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    Hemoglobin level

    KelRN215 replied to Livewire's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When you donate blood, they typically say that your hemoglobin will drop 1 point and your hematocrit by 3% post donation. You know you're an Oncology nurse when you read the OP and think "what's...
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    Lyme Disease

    KelRN215 replied to senay's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Why would the patient being on chemo change the precautions for him having Lyme Disease? He already has a disease that cannot be spread in the hospital so no further precautions are necessary. I...
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    MSW vs RN salary?

    KelRN215 replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    The Social Worker has a Master's Degree which took more time and more money to complete and she's making the same money as the floor RN who probably has max a Bachelor's Degree. $65,000 salary for...
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    The HARD Truth for most nurses

    KelRN215 replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    What, pray tell, is a "poop cleaning and urine collection RN job"? Do you work on a C-Diff unit where your only function is to send stool samples all day long? Or do you work in a poop bank where...
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    Pts without insurance getting d/c on insulin

    KelRN215 replied to sassyann85's topic in General Nursing

    It could be either, depending on how your floor functions. It would have been a Case Management duty on my former floor but if housing was needed or the patient needed help applying for food stamps...
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    Family member hurt my somewhat fragile new grad confidence

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

    I had a colleague who used to always say "the patients who fire you are the ones you don't want to be taking care of in the first place." The wife had a reputation for being difficult. She will...
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    Medication calculation problem

    KelRN215 replied to blossomheart's topic in General Students

    You have 5 mL of medication that you have to draw up, that's correct. But since your original problem says that the Ampicillin has to be diluted to 100 mL, what would you do with this 5 mL of...
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    please look over my dosage answers

    KelRN215 replied to np2329's topic in General Students

    2. The physician ordered Dopamine 30 mcg/kg/min. The client weighs 176 pounds. The pharmacy sends a Dopamine drip of 500 mg in 250 ml of D5W. The drop factor is 60 drops per ml.What is the infusion...
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    Are Nurses First Responders?

    KelRN215 replied to ScrubADub12's topic in General Nursing

    So you entered a contest for first responders when you're not one? I'm confused. Nurses, in general, are not first responders. Technically there was that one time when I walked into my patient's...
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    Unsafe discharges

    KelRN215 replied to Emilysmom11's topic in Case Management

    In my state, 112 hrs/week is the max number of PDN hours that Medicaid will give. 16 hrs/day. And that's reserved for the most complex of the complex patients- usually a continuously vented patient....
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    Advice needed. I finally passed boards but will be requesting a different nurse preceptor.

    KelRN215 replied to 1Jessie86's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with The Commuter. I don't see why you need to explain anything and she may not even ask. As far as she knows, maybe the manager assigned you a different
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    Is this a VALID reason to terminate someone?

    KelRN215 replied to lllenjolll's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's a common misconception that a "valid" reason is needed to terminate someone's employment. You can be terminated for any reason or no reason at all, save for a few specific reasons (race, gender,...
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    New Dietary Guidlines?

    KelRN215 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with Rose_Queen on this, what would this have to do with the ACA? When I Google Affordable Care Act and hospital diets, I find links about hospitals that are supporting healthy nutrition programs...
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    I want to be an RN, but I am getting divorced, single mom and need to work right away.HELP

    KelRN215 replied to annaliz04's topic in General Nursing

    CNA would be the fastest training you could do and there are always jobs for them or for home health aides
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    Orientation + OT

    KelRN215 replied to Nurse_Lily's topic in General Nursing

    You heard this from a co-worker, who knows how reliable she is. Whether or not orientees are supposed to work OT, yours did and as such, must be compensated appropriately. Her time sheet and yours...
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    Why is it so hard to find part-time work?

    KelRN215 replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    Job sharing positions have gone by the wayside, at least in my area. Everywhere I've ever worked has offered benefits at 20 hrs/week. If you have 2 people working 20 hrs/week, that's 2 people you...
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    Unsafe discharges

    KelRN215 replied to Emilysmom11's topic in Case Management

    In my state it's the program that evaluates patients for private duty nursing hours. An elderly person who simply has no family or money likely wouldn't qualify for private duty nursing- there needs...
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    Unsafe discharges

    KelRN215 replied to Emilysmom11's topic in Case Management

    Things happen at home all the time. It doesn't necessarily mean the discharge was unsafe or shouldn't have happened. People get UTIs all the time. The chance of someone developing a UTI is not a...
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    Deliberate sabotage?

    KelRN215 replied to greenerpastures's topic in General Nursing

    If your entire staff operates under this assumption, perhaps that's why the manager is doing what she's doing. Saying "I worked yesterday and the suction was there" won't protect you if it's not...
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    Nurse Annual Wages

    KelRN215 replied to massieagere's topic in General Nursing

    $28.50/hr base as a nurse with 14 years experience? New grads make more than that in my area. OP, as you can see it varies widely. I can't imagine an experienced nurse working full time hours making...
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    Giving the nurses phones

    KelRN215 replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    There are floors around that don't already have phones for nurses? The hospital I worked at had them back in 2006. If an MD is calling about a different patient you can step out of the room briefly...
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    Foley placement

    KelRN215 replied to mymichael2009's topic in General Nursing

    How do you know the Foley is in the bladder if you didn't get any urine return? I don't think you should expect to be disciplined though but you should expect more
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    Does the name of the university OR ranking of their specialty impress employers more?

    KelRN215 replied to mooshgigila's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone cares about the US News and World Report rankings of schools (or hospitals, for that matter). If you go to a nationally known school your resume might grab someone's attention...
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    How to write 1 cover letter for 2 different units

    KelRN215 replied to pnewton27's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You write a different cover letter for each
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    Dogs: A nursing intervention?

    KelRN215 replied to Angeljho's topic in Psychiatric

    Pediatric hospitals do it all the time. The dogs are certified pet therapy dogs- they go through training and have to have the right temperament to become certified. We had a set pet therapy day...