klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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  1. I guess I don't understand why it's bad or passive-aggressive that she wanted to keep you in the
  2. 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...
  3. 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

    What a gross example of nurses not getting the respect they deserve as a well-educated
  5. 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
  6. 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

    Flounce bingo! "I would never want you to be my
  8. klone

    Failed last semester and it hurts

    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!

    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...
  10. 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
  11. 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!

    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
  13. klone

    Not Everyone is meant/wants to be a leader!

    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...
  14. 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

    Call 911. Sorry, we can't give medical advise per
  16. 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
  17. klone

    Question about Cigarettes and Drug Tests

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

    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
  19. That's a good sign. It suggests that it's a rigorous program that weeds out the
  20. What's their NCLEX pass
  21. Is this a program in Florida, by
  22. My department, because the nurses have a super faboo ultra cool
  23. 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
  24. 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...
  25. klone

    Aspiring IBCLC

    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...