KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Pre employment alcohol test

    KelRN215 replied to Ztschott's topic in General Nursing

    Since when is it not legal? It's always been legal. Overweight people are not a protected class. Employers can not hire someone for any reason or no reason at all, save for a select few that are...
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    IS THERE A DEMAND FOR LPN'S AND RN's

    KelRN215 replied to wwdahn's topic in General Nursing

    This is not a nursing shortage, but a shortage of nurses willing to work in private duty, which pays
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    Pre employment alcohol test

    KelRN215 replied to Ztschott's topic in General Nursing

    Dude, chill. Your liver metabolizes one drink/hr. I drink the night before work all the time. I drank last night and tonight and work Mon-Fri. I also drank the night before I took my last...
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    Lost Job on Medical Leave

    KelRN215 replied to LisalaRN99's topic in General Nursing

    You are misunderstanding. FMLA allows for 12 weeks of unpaid time off in a 12 month period. OP has exhausted her benefits in this
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    Help reconstitution problem

    KelRN215 replied to dreamer0x's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Do you know what BID, TID, QID and Q6H
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    Help reconstitution problem

    KelRN215 replied to dreamer0x's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You're making this way more complicated than it needs to be. You already know each dose is 2 tablets. If you take 2 tablets 4x/day, you take 8 tablets per
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    Help reconstitution problem

    KelRN215 replied to dreamer0x's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You need to administer 250,000 units. In 1 mL, there are 1,000,000 units. That's all you need to know to figure out the
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    Lost Job on Medical Leave

    KelRN215 replied to LisalaRN99's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of case do they think you have? Honestly, people think that the law protects employees a lot more than it does. Your FMLA benefits have been exhausted, your employer is under no legal...
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    Lost Job on Medical Leave

    KelRN215 replied to LisalaRN99's topic in General Nursing

    This may be a benefit your company offers but, as far as the law goes, all that is required is that if you have worked 1250 hours and been with your employer for a year, you are entitled to 12 weeks...
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    Festivus: The Holiday for the rest of us!

    KelRN215 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I actually never took my pole down last year. By the time I realized it was still up, it was August and I thought "eh, why put it away when I'll be taking it out again in 3 months anyway?" I have...
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    Someone stole my shoes (somewhat of a rant)

    KelRN215 replied to ducky2000's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be hoping the person who took them gets what's coming to
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    What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    KelRN215 replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I can think of only one time, in 8 1/2 years of being a nurse, that I knew the results of a test and declined to tell a patient's parents when they asked. It was an 8 year old who had had a nearly...
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    The Flip Side - When you're the patient/family

    KelRN215 replied to jennaolds's topic in General Nursing

    If I'm ever hospitalized/have surgery again, I'm smuggling in an empty 10cc luer lock syringe so I can take my own damn Foley out. OP, it wouldn't hurt to ask to speak to the
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    CVC dressing change

    KelRN215 replied to drdonna's topic in General Nursing

    I have honestly never heard of doing it without a mask and with clean gloves. You can use clean gloves to remove the old dressing but cleaning and applying the new one are done with sterile technique...
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    Insulin Titration help

    KelRN215 replied to edglesssauce's topic in General Nursing

    Probably. Because it doesn't really make sense to throw the word "currently" in there with his weight, like it's going to change significantly in a couple
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    Insulin Titration help

    KelRN215 replied to edglesssauce's topic in General Nursing

    Check a blood
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    opinions about this..for a job

    KelRN215 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    She's still your cousins' mother. I don't see a problem with it. Use any and every connection you have. ETA: I keep in touch with one of my ex-aunts. She is my father's brother's ex-wife. I speak...
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    New grad RN-- Is home care good??

    KelRN215 replied to jam_solano's topic in Home Health

    I do not believe home care is an appropriate position for a new grad. You are on your
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    BAD Reference

    KelRN215 replied to FlyingButterfly's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    References are not supposed to be objective. References are, by their very nature, subjective. If I am providing a reference for someone, I am offering my subjective opinion on their performance as...
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    BAD Reference

    KelRN215 replied to FlyingButterfly's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Opinions/points of view are subjective. Perhaps your supervisor agreed to give you a good reference and had every intention of doing so and then the person calling asked a question like "our unit has...
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    where do you learn blood draws

    KelRN215 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Of course a phlebotomist learns phlebotomy in school, that's what they're in school for. Venipuncture is a good skill for nurses to have, but it's not an essential skill to graduate with. I have...
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    Asked NOT to document - What to do?

    KelRN215 replied to BethCNA's topic in Home Health

    I agree that there is no need to document it. In pediatrics, we do sometimes document parents' behavior but only in so much that it is relevant to the care of the child. When I was an inpatient...
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    Insurance Haters

    KelRN215 replied to gonzoRN's topic in Case Management

    I'll bite. I am an insurance hater. I hate them as a nurse and I hate them as a consumer. I hate that I had to turn down a job earlier this year because the health insurance offered was not...
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    BAD Reference

    KelRN215 replied to FlyingButterfly's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    References are not required to say "good things" about you. If she was asked her opinion and offered it, that's fine, regardless of if it was positive or negative. What kind of grievance would you...
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    Epinephrine IV or IM in this situation.

    KelRN215 replied to JuliusSeizure's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Because this patient is in an urgent care center with no IV access, the answer is IM. An EpiPen would be the fastest way to get epinephrine into the patient. If a patient in the hospital with...