KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    He Wanted to Practice Satanism for the Baby

    KelRN215 replied to Shookclays's topic in Ob/Gyn

    While I have not experienced what the OP describes specifically, yes you will see some crazy **** working in anything in the realm of pediatrics and/or L&D. We once had a Mom of a patient go into...
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    Leaving nursing for new career?

    KelRN215 replied to wayemika's topic in General Nursing

    I would like for someone to pay me to travel the world
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    NG Tube NPO

    KelRN215 replied to vxxen's topic in General Nursing

    What was the NG tube being used for? Was it to suction? Was it to drainage? Where I work (pediatrics), NG tubes are used for feeding far more often than they are for drainage or suction but, in...
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    8 versus 12 hour shift

    KelRN215 replied to mimilovern's topic in General Nursing

    0.9 FTE is 36 hrs so what will the schedule be? Five 8 hr shifts one week, four the
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    Did you contract anything from a patient?

    KelRN215 replied to RNrhythm's topic in General Nursing

    The flu and norovirus, yes I've heard of coworkers catching these from patients or other coworkers. I've not personally worked with anyone who contracted HIV or HSV from a patient but met a nurse...
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    Nurse calls cops after woman seeks help for postpartum depression. Right call?

    KelRN215 replied to Accolay's topic in Nursing News

    As mandated reporters, when someone tells us that they are having violent thoughts towards their children, we are obligated to act. Imagine if the nurse had done nothing and the mother was then later...
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    Tempted to Tell the Truth in Exit Interview

    KelRN215 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    They are a huge waste of time. I did one with HR when I left my first nursing job. It was a time of high turnover on my unit. Several people said that they were leaving because of problems with our...
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    Fluid Bolus question

    KelRN215 replied to Maria1308's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a pediatric nurse for 10+ years and have never administered a fluid bolus to a child over 15 minutes. Fluid boluses in pediatrics are usually 10-20 mL/kg and we usually administered them...
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    Peds Med calculations during a code

    KelRN215 replied to Guest1059175's topic in Pediatric

    When I worked in the hospital, there was a book of drug cards on our code cart that included the dose of various code drugs for patient's weights by kg. I worked in peds neuro and our most common...
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    How do you administer your chemo?

    KelRN215 replied to sergel02's topic in Pediatric

    When I worked in the hospital, we had kids who would get 24 hr infusions of doxorubicin. Kids with ALL also get 24 hr infusions of high dose methotrexate during consolidation 1 chemotherapy. It comes...
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    Best site for CEUs?

    KelRN215 replied to coopman712's topic in General Nursing

    I like medscape.com. They have a lot of free ones. Make sure you pick ones that offer ANCC hours though, they have some that are only eligible for CME credit which don't count as nursing
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    Work Update

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

    I agree. This reminds me of a situation that I encountered when I was working acute care. I came in for a day shift and took over a patient admitted with fever, neutropenia and G-tube cellulitis from...
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    Heparin Drip decreased Calculation

    KelRN215 replied to heavenleegh1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Your infusion is running at 130 mL/hr. You have 100 units heparin/mL. 1000 units/100 units/mL = 10 mL, not 100 mL. Subtract that from your current rate of 130 mL/hr since you are decreasing the rate...
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    Relocation

    KelRN215 replied to pediatrics1's topic in Nursing Career

    Wisconsin and Florida are both nursing compact states. So if you remained a permanent resident of Wisconsin, you could work in Florida with your Wisconsin license if you were on, say, a travel...
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    Immediate advice needed. PLEASE HELP

    KelRN215 replied to FutureNurseGirl's topic in Nursing Career

    Have they actually offered you a position? If not I'd just leave it alone for now and, when and if they do, thank them for the offer but tell them that you don't believe the position is a good fit and...
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    Advice for Medication Administration

    KelRN215 replied to PediNurseNYC's topic in School

    G-tube. In all seriousness, if the parent is allowing him to refuse the medication at home, how do they expect you to get him to take it? Limit setting with 10 year olds starts at home. Parents need...
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    Confusing Pay Rates

    KelRN215 replied to SnowDark38's topic in School

    7:15-2:15 is 7 hrs minus 1/2 hr for lunch if payroll told you it was a 6.5 hr day. In my area, substitutes of any kind in schools are typically paid by the day. $190 is more than I think a substitute...
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    How has nursing changed you?

    KelRN215 replied to thoughtful21's topic in General Nursing

    It's not so much my patients that have done this but the situations they have ended up in. I wrote a post some years back about how nursing has turned me into a non-believer. It was about a child I...
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    Will this affect my future career as an RN?

    KelRN215 replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Students

    She can still give the current employer as a reference even if she leaves. I can say my new grad position did not seek a reference from the hospital that I was employed at for 3 months as an aide...
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    Will this affect my future career as an RN?

    KelRN215 replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Students

    I personally don't think it will affect you in the least. I only worked as an aide for a summer in nursing school. It wasn't at a hospital I had any desire to work at after graduation (it was the...
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    New nurses without clear career goals

    KelRN215 replied to tara07733's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on the person. I knew I only wanted pediatrics and was willing to move if I couldn't get a pediatric job in my home state but, for some people, location might be more important than...
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    How to confront a disrespectful professor

    KelRN215 replied to MamaNanii's topic in General Students

    Someone I work with has a sign hanging in her office that says "poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part." The OP's situation sounds more like poor planning than an...
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    Being a nurse means...

    KelRN215 replied to djmatte's topic in General Nursing

    That's my biggest goal. I just want to do my job and be left
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    IV shortage--how is your hospital coping?

    KelRN215 replied to Buckeye.nurse's topic in General Nursing

    We banned visitors in our pediatric hospital that year, other than parents. It was nice. I haven't seen the fluid shortages affect the hospital I liaise at but in my home infusion pharmacy, we have...
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    Can't get a job

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

    Who cares? Probably the people on the receiving end of the resume. Someone who doesn't care to edit their resume for spelling and grammar doesn't make a good first impression and said resume could...