klone MSN, RN

klone has 18 years experience as a MSN, RN and specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

Latest Activity

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   Vitamin K route in Anticoagulation Clinic

   klone replied to winds022's topic in General Nursing

   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735741/#:~:text=Therefore%2C the intravenous route is,vitamin K in clinical practice.
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   Can nursing school be paid for by a hospital?

   klone replied to ecrowley18's topic in General Nursing

   Some hospitals already have programs like that in place that you must apply into (University of Colorado Hospital Anschutz had a program like that when I worked there back 10-15 years ago). Most places are not going to just agree to do that if you as...
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   Contacting nurse managers

   klone replied to Faith.O's topic in General Nursing

   If it's a requirement to proceed with the hiring process, what is your other option? Funny story - I just started a new nurse manager job at a fairly prestigious teaching facility on the west coast. They paid to relocate me across the country, g...
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   Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

   klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   No. When I pull a medication from Pyxis, I look at the label of the medication. Every single time. If you don't, you shouldn't be a nurse either.
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   Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

   klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   😂
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   Provider X asks LVN to scan the meds X gave

   klone replied to catsandwich's topic in General Nursing

   In Epic, there is the capability to indicate that the med was given by a different person.
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   Schools for B.S. for clinical research?

   klone replied to annabelles1's topic in General Nursing

   University of Colorado offers a degree in clinical research. I was a clinical research nurse for 2 years, and I almost went back to school to get that research degree, but ultimately changed my mind and got my MSN instead. Agree that a clinical ...
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   Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

   klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   This was more than a mistake. This was egregiously sloppy, careless behavior that ended up killing someone. Someone compared it to Kim Potter, which I think is a good analogy (I lived in Minneapolis during that time so followed the case closely). ...
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   Induction Scheduling Procedures

   klone replied to Kimberly Keever's topic in Ob/Gyn

   That's a hard question to answer without knowing the size of your unit, the types of IOLs you're scheduling, etc.
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    Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    No
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    Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    :headbanging
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    Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    They would need to file a civil suit.
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    Safer staffing? Your wish is my command.

    klone replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Oregon just passed staffing laws and even does one better than California - they have written in mandatory ratios into their legislation (L&D is 1:1 for active labor and 1:2 for not active; med/surg is 1:5 but will go down to 1:4 I believe in 202...
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    Case Study: An OB Catastrophe

    klone replied to Corey Narry's topic in Critical

    Even better - there's a podcast called "Critical Care Obstetrics" I LOVE it. It's on Spotify
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    Case Study: An OB Catastrophe

    klone replied to Corey Narry's topic in Critical

    No, we typically do not form a diagnosis of oligo after ROM because it's kind of meaningless. It would be expected that there would be low fluid after ROM. Nevertheless, in this case study, the patient was labeled as oligo after PPROM. The oligo was ...