klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Fingernails and Handwashing

    klone replied to bitter_betsy's topic in General Students

    Just keep them short, and use a nail brush to scrub them when you
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    Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, retention isn't typically a problem here. When there is only one hospital, there are fewer opportunities to jump ship and go to the hospital down the street. Its a union facility, in a...
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    Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry if I had a tantrum. It's just incredibly frustrating to have this issue that is literally keeping me awake at night, and then have people say that the problem doesn't really exist, and that I'm...
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    Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Haha. No radioactive site, just a gorgeous coastal town that doesn't have a lot to offer beyond the natural beauty. The other issue in my particular community is the lack of housing. There a horrible...
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    Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    No no no!! I feel like nobody's listening to what I'm saying. They're just repeating their own version of what they believe to be true. Spanked, I'm not saying what you're describing never happens....
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    Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, in many places there IS a nursing shortage. And frankly, it pisses me off that people say otherwise. Until you've been to these communities, you have no idea. You can believe whatever you want,...
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    Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    We do. We just don't have any that are interested in working night
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    Breaks

    klone replied to NurseKC87's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    1. That's illegal. When you're off the clock, you can do what you want. If you are required to maintain nurse patient ratios, then you're not truly taking an unpaid lunch break. 2. Every state is...
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    Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    When someone submits an application, it goes directly to my in-box as well as HR's. I am first contact with the applicant, not HR. And I can only speak to my facility of course, but what Rocknurse is...
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    Can't find a job! No job opportunities!

    klone replied to PrettyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Did you not research the job opportunities for LVNs before deciding to go to school for LVN? Is there a reason why you aren't going back to get your RN? Have you looked at clinics? Many of them will...
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    Guidance and insight moving from AZ to OR with young family

    klone replied to Ashjaclyn's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I would look at Eugene or
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    Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Our facility hires every new grad that comes out of the local CC - those that are staying in the community, and not moving
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    Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    They (we) can't find staff because we live in an isolated community that nobody has heard of, and we have one small community college that graduates 30 new nurses each year, which isn't enough to take...
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    Working nights w/ barking/needy dogs that probably wouldn't let me sleep during the day

    klone replied to lmb93's topic in General Nursing

    I remember worrying about that when I worked nights. Turns out, dogs sleep a LOT. I bet if you let them lie on the bed with you, they'll probably just sleep all
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    Failed my drug test and I'm pregnant

    klone replied to ianurse's topic in General Nursing

    Katie, I'm not ignoring this. I haven't had time to sit down long enough to really read through your response and formulate one of my own. Feel free to remind me if you don't hear back from me by the...
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    Applying without experience

    klone replied to shephfra000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Can you
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    Suicide screening for all is not needed

    klone replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Perhaps the screening questions can be couched a certain way as to make them more relevant. How I've approached is by asking them "Do you feel safe in the home?" (to cover the domestic violence...
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    Failed my drug test and I'm pregnant

    klone replied to ianurse's topic in General Nursing

    BTW, OP, how are you doing? I hope your symptoms have
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    Failed my drug test and I'm pregnant

    klone replied to ianurse's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is, Katie - while abruption (nobody I know who works in OB calls it "abruptio") can be a catastrophic emergency (not always, its common to have partial abruptions that aren't diagnosed until...
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    Failed my drug test and I'm pregnant

    klone replied to ianurse's topic in General Nursing

    How would you get a confirmatory test that predates the false positive? And I'm not going to say it would never or has never happened, but CPS does NOT want to take custody of anyone's infant unless...
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    Preemployment drug testing

    klone replied to RN5858's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it seems like people who smoke pot regularly get very indignant about the suggestion they not smoke pot regularly, and do all kinds of mental gymnastics in order to justify their continued use. I...
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    Preemployment drug testing

    klone replied to RN5858's topic in General Nursing

    Every hospital is different. Quit smoking pot before applying for a
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    Failed my drug test and I'm pregnant

    klone replied to ianurse's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't in the clinic - this was in inpatient
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    RN with no experience seeking advice

    klone replied to periwinklewink's topic in Oregon Nursing

    A LOT of the smaller community hospitals in Oregon are desperate for nurses. Look at hospitals >1 hour outside Portland or
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    Failed my drug test and I'm pregnant

    klone replied to ianurse's topic in General Nursing

    A few thoughts. If a pregnant woman presents to the ED or OB with certain symptoms (such as preterm labor or abruption), many facilities will automatically do a UDS. A UDS can be performed without a...