klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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  1. klone

    Hiring manager offered position, HR said no and won't tell me why.

    klone replied to MiloRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just meant that people keep saying that something must have come back from a reference check, and she has repeatedly said that they didn't do a reference check. That is what I mean by
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    Hiring manager offered position, HR said no and won't tell me why.

    klone replied to MiloRN's topic in General Nursing

    OP, sorry you keep having to address the same erroneous assumptions over and over. It must be
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    klone replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely. A few years ago Colorado received a large grant from Warren Buffett for our Title X program, in order to provide LARCs (IUDs and implantable contraceptives) to every teen and woman who...
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    klone replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I think you're right. Dr. Hern explained it to me. I just remember it was a drug that affects cardiac
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    klone replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    Me too! I remember how surreal it was - we were on a family vacation and suddenly I got a voicemail from Hern himself, wanting to meet with me. It was pretty amazing meeting him. He was brilliant and...
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    klone replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    Several years ago I was offered a job as the clinic manager for Warren Hern's office (Boulder Abortion Clinic - one of only 2-3 clinics left in the country that does third trimester abortions). I...
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    klone replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    FWIW, late term abortions, the fetus is injected with potassium through the uterus to stop the heart, prior to the actual D&E
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    klone replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    And THAT is why I am
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    Nurses' Week - Upended.

    klone replied to evilolive07's topic in General Nursing

    Well, we ARE the "most respected profession" by the general
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    klone replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    No, it's not necessary for all. But it is necessary for
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    Mandatory Influenza Vaccine

    klone replied to AllisonMcTigue's topic in General Nursing

    I know of very few hospitals that actually mandate the flu shot or lose your job (Children's hospital where I worked in Colorado was that way). Most places say that you must get your flu shot or you...
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    Hiring manager offered position, HR said no and won't tell me why.

    klone replied to MiloRN's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa, I misunderstood. I thought you said at one point that the reference and background check had not yet happened because they hadn't yet asked for one. I amend my previous statement - I'm putting...
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    CPR question

    klone replied to bryn25's topic in General Nursing

    Only if
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    Hiring manager offered position, HR said no and won't tell me why.

    klone replied to MiloRN's topic in General Nursing

    She didn't give
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    Be sure to document! Nurse charged in death of H. R. McMaster Sr.

    klone replied to NurseBlaq's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, be sure to document, but don't document things that you didn't do. I think that's more the moral of the
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    Do you trust the organ donation process (after recovery of 'brain dead' boy)?

    klone replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Jahi McMath? Granted, it totally depends on what you mean by "recovered" but she certainly is no longer brain dead (see the huge Atlantic article that was published a few months
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    Do I have the job?

    klone replied to lexie909's topic in General Nursing

    Until you have received an offer letter from HR with a start date and salary quote, you should not assume you have a
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    Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Still in the same boat as we were when I first posted this. Still have several open positions, and 10% of my nursing staff going out on FMLA leave over then next six months. Still unable to sleep at...
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    klone replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pro-abortion. Don't work in OB or women's health or public health. You'll probably be
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    Hiring manager offered position, HR said no and won't tell me why.

    klone replied to MiloRN's topic in General Nursing

    You could get one, could you
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    Relocating and salary negotiation

    klone replied to mmmidori's topic in General Nursing

    Probably not worse than Louisiana, but housing is astronomical, particularly in relation to wages. We moved from there not quite 2 years ago, and we can no longer afford to purchase a house if we...
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    Relocating and salary negotiation

    klone replied to mmmidori's topic in General Nursing

    You should be aware that the Denver area has INCREDIBLY low wages in relation to the cost of
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    Nurses' Week - Upended.

    klone replied to evilolive07's topic in General Nursing

    Of course they do; if they didn't, they would not be viable. "Non profit" doesn't mean that they don't or can't or shouldn't make profit, it just means that the profit doesn't go to shareholders or a...
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    Nurses' Week - Upended.

    klone replied to evilolive07's topic in General Nursing

    It's commemorates Florence Nightingale's birthday (5/12). It's celebrated throughout the world. The US started celebrating it in 1954. International Nurses Day -
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    Hiring manager offered position, HR said no and won't tell me why.

    klone replied to MiloRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, OP. As a hiring manager, I'm a bit stumped by what happened. All of my original thoughts are surrounding reference checks or the background check, which you say hadn't happened yet. Other...