klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Aromatherapy

    You are on FIRE this
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    Aromatherapy

    I'm very familiar with aromatherapy. And yes, it can and has triggered severe asthma attacks in coworkers on our unit. And really, do you think "It will probably be fine" is a good response when we're...
  3. No, what you're describing is not kosher. Who provides accreditation to your surgery center? I would start
  4. Got mine a month
  5. I would love to hear what other clinics do. This is something we struggle with VERY MUCH, and we're trying to hammer down some policies, and I'm really interested how other places do it. Also, what is...
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    Aromatherapy

    Nobody's judging. The problem is when someone's choice if complementary treatment modality infringes on others' right to breathe. Breathing needs to
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    Testosterone and uterine contractions

    I find there is often a lot of profound misinformation about healthcare related issues amongst people who are not in
  8. ik,r? I remember Lee press-on nails from my youth, in the '80s. They had regular, glamour length, and active length. The OP must favor the glamour
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    Testosterone and uterine contractions

    Nope, that makes no sense to me. Why would cramping of the uterus, even extreme cramping, cause the person to collapse? What kind of "emergency surgery" did he
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    Aromatherapy

    I wish we could use aromatherapy in OB, but our facility is
  11. What a little ray of sunshine you
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    Do all nurses make fatal mistakes?

    Yes, it is. Ignore the ones who are being unnecessarily harsh. Please know your nursing school colleague is full of beans. Yes, I would say that every nurse has or will make a med error at some point...
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    Do all nurses make fatal mistakes?

    It's times like these when I wish Allnurses had better emojis. Trust me, if I dialed it down any further than I am in this thread, I'd be unconscious. You see a flame thrower, I see a naïve student...
  14. No, you should not play stupid. But you should have humility, and come with a "ready to learn" attitude. Do more listening than talking. If you can remember those things, you'll be
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    Do all nurses make fatal mistakes?

    Geez, Brownbook and wondern - dial it down a
  16. I agree with you...to a point. I work in OB, and once in a while we will perform an induction of labor that will result in the delivery of a pre-viable fetus. In those situations, we are all...
  17. Good lord, no. I'm sorry, but just no. You absolutely will not be able to wear fake nails in nursing school or as a nurse. If you work in the NICU you won't be able to have anything but short, clean...
  18. Yeah, I average 55 hours a week. I figured it out, and I make less than about 1/3 of the nurses whom I
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    Do all nurses make fatal mistakes?

    No, that's
  20. It's not facility dependent. It would be dependent upon the state BON. I know of no states that allow for a licensed RN to work under another RN's license. Your nurse manager is wrong, if that's what...
  21. They do not operate under a preceptor's license. If they're licensed, they operate under their OWN license. However, any time an RN delegates a task to someone else, they are responsible for making...
  22. klone

    Nicotine test for employment

    In
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    Nicotine test for employment

    If you google "half life of cotinine" you can confirm. Do you understand what "half life" means, and how that translates to clinically detectable amounts of substance in your
  24. No, she's
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    Volunteer advice, maybe controversial?

    I would not worry that your volunteer activities at PP would prevent you from getting a job on an OB unit. Only a TINY fraction of services that PP provides is