KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Starting out in a hospital?

    KelRN215 replied to Nurse2BeCam's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you that the only nurses I know who work permanent day shift rotation have been at their jobs for 10+ years. Everyone I know who graduated with me (8 years ago) who's still working the...
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    Taking a Job with YouTube as Your Training

    KelRN215 replied to Nibbles1's topic in General Nursing

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    Been asked to do home wound care after patient is discharged

    KelRN215 replied to Cbailey75's topic in General Nursing

    For some reason the quote function isn't working for me. OP, in your role as a staff nurse, giving your email address to a patient is unwise. What happens when she emails you at a time you are away...
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    Starting out in a hospital?

    KelRN215 replied to Nurse2BeCam's topic in General Nursing

    100% of new hires are hired into day/night rotation in the major teaching hospitals in my
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    Is nursing school really "that" bad?

    KelRN215 replied to Nurseades2b's topic in General Students

    I've never understood people who say that. I feel that they are either exaggerating or lying. I had a life in college. I was involved in extra-curriculars and spent 3/4 years in a leadership...
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    Go into nursing for the money?

    KelRN215 replied to jackhensy's topic in General Nursing

    You'd get a much bigger return on investment going the BSN
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    Go into nursing for the money?

    KelRN215 replied to jackhensy's topic in General Nursing

    If I was going to go into a job "for the money", it would sure as hell be a job that paid more than 35K a year. I make more than 2.5x that and still feel like if I was in it just for the money, I...
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    Bullied in the workplace

    KelRN215 replied to medicbird's topic in General Nursing

    To qualify for FMLA, you need to have worked for the employer for at least 12 months and have worked 1250 hours in the 12 months immediately preceding the leave. It is not clear based on the OP if...
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    Question about antibiotics

    KelRN215 replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    That's the only reason I could think to give them apart. ETA: Did anyone ask the nurse WHY she thought this? Or consult
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    Been asked to do home wound care after patient is discharged

    KelRN215 replied to Cbailey75's topic in General Nursing

    Consult Case Management. This patient needs to be referred to a Home Health Agency at discharge for her wound care
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    Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    KelRN215 replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    Just make sure before you do these things that they are not contraindicated for your patient. Is the patient on fluid restriction? Does he require thickened liquids? Must he be fed? Is he in the...
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    MASSACHUSETTS

    KelRN215 replied to Sabr's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    You definitely don't want to live in Fall River if you want a nice place... I wouldn't exactly call it quiet either. I live in Boston, I know nothing about the hospitals in that area of the
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    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    KelRN215 replied to Littleles79's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    1 person is hardly representative of the entire institution. I've had primarily positive experiences there as a patient though have had a few negative ones which led to second opinions at MGH. I've...
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    Hospice comfort

    KelRN215 replied to Danadawn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Care to tell that to the parents of an air hungry dying 15 year old with Ewing's Sarcoma? You should really take everything you've learned in this thread under advisement. Your...
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    Should gtube feeding bags be rinsed between feedings?

    KelRN215 replied to Martyyyna's topic in Pediatric

    Insurance companies typically only pay for one/day. Some kids are on 6+ bolus feeds/day. Families would run out of bags in less than a week if they did
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    Should gtube feeding bags be rinsed between feedings?

    KelRN215 replied to Martyyyna's topic in Pediatric

    You've never seen a child on feeds that are PO + GT? It's not a different formula, what isn't consumed orally goes down the tube. Virtually every formula my patients are on by G-tube are consumed...
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    Hospice comfort

    KelRN215 replied to Danadawn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I thought about this thread the other day when thinking of my grandfather. When he was dying, I wanted to keep the monitor on because I wanted to anticipate what was happening. And, had it been off,...
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    Checking O2, suction

    KelRN215 replied to Comorbidities's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Think about it. What good would it be to just check that these things are present? If they're not functioning, they're not going to help you in a
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    Maternity discrimination

    KelRN215 replied to Kmendi's topic in General Nursing

    Correct. It is illegal to not hire someone because she is pregnant. However, a new grad would have a very hard time proving that her pregnancy was the sole reason that she was not hired. And, while...
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    Maternity discrimination

    KelRN215 replied to Kmendi's topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious as to where people get this idea that a new grad not done with orientation would qualify for a 6 week maternity leave. The United States does not have any laws guaranteeing maternity...
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    Ethics: Does knowledge of a patient's blood borne pathogen change your care?

    KelRN215 replied to JMed18's topic in General Nursing

    Well ANY TIME you are coming into contact with any bodily fluid, you should be wearing gloves so what different does it make if the patient is HIV positive? How, exactly, would someone contract HIV...
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    Prioritising Patients

    KelRN215 replied to Curiouss's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Who says that an elderly woman is necessarily more frail than a middle aged man? What if you're talking about a middle aged man with cystic fibrosis? Or some other comorbidity? If he already needs...
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    IV Medication at School

    KelRN215 replied to childcare1's topic in School

    Correct, but the agency bills the school district for any nursing hours provided at school. Private health insurance or state Medicaid will not pay for private duty nursing while a child is at...
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    Supervisior causing problems, what should I do?

    KelRN215 replied to sunshiny1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The ONLY reason I can think of that legally requires employers to give their employees time off work is jury duty. So go ahead, show up at work one day, see you're assigned to a different wing than...
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    Hospice comfort

    KelRN215 replied to Danadawn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    False. Comfort care can, and often does, involve IVs or oxygen therapy. Oxygen isn't going to prolong anything, when the patient stops breathing it doesn't matter how much oxygen is being pumped...