klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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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

    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...
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    Current Labor and Delivery Nurses: How did you get your job?

    klone replied to jalilly's topic in Ob/Gyn

    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...
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    Is it best for the new nurse to start with night shift?

    klone replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    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.

    klone replied to evilolive07's topic in General Nursing

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

    klone replied to evilolive07's topic in General Nursing

    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

    klone replied to oompaloompaninja's topic in General Nursing

    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?

    klone replied to greenestgrass's topic in General Nursing

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

    klone replied to Medic_Murse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    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

    klone replied to M_fisk's topic in General Nursing

    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
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    Crap! Am I a crusty old bat nurse?? Carrying pens...

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    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
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    Any other places doing "Hospital Employees' Week" instead of Nurses' Week?

    klone posted a topic in General Nursing

    Apparently nurses get too much attention or
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    Any other places doing "Hospital Employees' Week" instead of Nurses' Week?

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    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...
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    I know it's hard. But is it really that hard?

    klone replied to Stillthinkin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    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...
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    Any other places doing "Hospital Employees' Week" instead of Nurses' Week?

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    How did they get "Car Cleaning Kit" out of
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    Any other places doing "Hospital Employees' Week" instead of Nurses' Week?

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    It's during the same week that they celebrate Hospital Week, most
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    Marijuana usage by parents in NICU

    klone replied to fifita2010's topic in General Nursing

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

    klone replied to Feinhawk's topic in General Nursing

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

    klone replied to fifita2010's topic in General Nursing

    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

    klone replied to fifita2010's topic in General Nursing

    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?

    klone replied to Nurse3242's topic in General Nursing

    Oh? Why is
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    Giving last name in report

    klone replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

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

    klone replied to Tipbaby12's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    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

    klone replied to jellybean570's topic in General Nursing

    What's a tragus?
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    Needed: CNO to Interview for School

    klone replied to CaitlinLiz's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here you go:
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    How many " Pop offs" allowed during C-Section delivery

    klone replied to justm's topic in Ob/Gyn

    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...