klone MSN, RN

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    PRN to OB with no OB experience?

    klone replied to WannaBNursey's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Postpartum, sure. L&D,
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    Pharmaceutical companies are crooks!

    klone posted a topic in General Nursing

    A friend's sister is newly pregnant and is having pretty bad morning sickness. She was telling my friend about a medication her OB prescribed her and she learned it's about $100/pill! Luckily, her...
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    MRSA

    klone replied to LetsFixNursing's topic in Patient Education

    You do? I don't believe that's standard of care. As far as I know, the only time someone should be cultured for MRSA is if they have an active infection/wound. The only time nares should be swabbed if...
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    Would you have told management?

    klone replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely. I would approach it with the angle of "Hey, found a syringe/needle in the TOILET!! instead of in the sharps container where it belongs!" Then let TPTB decide what/how they want to...
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    Proper protocol - nurse error while with daughter in ER

    klone replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    She's replying to me. Real-world nursing - once I've IDed them (name, DOB), I typically don't do it again when giving their med. I work in a clinic, though. I see one patient at a time, over a 10-15...
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    Proper protocol - nurse error while with daughter in ER

    klone replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    No, I'm not speaking in absolutes. I'm speaking about this particular situation, which is an A&O adult patient, with an A&O parent. One of the five rights of med administration is asking the...
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    Proper protocol - nurse error while with daughter in ER

    klone replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    What you said is that one could argue that "scanning the wristband is checking the patient's ID". It's not, with a verbal patient or next of kin who can identify the person. We're not talking about an...
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    Proper protocol - nurse error while with daughter in ER

    klone replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    Except that there is always the possibility that the wrong wristband was put on the patient, which is why the nurse is supposed to ask the patient their full name and DOB *while* verifying it with the...
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    Proper protocol - nurse error while with daughter in ER

    klone replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    Not really, particularly if the facility is surveyed by Joint Commission. ED is considered outpatient, and patient identification in the outpatient setting is name and DOB. Checking the wrist band...
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    Proper protocol - nurse error while with daughter in ER

    klone replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    If that were the case, I'm guessing the nurse would have mentioned it, instead of saying "everyone does it
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    Neuro RN moving to Denver to become NP

    klone replied to Xchupa's topic in Colorado Nursing

    OP, is your NP program online? If so, I would recommend either moving here ASAP and working as an RN and creating a network/contacts, or waiting until you're totally done. The reason being, there are...
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    Neuro RN moving to Denver to become NP

    klone replied to Xchupa's topic in Colorado Nursing

    How did I not know you live in
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    Western Governors-- MSN Edu or Leadership?

    klone replied to RyzenRN's topic in Western Governors University

    Well, what are your longterm goals? What do you hope to be doing in 5 or 10
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    Not a nurse yet, what CNM program is best?

    klone replied to dandelionmama's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    That program requires you to have a bachelor's degree in another area. Basically, you do an accelerated BSN program the first year, and the midwifery program the second year. That is the only program...
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    Modest or Over-Sensitive

    klone replied to housecarl79's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Is this a homework assignment? If this is NOT a fictional scenario and this actually happened, then I'm
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    practicing medicine

    klone replied to JaxJax5423's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well, this was two years ago. She has insurance
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    practicing medicine

    klone replied to JaxJax5423's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    And you know what? Sometimes, you just do things. I had 7 days worth of leftover Keflex (it was my dog's, from skin staph, that he no longer needed), and my friend, who had no insurance, had UTI sx. I...
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    practicing medicine

    klone replied to JaxJax5423's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think this is more about you being angry at your sister's (?) ex-husband on her behalf. To me, it's "eh." Particularly if the nebulizer machine worked. Other than telling the other parent that it...
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    L&D vs Postpartum ... literally

    klone replied to DWelly14's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Holy crappity. It hurts my mind to even think about it! In the Denver metro area, I think the highest volume is 5000/year. We have SO many hospitals to choose from for L&D (fifteen off the top of...
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    Glove use

    klone replied to Hopeful1003's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I guess that depends entirely on the clinic. I work in a clinic and wash my hands a minimum of a dozen times a day, more like 2 dozen (before drawing up a med, after administering a med, after doing a...
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    Getting Bored!!!!!

    klone replied to nurseclh's topic in General Nursing

    I don't agree. Do you have any evidence behind this assertion that a move would be "very harmful!!!1!" to them? If the older child in particular did not want to leave his friends and sports, I'd...
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    WGU RN to MSN question

    klone replied to Luptyloo's topic in Western Governors University

    Welcome back! Under the old program, the capstone would definitely take an entire 6 months. With the new program, they've changed the capstone so that it's a QI project. Depending on what you do, it...
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    L&D vs Postpartum ... literally

    klone replied to DWelly14's topic in Ob/Gyn

    DAYUM!
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    L&D vs Postpartum ... literally

    klone replied to DWelly14's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Products of conception? :) I don't know what POC means in this
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    Pharmaceutical companies are crooks!

    klone replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    None of our providers do, either. Like I said, we work with really poor people, and know how to do medication work-arounds. Diclegis is certainly not on the Medicaid formulary. We always write out...