC Line

    KelRN215 replied to yelworc123's topic in General Nursing

    I've always drawn my waste back into the NS flush syringe I just flushed with then used a new luer lock syringe for my sample that way it's obvious which is the waste- the one that says "normal saline...
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    Tax deductions

    KelRN215 replied to Mariatvillanueva's topic in Home Health

    1) Yes those miles are deductible 2) What kind of home health situation are you working in where you drive a patient in your own personal vehicle? No way would I ever do that, that's a huge liability...
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    Need help with job offers!!

    KelRN215 replied to MotoRN34's topic in Home Health

    I prefer salaried positions because I find them to be more flexible. True, you don't get OT if you get stuck somewhere until 6 but you can also not start your day until 10 or leave at 4 the next day....
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    Are Adn nurse being hired at hospital?

    KelRN215 replied to nurse_student27's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this. In my city there are a ton of BSN programs and the large academic medical centers are BSN only for new grads but smaller community hospitals outside of the city will hire
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    Specialty area or more general right out of school?

    KelRN215 replied to sdarrington's topic in General Nursing

    What do you want to do? I have never worked and will never work med-surg. I've known since I was a teenager that all I ever wanted to do was
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    I need a job change! Advice?!

    KelRN215 replied to LilyMiranda's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you are looking for a home health position and, in my opinion, you need more experience first. Stick it out for at least a
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    preemployment drug testing

    KelRN215 replied to babynurse98's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Your prescription is for 1 mg. It was written in December of 2017 with 2 refills. Presumably you filled it in December, January and February and were, therefore, out of refills. Your physician then...
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    Staff Retention Policies

    KelRN215 replied to Positive_Outlook's topic in General Nursing

    Most people don't stick around 10-15 years, in my experience, and, as someone else said, those that do aren't the ones who are the biggest flight risk. My last job, I was the most senior nurse in the...
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    Thinking about getting a gun for safety

    KelRN215 replied to MotoRN34's topic in Home Health

    I believe others have already answered this but to me it just doesn't make any sense to carry a gun as a home health RN. I did home health for 3 years and most of my patients were in what could be...
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    I Should Be in Jail

    KelRN215 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a pediatric nurse of 11 years who does not want children. You can probably imagine the looks I get when I say
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    Mandatory Vaccine Waiver in Nursing School/Clinicals

    KelRN215 replied to firecracker_1's topic in General Students

    Doubtful since neither vaccine is contraindicated during pregnancy. Pregnancy did not exempt employees from required vaccines at the hospital I mentioned earlier in this thread so it is highly...
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    Tell me about high school nursing

    KelRN215 replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    High school is the only kind of school nursing I'd ever do. I did it for a year and a trimester on a per diem basis. Sexual health, eating disorders and other mental health issues are more rampant in...
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    Thinking about getting a gun for safety

    KelRN215 replied to MotoRN34's topic in Home Health

    Bad
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    Not sure where to go next need help fired from work with out notice

    KelRN215 replied to SRNA23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just so you know, when you're fired it's generally "without notice." When an employer fires you, that's immediately the end of your employment. They don't let you know "you're going to be fired in 2...
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    Opinion about a nurse's erros

    KelRN215 replied to PNPss's topic in Advanced Practice

    I'm curious, since no one has asked, what did the child's parents say? I would think if they know their kid weighs 44 lbs, they'd question it if a practitioner said "OMG, your child has lost 1/3 of...
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    Greener grass?

    KelRN215 replied to c27_AEMT's topic in General Nursing

    You say the other places "pay more but offer less overall". If they over less overall, do they really pay more when you look at the whole picture? My last job change, I took a $15K per year pay...
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    Two sciences at once??

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

    Our program was set up so that we took A&P 1 and Chemistry in the same semester. People who joined the program as sophomores took A&P, Micro and Chem all in the same
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    Funniest Nursing Situation

    KelRN215 replied to Neats's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite was the time a 4 year old with a lumbar drain asked his Dad and me if the CSF draining out of his back was