klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Nursing Diganosis for TTN?

    klone replied to Stephanielee91's topic in General Students

    If a newborn has difficulty breathing, what else might they have difficulty doing? If the baby is in the NICU, how might that affect the
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    Micromanagement of Nurses

    klone replied to JerseyGirl2010's topic in General Nursing

    Like others have said, it depends on the culture of the specific unit or department and the management style of your direct supervisor, not on what discipline of nursing it
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    WGU RN-MSN April 2016 start

    klone replied to MsKP6041's topic in Western Governors University

    Except that April 1 is the current start date for the
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    Lpn

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

    Good is subjective. How is retirement? Is there vesting? Matching? To what
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    tuition reimbursement- illegal?

    klone replied to saraelizanne87's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    What does the facility's policy and procedure on tuition reimbursement say about a
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    Cleaning up a dead person in a hospice setting

    klone replied to PhoebotNiChungngay's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Are you sure about that? Typically the mortuary does
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    CLinical Nurse Expert

    klone replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

    I think I'm going to add that title to my business cards. Klone K. Klone, Clinical Nurse Expert, Chlamydia and
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    How long did it take you to complete your prerequisites?

    klone replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    Well, back in my day, the lab classes were corequisites, rather than prerequisites. So in my first semester of actual nursing school, I was also taking A&P II and Microbiology, for about the first...
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    Confused about my interview

    klone replied to whyohwhy's topic in General Nursing

    Jobs are almost NEVER offered on the spot. Try not to
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    OB help - GTPAL?

    klone replied to here_we_stand's topic in General Students

    No, L literally means living children. If the child died at 2 months or 12 years, they would not be counted in the L. It also account for multiples. If a woman has only been pregnant once but had...
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    OB help - GTPAL?

    klone replied to here_we_stand's topic in General Students

    No, that's not correct. In GTPAL, the P stands for preterm. And in the OP, she stated that her two children were carried to term. Her verbiage on the three losses were "SAB" so I am assuming it was...
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    Lpn

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

    What about benefits? That would factor into the
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    Nothing like a good old-fashioned awkward interview

    klone replied to Wrench Party's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'd much rather receive (or ask) "Tell me about yourself" than "Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with a coworker and how did you handle
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    CU Denver Traditional 2016

    klone replied to rgilette's topic in School, College Programs

    Why is this in the online nursing schools
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    Homework interview needed!!!!!

    klone replied to Libby1987's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think it's a fabulous idea, next time someone asks to do an interview, if people only responded by telling the student to make it up. OR...even better idea! We should all use our collective brain...
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    Hourly Rounding--pushing back

    klone replied to CharmantUn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What's wrong with AIDET? Genuinely
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    Tattoos in Nursing

    klone replied to chiandre's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    And...cut
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    Tattoos in Nursing

    klone replied to chiandre's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I live to tell you - I've had 7 laser removal sessions, at $75 per, which has cost 3 times the amount of the tattoo itself, and I still probably have 2-3 more before it's totally gone. So removal is...
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    Who really wants BSN degrees?

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

    An RN-BSN program won't be a couple more years. You can easily finish your BSN in a year through several different online programs, most of which are well under
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    Yikes! Flu Shot!

    klone replied to ThespinaDiaz's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    With that in mind, why do waterless hand sanitizers work? The active ingredient in foam/gel hand sanitizers is alcohol. According to this link, alcohol (ethyl or isopropyl) is a very effective...
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    Tattoos in Nursing

    klone replied to chiandre's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    To be fair, I went back and looked, and it appears that only three posters actually said they wouldn't hire someone if they had tats. And one of those three posters is not a nurse manager, but a...
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    Tattoos in Nursing

    klone replied to chiandre's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    How many people in this thread actually said that,
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    Tattoos in Nursing

    klone replied to chiandre's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You're so welcome! Have a great day.
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    chamberlain or Western governors for RN to MSN?

    klone replied to christynat5's topic in Western Governors University

    I'd guess no, since this is the WGU forum. I know there are some threads about UTA in the online degree programs
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    No injections through a tattoo?

    klone replied to cayenne06's topic in Patient Medications

    You don't need to be able to see the underlying skin when giving an I'm. You use landmarks that are FELT, not