KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    What license or certificate do I need to insert and give I.V. Drugs?

    KelRN215 replied to heronurse's topic in General Nursing

    Your facility may require specific training or a class for IV insertion but the state does not. I had to take something during orientation and then do 3 sticks with a preceptor. As far as IV med...
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    Can you go from LPN to BSN after MSN?

    KelRN215 replied to FutureLPNNursing's topic in General Nursing

    You won't be able to do it online if you are not already an RN. At least I've never heard of being able to do that. Pre-licensure BSN programs are 4 year college programs. University of Washington...
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    Can you go from LPN to BSN after MSN?

    KelRN215 replied to FutureLPNNursing's topic in General Nursing

    This is not true. I was not an RN when I earned my BSN. I entered my BSN program directly out of high school and it was my BSN degree that made me eligible to take
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    Ethics: Brain bleed sign out AMA

    KelRN215 replied to Kbig2's topic in General Nursing

    You can't lie to a patient to coerce him into being transferred to another facility. By your own story, the patient has insurance. He is not a self-pay patient. You seem to have serious ethical...
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    can a non-native speaker do well in nursing school?

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

    I have worked with many nurses who spoke languages other than English as their first language. Your written English seems proficient, better than many native English
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    PTAs dealing with bodily fluids or not?

    KelRN215 replied to Ryan Walker's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, PTAs deal with a lot of sputum as PT (not Respiratory) does Chest PT for all patients with CF and other respiratory
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    Question about nursing and RRT

    KelRN215 replied to Ryan Walker's topic in General Nursing

    I once read a joke that the way to tell the difference between a nurse and a respiratory therapist is to put them up to their necks in poop then throw snot at them. The nurse will
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    Ethics: Brain bleed sign out AMA

    KelRN215 replied to Kbig2's topic in General Nursing

    If, at the age of 87, I get diagnosed with any kind of brain bleed, I'll be going home and calling it quits too. I already had brain surgery at 19. No way am I having it at 87. Why are people so...
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    Highest temp

    KelRN215 replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    42 degrees Celsius. The child was dying of terminal brain
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    All staff matter :)

    KelRN215 replied to %D#2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Wouldn't the ER rather evaluate a patient for chest pain and have it turn out to be nothing than have a patient die because his symptoms were passed off for GERD? Last year, when I was a visiting...
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    Hospital that bans family members

    KelRN215 replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am not a fan of black and white policies, at all. When my grandfather was dying in the ICU, we stayed with him from about 8PM, when the nurse called us to tell us the time was near, until 5AM when...
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    What do you think of this monitor?

    KelRN215 replied to LelahRN2be's topic in General Nursing

    How old is the patient? 25 is slightly tachypneic for an adult but not really anything I'd write home about. An O2 sat of 94% doesn't really excite me either. When I first took PALS, the Medic...
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    Can you specialize and still do other things?

    KelRN215 replied to Lapishsunsmile's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What do you mean by "official OB-GYN nurse"? Even if you obtain specialty certification, your license will still be that of an RN. In the US, RNs are generalists. I have only ever worked in...
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    Eating spaghetti raise blood pressure immediately?

    KelRN215 replied to DanaBrianMampel's topic in General Nursing

    The family members are idiots. Enough
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    Question my instructor ask me

    KelRN215 replied to heronurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Agree. If the lab results are normal, there's no expected turn around time for the nurse to notify the physician. If the lab results are critical, that's a different story. Would you report a Hgb...
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    Class schedule question

    KelRN215 replied to guest798886's topic in General Students

    Add me to the list of people who think it's irrelevant what order Peds and Maternity are taught. When I was in school we did Med Surg 1 on its own then Med Surg 2/Maternity then Peds/Psych. I...
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    I don't want to be a nurse!!

    KelRN215 replied to sharebear003's topic in General Students

    Or do this and then tell your parents you didn't get into the nursing
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    Boston RNs

    KelRN215 replied to alc0550's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Dana Farber nurses are the highest paid nurses in the state. At least they were the last I knew. That's 100% outpatient oncology. You can't find something for less than $2500 in Lynn? I find that...
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    Boston RNs

    KelRN215 replied to alc0550's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I make around $42/hr. Where are you looking to rent? The rent is highly variable. My mortgage for a 3 bedroom house in a residential area of the city is easily less than the rent for a studio or 1...
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    Weekend option non-bedside positions?

    KelRN215 replied to calivianya's topic in General Nursing

    Most non-bedside positions are Mon-Fri. I am not clear on what kind of position you are looking for but offices, case management, etc. are all typically
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    What things did you need the most as a nursing student?

    KelRN215 replied to app18's topic in General Students

    Beer.
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    I don't want to be a nurse!!

    KelRN215 replied to sharebear003's topic in General Students

    Declare whatever major you want in college. Don't tell your parents. Problem
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    Graduate in one state and move to another!!

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

    You can physically take NCLEX wherever you please for licensure in any state. You simply apply to the BoN of the state you wish to be licensed in. When you receive your authorization to test, you...
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    Patients safety attendant sitter

    KelRN215 replied to Alinachavez's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Those kinds of questions are employer specific. At the hospital I worked at, sitters checked in in the nursing supervisor's office and she sent them to the floor they were assigned
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    Feeding oral meds to children

    KelRN215 replied to 7ladies's topic in Pediatric

    In that case, a joint session with Child Life, Social Work and Nursing is in order. In general, we don't keep kids in the hospital just for IV antibiotics. That can be managed at