klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Is this a smart tactic in huddle...

    klone replied to AnnoyedNurse's topic in Nurse Management

    I don't think it's a problem to ask here. OP, I agree with llg - it totally depends on the context and the way it was done, so I can't answer yes or no to your specific
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    Drug testing

    klone replied to blexxer's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, that's not true. Drug testing for employees is exempt from CMS regulations. Or rather, drug testing employees is not a requirement of
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    I don't see Dream'n suggest anywhere that women were being forced to
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    Not sure if this was hyperbole - I have never heard of a nurse being fired simply for giving a bottle of
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    In the article, it stated that the infant was in the room with the mother for about an hour. In that hour, the mother had apparently dozed off and suffocated the infant. And how long she waited after...
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    giving morphine to neonate without CR monitoring

    klone replied to nurse296's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've never worked in a unit where continuous CR monitoring was required for morphine/methadone used for
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    I assume this is rhetorical? That doesn't negate the fact that there are times, such as for POST-SURGICAL PAIN, where narcotics are entirely
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    Have you ever heard the term NAPALM? Not All People Are Like Me. Some women do just fine with NSAIDS after delivery. Some women have excruciating involution pain, or 4th degree lacs. Or post-operative...
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    No, it really isn't. That's a widely believed fallacy. Why does health care cost so much in America? Ask Harvard's David Cutler | PBS NewsHour Mainly the reason why it's so much more expensive is...
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    Don't Risk Your Job Over Social Media

    klone replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    A very good reason why I do not post where I work, and I do not friend anyone who also works at my place of
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    I believe, by law, insurance companies must pay for 48 hours for lady partsl deliveries and 96 hours for C/S. This is without any
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    Except that that was not at all the case in this situation. The hospital had the baby in the nursery while the mom slept. Sounds like the baby was in the nursery for nearly four hours. The nurse...
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    Statute of limitations on anything related to childbirth is either 18 or 20 years. The article stated that she didn't file suit until a few weeks ago, after "someone" (presumably an attorney) looked...
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    Don't Risk Your Job Over Social Media

    klone replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Right now I'm sitting on my fingers, as I'm seeing a big Facebook conversation happening on my community's FB page, talking about our hospital and specifically my unit. And I want to say "It didn't...
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    First, Ambien is not a pain medication. Yes, I *do* think it's relevant that she was given Ambien, on top of regular narcotic medication. It's not a regular occurrence. We discourage cosleeping....
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    How to get into management

    klone replied to Ashley.Hop's topic in Nurse Management

    Agree. IMO, an effective manager is willing to roll up sleeves, put on scrubs, and work alongside his/her nurses when necessary. If your heart's not in it, you're going to crash and burn. Being a...
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    How to enter NICU or newborn

    klone replied to rosylove18's topic in General Nursing

    Have you applied to any mom-baby/postpartum
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    Simple mask or NRBM?

    klone replied to AvaRN22's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use 10L non
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    Oncology to OB..how do i get there?

    klone replied to TRD12603's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congratulations!!
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    Makawake - your post was really long with lots of questions, so I'm not going to quote it, but I will try to answer your questions. I am only speaking to my facility, but we give Ibuprofen q6h as an...
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    The article said that she did not decide to sue until after an attorney reviewed her case in August 2017. So it sounds like it was just a matter of a week or two between officially deciding to sue and...
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    I don't know what "ATC" is, but yes, it's normal to still need narcotic pain relievers 3 days post-op from a C/S. Women are typically sent home with an Rx for an additional week's worth of narcotics....
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    As have I, but you know what they say about making inferences about statistics based on anecdotal
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    Very small amounts and yes, it's perfectly
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    klone replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    My comment was not meant to be universal - I was speaking for what we do at our