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    Revoking Your Own License: How to Remove Your Name from the Board of Nursing

    KelRN215 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Let your license go inactive and then you are not a licensed nurse anymore and don't have the "legal responsibilities of a nurse". Your name will still appear on the BON website and say "inactive"...
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    Police investigating use of opiates in comfort care case

    KelRN215 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I read about this story yesterday. A page I follow on facebook shared it but, my impression based on the comments of those who posted it was that none of them had any idea what a terminal wean
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    Hospice patient and vitals

    KelRN215 replied to Goofaroo's topic in General Nursing

    When my grandfather was dying in the ICU, I was a junior in college in my first semester of clinicals. When they called us in because they didn't think he'd make it through the night, the nurse asked...
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    Would you let a relationship affect your job advancement?

    KelRN215 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    You think a man being 36 is going to make it difficult to conceive a child? Fun fact- the 10th President of the United States, John Tyler, who was born in 1790 and was President from 1841-1845, has...
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    I need some advice, which is the best option?

    KelRN215 replied to fierce94's topic in General Students

    In Massachusetts, you will have a difficult time finding a new grad job with an ADN, unless you want to work in non-hospital settings. I do know someone who got her BS in Psychology from Worcester...
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    Lost and confused...

    KelRN215 replied to jduperron's topic in General Students

    Getting another Bachelor's Degree so that you can enter an accelerated BSN program in the future makes no sense. Go for the traditional route BSN
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    Rationale behind exam test question?

    KelRN215 replied to Tdc8250's topic in General Students

    What are you feeling when you feel a pulse? Veins don't pulse. You feel pulses in an artery. And, as others have pointed out, you can't feel a radial pulse in a patient with a casted wrist because the...
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    Question about broviac! Urgent please HELP!

    KelRN215 replied to dcnurse789's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We don't teach our patients/parents to check for blood return when flushing central lines at
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    Such a DUMB thing to get so upset about!! (rant)

    KelRN215 replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital, we only did Inventory of the controlled substances once/week. Every time you pulled one, you did have to count that specific
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    Would you let a relationship affect your job advancement?

    KelRN215 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    My (now-divorced) BFF admitted to me recently that she never thought her ex-husband (who she married at 27) was "the one" or "her soulmate" but rather, decided that she wanted to get married and have...
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    iv fluid

    KelRN215 replied to mohammedEn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Where in the world are NURSES mixing chemotherapy? Chemo should be mixed in the Pharmacy, under a chemo
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    Can you explain why I got this test question wrong?

    KelRN215 replied to peds4life08's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Your nursing intervention is to teach the patient to do Kegel exercises X times per week. The desired OUTCOME is that the patient actually does them. Therefore it is an
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    Dosing Calculation help

    KelRN215 replied to CassieRN2018's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The answer to the question as written on your exam would be no, the dose is unsafe as it exceeds 15 mg/kg/day. HOWEVER, in practice there may well be a reason why this higher dose is being used and...
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    treatment for meningitis

    KelRN215 replied to Sharon Tale's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Depends on what kind of meningitis you're talking
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    What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

    KelRN215 replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

    That would have to be the time I gave a slew of G-tube meds to a patient, walked to the sink to wash my hands and then the patient proceeded to projectile vomit everything that had just gone into the...
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    Would you let a relationship affect your job advancement?

    KelRN215 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Think about how laws come to be. The legislature has to sit down, draft the law and it has to go through committees, be voted on, be approved by both House and Senate and then be signed by the...
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    Would you let a relationship affect your job advancement?

    KelRN215 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    You're 26 and you think time is running out to find someone to marry? I'm 33 and don't feel in any kind of rush. It seems like you just want to be in a relationship- not necessarily in the...
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    to AMA or not to AMA?

    KelRN215 replied to newnurse925's topic in General Nursing

    In pediatrics, these kinds of decisions would be made by child protection, social work and legal. I had a patient whose parents took him AMA a couple weeks ago (I'm not a floor nurse but the patient...
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    Scope of Practice Question - Texas specific

    KelRN215 replied to LevitateMe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, WHAT? When does an RN EVER, outside of one privately employed by a Physician or an NP, work under the direct supervision of a Physician? Why would an RN, who is granted a license by the...
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    Unruly CNAs

    KelRN215 replied to penlite28's topic in Travel

    I wasn't their boss. When we complained to our manager or the nurses who were in charge of the CNAs, they did nothing. As I stated in my original post, we were told that this was the "culture" and we...
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    Nursing in Appalachia

    KelRN215 replied to amartinm11's topic in General Nursing

    I have never worked professionally in that area of the country but I can offer two perspectives. 1. In college I did 4 spring break service trips to the Appalachian region. 3 to Virginia and 1 to...
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    Doctors without Borders/American Cross

    KelRN215 replied to Plumrose15153's topic in General Nursing

    According to their website, you need to have 2 years of experience, experience in management or supervision and 9-12 months of availability. They don't do short term volunteer placements where you go...
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    Unruly CNAs

    KelRN215 replied to penlite28's topic in Travel

    When I worked in the hospital, nursing students were our best CNAs. They wanted to do a good job because they wanted good references or to be hired as nurses in the future. It was the career CNAs...
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    double lumen PICC & incompatible meds

    KelRN215 replied to barbpigott's topic in Oncology

    With any kind of double lumen cental line, each lumen is considered its own line. You need not worry about compatibility. The only reason you wouldn't run 2 things concurrently is if both were first...
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    Hostpitals no longer hiring for ADN?

    KelRN215 replied to sauce'dough's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    While I agree that the school that called you seems kinda sketchy- $80K for a 4 year traditional BSN would be a bargain in my neck of the woods. My University degree cost much more than that (tuition,...