KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Ativan and getting punched in the face

    KelRN215 replied to Happynurse2222's topic in General Nursing

    1 mg of morphine is how much we give to 10 kg children.
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    Tell employer I'm moving in 1 year?

    KelRN215 replied to borninaugust30's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely
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    Quick IV calc. question

    KelRN215 replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You don't divide by 2 if the med is to be infused over 30 minutes. If you divide the volume by 2, you are dividing by 2 hrs. 100/2 = 50. If you are to infuse 100 mL of medication and set the pump at...
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    Sick of floor nursing, what now?

    KelRN215 replied to r0seRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I left the hospital for a Mon-Fri job almost 5 years ago. I worked inpatient pediatrics for the first 4 1/2 years of my career. I never thought I wanted a Mon-Fri but, now that I have it, I never want...
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    Do mandated reporter laws cross state lines?

    KelRN215 replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    I have always been required to provide my name when filing a report as well as follow-up with a written report. Officially, CPS does not disclose who filed the report but when they go to court to get...
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    Can you cancel your license

    KelRN215 replied to RescueNinja123's topic in General Nursing

    This is most definitely not what it means. You don't have to take NCLEX every time you want a license in a new state. You simply apply for licensure by endorsement. Even if you let your license...
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    Do mandated reporter laws cross state lines?

    KelRN215 replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are mandated to report suspected child abuse, elder abuse or abuse of the disabled. It is not mandated to report partner violence, nor is there a "protective service" agency to investigate such...
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    Undocumented Patients

    KelRN215 replied to srercg6's topic in General Nursing

    How, exactly, do you propose to deport a patient who is too ill to leave the
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    Undocumented Patients

    KelRN215 replied to srercg6's topic in General Nursing

    My patients are children with terrible diseases. I couldn't possibly care less about their immigration status. I am grateful that they have made it to a place where they can receive treatment for...
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    RN salary expectations

    KelRN215 replied to Ashtimus Prime's topic in General Nursing

    Way too low in my area (I started out at $27/hr as a new grad 9 years ago) but in other areas of the country, it may be par for the
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    Do you have to hate adults to love peds?

    KelRN215 replied to SweetPotatoes's topic in Pediatric

    I'll bite. I hate adults. I never want to work with them as a nurse. Last week, I saw one of my patients driving a toy car around the lobby of the hospital with his parents. Days before his 2nd...
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    Report Descrimination

    KelRN215 replied to startingover2016's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, found this post very difficult to decipher but it does not appear to me that any discrimination happened. A former employer declining to rehire you because they remember your work habits is...
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    "Fixin' to die"

    KelRN215 replied to ktwlpn's topic in Nursing News

    The nurse saved a child's life. Who cares what verbiage she used to describe how critically ill he looked when she assessed
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    How much death do you see/ have you seen on the job?

    KelRN215 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can think of 5 since mid-October, 2 in the last week and 1 more sent home to die on Friday. All but 1 were teenagers. The one who wasn't was days away from turning 3. All had
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    Status Epilepticus

    KelRN215 replied to stevosmusic's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I've seen patients in status epilepticus for DAYS. Most often when it lasts that long it is subclinical status. Other times they need to be put in pentobarb or versed comas to break the status. It's...
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    How common is chemo through peripheral IV?

    KelRN215 replied to Wheaties's topic in Oncology

    In pediatrics, I've never seen chemo given via peripheral IV. I have had parents of pediatric oncology patients who were cancer survivors themselves and told me that they never had any sort of central...
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    Rooming chemo pt with non-oncology pt

    KelRN215 replied to bonodonnaonaroll's topic in Oncology

    Why do you say not? When I worked in the hospital, our floor was neurology, neurosurgery and neuro-oncology and our chemo patients certainly shared rooms with non-chemo
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    Survey for a school project

    KelRN215 replied to innovative.nurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1) What do you know about Jean Watson? (Please don't use Google. That's fine if you know nothing about her) Never heard of her or, if I have, I've long since forgotten about her. 2) How do you know...
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    Called a code for a seizing patient

    KelRN215 replied to thesimplenurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is a generalization that is not typical of most seizures. Most people don't stop breathing during a seizure. During my 5 years of being a pediatric neurology nurse and 10 years volunteering at a...
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    Called a code for a seizing patient

    KelRN215 replied to thesimplenurse's topic in General Nursing

    In general, no. There are people with known seizure disorders who seize 100s of times/day. I think the most seizures I ever had in a day was 12 prior to my brain surgery. I was in college and didn't...
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    adult patients admitted to a pediatric hospital

    KelRN215 replied to rnsusan's topic in Pediatric

    It's been a while since anyone posted on this thread but I'm still encountering the same issues I wrote about 4 years ago. One of my patients now is a 21 year old with a history of a rare cancer. He...
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    Can you imagine yourself doing something else

    KelRN215 replied to Corgilicious's topic in General Nursing

    I can imagine myself being paid to travel the world but, alas, no one has offered me such an opportunity yet. If I hit PowerBall, I'd quit my job or go per diem tomorrow
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    How to give 2 week notice

    KelRN215 replied to Motherofadarling's topic in General Nursing

    I personally resigned from my hospital job on a Monday morning following a weekend of working nights. My boss was always in for morning report though. I asked to speak with her after report, told her...
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    License info being sold

    KelRN215 replied to #wontgiveup's topic in General Nursing

    My BON most definitely does this. Every time I renew my license I all of a sudden get an influx of calls from staffing agencies looking to hire for 13 week
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    Unfair Shift Rotation

    KelRN215 replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, no. Your childcare issues are not my problem. Just because I don't have kids doesn't mean I don't have a