klone MSN, RN

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    Should drug diverters be prosecuted?

    klone replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Not all diversion is a result of taking from a patient. And I'm sorry, but giving a patient one Percocet and keeping one for yourself is not on the same league as what Ruby Vee
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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

    Libra covered it succinctly, but I will expound if you wish. And I will repeat what she said above, and yeah, Imma shout here: ACKNOWLEDGING IN A PROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE FORUM THAT FORMULA USE CARRIES...
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    Low L&D Census, losing hours. Does this happen often?

    klone replied to clarkb33's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As Ruby Vee said, this is more likely to happen in smaller hospitals that staff a separate OB department. The really small hospitals don't have enough births to sustain a discrete OB staff, so the...
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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

    Oh. See, that's unfair. If you have a bad experience with one MD, would you not ever go to another physician again? It seems unreasonable, particularly for someone in healthcare, to paint the entire...
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    Should drug diverters be prosecuted?

    klone replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Completely not
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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

    All these stories make me so angry. I cannot even FATHOM a lactation consultant telling a mom "You're just not trying hard enough" (I'm not saying I don't believe you, just that it's so outside my own...
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    How to propose self scheduling to Nurse Manager?

    klone replied to Notca67's topic in Nurse Management

    Of course it's appropriate! I can almost guarantee that your manager does NOT love doing the schedule and would probably love to be rid of that responsibility. If she is as reasonable as you say she...
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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

    I had postpartum depression which went undiagnosed until he was about a year old, and it stemmed from not being able to produce enough
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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

    Okay, I have just read the OP, not any of the responses. And I will preface this with full disclosure: I am an OB nurse and an IBCLC. I am also a mom of three children, all of whom were breastfed,...
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    Deltoid injections in obese patients

    klone replied to Psychrn6685's topic in General Nursing

    The glute is in a totally different place than the deltoid, just fyi. OP, don't worry about it - the good thing about hitting bone is there aren't any nerves in the bone. It will probably bother you...
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    Heroin withdrawal

    klone replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is a 4-year-old
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    Suboxone treatment

    klone replied to Heynurse29's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I see a lot of concerning things in your OP, and I see very little taking of responsibility for being in the situation you are in. Hopefully substance treatment and the recovery process will give you...
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    Nurse Manager Salary.

    klone replied to nursefromcali's topic in General Nursing

    The recruiter wants you to succeed. If you get hired, they get their money. Whether you have a shot at the job is entirely on the facility and the people who interview you there. Good
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    Labor and Delivery Orientation

    klone replied to kanordahl's topic in Ob/Gyn

    1) I'm not going to list my hospital, but I am the nurse manager of a small community hospital in Oregon. We do around 700 births a year. 2) L&D Orientation is typically 3-6 months - it's...
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    Nurse Satisfaction comes before Patient Satisfaction

    klone replied to JanineKelbach's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my god use the quote
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    Why are nurse managers jerks?

    klone replied to Cola89's topic in Nurse Management

    Yep, you're truly getting it from both
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    Why are nurse managers jerks?

    klone replied to Cola89's topic in Nurse Management

    Yep, you nailed it. I have an eidetic memory for things in writing. As a result, I remember usernames. And yours stuck out at me. I just don't get the value of constantly complaining about something,...
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    Why are nurse managers jerks?

    klone replied to Cola89's topic in Nurse Management

    Is this the same manager you were complaining about last month? And the month before? I thought you were getting a new job? And yes, if every manager you have had is a jerk, and every charge nurse or...
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    New Process Admitting Couplets... HELP!!!

    klone replied to puddles11's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm curious why your unit has difficulty stabilizing infant's temp? It's VERY rare that we have a baby who can't keep up the temp, and if it's happening for a full shift, we would have that baby under...
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    Preventing call-ins

    klone replied to Brandi,RN's topic in General Nursing

    They only did the schedule one week in advance? Or, if the schedule for the following weekend was already in place, did they just bump someone else to put the caller offer onto the
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    EFM for Postpartum Nurses???

    klone replied to AmbitiousNurse16's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The class is just a class, and it's good for 2 years - like NRP or STABLE. Then you have to retake the class. The certification is a certification - you take a proctored exam, and if you pass, it...
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    EFM for Postpartum Nurses???

    klone replied to AmbitiousNurse16's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually certified through the NCC, or just have a certificate that you've taken the AWHONN class? I think if you see antepartum patients, you should have a rudimentary knowledge of EFM, but even most...
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    Nursing Job Outlook

    klone replied to dbsum's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Yes, Bay Area Hospital hires mostly ADNs, simply because it's a small community that doesn't have a university with a BSN program nearby, so most nurses are
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    Nursing Job Outlook

    klone replied to dbsum's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I assume you're talking to me - I live on the GORGEOUS Oregon
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    ADN/BSN Question

    klone replied to sjdelgado1974's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    How did they receive an ADN *AND* BSN without becoming an RN? RN is a license, not a degree (unlike an MD, which is a