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    As a nursing student, how can I take initiative in clinical?

    KelRN215 replied to studentnurse711's topic in General Students

    You should look at your patient's orders/care plan when you arrive at clinical. If you see that he is ordered for q 4hr vitals, say to the nurse when you speak with her about the patient "I would...
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    O2 sat monitor question

    KelRN215 replied to createun's topic in General Nursing

    What did the patient look like through all of this? Some patients may be satting 90% and be fine- for some that may be their baseline. But I've never seen a patient sat 50% and, you know, be alive...
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    Jobs in Boston

    KelRN215 replied to mstone21388's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Do you have a BSN? If not, good luck finding anything in any of the hospitals in the city. Are you in the city or outside of it? I agree to look at community hospitals but steer clear of anything...
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    Help please. Question about jobs. Can I practice in another state?

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

    You will never have to take NCLEX again as long as you maintain an active license. You cannot, however, practice in another state with a NY license. You will need to apply for licensure by...
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    Police Holds

    KelRN215 replied to ICURN3020's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly agree that some prisoners pose no threat to staff safety while plenty of non-prisoners do but I think the state's policy of having a guard with hospitalized prisoners at all times is more...
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    What did you give up to be in nursing school?

    KelRN215 replied to negatron's topic in General Students

    Nothing. I didn't have anything to give up at the age of
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    Failed nursing class need help

    KelRN215 replied to mecha-sorah's topic in General Students

    There are any number of reasons why school may take you longer than 4 years. I also had to take a one year long medical LOA. I've been a nurse for almost 8 years and I can tell you not one single...
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    Police Holds

    KelRN215 replied to ICURN3020's topic in General Nursing

    I can't say I've ever seen this situation. I am a pediatric nurse so I have rarely had patients who were prisoners. (Rarely, not never.) I think twice I had patients who were transported to the...
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    Losing a patient in home nursing

    KelRN215 replied to SarahStPierre's topic in Pediatric

    What is the baby's current status? Is she responsive? Does she still eat and drink? She'll stop doing both, if she hasn't already, and will probably become less responsive. What will happen at the...
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    What was the most helpful thing you did to successfully pass your nursing degree?

    KelRN215 replied to Zyrv's topic in General Students

    Attend class, pay attention, retain the material, apply it. I hate anything that involves the word "group"- group projects, study groups, etc. Not for
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    About texting..

    KelRN215 replied to Libby1987's topic in Home Health

    The link says that JCAHO doesn't want MDs texting orders. I never text MDs, I don't have their personal phone numbers. My work phone belongs to my agency. I text with patients because that's how I...
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    how to document insert picc line

    KelRN215 replied to BettyPalen's topic in General Nursing

    A PICC line is an IV, so it belongs with IV orders. It is not an
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    Do Nursing Students Have a Life?

    KelRN215 replied to BellaInScrubs's topic in General Students

    Well working full-time, taking care of baby, being in a marriage and maintaining a home is all life outside of nursing school. Clearly nursing school wasn't the only thing you did with your life if...
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    Working in a Teaching Hospital?

    KelRN215 replied to License2Heal's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse, I only ever worked in a teaching hospital but I worked in a community hospital as an aide. In a large teaching hospital, you might have dozens of Attendings that rotate through the...
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    Do Nursing Students Have a Life?

    KelRN215 replied to BellaInScrubs's topic in General Students

    IMO, anyone who says it's not possible to have a life while in nursing school is either A) exaggerating B) lying or C) has no time management skills. Nursing school was college for me and there was...
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    The B word. Again!

    KelRN215 replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    Yes to the wind for this storm. I'm waist deep in snow everywhere. My deck has at least 5 feet on it, I'm expecting to be able to open my back door sometime around
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    The B word. Again!

    KelRN215 replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    Clinics have been closing quite a bit and rescheduling patients. Today is Sunday and tomorrow is a holiday so most clinics aren't open anyway but the last 3 Monday/Tuesdays have been disastrous....
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    Does the difficulty of state RN licensure vary from state to state?

    KelRN215 replied to BIGT68's topic in General Nursing

    Requirements for licensure by endorsement may vary from state to state but requirements for initial licensure by examination do not. NCLEX is a national exam. When you say they "moved to other states...
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    Anyone dating a med-student?

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

    It was a thread about vacation time, that's what I use my vacation time for. This is a thread about dating/relationships. That's an important part of my life and something I'd want a partner to be...
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    The B word. Again!

    KelRN215 replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    I really feel for the hospital nurses in this... especially for the ones who depend on public transportation. When I worked in the hospital, I was always within reasonable walking distance (3-6 miles...
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    The B word. Again!

    KelRN215 replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    When I was stuck in Miami during the first blizzard I was watching coverage on the Today Show. After Al Roker gave his national forecast, they cut to the local news for the local forecast. The...
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    The B word. Again!

    KelRN215 replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    I left Boston on January 16 for what I thought was an 11 day vacation. When I booked that trip, I said to Mother Nature "as long as you don't snow on January 16, you can do whatever you want on...
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    Regarding chronic tardiness

    KelRN215 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    As a patient, if I have a later appointment, I can understand the MD running late. When I did my annual visit with my Oncologist a couple months ago, I took the last appointment of the day and went...
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    Chemo administration question?

    KelRN215 replied to mq316mq316's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This whole scenario doesn't make sense to me. I've never seen 33 mL of medication be sent up from the pharmacy in a bag, it would have been dispensed in a syringe when I worked in the hospital and...
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    About U.S. vacation time..

    KelRN215 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    PTO is a form of compensation. It's not being entitled to use it. Many employers have caps on PTO so once you get to the cap, you stop accruing and basically you are saying it's ok for your...