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    November 22, 1963

    KelRN215 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I was 13 years old. Sleeping over my friend's house because we had both gone to another friend's Bat Mizvah earlier in the day. We wanted to watch SNL and saw non-stop news coverage
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    Do you know of any nurses that changed careers?

    KelRN215 replied to Vtachy1's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes, I know someone who couldn't work as a nurse anymore after her daughter died of cancer and went back to school for Social Work. I also know someone who decided working with humans wasn't for her...
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    Resignation, What To Do With Accrued PTO??

    KelRN215 replied to J89Mike's topic in General Nursing

    I know, that's why I asked. It just hasn't been my experience anywhere I've ever worked. I also haven't worked as a staff nurse in 6 1/2 years (and don't intend to again). When I was a staff nurse,...
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    Resignation, What To Do With Accrued PTO??

    KelRN215 replied to J89Mike's topic in General Nursing

    What employers are these? I've never been denied a vacation in any of my 4 full-time nursing jobs and would quit a job in a heartbeat if I was. I'm about to go on my 3rd vacation since starting my...
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    How Much Junk do you Keep?

    KelRN215 replied to Accolay's topic in General Nursing

    I don't keep any of that kind of crap. Most of those handouts I leave on the table when I leave the training. If not, they go right in the recycling. I read medscape articles to keep current on...
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    Resignation, What To Do With Accrued PTO??

    KelRN215 replied to J89Mike's topic in General Nursing

    If you change your W4 allowance so that less is taken out in taxes, you're just going to owe more at the end of the
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    Forced to Chart using another employee name

    KelRN215 replied to Lvn31's topic in General Nursing

    I would be more uncomfortable being the person whose login/name you are using. No way in hell would I have someone else document under my name. If their system is this bad that they can't get everyone...
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    Was I wrong?

    KelRN215 replied to snickers17's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I don't think you were wrong. Oxycodone q 4hr PRN doesn't mean administer q 4hr, it means it's available to the patient every 4 hours if he needs it. When I worked in the hospital, there were...
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    Rounding rules

    KelRN215 replied to Nina96's topic in Pediatric

    Your math is correct. You cannot measure 4.47 mL accurately so you round to 4.5 mL. For the IM, again, your math is correct and you cannot accurately measure 1.136 mL so rounding to 1.1 mL is...
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    To Specialize or Not to Specialize?

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

    There's really only one way to find out if you're biting off more than you can chew. I had plenty of classmates that went right into ICU after graduation- in a critical care new grad program with a...
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    EMU- Epilepsy Monitoring Unit

    KelRN215 replied to JenniferSews's topic in Neurological

    When I worked inpatient peds neuro, LTM was probably 7 rooms out of the 26 on the floor. There were EEG techs who watched the EEG monitors 24/7. The parents had a button to push when seizures...
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    November 22, 1963

    KelRN215 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I was not yet born when JFK was assassinated and was only 2 when the Challenger disaster happened but my mom will always remember that she was in 5th grade with JFK and the nuns at her Catholic...
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    MORALE

    KelRN215 replied to avg5012's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I agree with this. Poor morale is probably why there was a mass
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    Normal Saline as a flush for PEG

    KelRN215 replied to WittySarcasm's topic in General Nursing

    Does the patient (or did she immediately post-op) have cerebral salt wasting or SIADH? I've never seen normal saline ordered by G-tube but have had patients with the above mentioned disorders not be...
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    Mandatory Vaccination

    KelRN215 replied to degfnp's topic in General Nursing

    Well at both of these hospitals, getting an annual flu vaccine is a condition of employment. Not saying I necessarily agree with it but that's how it is. I get the shot because I want to keep my job....
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    Nurses 'Eat their Young?'

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

    Yes, this. Any kind of criticism is not
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    Commute!

    KelRN215 replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    It took me an hour and forty minutes to drive 19 miles this afternoon. If any part of this 70 miles involves driving into a city, I wouldn't do
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    Resignation from a job

    KelRN215 replied to PS1234's topic in General Nursing

    You're still an internal applicant. Keep your eyes open for random opportunities. When I worked in the hospital, it seems like at any given time 5 nurses were pregnant and their maternity leaves...
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    Would I test positive for marijuana if my client smokes it

    KelRN215 replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Why does it "stand to reason" that you will be exposed to second hand smoke just because it's legal? It's been legal in my state for 2 years (though recreational dispensaries just opened today) and...
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    Mandatory Vaccination

    KelRN215 replied to degfnp's topic in General Nursing

    The last 2 hospitals I've worked at, those who declined were either fired or placed on an unpaid leave until they got the
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    Resignation from a job

    KelRN215 replied to PS1234's topic in General Nursing

    You should most definitely NOT tell the hiring manager you don't intend to stay. If you were a hiring manager, would you hire someone who came to an interview and said "I only want to work here so I...
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    Is Giving 2 Weeks Notice Ancient Practice?

    KelRN215 replied to staple1027's topic in General Nursing

    In 11 years as a nurse: *Staff nurse position- resigned after 4 1/2 years, gave 4 weeks notice as that was the expectation. People who I worked with who gave less than 4 weeks were given a very hard...
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    Commute!

    KelRN215 replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    Is the hospital 70 miles away in the city/where everyone is commuting to in the morning or is it in the opposite direction? Will you be working days or nights? In my current job as a community based...
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    financial donation to a needy patient

    KelRN215 replied to bounjour's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this too. A significant portion of homeless people are substance addicted. If you want to do something, make a donation to an organization like a soup kitchen or a healthcare for the homeless...
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    What OTC meds or substances can cause vomiting in an elderly patient?

    KelRN215 replied to IdentityCC's topic in Patient Medications

    Perhaps it's the combination of whatever is in this "potion"? Is he mixing alcohol in it? Or, you know, morning vomiting is a classic symptom of increased intracranial pressure. That + mental status...