KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Religion & Ectopic Abortion

    KelRN215 replied to Happy.Nurselet's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    It's the least invasive method to terminate a pregnancy that is in no way viable. I don't see how anyone could be against it. The Catholic Church should stick to churching and leave medicine/surgery...
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    Emailing an old job back

    KelRN215 replied to das729's topic in General Nursing

    As one of your fellow Canadians once said, "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take." There is literally nothing to lose by
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    If a implanted port is in the left chest is it ok to start a peripheral IV in the Left for

    KelRN215 replied to sjcades's topic in General Nursing

    Complete opposite at the cancer center where my patients are treated. When I was a visiting nurse, I regularly accessed kids with solid tumors twice/week in the home for labs. For kids with ALL, they...
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    Should I be asked to get consent without the doctor?

    KelRN215 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    Surgeon is responsible for surgical consent, Anesthesiologist is responsible for anesthesia
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    Interview Process & Etiquette

    KelRN215 replied to heythatsmybike's topic in General Nursing

    Pay questions should be directed to HR. The hiring manager may not even know. In many hospitals, the rates are standard for new grads and differentials are also standard as well. When I was a new...
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    Interview..what to do?

    KelRN215 replied to Toaster2k18's topic in General Nursing

    I've negotiated new jobs honoring trips I've already booked/time off already planned the last 2 new jobs I've received. I would not mention it at the interview but ask about it before accepting an...
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    How can I appeal the decision ofthe NY state board of Nursing?

    KelRN215 replied to Brithany#1's topic in General Nursing

    You should be able to find out the information on the state's government
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    Applying for out of state jobs

    KelRN215 replied to MollyMak's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    False. In order to obtain a multi-state license in a compact state you must live in the state you are licensed in but, other than that, there is no residency requirement for nursing licenses. You can...
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    How do you deal with angry/upset with patients?

    KelRN215 replied to Karlie2114's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this. Earlier this year I had a mother literally scream at me for 15 minutes because I woke her up for a scheduled visit (at 12pm and she has a disabled 8 year old) and was the 4th person to wake...
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    Old nurse in pediatrics

    KelRN215 replied to PPediRN's topic in Pediatric

    I hate that question. I can tell you for sure 5 years ago that I wouldn't have seen myself where I am now. Maybe it's because of my medical history but I don't tend to think 5 years in the future....
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    Sex/Growth Ed for Middle School

    KelRN215 replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    When I was in middle school, there was the option in health class to write down questions you wanted to ask anonymously. Someone in my best friend's class asked what 69 was. The health teacher told...
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    How do you deal with know-it-all family members?

    KelRN215 replied to StephaneeD27's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't everyone's mother in law nuts? Just ignore her. If people are dumb enough to take medical advise from a hairdresser when they have a nurse in the family, that's their
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    Can't find a job

    KelRN215 replied to FutureNurse0201's topic in First Year After Licensure

    November 15 was only 11 days ago and last week was a 3 day week for most managers/HR people. Not a lot of hiring happens around the holidays. One month is not a long time to be searching for a
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    12 hour night shifts

    KelRN215 replied to Ricia S's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital, Friday night was the weekend. You couldn't be scheduled Friday night if it wasn't your weekend. Night weekends were Friday, Saturday, Sunday 7p-7a and day weekends were...
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    Resignation, What To Do With Accrued PTO??

    KelRN215 replied to J89Mike's topic in General Nursing

    My last employer was a large national infusion pharmacy. They changed their PTO policy ~2 years ago to be "PTO will not be paid out upon separation except in states where it's required by law." It is...
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    I hate my current job and want to work in a hospital

    KelRN215 replied to nr92's topic in Nursing Career

    Ok, so children 3-5 years old for presumably 6ish hours/day. If you work as a CNA, you'll be doing that for a dozen patients (maybe more) for 12 hours. And you could have patients who, depending on...
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    I hate my current job and want to work in a hospital

    KelRN215 replied to nr92's topic in Nursing Career

    I said than being a pre-school assistant. Pre-school for most kids isn't even full day and most pre-school aged kids are potty-trained (unless it's a special needs classroom). No way would I work in a...
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    Concerned about social media use by nurses, non-hospital staff

    KelRN215 replied to guest17's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    There was some of this in the hospital I worked at. It was not uncommon, for example, to call to check on a patient you cared for if he or she was starting to go bad at change of shift or if something...
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    How's my Resume?

    KelRN215 replied to nursechilespice's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    My 2 cents: there is a lot of unnecessary fluff in here and this can be significantly shortened. "Enjoys working in a team environment" is not a skill. Get rid of that. I'd also move that skills...
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    Old nurse in pediatrics

    KelRN215 replied to PPediRN's topic in Pediatric

    Define "much older nurse"? When I worked inpatient peds, we had nurses ranging in age from 22-60s. I worked with nurses old enough to be my mother. Those nurses, however, had both been on the same...
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    2 Job offers HELP!

    KelRN215 replied to Newnurse2918's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was initially inclined to say go with the burn unit but do not start orientation as an RN on your current floor but then I re-read your post and saw that you had already accepted the RN position on...
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    Medication diacrepency

    KelRN215 replied to SicuRN101's topic in General Nursing

    Even if you get flagged, if you haven't been taking illicit/unprescribed drugs, who cares? And if you're the one that found the discrepancy, wouldn't it look like the mistake was with the person in...
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    How can I appeal the decision ofthe NY state board of Nursing?

    KelRN215 replied to Brithany#1's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't sound like there's any decision to appeal yet. You are under review, you haven't been denied a license. At least not
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    I hate my current job and want to work in a hospital

    KelRN215 replied to nr92's topic in Nursing Career

    If you hate changing diapers on pre-school aged children, how are you going to feel about changing them on the elderly? Or severely disabled older children/adults? And, as someone who worked as a...
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    Resetting IV pump volumes: Dangerous or common safety practice?

    KelRN215 replied to aepoisson's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    When I worked inpatient peds, the official rule was to program continuous fluids for 2 hours VTBI only. I don't think most people followed that rule, all it did was cause the pump to beep q 2 hrs and...