klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Highest Paying States For Registered Nurses

    klone replied to nursephillip's topic in Nursing News

    Interesting! Oregon is the 3rd highest paying state, and their cost of living is fairly inexpensive compared to CA and HI. There's a strong union presence here, which I'm sure is part of why it ranks...
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    Dragging hospital communications, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century

    klone replied to Rpw3b's topic in General Nursing

    I've never known of a facility that didn't have a way of accessing facility email
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    Cervidil

    klone replied to jules55's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree, that policy should be changed. AWHONN guidelines recommend 1:2 for cervical
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    Is it customary where you work to recheck BPs manually?

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Once again:
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    So excited!! After 5 years away from the bedside...

    klone replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Now that I've been back in inpatient OB for 7 months now, I can't imagine why I ever thought I would be happy anywhere else! Even stripping the sheets off a bed gives me a sense of joy and peace.
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    Online associate degree?

    klone replied to Jhope16's topic in General Nursing

    There are many classes for the program you may be able to take online, but the core nursing clinical placements will need to be in person. There are no RN programs that are 100%
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    Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    klone replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I thought I was the only one who saw that. Or at least, the only one who found it
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    Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    klone replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    "NORMAL" types of Jewish? What on earth does that mean? Orthodox Jews wear tichels. If not a tichel, then often a wig. I've worked with many of
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    Injection Gone Wrong: Part 3

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

    Are you Susan? I noticed that in one place it said "...my husband..." instead of "...her husband..." I'm hoping that Susan fully recovers. Chronic pain is
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    What are some facts about charting in labor in delivery?

    klone replied to Eeramsey's topic in General Nursing

    Requirement for frequency of charting depends on the individual patient and where she is in the labor process. Cervical ripening, vs. active labor, vs. pushing, plus things like Pitocin or MgSO4...
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    Is it customary where you work to recheck BPs manually?

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Um...Huh?
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    OT for Time, Love or Money???

    klone replied to SouthpawRN's topic in General Nursing

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    Is it customary where you work to recheck BPs manually?

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I guess because a normal reading isn't going to result in a potentially serious
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    Injection Gone Wrong: Part 2

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

    I don't understand this part of the story: Why was the machine continuing to "venture over" to her right shoulder, when it was her left shoulder that has the injury? And couldn't she have just said...
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    OT for Time, Love or Money???

    klone replied to SouthpawRN's topic in General Nursing

    If it's a direct shift swap, it wouldn't be OT. Our nurses do that all the
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    Enough is Enough...

    klone replied to MrChicagoRN's topic in Nurse Management

    Exactly what happened to my husband. He had been in a director-level position for a few years. One NSTEMI later, he's now "just" a hospice nurse, and couldn't be
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    Medical Tourism

    klone replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I would do it in a heartbeat. I would follow up with my PCP, though, rather than the
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    NOVII

    klone replied to XXXX5's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'll be interested in any responses, as we will be purchasing two of these hopefully next month. My plan is that the base is not going to stay in the labor room, but will live somewhere safe (probably...
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    Enough is Enough...

    klone replied to MrChicagoRN's topic in Nurse Management

    Best of luck to you. I think for many people, a manager's tenure is short for that reason. It's definitely hard to find that balance, as well as retain one's sanity when you're pulled in so many...
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    Allnurses needs nurses

    klone replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I have about 12 forums on my "favorites" list. I don't use the "what's new" option for
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    Allnurses needs nurses

    klone replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. So it will always be on long-standing internet message board
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    A stye in your eye *semi-vent*

    klone replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    And I believe it's a "plank," and not a "stye". Assuming you're making a biblical
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    A stye in your eye *semi-vent*

    klone replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Try not to look at it as someone ratted you out for breaking a policy, but look at it as you broke a policy. Reflect on why it happened and how you will avoid doing it again. Don't make it about
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    Radical Vulvectomy

    klone replied to CrunchRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wish I could help but that is not something I've ever seen or dealt with as an OB nurse. Best of luck to your
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    Patient brings own urine sample for preoperative pregnancy testing

    klone replied to DineenC's topic in General Nursing

    I would guess through the preop teaching done before the