KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    School nurse question

    KelRN215 replied to GRN005's topic in School

    You cannot be a school nurse in Massachusetts Public Schools without a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Nursing. DOE requirements. 603 CMR 7.00: Regulations for Educator Licensure and Preparation...
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    Travel time

    KelRN215 replied to LTCRN4LIFE's topic in General Nursing

    6 miles each
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    Moving from MA to TX

    KelRN215 replied to arieseff's topic in General Nursing

    Don't bother getting a MA license if you don't intend to use it. Why pay for 2 licenses? You can physically take NCLEX in MA for licensure in TX. NCLEX is a national exam. You can take it wherever...
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    Using Both Ports Of Central Line

    KelRN215 replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    For the first doses, I can see not running them together because of the possibility of reactions but once you know the patient is not allergic to either, I don't see why you wouldn't if you have a...
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    Foley Catheter Insertion

    KelRN215 replied to DabaLou's topic in General Students

    Yeah, I don't think I've ever used one in real
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    study group or nah?

    KelRN215 replied to Nurseades2b's topic in General Students

    Study groups sound like the worst thing ever to me. Never participated in one, never desired to participate in one. I hated mandatory group projects so would never voluntarily do any group like...
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    Dobutamine Drips at home

    KelRN215 replied to ash12345's topic in Home Health

    As others have said, the hospital will set the patient up with a home infusion pharmacy and they will supply the drugs and IV pump for home. I personally have not discharged patients on dobutamine...
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    Nurse to clinical social worker?

    KelRN215 replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    I know one nurse who went back to become a social worker. She had stopped working as a nurse many years earlier, when her young daughter died of
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    ED Ethics In Self Harm

    KelRN215 replied to ReadyToListen's topic in Emergency

    And this may be why the patient was hesitant to answer. Maybe she didn't want to be labeled as a psych patient. Maybe she had issues as a teenager that are long over and she doesn't care to rehash....
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    ED Ethics In Self Harm

    KelRN215 replied to ReadyToListen's topic in Emergency

    I'm not really sure what you mean by this. Do you mean should Psych be consulted? When I'm asked this question, I simply lie and say no. I don't believe my history from 11+ years ago is relevant...
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    Your monitoring program allow whipits?

    KelRN215 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I honestly didn't know anyone over the age of 12 did whip its. This is something middle school kids do. If an adult, especially one in recovery, is doing it, it's a sign of a significant problem,...
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    CT tech accessing ports

    KelRN215 replied to NRS86's topic in General Nursing

    Never heard of this. They can push contrast through an already accessed port but cannot access it. The kids I see go to the Oncology clinic to get their ports accessed before they go for
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    Last minute complaint

    KelRN215 replied to pistolchick's topic in School

    You beat me to it! I recognized the quote right
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    Drug testing (before/during/after application?)

    KelRN215 replied to futurenurse_16's topic in General Nursing

    No institution that wants to drug test you (school, employer or other) is going to allow you to take the drug test at your convenience, at your choice of testing
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    How much urine to collect when cathing

    KelRN215 replied to gal6767's topic in General Nursing

    Do you become hypotensive when you pee a liter and a half after not having time to go to the bathroom all day? Urine sitting in the bladder is sitting in the bladder. It's not in the vasculature...
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    Drug testing (before/during/after application?)

    KelRN215 replied to futurenurse_16's topic in General Nursing

    After you have been extended an offer. You will be given a limited amount of time to take the test- for my last job offer it was 72 hrs. If you do not complete it within the allotted time frame, the...
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    Is it possible to pass med-surg 2?

    KelRN215 replied to Student2017555's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Of course it's possible to pass. That's how hundreds of people graduate from nursing school every year. At my school, I found Med Surg 2 to be easy, because I had a solid foundation from Med Surg 1...
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    Suicidal ideation in patient.

    KelRN215 replied to hybr1d's topic in General Nursing

    A patient on an insulin drip, I would assume is in the hospital. I admit that, with hospitals, I have only ever worked in academic medical centers with physicians in house 24/7 but there must be some...
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    CNA rant

    KelRN215 replied to QuarterLife88's topic in General Nursing

    OP, if your profile didn't say you were from Michigan, I'd think you worked on my old floor. The only aides who were ANY good when I worked in the hospital were nursing students. The career CNAs...
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    Name not changed after short marriage, how to answer Application to boards of Nursing

    KelRN215 replied to avwavy's topic in Nurse Registration

    You never changed your name so why would your answer to the question "did you ever change your name?" be anything other than no? They just want to know if they need to background search you by...
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    Suicidal ideation in patient.

    KelRN215 replied to hybr1d's topic in General Nursing

    Suicidal ideation with a plan means a 1:1 sitter within arms reach at all times where I am. The patient cannot use the bathroom, shower, anything without the sitter present. Once stabilized...
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    Ethics: Brain bleed sign out AMA

    KelRN215 replied to Kbig2's topic in General Nursing

    There were two different stories. One patient with a brain bleed who wanted to go home/refused to be transferred and OP wanted to know if they could have forced him onto a stretcher and transferred...
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    Ethics: Brain bleed sign out AMA

    KelRN215 replied to Kbig2's topic in General Nursing

    She could try not manipulating or lying to the
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    I Should Be in Jail

    KelRN215 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    In 9 years of being a pediatric nurse, too many to count. Heck, I've had 3 in 2016
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    Ethics: Brain bleed sign out AMA

    KelRN215 replied to Kbig2's topic in General Nursing

    In that case, the patient still wouldn't have to foot the bill though. And if there are out-of-network benefits to the plan, it may in fact pay. The OP has no way of knowing that the details of the...