klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Help with Titles!

    klone replied to amysnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ambulatory nursing is nursing in a clinic or outpatient setting. "Clinical" nursing just means that they work directly with patients - it doesn't necessarily mean "in a clinic" because a bedside nurse...
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    Is flipping a coin a "fair" way to decide who stays when there is a call-in?

    klone replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Oregon just passed a law forbidding mandatory OT. A nurse cannot be compelled to work past her shift more than 2 (?) hours, I believe, AND there must be a mandatory 10 hours of rest between the end of...
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    Is flipping a coin a "fair" way to decide who stays when there is a call-in?

    klone replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    That's ridiculous. The DON should be fired. SHE is the one who has ultimate 24/7 responsibility of the
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    To tell or not to tell?

    klone replied to nursingRN123's topic in General Students

    I haven't read to the end of the thread yet, so I apologize if this has already been mentioned. Many schools have an "academic integrity" policy wherein if you know cheating is taking place and you do...
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    Patient Satisfaction: A New Priority

    klone replied to AnnoyedNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Preventing family from interfering with safe patient care has nothing to do with patient satisfaction. You can still provide good compassionate care that makes your patient leave feeling satisfied...
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    Does the same rules apply to doctors

    klone replied to mrsfoster601's topic in General Nursing

    You are correct I've worked at hospitals where the physicians were employed by the hospital, and they had the same BLS requirement as everyone else. I've worked at hospitals where the physicians are...
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    Quitting job during orientation?

    klone replied to angieRN528's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse manager, I have two thoughts. One, as a few others have mentioned - if you are hired to L&D and have to work 3 12s, would you figure out a way to make it work? Because the vast majority...
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    Census-related cancellations?

    klone replied to AngelRN27's topic in Nurse Management

    Oh, wow. Yes, I agree you should list the staffers and then put their last called off date, rather than go by
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    I GOTTA KNOW!!!!!

    klone replied to qaqueen's topic in General Nursing

    What the hell is a urinal
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    Nurse tells summer volunteer to not refer to the unit as "We"!!

    klone replied to djasc112's topic in General Nursing

    Indeed. If I overheard that in my unit, there would be formal disciplinary
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    Gun Owning Nurses

    klone replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    How did that whole "Obama's gonna take away your guns" thing
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    Gun Owning Nurses

    klone replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    What is a scary/black kind of
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    Nurse Manager gossiping about employees?

    klone replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The Peter
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    Gun Owning Nurses

    klone replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I hate guns, but not because I'm a nurse (or because I'm 'liberal' - Annie, I rolled my eyes so much at your posts that I think they're permanently stuck). I think guns and nurses is like apples and...
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    Census-related cancellations?

    klone replied to AngelRN27's topic in Nurse Management

    Couldn't you just put it in an excel spreadsheet and then sort by
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    What to do if you prick yourself with used needle?

    klone replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    You tell your charge nurse, manager, or house supervisor. You notify your employee health department. You don't need a STAT blood draw for something like this, because a couple hours is not going to...
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    Terminated

    klone replied to sdugan07's topic in General Nursing

    The term is "employment at will" - "right to work" is something entirely
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    Terminated

    klone replied to sdugan07's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like they've been looking for a reason to let you go. If it wasn't this, it would be something else. I would see no value to myself to continue working there. So with that in mind, I wouldn't...
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    We are human too

    klone replied to IdrilRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, now we could get into an existential conversation about art imitating life, or vice
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    Implementing New Hire/New RN Orientation for L&D Unit

    klone replied to OBRN91's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ours is similar to SoldierNurse - AWHONN's Basic, then Advanced EFM courses, STABLE and NRP, OR orientation. Typically 4-6 months before they're totally off orientation. Mine's a smaller facility -...
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    We are human too

    klone replied to IdrilRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm just wondering about all the hashtags. As far as I know, AN doesn't work like Twitter or FB with regards to the use of hashtags. And I am not a fan of glurgy stuff like the OP that presents nurses...
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    Physician called my manager and said I was "unprofessional".

    klone replied to Smellnell's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Luckily, you have your example of "unprofessionalism" in writing in the form of that email you sent to the OB and his nurse. If your manager has questions about whether or not you were out of line,...
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    Bullying online is NOT harmless

    klone replied to Dianna11's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Dude, you seem to be perseverating on bullying and nurses "eating their young." I just looked at all the threads on the subject you have started. Who hurt
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    Nurse Manager gossiping about employees?

    klone replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not fair and not true. Have you not ever had a good performance review from a nurse manager? If not, perhaps the issue is not with the nurse
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    Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    klone replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just curious how this is dispensed (does pharmacy send it to the unit? Are they in single-dose vials like Bicitra? Or is it a bottle and you give a certain ml amount in a medicine