klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Healthy Fit Nurse navigating potlucks.

    klone replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Only nurses are fat and unhealthy.
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    Surgical Procedures in L&D

    klone replied to JoeTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't imagine there would be any legal issues. An OR is an OR. If it's cleared to perform major abdominal surgery, surely it's fine to perform laparoscopic procedures and other gyn surgeries. When I...
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    Jahi McMath "What does it mean to die?"

    klone replied to Christy1019's topic in Nursing News

    Did you read the article in its entirety? A good 1/3 of the article was not about Jahi at all, but rather about the history of the idea of "brain death" and how it has been forced to evolve over time...
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    Can't get a job

    klone replied to Dadrie's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Too late. If you're going to criticize someone's grammar or spelling, make sure yours is
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    DNP Project proposal

    klone replied to Ad1029's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What INTERESTS you? I would expect when someone gets to the doctoral level of education, they would have a better idea of what they would want the representation of their life's work to be than to...
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    Jahi McMath "What does it mean to die?"

    klone replied to Christy1019's topic in Nursing News

    I think the type of surgery and whether the family's actions may have caused the bleeding complications are irrelevant to the point of this particular
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    AllNurses YouTube Channel and Survey. Need some input.

    klone replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Alexx, Are you an admin for Allnurses? I've just never "seen" you here before and am just wondering what your relationship is with this website.
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    Jahi McMath "What does it mean to die?"

    klone replied to Christy1019's topic in Nursing News

    What a great article! It certainly changes my thinking about the whole situation. While I would not choose to remain unconscious on a vent, nor would I choose that for one of my loved ones, I...
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    Contractually Obligated - Hate my job

    klone replied to CptCari's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I would not stay anywhere that I hated and
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    How to get into OB nursing (nursing student)

    klone replied to wwnn1313's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No, you don't need experience elsewhere in order to get a job in L&D. Best way to get hired there is to do your senior practicum on that
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    Can you not be Type A and be a good nurse in L&D?

    klone replied to MyAimIsTrue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    IME, the people that do the best in L&D have a keen attention to fine detail, as well as a warm, caring personality. So much of L&D is "mothering" the woman in labor, offering support and...
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    Can't get a job

    klone replied to Dadrie's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You need to relocate. If you do that, I guarantee you will be able to find a
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    Bored, Trying to figure out what to do.

    klone replied to deej394's topic in General Nursing

    I wholeheartedly disagree with this. I've always been quite satisfied and fulfilled by my career. If I wasn't, I moved on to a position where I could find that fulfillment. Life is WAY too short to...
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    Bored, Trying to figure out what to do.

    klone replied to deej394's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps, but it was done in a quite harsh
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    Nicotine pre- employment testing

    klone replied to Kansasmomandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    It seems like you don't understand how the poll feature works. You're supposed to ask a question and then provide different answers, and we choose one of the
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    NP Programs that provide preceptors.

    klone replied to Zamy's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would check with your local brick and mortar
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    RN Signature for our current daycare

    klone replied to far2many's topic in General Nursing

    No, I would not sign it, particularly if you don't know what you're attesting
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    Will I get fired?

    klone replied to Chloe86's topic in General Nursing

    Patient "may have had a mini stroke" based on
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    Appropriate patient discussion

    klone replied to amtisdale's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you what we do at our hospital. First, we typically only take med/surg or post-op patients from the floor during "red alert" times (times of extremely high census in the facility causing...
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    What is Nux Vomica? State Board Questions From the Turn of the 20thCentury: An Era Gone By

    klone replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    Nux Vomica is still used as a homeopathic remedy. It used to be one of the components of the "Hyland's Kids' Kit" (not sure if that kit still
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    36 weeker in isolette

    klone replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The overbed lights should not get hot enough to melt anything. If it does, it should be taken out of use, because that's a serious fire
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    36 weeker in isolette

    klone replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would let the baby tell me what s/he needs. If it can thermoregulate in an open crib, then there you go. Some can, some won't be able to and will need an incubator. We typically don't need...
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    Are you discerning with your "likes"?

    klone posted a topic in General Nursing

    It's been established many years ago that I rely on "likes" as validation of my worth as a valued member of the Allnurses.com community. As such, whenever I get a "like" notification, I go to my...
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    CARE PLAN HELP

    klone replied to Mmathieson07's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What Sour Lemon said. Tell us what you've got, and we'll let you know if you're on the right
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    Former drug addicts becoming nurses?

    klone replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts: this post seems catty, gossipy, and poorly concealed judgyness under the guise of "well-meaning