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    When do you know when it's time to move on? Need advice!

    KelRN215 replied to kacs13's topic in General Nursing

    In my opinion, when you start thinking it might be time to move on, it probably is. When I knew leaving my hospital job was the right position was when I kept thinking about it and kept coming back to...
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    IVPB

    KelRN215 replied to mdiada's topic in General Nursing

    If you give 100 mL in 1 hr, your rate is 100 mL/hr If you give 100 mL in 1/2 hr, your rate is 2x that. 100 mL goes in in 30 min, so 200 mL would go in in 1 hr. If you give 100 mL in 15 min, your rate...
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    How did you spend your first nursing paycheck?

    KelRN215 replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    It was 9 years ago but probably rent, student loans and
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    Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    KelRN215 replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    The OP said "still great pay." Private duty is the lowest paying nursing specialty around. At the agency I was a manager at (not for PDN patients but we had a large PDN population), all RNs were paid...
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    How Can I Have The "College Experience" While Attending Nursing School?

    KelRN215 replied to SunshineeStudent's topic in General Students

    Make friends with people who are not in nursing. Do what they do. I have never, and will never, understand people who say it's impossible to have a normal college experience/life while being a...
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    Graduating w/ only 1 pair of scrubs

    KelRN215 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    "Only" giving you one pair of scrubs? In my four years of nursing school and 9 working years as a nurse, I've been given precisely 0 pairs of scrubs. I fail to see why you would expect them to....
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    How to react nicely if a patient asks for your social media acct?

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

    Either: A) "The company doesn't allow us to befriend patients on social media" or B) say you don't have an account and make sure your privacy settings are such that they will not be able to search...
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    BP high or low -when to call the Dr. ?

    KelRN215 replied to cmkayne's topic in General Students

    Why would you call the MD for a BP of 110/69? That's a normal healthy BP... What was the other information in the
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    False reporting to BON

    KelRN215 replied to whatwasithinking75's topic in General Nursing

    The BoN has bigger fish to fry. Move
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    Blood Transfusions

    KelRN215 replied to marymak34's topic in Pediatric

    Any time I've transfused blood for a child, the order has been written in mL/kg, not units. And when the bag is dispensed from the blood bank, it tells you the volume. A "unit" of blood for a baby...
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    When children die

    KelRN215 posted a topic in Pediatric

    I know this has been discussed on this board before but I just want to share something that I think only pediatric nurses can understand. One of my patients died today. She was a 12 year old who was...
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    What should one do in this case?

    KelRN215 replied to Nursein2017's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You are mistaken. Where did you get this from? Also, the amount the hospital bills is rarely the amount the hospital is reimbursed from the insurance company. Especially Medicaid. As far as to the...
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    Surgery right before school

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

    Why isn't there the option to post-pone surgery until winter break? The risk of bleeding is highest in the 14 days post-tonsillectomy. That's how long pediatric patients are expected to wait before...
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    2 part-time jobs vs. 1 full-time job

    KelRN215 replied to DesertSky's topic in General Nursing

    One employer isn't going to care about your obligations to the other. What if you're on call for the PACU, get called in for an overnight case and are scheduled to work in the SICU at
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    Applying to an out of state position?

    KelRN215 replied to katinthehatter's topic in General Nursing

    I'd apply and explain in your cover letter that you will be applying for licensure by endorsement. Why pay for a license you may never
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    HELP! please help me understand this NCLEX question!

    KelRN215 replied to Ash0315's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it means the blood is taking a long time to clot but no, it does not mean that the patient "should be receiving a blood thinner". If the blood is already taking a long time to clot, why would you...
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    PT/INR Test

    KelRN215 replied to TingT's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Normal INR is 1. INR of 2-3 is what you are looking for when the patient is on
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    Trouble with med question

    KelRN215 replied to LaBellaVita's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Codeine elixir is the worst! I've yet to meet a patient who can tolerate it. Crush a 30 mg pill if the patient can't swallow
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    Nursing advice needed!!!

    KelRN215 replied to jesslopez16a's topic in General Nursing

    You will not be able to finish your ADN in 2 years right out of high school. The program is 2 years after you are admitted but there are many pre-reqs you must complete first. At your age, you are...
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    Working over 40 hours... still no overtime pay? Legal?

    KelRN215 replied to xtina15's topic in General Nursing

    If you are a salaried employee, you can be given comp time. If you are an hourly employee, you must be paid time and a half for all hours worked over than 40 in a week and education hours are hours...
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    Working over 40 hours... still no overtime pay? Legal?

    KelRN215 replied to xtina15's topic in General Nursing

    It's 8 AND 80, not 8 or 80. If they are using this system, they must pay overtime for all hours worked over 8 in a shift and over 80 in 14 days. So under this system, nurses working 12 hr shifts...
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    Commuting an hour to work

    KelRN215 replied to MiaLyse's topic in General Nursing

    I know some nurses who live on the Cape and commute to Boston. I know of two nurses who would stay at a hotel when they worked weekends/2-3 days in a row so they didn't have to go back and forth...
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    "My Nurses"

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

    I thought of this thread the other day when an NP asked me for a suggestion of an alternative drug for a patient because the IV antibiotic they wanted to send him on was on national back order. I...
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    Newly Licensed LVN , Victorville CA Trouble Finding Work .!

    KelRN215 replied to SpecialBlackOps's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Stop capitalizing the first letter of every word and use apostrophes where they belong, such as in the word "don't". You seem to struggle with written language. If I received an application with this...
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    PVT trick is 100% accurate

    KelRN215 replied to Ahoma1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    This. 1 is not a predictive sample. You saying it's "100% accurate" because it worked for you is the same as someone saying "it's 100% bull" because it didn't work for