klone MSN, RN

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    Pitocin Question

    klone replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This page on 3rd stage of labor talks about physiologic vs active management of 3rd stage, and benefits of each. Management of the Third Stage of Labor: Overview, Clinical Presentation,...
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    Pitocin Question

    klone replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Most providers give it as soon as the placenta delivers, but some research suggests that starting Pit as soon as the anterior shoulder is delivered helps actively prevent PPH. The uterus won't fully...
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    Nurse Midwife vs Labor and Delivery RN. Can't Decide

    klone replied to Paula378's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I guess you could become a lay midwife and do homebirths. No degree required. But if you want to work as a midwife in the hospital setting, you will need more
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    Nurse Midwife vs Labor and Delivery RN. Can't Decide

    klone replied to Paula378's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There are some graduate programs in the NE that have CM programs (non-nursing midwifery). SUNY is one, I believe. Graduates are only recognized in a few states, though (from my
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    Nurse Midwife vs Labor and Delivery RN. Can't Decide

    klone replied to Paula378's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Most CNMs start as L&D nurses. Get your BSN, work in L&D, and then after a few years, go back to school for your
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    Nursery/NICU linen changes

    klone replied to first123's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We don't have a policy. For NBN, we just change them PRN if they're soiled (they're only there a couple days). For NICU, they're changed
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    Any truth to this story?

    klone replied to Faster's topic in Nursing News

    Oh dear. That was my previous employer before I moved to
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    Wireless monitors: Monica/Novii, other telemetry

    klone replied to yinzerlabornurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a Novii. We used it twice, and it has been out of use since, because it appeared to show great inaccuracies with the FHT. We're now all a bit gunshy to try to use it again. So it sits in my...
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    Seniority

    klone replied to lexyrn71's topic in General Nursing

    I think you and I are using the term "seniority" differently. You seem to be using it as interchangeable with "experience" and I am using it per the definition of most union contracts, which is the...
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    Unable to Advance my RN Position

    klone replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    Did you ask your manager why less senior nurses have been given benefited
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    Within scope of practice to insert a PICC line?

    klone posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I have a job interview for an infusion company, and she said that I would be trained to insert PICC lines. I didn't know it was in an RN scope! It has to be done with the aid of x-ray, yes? Do you...
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    HELP possibly moving to Denver

    klone replied to Guest1026438's topic in Colorado Nursing

    U of C Hospital is in a fairly rough area of Aurora. I would not suggest living within close distance of the hospital. However, Denver has a very robust public transit system (RTD, you can look it up...
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    NICU Before Moving to L&D

    klone replied to Amtrojan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah, I thought that was an odd thing to say. Sepsis, NEC, CDH, 24-weekers with intercranial hemorrhages, term newborns on head cooling 2/2 HIE from birth trauma. Not what I'd call
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    NICU Before Moving to L&D

    klone replied to Amtrojan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OP, if you want to work in in OB/women's health, then you should take the L&D job. NICU is not OB. As others have said, as an L&D nurse, you spend very little time with the baby on the...
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    NICU Before Moving to L&D

    klone replied to Amtrojan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It surprises me that you would say that. I've worked at half a dozen hospitals around the country (both community hospitals and university affiliated high risk facilities) and all of them had new grad...
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    Seniority

    klone replied to lexyrn71's topic in General Nursing

    Seniority and experience are separate ideas, though. There are nurses with decades of relevant experience, but are low seniority at a facility because their experience was at other facilities. My...
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    Magnesium sulfate question

    klone replied to Kdavisobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Bedrest Clears Yes, but can't speak to the specifics Currently it's serial, but we're in the process of updating our orderset, and mag levels will be one of those changes, so that it will be drawn PRN...
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    Has anyone heard about personalized learning RN-BSN at NAU

    klone replied to TcRN277's topic in School, College Programs

    That's very similar to how WGU's program is. Very interesting that another school has adopted that
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    Seniority

    klone replied to lexyrn71's topic in General Nursing

    That was a very specific
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    Rh + and - and Coombs and blood types

    klone replied to Postpartum RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've typically seen the test done on the newborn (direct
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    Seniority

    klone replied to lexyrn71's topic in General Nursing

    Best as in most qualified. I guess I thought that was
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    Seniority

    klone replied to lexyrn71's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like I'm reading a different thread than you. The peer interviewers assign scores to the various candidates. We do that, as well. All candidates are given the same questions, and they are...
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    Seniority

    klone replied to lexyrn71's topic in General Nursing

    What do you mean? You don't know what "best" means in this
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    Fountain Pens for Charting

    klone replied to wernicke's topic in General Nursing

    It's seems like an affectation to me. You're seriously going to chart with an
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    Seniority

    klone replied to lexyrn71's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly this. I think the peer interview is an incredibly important part of the process. I am in favor of hiring the person who is the most qualified and best fit for the position, rather than the...