KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Medical mission trips

    KelRN215 replied to BCgradnurse's topic in General Nursing

    In Tanzania they had basically an old rusty can attached to a plastic tube that they called an enema and it was definitely
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    Medical mission trips

    KelRN215 replied to BCgradnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I went to Guatemala just over a year ago, not on a medical mission trip, but I didn't even bother going to the travel clinic before the trip. I've traveled extensively throughout the developing world...
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    Anybody have rituals they do when a patient passes?

    KelRN215 replied to crnfaIwillbe's topic in General Nursing

    I think that, as a pediatric oncology nurse of 10+ years, we can see that while it's always wrong for a parent to have to bury their child, for some of these children, death is the better outcome. I...
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    Anybody have rituals they do when a patient passes?

    KelRN215 replied to crnfaIwillbe's topic in General Nursing

    I do think there's a difference between doing something for one's child and one's patient, though. It's natural to be bothered if it's something you have encountered rarely thus far in your career but...
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    autoimmune diseases

    KelRN215 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    I am not aware of a general specialist in all of these disorders. As far as I'm aware, people would still see a Rheumatologist for Lupus or RA, a Neurologist for MS, a Dermatologist for Psoriasis and...
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    Help when calling the md

    KelRN215 replied to iwannabeanursee's topic in General Nursing

    That's an order that I would question or at least seek clarification on. It makes no sense to hold lantus based on a single low blood sugar value that you're going to (presumably) give carbs to...
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    How would you describe bedside nursing to non nursing individuals

    KelRN215 replied to Cameron2013's topic in General Nursing

    I try not to discuss any of my jobs with non-medical people. They don't get it and trying to explain it just frustrates
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    Help when calling the md

    KelRN215 replied to iwannabeanursee's topic in General Nursing

    Does the order specifically say to hold the lantus when blood glucose
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    What do you think about this psychiatrist?

    KelRN215 replied to vaspap's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this. I quit seeing any kind of mental health practictioner with prescriptive authority for good when, within 5 minutes of walking into a Psych CNS's office in 2005, she offered me Wellbutrin and...
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    Help when calling the md

    KelRN215 replied to iwannabeanursee's topic in General Nursing

    What would be your rationale for holding lantus in this
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    Can you take a nursing program in one state and apply for a license in a different one?

    KelRN215 replied to W090800's topic in General Students

    You can live in New York, go to school in Florida and take NCLEX in Pennsylvania for licensure in New Jersey (so long as your nursing program in Florida meets NY BoN requirements). I would, however,...
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    Jobs with loan forgiveness?

    KelRN215 replied to sar96's topic in General Students

    I would highly doubt that such coveted employers would offer such a benefit. They don't need to offer it to draw people to work for them, they've got a line out the door of new grad applicants begging...
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    Mandatory Vaccine Waiver in Nursing School/Clinicals

    KelRN215 replied to firecracker_1's topic in General Students

    So, basically, you don't actually have religious beliefs that oppose vaccination but are just claiming that you do to try to circumvent the
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    Mandatory Vaccine Waiver in Nursing School/Clinicals

    KelRN215 replied to firecracker_1's topic in General Students

    Pedi nurse for 10 years here and I cannot see any pediatric clinical site allowing waivers. These hospitals are full of children who are not old enough to have received all of their vaccinations yet...
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    What do you think about this psychiatrist?

    KelRN215 replied to vaspap's topic in General Nursing

    Has the patient ever actually been diagnosed with OCD or did she
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    Tips/tricks voiding trial

    KelRN215 replied to neogirl's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital, we used to use spirit of peppermint. Put a few drops in the toilet or the
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    If you have a BSN, would you consider LPN rather than ABSN?

    KelRN215 replied to lolotambu's topic in General Nursing

    If you have a BSN, you've already completed a nursing program which would enable you to take NCLEX-RN so no need to do an LPN program. If you have a Bachelor's in a non-nursing field, that's not a...
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    What's it like in maternity clinicals?

    KelRN215 replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    I found it to be boring, overall. We spent most of our time in post-partum and got one day each in the semester to rotate to L&D and one day in NICU. We also occasionally got to attend scheduled...
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    What is your worst visitor story?

    KelRN215 replied to nordie's topic in General Nursing

    We had a family like this when I worked in the hospital too. The mother was pregnant when one of her children became our patient. She went into labor one night at the bedside and stripped down...
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    When do nursing programs do drug tests?

    KelRN215 replied to helloego's topic in General Students

    I was never drug tested during nursing school nor during my first eight years as a nurse. My current job, a job in which I have touched a narcotic, I think twice in my 2 1/2 years with the company, is...
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    Resume question about pre-nursing exp.

    KelRN215 replied to bclark297's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    After you're established in your nursing career and have had a few nursing jobs. Now that I have had 4 nursing jobs, I don't see anything I did before nursing (especially since it was college jobs...
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    What is your worst visitor story?

    KelRN215 replied to nordie's topic in General Nursing

    One day we had a Grandma come visit her grandson in the hospital/bring either Christmas or birthday gifts and the child's Mom beat her up in the
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    CNA Active Status?

    KelRN215 replied to KayeC's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'd interpret that to mean that your certification needs to be active unless it also says you must be working throughout the
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    Weight based calculations

    KelRN215 replied to RNSAINT41's topic in Pediatric

    You missed something on question 2. Order is 100 mg TID but the safe range is listed in mg/kg/day. You would need to convert the ordered dose to the daily dose to determine if it's in the safe range....
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    Dosage question

    KelRN215 replied to kendraeccles's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How are you going to draw up 1 mL from a 0.5 mL vial? You'd have to use 2 vials. You are way overthinking this. You have 0.5 mL/0.5 mL vial which means you would draw up the full contents of 1 vial....