KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Rate of pay

    KelRN215 replied to angiegirl30's topic in Home Health

    $37.50 hourly or per visit? If you are paid hourly, you should be paid for all hours between when you arrive at your first house and when you leave your last one, including driving time. Mileage pay...
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    Need advice for a friend

    KelRN215 replied to scrabblern's topic in Home Health

    Medicare doesn't pay for home infusion. I have worked for a Medicare/Medicaid certified home health agency and now for home infusion. Our field nurses in home infusion do start/manage peripheral IVs...
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    Feeding oral meds to children

    KelRN215 replied to 7ladies's topic in Pediatric

    I have never initiated holding a child down for oral meds. If the child needs to be held down, it's up to the parent to do it. I ask the parents "how does Johnny take his meds?" and then run with...
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    Patients safety attendant sitter

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

    If you are registry/float, the nursing supervisor assigns you to a floor. When you arrive at the floor, the charge RN assigns you the patient. If you work on a specific floor, the charge RN assigns...
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    help re: debt panic

    KelRN215 replied to nagem_'s topic in General Students

    Maybe I'm the only one who read it this way but I don't get the sense that the OP defaulted on her loans over the past 2 years but was somehow able to defer paying them off because of whatever she was...
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    Nursing has a high divorce rate

    KelRN215 replied to Faada's topic in General Nursing

    How is that high? That's well below the national average. According to the American Psychological Association, the national divorce rate is 40-50% for first
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    Should we put up with verbally aggressive relatives ?

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

    No. That's what security is
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    Is it possible to get the holidays off?

    KelRN215 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work a Mon-Fri job. No weekend or holiday requirement. The holidays are the only time of year I miss working bedside, though. I'd rather be making time and a half than dealing with racist...
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    When can you start applying?

    KelRN215 replied to Sovey's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I had my job offer 2 months before I graduated from nursing school. It's the only way to get a new grad job in this area. Almost everyone I graduated with had jobs lined up BEFORE graduation. If...
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    Lacking compassion?

    KelRN215 replied to Rbrown12's topic in General Nursing

    I sent a 13 year old home yesterday for her last Christmas. She has a rapidly progressing metabolic disease. I feel sad for her family that will have to carry on with her for the rest of their lives...
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    SIlly question

    KelRN215 replied to muirite's topic in Operating Room

    Have you never gone 5.5 hrs on the floor without peeing? I once worked a 16 hr shift and left the hospital thinking "wow, I didn't eat anything, drink anything or pee today." I didn't eat or pee for...
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    Lacking compassion?

    KelRN215 replied to Rbrown12's topic in General Nursing

    I am a pediatric nurse and I do not remember the last time I cried when one of my patients died. I am sad for their families but these deaths are rarely surprises so I've already known that these...
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    Help with Thyroid Level Question

    KelRN215 replied to strawberri24's topic in General Students

    In primary hypothyroidism. TSH is a useless measure in someone being treated for central hypothyroidism, because their brain isn't producing it in the first place. My Endocrinologist shakes his head...
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    Changing mind about a job offer I rejected---Can I change my mind about that??

    KelRN215 replied to Cola89's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think you should email them and say "my situation has changed and I am wondering if this position is still open, blah blah
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    Suspended without pay for expired TB requirement?

    KelRN215 replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    Of course they can legally do this. What would make you think they couldn't? Annual TB tests are requirements of employment. It is your responsibility to keep up with them. I have never received a...
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    How much do you really make?

    KelRN215 replied to AnnaK12's topic in General Nursing

    Rarely do community colleges offer bachelor's degrees. Those are typically 2 year schools/associates programs. You need a previous bachelor's to apply for an accelerated BSN
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    Can You work as an RN towards the end of Nursing school?

    KelRN215 replied to LelahRN2be's topic in General Nursing

    You cannot work as an RN without an RN license.
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    Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    KelRN215 replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    As a patient, there are a few situations where I'd be ok with someone interrupting my time with my doctor. This isn't one of them. If I'm with my oncologist looking at scans and someone were to come...
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    How much do you really make?

    KelRN215 replied to AnnaK12's topic in General Nursing

    Taxes will be roughly 25% of your salary. I graduated from a nationally ranked university with my BSN in 2007. The total cost of my education was over $150K, I graduated with over $90K in student...
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    Hey nurses!!! WE ARE PEOPLE TOO!

    KelRN215 replied to AspiringNurse23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sounds identical to my experience working in the hospital. Pediatrics, parents did a lot of the care that CNAs would do on other units. If there ever was a developmentally delayed teenager and I...
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    Hey nurses!!! WE ARE PEOPLE TOO!

    KelRN215 replied to AspiringNurse23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    100% false. Hospitals, nursing homes, etc can operate without CNAs. They cannot operate without nurses. Nurses can do everything CNAs can do. CNAs can only do a small portion of what nurses can...
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    Approriate PCA use

    KelRN215 replied to Alphabet soup nurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Does no one else's hospital use NURSE controlled analgesia? We do it all the time in pediatrics. A child too young or too cognitively impaired to push the button still needs adequate pain control....
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    Would you hire an MUSC grad over anyone else?

    KelRN215 replied to lowkey_44's topic in General Nursing

    Me neither. And I can guarantee that this statement isn't true in
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    How to get my RN license in multiple states?

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

    Whichever one you don't get your initial license in. You need to have a license to apply for licensure by endorsement in a new state. If your intention is to work in Colorado, I would apply for...
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    How to get my RN license in multiple states?

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

    Apply for licensure by endorsement. Pay the