klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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  1. 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
  2. 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

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

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

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

    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...
  12. 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

    Only if
  14. Yes, be sure to document, but don't document things that you didn't do. I think that's more the moral of the
  15. 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?

    Until you have received an offer letter from HR with a start date and salary quote, you should not assume you have a
  17. 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

    I'm pro-abortion. Don't work in OB or women's health or public health. You'll probably be
  19. You could get one, could you
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    Relocating and salary negotiation

    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

    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.

    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.

    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 -
  24. 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...