klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Just got the passive aggressive CC email. Advice please!

    klone replied to SNAMATT's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I don't understand why it's bad or passive-aggressive that she wanted to keep you in the
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    Recommendations for Perinatal Certification Courses? :)

    klone replied to BabyNurseShannon's topic in General Nursing

    I second Rose Queen - are you not American? If that's the case, I don't have a lot of advice. In the US, there is no special diploma for perinatal nurses. There are various certifications that are...
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    Just got the passive aggressive CC email. Advice please!

    klone replied to SNAMATT's topic in General Nursing

    It does? I agree with others; I think you're reading too much into the "cc"
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    Hiring an RN into private practice

    klone replied to curiousMD's topic in General Nursing

    What a gross example of nurses not getting the respect they deserve as a well-educated
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    Patient complaint to charge: pt refused test but states that it was done?

    klone replied to newnurse2014's topic in General Nursing

    Not anywhere I've worked. The only one who signs AMA paperwork is the patient (which doesn't always happen) and a witness (usually the
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    Need Help Answering a Specific Job Question About L&D Position

    klone replied to xmimix0124's topic in General Nursing

    The answer is "no." THey want to know if you have experience as an RN. Your senior practicum does not
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    Failed last semester and it hurts

    klone replied to HopefulRNtay's topic in General Students

    Flounce bingo! "I would never want you to be my
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    Failed last semester and it hurts

    klone replied to HopefulRNtay's topic in General Students

    The thing is, and I apologize if this sounds harsh, but this didn't happen in a vacuum. You would not have had to depend on those last few questions to pass the COURSE if you hadn't been teetering on...
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    Not Everyone is meant/wants to be a leader!

    klone replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    I like to ask that question at interviews, but not because I'm wanting or expecting a particular answer. I am just as happy, if not more so, when the nurse answers "In 5 years I want to be an expert...
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    Patient complaint to charge: pt refused test but states that it was done?

    klone replied to newnurse2014's topic in General Nursing

    Um, no. That's the whole point of the AMA. They DON'T agree to it. If they "agreed to" them leaving, then it's not
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    Patient complaint to charge: pt refused test but states that it was done?

    klone replied to newnurse2014's topic in General Nursing

    Actually the tests, if done too early, will have a high incidence of false negatives. It takes a certain amount of food in the system for a minimum amount of time before some of the enzymes or...
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    Not Everyone is meant/wants to be a leader!

    klone replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I just don't agree that there is a push for every nurse to be a leader. It's certainly misguided, if that's the
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    Not Everyone is meant/wants to be a leader!

    klone replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you're a manager with 24/7 responsibility, you *should* be able to clock out and go home and not have to think about work, even as a charge nurse. I certainly don't think there's anything wrong...
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    Different policies on different units within same hospital?

    klone replied to nurse_kitkat1014's topic in General Nursing

    While this is a common practice at many places, it is NOT okay. It goes against CMS and TJC rules/regulations. Nurses can't just do whatever they want without an order, and I guarantee it will come...
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    when somebody is strangled

    klone replied to rnursejitsu7's topic in General Nursing

    Call 911. Sorry, we can't give medical advise per
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    Unfair Fundamentals Clinical Testing?

    klone replied to jbernardo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So everyone else who took the test failed as well? Or was the majority of the class able to pass, in spite of the professor's
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    Question about Cigarettes and Drug Tests

    klone replied to nicky1234's topic in General Nursing

    And I bet they notify people of that somewhere in their application
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    Question about Cigarettes and Drug Tests

    klone replied to nicky1234's topic in General Nursing

    I highly doubt they will be testing for cotinine. If they did, they would state this somewhere in the application process. Regardless, one puff four days prior would not show
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    My Nursing school only has a 55% completion rate for the program

    klone replied to Slim_Medic's topic in General Students

    That's a good sign. It suggests that it's a rigorous program that weeds out the
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    My Nursing school only has a 55% completion rate for the program

    klone replied to Slim_Medic's topic in General Students

    What's their NCLEX pass
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    RN Program Restrictions Regarding NCLEX Registration

    klone replied to Nursetex's topic in General Students

    Is this a program in Florida, by
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    Where do the nurses with the highest job satisfaction work?

    klone replied to juliacaRN's topic in General Nursing

    My department, because the nurses have a super faboo ultra cool
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    RN Program Restrictions Regarding NCLEX Registration

    klone replied to Nursetex's topic in General Students

    No, they should not be able to put restrictions on it. It's between you and the BON. However, it's possible they're telling you that because they know their program isn't accepted by other
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    Facility Policy or State/Federal Requirements

    klone replied to MrsBRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's certainly not best practice, but as long as it has a date, time and the physician's signature (or name stamp in the case of electronic orders), it serves as an order, even if it's not done in the...
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    Aspiring IBCLC

    klone replied to SicEm1908's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have no personal advice on Pathway 2. I have never heard of an RN doing anything other than Pathway 1, though. With Pathway 2, it has to be DIRECTLY SUPERVISED. Working as a mom/baby nurse would...