klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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  1. That's how it is with us as well. It's 100% the hiring manager's decision, with the exception of making sure the background check and licensure is in order. I even had an applicant who was in a...
  2. Yes, this. If you can get your senior practicum in OB, that's a great way to network. We have a student who's doing her practicum on our unit right now, and has made a point of getting to know me and...
  3. There is no one right answer. It is completely dependent upon the unit, both in terms of the types of patients you see, as well as the culture and skill mix of an individual
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    Nurses' Week - Upended.

    Most nurses I know are resentful of the token once-a-year
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    Nurses' Week - Upended.

    Does a burlap bag REALLY make that big a difference? It sounds like they are doing all the same things that they did before, sans
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    Post Interview

    It sounds like she did what's called "behavioral interviewing" - the idea is that the best predictor of how an employee will act is by looking at how they acted in similar situations in the past. So...
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    Positive TB Skin Test 10 or 15mm?

    Fact Sheets | Testing & Diagnosis | Fact Sheet - Tuberculin Skin Testing | TB | CDC From that
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    HIPAA Violation?

    Unless you are planning on hiring them, I do not understand why you would feel the need to look them up on the BON
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    Certifications must haves

    What is PEARS? But yes, Rose Queen is correct - beyond those types of certifications, any others are typically for nurses with at least a year or two of experience in a particularly
  10. Maybe paramedics don't need pens? I swear, every single paramedic student that comes through our unit, I have to tell them to go get a GD
  11. Apparently nurses get too much attention or
  12. Sadly, I'm beginning to believe that is the case. They keep telling the managers that the workforce is the biggest variable expense in the hospital, and nurses are the biggest part of a hospital...
  13. I didn't find it hard so much as something that requires a lot of persistence and just putting your head to the grindstone. Lots of things to do. Sort of like that old saying "What's the best way to...
  14. How did they get "Car Cleaning Kit" out of
  15. It's during the same week that they celebrate Hospital Week, most
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    Marijuana usage by parents in NICU

    We had a patient (postpartum woman) who was smoking in her bathroom
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    Hoping for a miracle

    Nurse MANAGER. Not a new grad nurse in their first
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    Marijuana usage by parents in NICU

    But the other nurse talked to them and told them to leave, yes? And they left, yes? Without security being called? What I like to do is empower nurses to be able to stick up for themselves and give...
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    Marijuana usage by parents in NICU

    What exactly more would you expect them to do? They were asked to leave, and they left. In what way was anyone "enabling" them? Genuinely curious as to what more you think should have been
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    How did you get the big pay raise?

    Oh? Why is
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    Giving last name in report

    All I want to know is what all this has to do with The Princess
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    Background check

    That would depend on your state's board of nursing - best thing to do is ask
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    Piercings allowed at Mayo Clinic

    What's a tragus?
  24. Here you go:
  25. This sort of toes the line of TOS and not providing medical advice or feedback. When it's a cesarean delivery, you do whatever you need to do to get the baby out. I'm sorry for your wife's bad...