klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Something Positive: Your 5-Year Plan

    klone replied to Wrench Party's topic in General Nursing

    Have my boss's job (hopefully in the next two years or so). Do that job until our house is paid off (approximately 10 years from now). Retire to central
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    RNC-OB results

    klone replied to nsapsrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The immediate results are pretty accurate. I've never heard of anyone being told they passed, then later told they failed. I would not use your credentials RNC-OB until you get the official results,...
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    High Risk OB

    klone replied to megan.'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep, when I worked at the hospital here that had the sickest of the sick pregnant women (women were typically sent here from all over the region), the sickest would go to the ICU, would not stay in...
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    The challenge of new leaders...delegation

    klone posted a topic in Nurse Management

    How do you get over feeling guilty about delegating something you can easily do yourself? Or, alternately, someone give me permission to occasionally do a nursing task myself because I'm not doing...
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    My husband doesn't want me on ALLNURSES

    klone replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Are you a stalker? No, just kidding. A coworker figured out who I was. I didn't know she posted here. Now I'm a lot more reticent about posting work
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    My husband doesn't want me on ALLNURSES

    klone replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Kitiger, controlling husband aside (I, too, am one who raised an eyebrow at "doesn't want me posting" and "overprotective" because it's hard for me to fathom, in an adult relationship, why that would...
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    My husband doesn't want me on ALLNURSES

    klone replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Is 'journalizing' a
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    Graduating nursing school in May but I just want to scrub.

    klone replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    Hopefully some OR nurses will chime in, but I think you can take extra training to be a first
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    Post-interview thank you notes - do you or don't you?

    klone posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I was just reading an old thread here from about three years ago, when several people mentioned that they had never heard of sending post-interview thank you notes until they came here. Others are...
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    ER Nurse pay Denver

    klone replied to tabitha1979's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Hopefully you aren't going through sticker shock! Denver as a whole pays a lot less compared to other large metro areas. When I moved here from Arizona, I took a pay cut of about
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    ER Nurse pay Denver

    klone replied to tabitha1979's topic in Colorado Nursing

    In my experience, ER doesn't pay any differently than any other specialty. With 10 years of experience, I would guess that your base hourly wage would probably be in the $34-37/hour
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    Maternal-Newborn Certification

    klone replied to Baby_nurse2012's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you go to NCC's website, they have practice tests there. As far as study guides, I took the inpatient OB, not the MNN, but I know Mometrix publishes study guides for both - I used their OB study...
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    RN who graduated from Concorde Career College

    klone replied to Jillyg12's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I was not speaking about you or your story. Were people implying in this thread that if one goes there, they aren't a good nurse? I guess I didn't see
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    RN who graduated from Concorde Career College

    klone replied to Jillyg12's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Thank you, I appreciate you helping me
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    RN who graduated from Concorde Career College

    klone replied to Jillyg12's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Not at all. Just passing a lazy Sunday over here. But as I am one of several nurses that is educating/training future nurses, I do care about the programs that are churning out nurses here in...
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    RN who graduated from Concorde Career College

    klone replied to Jillyg12's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Can I ask an earnest question? Why choose an unaccredited nursing program with such high tuition over programs at the local community colleges which have better NCLEX pass rates, are accredited, and...
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    RN who graduated from Concorde Career College

    klone replied to Jillyg12's topic in Colorado Nursing

    In some cases, yes. In many cases, the facility WILL NOT HIRE YOU if you did not go to an accredited nursing program. Which, at this time, Concorde is
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    RN who graduated from Concorde Career College

    klone replied to Jillyg12's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Well, I hope your class's pass rate is higher than it's been in the past. Concorde's NCLEX-RN pass rate is: 2012: 72.5% 2013: 78.4% 2014: 69.4% 2015:
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    RN who graduated from Concorde Career College

    klone replied to Jillyg12's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Did you attend school in
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    What do I do with my hands??

    klone replied to RNator's topic in Nurse Management

    I'm fairly new in a management position in an office setting. I feel as though my job is to help the staff and providers in whatever way I can so that they can see patients in a timely fashion and...
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    High Risk OB

    klone replied to megan.'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    Any hospital that has a designated antepartum unit will likely also have high risk OB. I've never personally encountered the term "OB ICU" before. Lots of hospitals have high risk OB - you really...
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    2016 awhonn staffing guidelines in L&D

    klone replied to maxienurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've heard nothing about it and nothing has been published since their staffing document published in
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    A message to a Adevntist Health System Hospital who doesn't care about staffing

    klone replied to NTechTruth's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    And you may find yourself without a
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    Will A Nurse Leader Answer These Questions for A Class Project

    klone replied to lcreech's topic in General Nursing

    You should try contacting nurse leaders in your community and local hospitals. Good
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    The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    klone replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Telemarketer for a video dating