KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Flu shot in July

    KelRN215 replied to Sweet charm's topic in General Students

    It's not flu season. The CDC hasn't even determined which strain of flu will be in this year's vaccine
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    Becoming a nurse is no longer an option for me?

    KelRN215 replied to KAThftf's topic in General Students

    Ok. If you really WANT to join ROTC, you can join once you turn
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    Becoming a nurse is no longer an option for me?

    KelRN215 replied to KAThftf's topic in General Students

    How old are you? If you're over 18, it's not really your mother's concern if you join ROTC. You don't need her permission. I don't understand how YOUR driver's permit expiring is her fault, though....
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    Canadian RN in Massachusetts

    KelRN215 replied to ZoFe's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    PDN = private dity nursing. LTAC = Long Term Acute Care hospitals. If you have an active MA nursing license, I would bet good money that you could get hired at a PDN agency. You won't make good...
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    Will I have a social life as a bsn student at a four year college and as a nurse

    KelRN215 replied to abbbbbbbbbbbbbb's topic in General Students

    Truth. I still talk to one person that I graduated from nursing school with. We see each other 2-3x/year despite living in the same
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    Dosage Calculation HELP!

    KelRN215 replied to Samm06's topic in General Students

    Rudimentary knowledge of the metric system is needed in nursing. 1L = 1,000 mL. That's the very definition of 1 liter. It's also 100 centiliters, 10 deciliters, etc. Milli = 1/1000 of the base...
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    Will I have a social life as a bsn student at a four year college and as a nurse

    KelRN215 replied to abbbbbbbbbbbbbb's topic in General Students

    I've never understood the posters on this site who claim that it's not possible to have a life in nursing school. I attended a 4 year BSN program straight out of high school and I don't feel that my...
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    If I was hired in on Med Surg can I forced to switch units for staffing needs?

    KelRN215 replied to ambr46's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, as I understand your post you are the only one on your shift eligible to float to Peds. None of your colleagues have the required 1 year experience and your charge is the only person to do...
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    RN Diagnosis Chronological order

    KelRN215 replied to allinoneplace01's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Chronological means ordering things based on when they occurred (in time). So if that were really your assignment, you'd be ordering them based on which happened
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    Having a night nurse as a roomate ?

    KelRN215 replied to arack05's topic in General Nursing

    You're at work from 9-5, she'll be asleep then. She'll be at work when you're asleep. I don't foresee much of an issue, unless you're planning on having a party during the day time on her weekend...
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    What's your view?

    KelRN215 replied to Happynurse12's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care to find out. I don't intend on ever leaving pediatrics. Within it, I have done bedside nursing, school, peds home health visits/clinical management and currently am a
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    Canadian RN in Massachusetts

    KelRN215 replied to ZoFe's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Where are you living? Perhaps try less desirable employers... like the Steward Hospitals... just to get experience around here. Then make connections. You could also try PDN or
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    Could I get in trouble for this? (private loans)

    KelRN215 replied to KAThftf's topic in General Nursing

    Why not just finance a car? The interest rate to do that is probably significantly less than the interest rate for student loans. My car's interest rate is less than 1% but student loans are all in...
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    Do you disconnect lipids from TPN when complete

    KelRN215 replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. When I worked in the hospital, lipids, lipid tubing, etc could not hang for longer than 12
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    Nurses- medical provider needs your opinion!

    KelRN215 replied to Buckeyeqt's topic in General Nursing

    Being on call sucks, I agree with that. My last job as a home health supervisor involved a lot of stupid calls when I had to take call. I seriously once had a nurse call me at 4am telling me that...
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    Nurse Supervisor sleeps with the staff, it's bringing down morale!

    KelRN215 replied to TheLazyCNA's topic in General Nursing

    This is all I have to say in response to the OP: R-word | Spread the Word to End the
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    Am I overstepping my boundaries? WWYD?

    KelRN215 replied to Velarey's topic in General Nursing

    No one was being a jerk. There are 3 degrees of separation between your NICU nurse friend and the director of the program. You don't even know the director, she's a friend of a friend. It's not...
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    Would this be considered a med error?

    KelRN215 replied to Theone40's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you do the math, it comes out to 2.75 capsules. You don't round in these kinds of situations. An extra 25 mg is increasing the dose by almost 10%. Yes, that is a med error. And adderall doesn't...
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    skin lesions macules, lentigo, and moles

    KelRN215 replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You misunderstand what your book said. It said that "most moles are benign." That does not lead to the conclusion that, in general, moles are precancerous. Most are benign, some are precancerous....
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    Insurance & Weight Loss Meds

    KelRN215 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Do not waste your time trying to make sense of insurance companies' decisions. It's an impossible task. I had a patient at my last job who had a serious psychiatric illness. He had been stable for...
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    Am I overstepping my boundaries? WWYD?

    KelRN215 replied to Velarey's topic in General Nursing

    That's not how admissions to NP programs (or any program, for that matter) work and you could end up causing more harm than good. People are admitted to academic programs based on their merits, not...
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    Pediatric cancer patient marries "the man of her dreams"...her nurse.

    KelRN215 replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Haha stuff like this happens all the time in pediatric oncology. A patient I knew married a cardboard cutout of a certain celebrity several years back. When the celebrity heard, he agreed to meet...
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    I think I failed!

    KelRN215 replied to rafiki121's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    First, no that's not what continuing past 75 questions means at all. If you pass at 75 questions, you are well above the passing line and if you fail at 75 questions, you are well below the failing...
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    The Current Nursing Shortage Issue

    KelRN215 replied to AliceGlue1997's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    #1. There is no current nursing shortage. Refer to #1 for all subsequent
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    days off- a rant

    KelRN215 replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    Give your work an alternate number that you don't use. Block their number. That's what I did. When I worked in the hospital they made us give them information to enter into a database that they...