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    can I lose my nursing license

    KelRN215 replied to blpn1983's topic in Home Health

    The boyfriend of the mother of the baby was a "victim" of abuse or the boyfriend was the perpetrator? If you suspect that the boyfriend abused the baby in any way, you are obligated by law to report...
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    Wear gloves during assessment?

    KelRN215 replied to future_nurse11's topic in General Nursing

    Wearing gloves is indicated in standard/universal precautions for contact with bodily fluids, wounds, blood, mucous membranes NOT for all patient
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    Cheaters.... What is our responsibility?

    KelRN215 replied to PlayaChickRN's topic in General Students

    Relax, OP. In four years your classmates will be on here complaining about how they're being denied nursing licenses because they left the building during NCLEX to take a ride in their cars but,...
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    Home Care Consultant

    KelRN215 replied to rmodi5's topic in General Nursing

    Consultants usually work pretty independently. I don't see how this is appropriate for a new
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    possible ebola patient

    KelRN215 replied to old&improved's topic in General Nursing

    Well 3 1/2 months ago for the last confirmed case still = ZERO risk. Your patient was there 2 weeks ago, that's 3 months after the last patient tested negative. You have to have direct contact with...
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    possible ebola patient

    KelRN215 replied to old&improved's topic in General Nursing

    There are plenty of countries in West Africa that were not affected by the Ebola outbreak. Unless the patient was in Liberia, Guinea or Sierra Leone and had direct contact with the infected bodily...
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    florida or california?

    KelRN215 replied to confus's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not interested in either state but I'd choose California over Florida hands
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    Will this affect my license.

    KelRN215 replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt it was the BoN. It was probably the DPH or whatever your state calls it. They tend to come in after sentinel
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    Is change a BAD thing? (MS nurses doing vitals)

    KelRN215 replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I don't see what the big deal is either. During an assessment, we listen to patients' heart and lung sounds. We can certainly count heart rate and respirations during that time and grabbing a temp...
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    Giving Lovenox to emaciated patients

    KelRN215 replied to cardiacqueen's topic in Patient Medications

    I hate these, especially for lovenox. The kids have huge bruises after 7 days. I've actually never met an older kid who wants one, they'd all rather get the shot daily or BID. We never needed an...
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    Wear gloves during assessment?

    KelRN215 replied to future_nurse11's topic in General Nursing

    Where is your evidence that clean gloves are needed for all patient contact or that they are superior to hand hygiene? I'm guessing you don't have any since, you know, there isn't any. There is no...
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    Wear gloves during assessment?

    KelRN215 replied to future_nurse11's topic in General Nursing

    Proper hand hygiene is sufficient for that and standard precautions do not include wearing gloves for all patient contact. I wear gloves when drawing labs, giving chemo or giving shots but I...
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    Giving Lovenox to emaciated patients

    KelRN215 replied to cardiacqueen's topic in Patient Medications

    No they come in the same pre-filled syringes that you see in the adult world. If the dose in the pre-filled syringe isn't the dose the child needs, the parents are taught to waste a portion of the...
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    Code Lavender?!

    KelRN215 replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    We had "code pizza" when I worked in the hospital. It was code for "the floor is so bat-**** crazy today that no one is going to remember to eat unless we put food in front of them." Budget cuts...
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    NYS Licensure?

    KelRN215 replied to erinb1286's topic in General Nursing

    So start job hunting. There's no reason to wait. I don't understand students who don't start looking before graduation. New grad jobs are all filled by graduation in my neck of the
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    Pt stool smells like fish

    KelRN215 replied to BrendaH84's topic in General Nursing

    It smells like rotten poo, not fish. Stool samples were sent and were negative. I doubt it's C-Diff. If these patients are regular patients on your unit perhaps it's something in your
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    Giving Lovenox to emaciated patients

    KelRN215 replied to cardiacqueen's topic in Patient Medications

    I always hear adult nurses say that you must give lovenox in the abdomen but I can tell you in pediatrics we never do that. I've never met a kid who will let you anywhere near his belly with a...
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    Workplace Cowardice

    KelRN215 replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I tried this recently and it was NOT well received/the person I addressed it with went running to our manager about it. Briefly- I manage a specific patient population for a home care agency. We have...
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    Problems with IV starts/blood draws

    KelRN215 replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Medical-Surgical

    This is a rather extreme reaction. You wish you didn't reassess your patient so that you wouldn't have to do blood cultures? I think you need to speak to someone about your fear, this isn't normal....
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    Is it normal to not graduate "on time"?

    KelRN215 replied to greenbean14's topic in General Students

    I had to take a medical LOA between my freshman and sophomore years of college, therefore I graduated college 5 years after I graduated high school. In almost 8 years of being a nurse, no one has...
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    Post operative laparotomy management

    KelRN215 replied to Jean83's topic in General Students

    L shaft of femur is not a diagnosis. I assume you mean FRACTURE of L shaft of femur. Also, I hope Sonia (from the other thread) is not the patient's real name.What What signs would you expect a...
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    Fellow nurses...does this make sense?

    KelRN215 replied to desert_MP's topic in General Nursing

    OP's situation does not jive with what my experience has been (either as a nursing student or a staff nurse) but every school and every clinical placement is different. As I recall, I placed 1 Foley...
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    Nurses Exempt

    KelRN215 replied to justmia1089's topic in General Nursing

    I think OP is saying that many of the staff on her floor work 36 hrs/week. Previously, if they picked up an 8 hr shift on top of their 36 hours, they received OT for the 4 hours > 40 hrs for the...
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    How to do a head to toe assessment on a larger person?

    KelRN215 replied to megaroo22475's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It sounds like OP is a student doing her health assessment course and her friend is the "larger person" she needs to assess. I doubt there will be any hoyer lift involved, since the person to be...
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    Nurses Exempt

    KelRN215 replied to justmia1089's topic in General Nursing

    This is pretty much how our compensation worked when I worked in the hospital. If your position was 0.9 FTE, you were paid for 72 hrs every other week regardless of how many hours you actually...