KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Help with IV infusion rate answer

    KelRN215 replied to Reese2012's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have honestly never seen it run this slowy. I've seen kids on bigger doses than that and it's still run over 30 minutes. I had a 10 year old earlier this summer who went home on 5.4g q 8hr. It was...
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    I'm upset and feel very disrespected.

    KelRN215 replied to KatFUTUREnurse's topic in General Students

    Ha, sorry but I would reconsider nursing with this stance. You will work with many a co-worker who hates his job in
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    Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    KelRN215 replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    I haven't read all the responses but nursing students are not there to help the staff nurses. And they aren't much of a help anyway. They get in the way, they slow us down, they interrupt real...
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    Help with IV infusion rate answer

    KelRN215 replied to Reese2012's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm sorry, I just gotta ask... who in the hell orders Zosyn like this? 4 1/2 hours to infuse a dose of Zosyn? Dosed in mcg/kg/min? I work in peds where everything is weight based and Zosyn is dosed...
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    Realized floor nursing isn't for me, anything else i can do with a bsn?

    KelRN215 replied to enchantedlife's topic in General Students

    This is a door that is not open to new
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    How long did it take you to find your first job?

    KelRN215 replied to RNDancing's topic in General Nursing

    If your area is anything like mine it's because all the new grad jobs are long gone. I had my first job secured by March of my senior year in college, to start in
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    What will happen if you miss a college class?

    KelRN215 replied to KAThftf's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing will happen if you miss a class in college. Some of the courses I took in college, I probably skipped more classes than I attended. If it's a lecture hall with 300 students in it no one will...
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    Cape Cod to Boston Commute

    KelRN215 replied to apaula's topic in General Nursing

    Is the Boston position days or nights? If it's nights, at least you could count on less traffic. I know people who've done it. I think they're all crazy. I know 2 nurses who try to work 3 days in a...
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    Time Paradox of 12 hour shifts

    KelRN215 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Look for another job that's Mon-Fri then. I never thought I wanted a Mon-Fri, but now that I've had one for 3 + years, I can't imagine going back. Also, join
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    is your immune system suffering?

    KelRN215 replied to nealiiih's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Haha well I drink alcohol regularly, am around small children all the time (pediatric nurse here), haven't really cleaned my house in months and all I ate today was cheese and ice cream and I NEVER...
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    Where to get these certifications?

    KelRN215 replied to nursebabyxoxo's topic in Holistic

    I got certified in Reiki from my original hospital. They offered complimentary/alternative therapy courses a few times/year. Somehow I convinced them to pay for it and to pay me an education day for...
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    Cute Pediatric Nursing scrubs...where

    KelRN215 replied to Wannabeeinscrubs's topic in Pediatric

    I bought most of mine on
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    What direction should I go? I'm really torn and need real guidance/advice...Lpn or RN?

    KelRN215 replied to Beautiful_Soul's topic in General Students

    Sorry, this isn't true. I have held 4 jobs in nursing and only one of them has utilized LPNs in any way. An LPN's scope of practice is much more limited than an RN's. The hospital I worked at...
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    Medical terminology course

    KelRN215 replied to HeatherPaige's topic in General Students

    Any medical terminology you need to know is included in your other courses. It's not necessary to take a separate course. Sounds like a waste of time and money to
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    Exposure to Meningitis pt

    KelRN215 replied to Ava2791's topic in General Nursing

    Right. There's no problem whatsoever if it was viral meningitis or, if bacterial, if it was something like lyme. (I did see a medical student go into a room of a child with lyme meningitis in full...
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    Do you disconnect lipids from TPN when complete

    KelRN215 replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Why would you connect lipids in such a way that they cannot easily be removed? Especially if the lipids are to hang for 14 hrs fewer than the PN? We did this one of 2 ways when I worked in the...
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    Metallic taste/nausea with saline flushes

    KelRN215 replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Oncology

    Maybe he needs to take PO zofran or put a scop patch on before he comes to his clinic visits. I did once have a patient who would vomit if her lines were flushed "too fast." Like she'd wake up from...
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    Private Duty Psych Nurses?

    KelRN215 replied to OffficeMin42's topic in General Nursing

    What would a private duty nurse do for these patients? Insurance will only pay for private duty nursing if there are at least 2 continuous hours of skilled nursing
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    I just set my friend up

    KelRN215 replied to Kaylle's topic in General Students

    All of this is what I thought when reading the OP. 1. Nursing IS a career where you can make > $50K with just a bachelor's degree. 2. $50K is not a lot of money by any stretch of the imagination....
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    When celebs stop by to say hi

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

    It wasn't the celebs that publicized it, it was the hospital. Melissa McCarthy's facebook page doesn't mention it at all. Kristen Wiig doesn't appear to have an official facebook page, just one...
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    When celebs stop by to say hi

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

    Yeah, I don't get the big deal. Check out the facebook page of the better known pediatric hospital in Boston. It's full of pictures of Red Sox and Patriots players and other celebrities and no...
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    Moving from Florida to Maine...have some general questions.

    KelRN215 replied to ctweed's topic in General Nursing

    This is true. I've taken care of patients that live so far north in Maine they fly to Boston for treatment. Way up north there is nothing as far as medical care
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    Moving from Florida to Maine...have some general questions.

    KelRN215 replied to ctweed's topic in General Nursing

    I'm genuinely curious- why Bangor over Portland? The farther north you go in Maine, the more completely in the middle of nowhere you are. Kids get off school for the potato harvest up north and really...
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    Gay student attending Christian Nursing school?

    KelRN215 replied to gpark32's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Separation of church and state. These colleges claim to be religious institutions and, therefore, to be exempt from any non-discrimination laws as it relates to GLBT students/faculty. If they...
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    Gay student attending Christian Nursing school?

    KelRN215 replied to gpark32's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Large Jesuit universities, like Notre Dame and my alma mater, are kind of in a different class than, say, Bob Jones University or BYU. There are some small Christian colleges that consider themselves...