KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Action/intervention and rationale for Tachycardia

    KelRN215 replied to ramona1993's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    NOTHING that includes identifying information. You cannot acknowledge to your mother that you cared for Mrs. Brown. You cannot acknowledge that she was a patient in your hospital. My mother has a...
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    Why are patients admitted to the hospital for a simple routine CT scan?

    KelRN215 replied to BSN_Studnt's topic in General Students

    That's not an admission. They have to go through registration so the facility can bill for the
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    Don't go to co-workers' parties where drinking is occurring

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

    I'm really honest when I drink. I hated almost everyone I worked with at my last job so when I had to go to some celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the company, I didn't drink... because I...
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    Help with a dosage calculation

    KelRN215 replied to dannyb83's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, I just gotta ask, what kind of adolescent is going to drink 56.25 mL of medication? (I do agree that that is the answer.) Ampicillin is available in 500 mg tablets, call the pharmacy to discuss...
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    Nursing instructor doesn't allow open textbooks during lecture !??!

    KelRN215 replied to LVNlivin's topic in General Students

    The school won't tell her that she doesn't have a right to do that because it's her class, she can manage it how she sees
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    Nurse as a patient

    KelRN215 replied to Nurseratchet789's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think you're overreacting. What is rude about these comments? I was a patient long before I was a nurse, diagnosed with a brain tumor my senior year of high school. I don't rub it in providers'...
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    pain management in palliative care

    KelRN215 replied to Hockeynursing's topic in General Nursing

    Why monitor vitals at all in an end of life/comfort care patient? There really is no point to it. Seems like the patient needs MORE pain meds, if anything. Why is he not on a PCA with continuous...
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    Friends say they could NEVER take care of kids who die

    KelRN215 replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    I one time went on a date with a guy who asked what I did for a living. At the time, I was a visiting nurse for pediatric patients, primarily oncology patients. I specifically remember talking about...
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    Work declining vacation request?

    KelRN215 replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to take a vacation that soon after beginning employment, in my experience it's something you need to negotiate when you accept the offer. I started a new job in June. I had a vacation...
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    How important is it to you to be a nurse?

    KelRN215 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    It's important to me in that it's what I'm trained to do and I need to, you know, make money to pay bills but if I could find someone to pay me $89K a year to travel the world, I'd take them up on...
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    Friends say they could NEVER take care of kids who die

    KelRN215 replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    I don't talk to people who aren't pediatric nurses about my work. I had three patients die recently (because, you know, deaths always come in threes.) Two were children with progressive...
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    Reasons to lose nursing license?

    KelRN215 replied to Srobbins2310's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked home health, we had a nurse clock in for a shift/submit a note for a day when we knew the patient was in the hospital. She admitted that she made up the assessment and vitals and filled...
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    Port question

    KelRN215 replied to molliemiko's topic in General Nursing

    What was her platelet
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    Reasons to lose nursing license?

    KelRN215 replied to Srobbins2310's topic in General Nursing

    I know one nurse who's lost her license. My best friend's sister-in-law. Narcotic diversion and then failure to respond to the board's inquiry/appear at her board
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    Scrubs: Are Colorful Ones Unprofessional?

    KelRN215 replied to purplegal's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Couldn't
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    How do nurses work with each other in the hospital?

    KelRN215 replied to nyletak's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. No, your colleagues will have their own patient assignments. Each patient has one nurse per shift. This is extremely unlikely. You're not, you're one person. When a patient codes, you're...
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    Has nursing made you negative?

    KelRN215 replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    Nah, I already thought people were bad and untrustworthy before I became a nurse. It has jaded me though. Nothing surprises me anymore. I come into work one day and read a note on a patient that...
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    When Others Say You Aren't Right For Nursing

    KelRN215 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this student would presumably fail clinical and therefore be unable to obtain a degree if they were that unsafe. When I was a senior in high school applying to nursing school, what I heard...
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    Nurse/Doctor Friendships

    KelRN215 replied to RVRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm confused as to why this is a question. Of course you can be friends with your
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    New grad nurse

    KelRN215 replied to ahyde13's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I've been a nurse for 9 years. I have never worked med-surg and never intend to. I started out in pediatrics, the only specialty I ever had any interest in. Med-surg would not have helped me in the...
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    How to calculate NG tube replacement.

    KelRN215 replied to lola_b123's topic in General Students

    The NG drained 60 mL. It would be best to replace it 1:1 with LR over 4 hours. 60 mL/4 hrs = 15
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    Why do some nurses "hate their jobs"?

    KelRN215 replied to iculvr's topic in General Nursing

    Why do some nurses "hate their jobs?" The same reasons why some teachers, some accountants, some pilots, some [insert any profession in the world] hate their jobs. Some jobs suck, some have poor...
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    2 yr or 4 yr college path?

    KelRN215 replied to danyoon1019's topic in General Students

    I went to one of the aforementioned schools and I will say that we did not have ANY students transfer into the nursing program Junior year after doing their first 2 years at a community college....
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    special treatment

    KelRN215 replied to mustanglover's topic in General Students

    No, you're not getting special treatment. Patients who are not NPO are routinely offered food or
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    some thing nice

    KelRN215 replied to mustanglover's topic in General Students

    I honestly cannot think of anything in 9 years as a