KellieNurse06

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  1. Parents Abusing System-What would u do?

    KellieNurse06 replied to volsfan's topic in Home Health

    Cas...:icon_hug: thanks so much for the kind words! I am calmer now...lol! But I totally understand there are those who do work the system for anything & everything.....which is most likely a bit...

  2. Help with an employment situation

    KellieNurse06 replied to tcdaniels's topic in General Nursing

    absolutely you will get hired.....you're worrying over nothing! lol! Just put down on your application that you had a baby...if they ask any question about it I would just say you didn't want to start...

  3. Parents Abusing System-What would u do?

    KellieNurse06 replied to volsfan's topic in Home Health

    I really hope you weren't generalizing because I am "one of those parents" (the ones with a child who requires home nursing & the whole gammit) although I could very well manipulate the system if...

  4. Parents Abusing System-What would u do?

    KellieNurse06 replied to volsfan's topic in Home Health

    :angryfire Oh this really gets my goat!!! :angryfire I was born here, my daughter was born here......and as alot of people on here who have seen my posts before know I have a severley handicapped...

  5. D/C planning for new trach

    KellieNurse06 replied to IngyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Based on my own personal experience with my child.....me & her dad had to learn how to suction, and especially how to change a trach tube, and so forth before discharge was even considered from...

  6. nusing diagnosis/end of life

    KellieNurse06 replied to x-tremestudent's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'd go with helplessness or powerlessness r/t disease process or impending loss also..just due to the issue of no family & no control over what is happening to

  7. pts going out to smoke

    KellieNurse06 replied to crissrn27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a problem with a patient actually in my last semester of nursing....and I was told by my instructor that a doctor cannot legally write an order to make a patient stay and not go outside to...

  8. Extreme Hypothermia??

    KellieNurse06 replied to Ivanna_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Holy Smokes!!!..Does this patient have any neurological problems??? I know lots of kids who have neurological problems like CP and Brain Damage can run hypothermic normally....actually my daughter is...

  9. Rn, C?

    KellieNurse06 replied to asilmk's topic in General Nursing

    ....a nurse who takes care of my daughter actually is an RNC....and she used to work in a NICU at a big teaching hospital....so I am just guessing here but it is a special certification for neonatal...

  10. What nursing school did everyone attend?

    KellieNurse06 replied to SoontobeAdrienneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I went to Community College of Rhode Island,& had great instructors!!! I plan on attending Curry College for my BSN...just waiting to hear if i'm accepted or

  11. PEG tube placement checks

    KellieNurse06 replied to IngyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught to check placement for ng tubes with pushing air in..or placing the end of the tube in a glass of water.....if it bubbles it is a good chance it's not in the stomach. The ones we check...

  12. Had my first doctor scream at me today

    KellieNurse06 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What a jerk!!! Well if you deal with him again (& probably will) I have a good way that a former instructor told me about that she used to do...she would literally pull the doctor aside &...

  13. help...I am drowning

    KellieNurse06 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Home Health

    CapeCodMermaid.....I wish alot more nurses were like you....I have seen great ones and ones who couldn't do anything right & made you wonder how they even got through nursing school...I have one...

  14. When a clinic employee plays Know-It-All......

    KellieNurse06 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    rotflmao....I find the funniest thing is that you just let her go on & on....rotflmao...I do the same thing..I don't advertise at all that I am a nurse..the only people who know it are the ones...

  15. If a family member calls on your pt, do you give them info?

    KellieNurse06 replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

    This is a good discussion topic, and really surprising to come across because coincidently my dad is actually in icu as we speak... .....the other night I went up there and the nurse who was there...

  16. Want to quit smoking!!

    KellieNurse06 replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

    I think you can do it if you really want to....and it also depends on how much you want to. I stopped smoking actually myself this past December....just woke up one day & haven't smoked a...

  17. Tips for looking more professional

    KellieNurse06 replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to say cut your hair but just saw the post that you did !!! yay! Nothing looks more tackier ( to me anyway) than when you see an older woman with long hair unless she looks really young...

  18. Employee Accident

    KellieNurse06 replied to BeHappy!'s topic in General Nursing

    Wow..she didn't ask if YOU were ok??? Just thank God it wasn't a patient??? Ummm.....obviously by seeing you it wasn't a patient...what a concept. Ya I'd be pretty taken aback as well if it was...

  19. help...I am drowning

    KellieNurse06 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Home Health

    Wow...thats awful! I hope they aren't all like that.....I have noticed though from my observation...I hope I am wrong.....that homecare nurses seem to get away with way more than they would if they...

  20. help...I am drowning

    KellieNurse06 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Home Health

    Hi CapeCodMermaid.....I just became a homecare nurse myself......I have dealt with homecare nurses for almost 18 years due to my daughter having home nursing care. Yes I know all too well about the...

  21. CEO told me to stay home while state evaluators vist the place I work..:(

    KellieNurse06 replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't be insulted at all! I think it is because you are fairly new that's all...... and they didn't want you to be put into a position that you didn't know the answer to. I remember doing...

  22. single mother pursing nursing????

    KellieNurse06 replied to Hope2Be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good for you Hope2Be.....yes, your son will be old enough to get himself off & home after school.....I was doing that at 13 because my mom worked alot...she had to, she was a single mom as well. I...

  23. Wage for LVN and RN

    KellieNurse06 replied to Stray dog's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Where in Mass are they paying $15.00/hr??? I would say that's a rip off & I'd laugh in their faces. The average I have seen 1st hand is around the $21.50/hr-$24.00/hr range. I work per diem in...

  24. Offended by pt- how to react?

    KellieNurse06 replied to LDJRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to hear you had to deal with this type of thing. I would just let it go...as much as you want to chew him /them out or give them a piece of your mind. Regardless of how inappropriate it...

  25. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    KellieNurse06 replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    I posted earlier in this discussion about RI.......it's around $21.74 -$22.82 an hour to start .....if you are looking they are having "walk in Wednesdays" until march 28th 8am - 4pm at RI Hospital...