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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    KelRN215 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I have come very close to printing this How To Use An Apostrophe - The Oatmeal and leaving it on coworkers' desks more than
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    I need to vent :(

    KelRN215 replied to RN.amour's topic in General Nursing

    Post-partum home health visits sound like they'd be right up your alley. That or working in a pediatrician's office. You probably need more experience before you can do either, though. Jade also...
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    KelRN215 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Lopressor, problem solved. :) O2 stats and nuke-u-lar med are like nails on the chalkboard to me. Non-nursing, I can't stand the misuse of myself. "If you have any questions, call Suzy or myself."...
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    (IN)Appropriate Dress

    KelRN215 replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    What's wrong with going to the bar after work? This statement seems to assume that we've all had this experience. I can't say I've ever noticed or cared what NPs are
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    Which state (UT, CO, NC, TX or TN) is the best for getting an RN degree?

    KelRN215 replied to Nastya1506's topic in General Nursing

    How does less competitive = best? Typically the best schools are the ones that have MORE competition to get into, a lot of people want to go to them because they are the
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    Does he have schizophrenia?

    KelRN215 replied to nisha321's topic in General Nursing

    We are nurses. We do not diagnose mental illness. This is a message board for nurses to discuss nursing issues with each other. It is not meant for lay people to come on and ask us to diagnose...
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    Nurses req. to be CNA's before becoming a Nurse?

    KelRN215 replied to Phoenix16, RN's topic in General Nursing

    All working as an aide did for me was reinforce that I never, ever want to work with adults. I almost never knew why the patient was there and since I was per diem, a good 50% of the time I was...
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    Nurses req. to be CNA's before becoming a Nurse?

    KelRN215 replied to Phoenix16, RN's topic in General Nursing

    No. I was 18 when I entered nursing school, as were all of my classmates. (Traditional BSN program.) Working as a CNA tells you absolutely nothing about what being a nurse will be like. Sure it...
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    pay per visit/hourly/salaried

    KelRN215 replied to RNRN_DAY's topic in Home Health

    That's nice. I'm in the city and it seriously took me 2 hours to drive 6 miles the other day. Driving around here has just been disastrous as of late with the amount of snow we've had. Though it's...
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    Kids Say the Darndest Things...

    KelRN215 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Pediatric

    This is one of those it's really funny but when you think about it it's kind of sad things. Yesterday I walk into a kid's house to access his port. This kid HATES me. He's 5. As soon as he sees me,...
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    pay per visit/hourly/salaried

    KelRN215 replied to RNRN_DAY's topic in Home Health

    There are pros and cons to every form of compensation in home health. Most full time employees are paid salary. If you have 5 easy patients that all live close to each other, you may be able to bang...
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    Boss taking advantage of me

    KelRN215 replied to Sonia1210's topic in Home Health

    I had the same thought. Nobody gets more than daily visits on my service. We would not accept a q 8hr IV antibiotic patient if the patient could not be taught to self-administer or a care giver...
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    Crib or Bed?

    KelRN215 replied to lanieceh15's topic in Pediatric

    When I worked in the hospital, we had the same policy. By default= under 3, in a crib, 3 and over in a bed. Infants could go in a standard crib but any children who could pull to stand went in what...
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    What would you have done?

    KelRN215 replied to chicago_RN's topic in Home Health

    Ambulance.
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    NPO after abdominal surgery

    KelRN215 replied to ashorobi86's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In school, the general rule is that post-op patients are NPO until bowel sounds return. In pediatrics, I've seen kids eating chicken fingers in the
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    Responding to an Embarrassed Patient

    KelRN215 replied to TooNiceRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is not an answer you will find in any book. Patients are often embarrassed in these types of situations. I can tell you what not to do from experience... I was 19 year olds, s/p craniotomy in...
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    Interview

    KelRN215 replied to Leann Moran's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Your first step would be to contact your local Red Cross. Also be aware that it's entirely possible that you will come across a nurse who has never had to perform CPR on a person. The only nurses...
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    The B word. Again!

    KelRN215 replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday I walked outside wearing my winter coat, gloves and a hat and thought "it's kinda hot out". Got in my car and the thermostat read 17 degrees.
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    HIPAA violation? What to do?

    KelRN215 replied to Galdurnit's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What Esme said. It's not a HIPAA violation if a patient is in a double room and the patient in the second bed space overhears the oncoming and off-going nurse
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    Struggling with probability and punnett square

    KelRN215 replied to tbird88's topic in General Students

    The same way, you just have more possible
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    Struggling with probability and punnett square

    KelRN215 replied to tbird88's topic in General Students

    Whether or not you need to take basic biology in your nursing program, you will need to understand genetics and the punnett squares for your OB and peds
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    Struggling with probability and punnett square

    KelRN215 replied to tbird88's topic in General Students

    Here's an example of an X-linked disease- Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Here you have a carrier mother XDXd where D is the normal gene and d is the recessive/MD gene. Because the mother has a second...
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    Struggling with probability and punnett square

    KelRN215 replied to tbird88's topic in General Students

    What are you struggling with? This was one of my favorite parts of biology. Draw a square. Divide it in to four sections. On the top, write the mother's phenotype and on the side, write the...
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    Switching to health science

    KelRN215 replied to sabrina17's topic in General Students

    Why would it be best to get a degree that you will never use only to have to pay more money and go to school longer to get the degree you would have had if you stayed in the original program? I'm not...
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    Do you auscultate your NGs?

    KelRN215 replied to Carpediem1012's topic in General Nursing

    Since I was in nursing school (started in '02), I have been taught that auscultation is insufficient to verify placement. I never auscultate NG tube placements. When I worked in the hospital, we...