KalipsoRed21 BSN, RN

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    Paleo/Primal Diet?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to 7student7's topic in Patient Education

    @AsystoleRN I think MINGEZ clarified your question regarding the ADA quite well...as that is what I had in mind when I wrote the statement. I was not attemting to make an opposing statments when I...
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    How do I get out of being a nurse?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to all who have replied thus far. I appricate the suggestions and will look into them. For those who have made some snide comments, let me clear up a few things. I like my patients and I like...
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    How do I get out of being a nurse?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Well thanks for not judging me as a crappy person, NETGLOW. :) My statement to my patient was this, "The only recreational drug I've never seen kill someone is pot." As you might imagine a blossoming...
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    Would appriciate advice to a new ER RN

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in Emergency

    hi, so my medical experience background is this... 4 years level 1 trauma center as a nurses' aid 3 years as a bsn on a tele/cardiac step down unit 1.5 years as a travel rn doing mostly...
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    Paleo/Primal Diet?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to 7student7's topic in Patient Education

    So I give my patients advice on diets, mostly because I find medicine to be woefully short in this area. Plus I happend to know that the ADA recommendations are wrong. Why? Well because look around...
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    How do I get out of being a nurse?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you
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    Would appriciate advice to a new ER RN

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for all the replies so far. Thanks NIRE83 for your detailed response. I'll try the "HI" and then come back after orders thing. We do have order sets but they are ordered by the triage RN and...
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    Gap in education between MDs and RNs

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Okay, so I'm a total advocate for MDs being MDs and RNs being RNs and that there really shouldn't be any nurse who mistakenly thinks of his/her profession like he/she is a doctor. However, it does...