klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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  1. Postpartum Nursing Care | Labor and Delivery
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    How to deal with this conflict?

    Yes, OP. You've said that several times. What exactly do you mean by
  3. klone

    Question about pain management

    What you give, when, should not be at the discretion of the nurse. It should be clearly defined in the order (e.g. give one Percocet for pain of 1-3; give 2 Percocet for pain of 4-7; give Morphine for...
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    How to deal with this conflict?

    Then I would submit that bedside nursing is not an appropriate area for you. Because a bedside nurse simply doesn't have the time to sit at a patient's side for an hour and let the med pass be damned....
  5. Put in locker, typically yes. Good
  6. Yes, that would be the real world answer. That, or ask pharmacy WTF they're stocking medications in grains, unless they're actually an old timey
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    FMLA coverage

    As BTDT stated, the hospital can do what they want, particularly if you're not union or have any state-mandated staffing requirements. Have you talked to your manager about why s/he isn't getting a...
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    Late pass because of job!!

    Are you posting this from work? Maybe instead of taking time out of your day to register a username and post on a message board, you should just work on getting your meds passed? Seriously - if you...
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    Mother/baby and L&D

    I disagree that the IBCLC is overrated. Many/most people I know who have it, do it for personal accomplishment/satisfaction, rather than because they want to make money from it. I think if you want...
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    BYOB at work?

    Another example of tone not coming across well via written medium. I'm not defensive or attacking. The tone in which I wrote that post was one of amused
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    BYOB at work?

    D'oh!
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    BYOB at work?

    I don't think the OP was necessarily WRONG, per se. Just acting so ridiculously dramatic about the whole thing that I think many of us are just playing along at this
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    BYOB at work?

    No one gets reported? Are you serious? She brought up Nazis because of Godwin's
  14. klone

    WHNP/CM program (Georgetown?)

    Actually, you could get it from Frontier as well (just not concurrently). And if you want to be a midwife and catch babies, then you may want to rethink the WHNP degree, which is somewhat of a...
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    BYOB at work?

    Really? You don't think that's a ridiculous, hyperbolic leap? Davey, can you do a cartoon on beer being a gateway drug to cocaine? Beer is cheap. Cocaine is not (from what I've been told). Who's...
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    BYOB at work?

    No, we didn't miss it; we understand it just
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    preemployment drug testing

    This is what's wrong. Your prescription is for 1mg, and you are taking 2mg. Whether or not something like this would be caught through a UDS, who knows. But if you need 2mg. of Ativan (or whatever)...
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    preemployment drug testing

    Let me ask you this - what does the sig on the bottle
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    preemployment drug testing

    People have already explained it to you. Did you remind your provider that you already had a valid Rx for Ativan 1mg (or whatever it is) when s/he wrote you a new
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    preemployment drug testing

    Really? Are you really confused? You don't understand the
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    preemployment drug testing

    I have no idea what SAMSHA regulations are. I pee in a cup in a very controlled environment (blue stuff in the toilet, not allowed to wash your hands until you leave the bathroom, urine temp is...
  22. Is there another type of acute care NP that isn't focused on
  23. As I mentioned before, becoming an NP isn't a typical path to the OR. As I said earlier, I would just focus on graduating and trying to land an RN position in the OR, and then go from there. You do...
  24. Path forward to what? I'm unclear what exactly you envision yourself doing in the
  25. I will preface this by saying that I am NOT an OR nurse, although I do know how to circulate for cesarean deliveries. My understanding is that an RNFA is not a scrub nurse. S/he is FIRST ASSIST. At...