KelRN215 BSN, RN

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    Breaking the Ice with Patients

    KelRN215 replied to Pumpkinn's topic in General Nursing

    I had good luck breaking the ice this weekend with teenagers by asking them what their spirit animals
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    RNs on MDMA

    KelRN215 replied to g2255lw's topic in General Nursing

    Also, didn't the "rave" scene go by the wayside in, like,
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    When do you saline-lock orders for IV fluids?

    KelRN215 replied to nursing1989's topic in General Nursing

    Probably every hospital does things differently and it depends on a lot of factors. Some surgeries we expect the kid to discharge on POD 1 or 2 so if their nausea was controlled overnight, we'd hep...
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    RNs on MDMA

    KelRN215 replied to g2255lw's topic in General Nursing

    Who is "they"? And I'm with OCNRN63, I am not commenting on how quick any drugs are to leave your system. If you use MDMA you will test positive for amphetamines. Drug screens don't test for...
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    RNs on MDMA

    KelRN215 replied to g2255lw's topic in General Nursing

    It's not considered "OK" for nurses to do any kind of illegal drug. One is not more serious than the other. A positive drug test while at work will get you fired and reported to the BoN. A positive...
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    Patients family in the medical field

    KelRN215 replied to dreamer30's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, to be fair, a child's mother who is a nurse does know more about A) her child and B) her child's medical care than a CNA. I've met many a parent over my 8 years in pediatrics who saved their...
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    Alabama

    KelRN215 replied to HHH's topic in General Nursing

    Is anyone else wondering what this question has to do with
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    What have you learned about Death?

    KelRN215 replied to g2255lw's topic in General Nursing

    I will preface this by saying I am a pediatric nurse. I have learned that there are fates worse than death and that I have the utmost respect for parents who are strong enough to say "enough is...
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    What is the latest a note can be submitted?

    KelRN215 replied to CaringInColton's topic in Home Health

    I don't understand how people do that either. I won't chart after hours but never finish anything later than the next working
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    Code Blue Systems

    KelRN215 replied to WillowNMe's topic in General Nursing

    We had different levels of emergencies when I worked in the hospital. Every room had an emergency light, that sounded an alarm and brought all available nurses and MDs on the floor to the room. This...
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    CNA Salaries

    KelRN215 replied to Sashakay's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I doubt you'll see anywhere close to that in Florida. You'd probably be lucky to see half of
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    I am a staffing coordinator looking for a mock schedule 8hr every other wkend off

    KelRN215 replied to Moonlight47's topic in General Nursing

    Presumably you have staff working anywhere from 20-40 hours/week, right? Do staff work set shifts or
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    Pressing Assault Charges WITHOUT disclosing your full Name??

    KelRN215 replied to orientbeachgirl's topic in General Nursing

    How would the government go about prosecuting someone for assault based on an anonymous complaint? The accused have the right to confront their
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    Regulations and laws

    KelRN215 replied to AREED12's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I highly doubt there are any laws about this. Can you see the state legislature sitting down and writing a law about whether or not used medical supplies can be donated? No, me neither. That's how...
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    Hydrocephalus

    KelRN215 posted a topic in Pediatric

    I am so mad about something that happened yesterday. I began my career in pediatric neurology/neurosurgery and have seen my fair share of hydrocephalus emergencies over the years. Currently I have a...
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    medicaid visits

    KelRN215 replied to PurpleDaisy🌸's topic in Home Health

    No, but as I said earlier in the thread, I have Medicare patients once in a blue moon. I have had 2 kids over my 3 years at my job who had Medicare d/t renal failure and a few disabled people in...
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    Thoughts on nurses who graduate nursing school calling themselves nurses before the NCLEX

    KelRN215 replied to pmabraham's topic in General Students

    My state does not have a Graduate Nurse designation so someone with a nursing degree could not call herself a nurse before passing NCLEX, nor can you work as a nurse in any capacity until you
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    Annual Physical - Does Your Job Require This?

    KelRN215 replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing any of my jobs have ever required annually is a
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    Proper Documentation

    KelRN215 replied to Willowjude's topic in General Nursing

    This is the only thing that makes sense. No one has EVER been taught to chart something right/left based on their (examiner's) point of
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    Nurses with ear piercings

    KelRN215 replied to hshuang's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Actually, there should be. It's called professional boundaries. And what you just described crosses the line in so many
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    medicaid visits

    KelRN215 replied to PurpleDaisy🌸's topic in Home Health

    What the OP describes is the same as I've experienced in MA. I've always been told that Medicare only covers acute SN needs, not chronic. Mass Health is completely different. Mass Health ends up...
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    Appropriate to go to a patients funeral?

    KelRN215 replied to Emily456's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I usually go to wakes but not funerals. That's mainly because I work in pediatric oncology and I don't want to listen to priests (everyone in this area is Catholic) give some homily about how God...
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    Nursing vs. Dentistry vs. Optometry vs. ???

    KelRN215 replied to sophia33's topic in General Students

    This is painting with a very broad stroke and is not true. I grew up with someone whose parents were optometrists. They have owned their own practice for at least the 20 years that I have known her...
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    Vacation scheduling

    KelRN215 replied to Tingle6's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the hospital, it went like this. 120 hrs/week allotted to RN vacation time. An email went out saying "the vacation sign up schedule will be posted on Monday." People who were not...
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    Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    KelRN215 replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    Anything to do with any kind of insurer. How they will fight tooth and nail to avoid paying for every other week home nursing visits to keep a patient stable on a long term injectable medication when...