KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Mandated Child Abuse Reporting

    KelRN215 replied to teatree33's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    When in doubt, I'd always err on the side of reporting. CPS can screen the report out if they don't find it sufficient to open an investigation. In my state, I don't think CPS would do anything in...
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    Infant AND pediatric stethoscope?

    KelRN215 replied to yoganurse22's topic in Pediatric

    I've been a pediatric nurse for 10 years and always just used a regular stethoscope. I've never owned a special pedi or infant
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    ABG Value Question

    KelRN215 replied to Shawn91111's topic in General Students

    I'm going to agree with adventure_rn. Respiratory alkalosis, fully compensated is the only choice that fits with the lab values provided. It's compensated, because the pH is in the normal range of...
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    Clinic v. Hospital

    KelRN215 replied to 2018nursewi's topic in Pediatric

    It really depends on the clinic. In an Oncology clinic or outpatient infusion clinic, you could be doing a lot of hands on care. Other clinics, you might spend most of your day on the
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    Nursing Help

    KelRN215 replied to Kater1719's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The great thing about nursing is that you can work in all of the above fields. If you would have asked me when I was in nursing school, I would have expected that I would still be working as a bedside...
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    Math help

    KelRN215 replied to cvinson30's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You are making this way more complicated than it needs to be. You have 1,200,000 units in 2 mL. In your head you should be able to figure out that that means you have 600,000 units in 1 mL and then...
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    Math test help

    KelRN215 replied to cvinson30's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You went about it a different way than I would have but your answer is correct. I would have divided 1,200,000/2 mL to get 600,000 units/mL. (I am assuming the dose in the millions is in units, not...
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    I need help identifying why my patient's lab values are abnormal!

    KelRN215 replied to tmusicc's topic in General Students

    There's not really any such thing as a "low" creatinine. You want your patient's creatinine to be Your patient is NPO. He needs K+ containing fluids or adjustments in his TPN, if he's on TPN....
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    D/C Foley when patient is sitting?

    KelRN215 replied to htg722's topic in General Students

    In peds, you remove it wherever you can get to the kid. If the kid is jumping on the bed, you may have to reach up and do it while they're doing that. I don't really see the issue. I've had patients...
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    Following a nurse during clinicals :(

    KelRN215 replied to Turtlepower's topic in General Students

    You know, it actually isn't the staff nurses' jobs to be helpful to you or to give you extra things to do. It is your instructor's job to teach you so telling you to do what your instructor has...
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    Ethical Dilemma

    KelRN215 replied to brandidiane1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Eh, I've been a pedi nurse for over 10 years and I don't see this as an ethical dilemma. Not even a little one. When you say the parents are having it removed "on the state's money", do you mean the...
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    Weight-based dosing question

    KelRN215 replied to ilovebirds's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm a pedi nurse and all meds are dosed by weight in kids. A frequent problem that we encountered when I worked in the hospital was that the system did not automatically update the "weight for calc"...
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    Filling medicine boxes at private boarding school

    KelRN215 replied to mtnbiker's topic in School

    I worked per diem at one. Nurses were only available from 7:30-3:30 so it was up to the dorm parents to administer evening meds. We put them in envelopes labeled with each student's name and left them...
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    LPN OR BSN

    KelRN215 replied to Zelda30's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You seem stuck on becoming an LPN for some reason. If that's what you want to do, do it but becoming an LPN is an unnecessary stop on the road to a BSN. The route you are talking about taking is going...
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    Looking for a comprehensive list of hospital units

    KelRN215 replied to Sunnysandy's topic in Nursing Career

    This is highly facility specific. Large academic hospitals, I would expect to have very specific units like Neurology/Neurosurgery, Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant, Solid Organ Transplant,...
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    Hitting the Salary Ceiling 1 year in....

    KelRN215 replied to Leno182's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Where are you working that you've hit the "salary ceiling" within a
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    Child Life Specialist vs Pediatric RN

    KelRN215 replied to futurern118's topic in General Students

    Child Life Specialists deal with parents. I don't know why you would think they don't. They help parents prepare their children for surgery or share diagnoses, help parents distract the child during...
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    Looked up old nursing schoolmate. Odd situation...

    KelRN215 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I discovered that my best friend's sister in law had her nursing license revoked years ago when no one in her family knew. I had to contact her about bridal shower stuff, etc when I was the maid of...
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    Raising minimum wage ..RN Salaries increase?

    KelRN215 replied to Dformola's topic in General Nursing

    A 4 year degree at my alma mater costs more than that nowadays. Annual costs are $70K for this school year- over $20K/year more than when I graduated 10 years
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    Applying for out of state license immediately upon graduation?

    KelRN215 replied to Blinkie2003's topic in General Nursing

    I would suggest securing a position before moving and obtaining your initial license in the state you plan on working in. It is useless to pay for a license you never intend to use and will end up...
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    Will I have a social life in nursing school

    KelRN215 replied to Aa1Bb2Cc3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't understand people who claimed to have "no life" while in nursing school. Nursing school was college for me and I certainly feel like I had as normal a college experience as my non-nursing...
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    Help! I can't find work!

    KelRN215 replied to BostonRN29's topic in General Nursing

    And if trauma is what you're looking for, BMC is where to find
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    Ethical issue regarding antipsychotic

    KelRN215 replied to ksusn's topic in General Nursing

    How were the seizures determined to be "fake" by the MD/RN? Was the patient hooked up to continuous EEG monitoring and one of these events captured? That's pretty much the only way to tell though, as...
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    Help! I can't find work!

    KelRN215 replied to BostonRN29's topic in General Nursing

    An MSN is not necessary for a staff nurse position. What hospitals have you been applying to? Honestly it may not be that you're doing anything wrong but that someone with connections got the job over...
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    Transferring from Florida to Massachusetts or New York?

    KelRN215 replied to Kaitlyn.w's topic in General Nursing

    If you plan on moving right back up north, you simply apply to the state in which you wish to be licensed when you take NCLEX. NCLEX is a national exam. There is no need to get a license in Florida if...