klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

Member

  • Content

    14,857

  • Visitors

    131,104

  • Followers

    9

  • Likes

    8,026

All Content by klone

  1. klone

    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    klone replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And...a former coworker of mine (a relatively healthy nurse in her late 30s) just died yesterday from a Covid complication (PE). Her husband (fit man in his 40s) died of Covid late last fall. Their 4...
  2. klone

    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    klone replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Off the top of my head...tuberculosis, influenza, measles. You still adhere to airborne precautions when you're taking care of patients with these diseases, even if you've been
  3. klone

    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    klone replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Getting Covid has even worse side
  4. klone

    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    klone replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sore arm, that’s it. Hopefully we’re in the
  5. klone

    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    klone replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm getting my second Pfizer dose today, too! Good luck, here's hoping neither of us get any gnarly side
  6. klone

    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    klone replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Oh, for Pete’s sake, I wasn’t bullying her about where she lived! I lived in Montana - people there are, by and large, libertarian and anti-government intrusion. There is a high percentage of...
  7. klone

    Does where you get your MSN matter?

    klone replied to travelnurse79's topic in Nurse Management

    Short answer:
  8. klone

    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    klone replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Based on your username, I'm guessing you live in Montana? If so, then I'm not surprised by your
  9. klone

    Managers, Nurses and Delegation: Who Has Authority?

    klone replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to be honest and blunt - they gave you those tasks because they don't view you as a competent
  10. klone

    Which would you do? And why?

    klone replied to VaniCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I personally would go for the PhD in
  11. klone

    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    klone replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    And in answer to your question - no, I do not get blown up with questions when I'm not around. And if I did, unless the place is literally burning down, I would ignore them. Because work-life balance...
  12. klone

    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    klone replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    OP, you have already acknowledged that you micromanage and get involved in issues and tasks that you do not have to be involved with. You are not a savior, and you are not the only thing preventing...
  13. klone

    My current job is putting my license at risk, and I feel my only option is to quit while I still have my reputation. How do I address this in interview?

    klone replied to wernicke's topic in General Nursing

    You can't just "take FMLA" - it's a process to get approved for it, and it often takes weeks for the approval process to go through. Plus, you actually have to have a medical reason to take
  14. klone

    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    klone replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My favorite part of this thread is the braces-suspenders-garter belt sidebar
  15. klone

    Trying to break into L&D/mother baby

    klone replied to despotak19's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you live in a large community with several hospitals, then those hospitals often have the choice amongst many experienced candidates. My recommendation is to apply to a smaller community hospital...
  16. klone

    Managers, Nurses and Delegation: Who Has Authority?

    klone replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, but in the clinic setting, it DOES happen, if you have a good manager. I happily room patients, turn over exam rooms, and field triage
  17. klone

    Managers, Nurses and Delegation: Who Has Authority?

    klone replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly this. I joke that the staff are my
  18. klone

    Offered Labor & Delivery position as a new grad. Should I take it or keep applying to a bigger teaching hospital?

    klone replied to babynursefay's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, you will learn much more at a small community hospital than you will at a large teaching hospital, where residents and midwives have a much bigger role at the bedside. At a small hospital,...
  19. klone

    Help Ban Genital Cosmetic Surgery on Children

    klone replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    For what it's worth - my first son was circumcised 23 years ago. It was discussions like this that led me to change my mind, and my second son, 13, is
  20. klone

    Help Ban Genital Cosmetic Surgery on Children

    klone replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Holy cow, you should see the online mom groups. Yes, it's an incendiary
  21. klone

    Should I wait on the manager to call me back ?

    klone replied to ProudNurseNN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where do you want to
  22. klone

    Help Ban Genital Cosmetic Surgery on Children

    klone replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Smegma is not "dirty". Smegma is a naturally occurring substance. And depending on how "tight" the circ is, there will still be smegma, even in a circed member. Also, my comment was in...
  23. klone

    Help Ban Genital Cosmetic Surgery on Children

    klone replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Cheesecake dripping drainage? Oh please. You DO know what smegma is, right? And that women produce it in their labial folds as
  24. klone

    Help Ban Genital Cosmetic Surgery on Children

    klone replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    FWIW, I was married for almost 2 decades to someone who was intact (I prefer "intact" to "uncircumcised" because it infers that the former is the norm, not the latter). He had no issues with hygiene,...
  25. klone

    Help Ban Genital Cosmetic Surgery on Children

    klone replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    FGM/infibulation is required in certain religions/cultures as