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    Able To Work Business Hours?

    KelRN215 replied to mirandaaa's topic in General Students

    When do you expect to attend classes? In my program, every class was offered only once/semester and you had to take the classes in the order you were told to. So, if Anatomy and Physiology was...
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    Please help!!!

    KelRN215 replied to lnxyourxeyez's topic in General Nursing

    How much is draining from these drains? Presumably she's getting some sort of IV fluid if she's not well enough to drink. I'm not convinced that the presence of a drain alone is enough to say that...
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    Pay per visit

    KelRN215 replied to DennisGray's topic in Home Health

    I think of this thread every time I have a day like yesterday. I did 8 visits yesterday, it took me all day from 8am until 6pm, no 2 patients were farther than 12 miles apart and I am absolutely dead...
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    Nurse in room for hemorrhoid checks?

    KelRN215 replied to anh06005's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not an NP and I only work in pediatrics so I've never had this situation but I've been around the block a few times as a patient and have never had a female provider request a chaperone when doing a...
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    You may want to consider looking at less desirable career options such as a nursing home o

    KelRN215 replied to fin0814's topic in Home Health

    I make significantly more money than when I worked in the hospital, I don't work nights, I don't work weekends, I don't work Holidays. I function independently. Anyone who thinks I'm somehow less of...
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    How to best use Home Health CNAs

    KelRN215 replied to Cinquefoil's topic in Home Health

    The only thing I can think of that a CNA would be qualified to do in Home Health is to function as a Home Health Aide. It's not like they can go in before the nurse and take VS like a CNA in the...
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    Pixus waste never witnessed

    KelRN215 replied to bella14k's topic in General Nursing

    My best friend's sister-in-law's license was revoked for narcotic diversion. Her whole family thought she was still a nurse until a few years ago I happened upon this information. When I met her I...
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    Pixus waste never witnessed

    KelRN215 replied to bella14k's topic in General Nursing

    Being accused of diversion means that your floor notices that bella14k removes a lot of narcotics from the pyxis for John Doe but John Doe hasn't taken any narcs in days. No other nurses who care for...
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    Pixus waste never witnessed

    KelRN215 replied to bella14k's topic in General Nursing

    When you return something what do you do? When I worked in the hospital, you had to select in the pyxis which patient you were returning the med for, therefore they know it was you. You sign in with...
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    Central line dressing days

    KelRN215 replied to ngodin's topic in General Nursing

    They are changed q 7 days. Earlier if they are soiled or non-occlusive. I work in pediatrics so the kids scratch them off more frequently than an adult probably would. I have some kids who usually...
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    placing medication the drawer

    KelRN215 replied to khunberri's topic in General Nursing

    "Back in the drawer" like in the patient's bedside table or in the patient's individual drawer in the med room? Technically you're not supposed to do either. I wouldn't leave meds in the patient's...
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    Legally how many doses can a nurse hold?

    KelRN215 replied to Donnagg123's topic in Patient Medications

    Does anybody really think the legislature sat down and passed a law about how many doses of a medication a nurse can hold without notifying the MD? Can we please stop asking "is this legal?" for...
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    Not a Nursing Question, but Has to Do with Work, So...

    KelRN215 replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Not exactly. She'd qualify for FMLA leave for 12 weeks and would retain her benefits. If she did end up out of work, she'd have to pay for insurance through COBRA. Losing one's job doesn't...
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    Not a Nursing Question, but Has to Do with Work, So...

    KelRN215 replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    It's still not your problem that these women don't have cars. One of them is only going 2 blocks from the hospital. She can walk. Honestly the other one only lives 3 miles away, she can walk too....
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    Prior history of verbal abuse

    KelRN215 replied to BSN_TN's topic in General Students

    It didn't affect my confidence in nursing school mainly because I stopped talking to my father when I turned 18. My life improved significantly once I did that. And, actually, I think one of the...
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    Child Care Center for Children with Medical Needs

    KelRN215 replied to gfrivera89's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    We have 2 medical day cares in my city. Both are owned by hospitals. Both have waiting lists for children. Medicaid pays for the children's
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    The Ethics of Crowdfunding in Healthcare

    KelRN215 replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It doesn't happen in other countries because every other developed country in the world provides healthcare to its citizens. The child in the article should have qualified for supplemental Medicaid...
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    Not a Nursing Question, but Has to Do with Work, So...

    KelRN215 replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Tell them you moved. Only unlock the driver's side door when going out to your car and drive away. Start parking somewhere else. Tell them you have plans after work and aren't going home. Is there...
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    How far would you commute for awesome salary?

    KelRN215 replied to Noahj's topic in General Nursing

    I would commute 40 minutes, but not 90. I've never lived more than 12 miles from my primary place of work. I'd move
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    NP a career for me?

    KelRN215 replied to teenyfish's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Your understanding is correct and these programs are very common in Boston. My alma mater has had one for at least the last 9
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    And the survey says? To all home care nurses who switched from hospital.........

    KelRN215 replied to babynurse73's topic in Home Health

    I never chart at home and I turn my phone off at 4:30pm. People can call me during normal business hours and they can call the on-call nurse afterwards. The ONLY time I sleep with my work phone is...
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    Pay rate for visiting (home health) RN in Massachusetts?

    KelRN215 replied to Oliver1234's topic in Home Health

    Will you be paid per visit or hourly/salary? If the agency's staff is represented by the MNA, you will be offered union scale- no more, no
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    Do you rotate patients? HELP

    KelRN215 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Home Health

    No, that's asinine. Everyone gets a primary nurse- in the majority of cases the nurse who admitted them- and that nurse does all visits and follows them until discharge. If there are some visits the...
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    Car insurance for home health

    KelRN215 replied to sistasoul's topic in Home Health

    Basically you'd have to file claims with your auto insurance and workers' comp and the insurance companies would duke it out as to who's responsible. Same if you get injured at a patient's home- it's...
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    I am NOT a Nurse...

    KelRN215 replied to GoofyBlondeChic's topic in General Nursing

    When the state granted me a license to practice