klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Is Shortage in Nursing really a hoax?

    klone replied to mikefilmstudent's topic in General Nursing

    In many areas of the country, there is a nursing shortage. In many areas, there is a nursing glut. Over the next 5-10 years, the shortage that some areas are currently experiencing is just going to...
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    PTO granted

    klone replied to heatherrn1234's topic in General Nursing

    Why has your union not addressed this in their
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    Fired from first hospital job

    klone replied to nurseblondie26's topic in General Nursing

    Barcode med administration. Scanning the patient's arm band and the barcode on the medication, with an electronic MAR. It helps to prevent/catch med errors before they reach the
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    MS in Midwifery

    klone replied to biggolp1's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    My understanding is that this degree is unique to the Northeast, and is only awarded in a few states. In those other states, you may have a lot of difficulty finding a job in a hospital, as most...
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    Fired from first hospital job

    klone replied to nurseblondie26's topic in General Nursing

    In what time period were these three medication errors. If you are a safe nurse, how did these errors occur? Are you doing your 5 rights? Are you using
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    PTO granted

    klone replied to heatherrn1234's topic in General Nursing

    A YEAR in advance? That's positively ludicrous. Our facility (also union) requires that PTO requests must be made on the 5th of the month of the prior month, because they require that the schedules...
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    Delivery table set up

    klone replied to Sholt72's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'd love to see the # of the standard by which they based
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    What happened to all the Walden Haters?

    klone replied to Mark Hill BSN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Congrats on your success! I know nothing about Walden haters. I know that for-profit universities are often prohibitively expensive, compared to other
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    Teaching paediatric resuscitation to nurses

    klone replied to Lisa1973's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly what I was thinking. BLS and PALS both already cover pediatric
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    Favorite people

    klone replied to ICURN20's topic in General Nursing

    Right where I am right
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    Lactation Consultants - Help!

    klone replied to Mashedpotatoes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think it's okay to piece it together, as long as it addresses all topics needed. When I first sat for the exam, I took the Health E-Learning Breast-Ed courses. There's a 10 module course that...
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    Do ASN/ADN nurses still get hired in the hospital?

    klone replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in General Nursing

    Depends completely on the region. I recently moved from Denver, where it was pretty impossible to get a hospital job with an ASN unless you also come with a few years of valuable experience. Where I...
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    Delivery table set up

    klone replied to Sholt72's topic in Ob/Gyn

    1.5 years
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    "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    klone replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    Funny you should ask, because this is currently my VERY FAVORITE TOPIC and I could chat anyone up about it for days if they ask! The program has been in our rural community (population 20,000) for...
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    Delivery table set up

    klone replied to Sholt72's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When TJC did our last survey, they asked us about this. Our response was that because SVD is not a sterile procedure, the setup doesn't expire after a certain number of hours/days. They were satisfied...
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    Is an ADN (instead of BSN) a mistake if I then want to go to grad school for CNM?

    klone replied to pcat518's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    My recommendation is to NOT do the ADN-MSN bridge at Frontier. Do an ADN-BSN program, and then apply to Frontier into the direct MSN
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    SCHOOLS IN COLORADO???

    klone replied to jaimebarger's topic in General Students

    There are a bunch of community colleges in Colorado that have nursing programs. Off the top of my head, there's Red Rocks and Front Range, but I know there are many
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    Catholic Nurse Sues Duke University Hospital After Refusing to Assist with Abortions

    klone replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    It's not a large part of the role of an ED nurse to assist in
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    What field should I go into?

    klone replied to Ddelange's topic in General Nursing

    Look into becoming a mother-baby/postpartum nurse. Whatever they told you is incorrect. You cannot have your BSN in 6-8 months. It is a minimum of 4 years at a university. If they're telling you that,...
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    Needlestick

    klone replied to Pearlabder's topic in General Nursing

    What, specifically, are the risks/concerns regarding needlestick
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    Nurses with Medical Marijuana Cards.

    klone replied to fltopp1's topic in General Nursing

    Some of them are; nurses cannot work while under the influence of those, either. What does "US Government pharmaceuticals" even mean? I think you're confusing "mind-altering" with "mood-altering."...
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    PACU for cerclage

    klone replied to schreiba's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I managed a large outpatient OB/Gyn practice, we did minor procedures such as cerclage placement. They were recovered by one of our nurses, so an OB trained nurse (not necessarily L&D). I...
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    Catholic Nurse Sues Duke University Hospital After Refusing to Assist with Abortions

    klone replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    Do you have firsthand knowledge of the
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    I hate that everyone knows I speak Spanish !

    klone replied to LilimoonRN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, but since that's not a realistic solution, and CMS requires that we speak to patients in the language THEY feel most comfortable, we need to come up with actual WORKABLE solutions. What you...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    klone replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I have NO idea. It's only been my community for a year, so I'm still learning about it. I'm leaning towards no, I don't think so, though. Folks in general in this town are different. Don't like to be...