KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Need advice on a schedule conflict

    KelRN215 replied to NurseLove01's topic in General Nursing

    I'd call out. Don't say you're sick, just call and say "I'm calling out for my shift." I have called out for a shift I requested off before. My feeling was that I told you when you were making the...
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    Help! I can't find work!

    KelRN215 replied to BostonRN29's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a
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    LPN OR BSN

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

    Have you looked into traditional 4 year BSN programs? This is normal undergrad college. You don't need any college courses before enrolling. The program covers all liberal arts classes that you need,...
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    CEU HELP

    KelRN215 replied to Kt1109's topic in General Nursing

    I do most of mine on medscape.org. They offer free ANCC contact hours. I don't print my certificates. I can log in and print them at any time. In Massachusetts, you just check a box acknowledging that...
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    LPN OR BSN

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

    Is there a reason you are going the liberal arts route first? You can enter a BSN program directly out of high school. That's what I
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    Migraines

    KelRN215 replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    There are 4 WHO grades of astrocytoma. A grade IV astrocytoma, also known as a glioblastoma multiforme, is what John McCain has. Most children have low grade astrocytomas, grade I or II, and most will...
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    Is pediatrics disappearing?

    KelRN215 replied to LOVE40's topic in General Nursing

    This. My best friend gave birth at 23 weeks and 6 days. Her child has a number of ongoing medical problems as a result of this. Last year, at one point, she was seen in the Pediatrician's office and...
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    Can I be discriminated against for political beliefs?

    KelRN215 replied to helloego's topic in General Nursing

    Same.
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    omg I forgot to give report!

    KelRN215 replied to kellicutshair's topic in General Nursing

    I did it once. The nurse I was supposed to give report to was one that was notoriously late. When I realized on my way to the train that I had forgotten to give report, I called the floor and whaddya...
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    Asked about citizenship during triage

    KelRN215 replied to inshallamiami's topic in General Nursing

    I get
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    HIPPA violation concern

    KelRN215 replied to Nurselady2b27's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If you said "I took care of an abuse victim at clinical today" that's not a HIPAA violation. If you said "you know that story of the little girl that was dropped by her father out of the second story...
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    Can I be discriminated against for political beliefs?

    KelRN215 replied to helloego's topic in General Nursing

    Where people run into trouble when publicly making political statements on facebook is when they have their employer listed and it pops up next to their public profile. You say something inflammatory...
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    Signature on Passport

    KelRN215 replied to Ertr's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I don't really understand what you're asking. If your name is Jane Smith then your signature should read Jane
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    Who enters orders in the hospitals you're at?

    KelRN215 replied to PnwRN84's topic in General Students

    When I worked in the hospital, nurses could enter orders as "standard of care" (orders which did not require an MD or NP signature, such as orders for routine G-tube balloon checks, PICC line dressing...
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    Normal BUN and creatinine with renal disease?

    KelRN215 replied to lacyann72's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What kind of "renal disease"? That's a very broad term. I have a history of renal tubular acidosis, which never affected my BUN and
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    Non therapeutic

    KelRN215 replied to Nina v's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What are you asking? This isn't even a
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    Dex IVP

    KelRN215 replied to Keta's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is my thought too. I hear dex and I think both of the
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    When YOU are the ".001% of Patients" Who Develops the Serious Medication Side- Effect

    KelRN215 replied to Sarah Matacale's topic in General Nursing

    I developed renal tubular acidosis with topamax and spent 9 months and hundreds of dollars, in and out of specialist appointments, saying over and over again "it has to be the topamax" and no one...
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    Mother of 6 month old deciding what shift to work

    KelRN215 replied to KayleeRN122's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital, most of my colleagues who were mothers of young children worked nights. We were primarily a 12 hr 7a-7p or 7p-7a floor,
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    A real nurse VS. a "fake" nurse

    KelRN215 replied to okredrobot's topic in General Nursing

    This happens to me any time I meet someone new, too. Any time I say I am a nurse, the question that follows is always "What hospital do you work for?" I spend 40 hours a week at a hospital as a home...
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    Hypernatremia: You are "FRIED"

    KelRN215 replied to Ashley Hay, BSN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    This article doesn't address the primary cause of hypernatremia I have encountered throughout my nursing career- complete central diabetes insipidus. These patients definitely don't have the majority...
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    Spouse vs. MPOA and feeding tubes

    KelRN215 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    So can you please cite the law so we may read
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    Relationship with patient?

    KelRN215 replied to Nurse2bklingon's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is, quite possibly, the worst idea I have ever heard. No, you should not date a former psych patient of
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    Skilled nursing hours cut in home health

    KelRN215 replied to Sindbad123's topic in Home Health

    You should probably ask the admins to move this to the private duty nursing forum. This forum is primarily about intermittent home health visits. In my state, no one gets 24 hrs/day of private duty...
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    Calling patients by "pet" names.

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

    This is also regional. In my 33 years of life, literally the ONLY people I've ever referred to as Mr or Mrs were teachers growing up. I don't recall a time in my adult life that I've referred to...