klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    NBC's The Nurses - Just another nurse show?

    klone replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I tried. I made it about 20 minutes. I might give it another go. Maybe after a couple gin and
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    faxing report in partpartum

    klone replied to cwiberg's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Do you mean entirely in lieu of a verbal
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    NBC's The Nurses - Just another nurse show?

    klone replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, fun fact. One of my very good friends whom I worked with in Oregon - her son was a writer for Code Black. Any time there was anything involving L&D, he would consult her for technical...
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    NBC's The Nurses - Just another nurse show?

    klone replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I heard it sucked, and is just another typical wildly inaccurate medical show, per
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    Unsuccessful in first leadership role

    klone replied to supra9355's topic in Nurse Management

    Hi there. Yes, I do have a similar experience. I have been in a leadership role for 6 years, in 3 different jobs, with progressively more responsibility. I was offered a job at a MUCH larger facility...
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    New job. Got injured. Fired for unexcused absences during new hire probation period... what did I do wrong?

    klone replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    Welp, don't know what to tell you. You clearly do not agree with those of us who suggest it's a bad idea to omit the job from your resume. I'm just saying, a simple "I wasn't able to complete...
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    New job. Got injured. Fired for unexcused absences during new hire probation period... what did I do wrong?

    klone replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly do list every single NURSING job I've ever held when I apply for a new job. Most job applications require/request that. As a hiring manager, if I saw that someone left off a job FROM WHICH...
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    Not Getting Paid Overtime. Is This Illegal?

    klone replied to AnaBanana.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Even outside California, this is not true across the board. It has everything to do with what pay rule a nurse was hired into, which is usually specified in the job posting. There can be a pay rule...
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    Not Getting Paid Overtime. Is This Illegal?

    klone replied to AnaBanana.RN's topic in General Nursing

    California has staffing laws wherein if you are hired into an 8-hour shift position, you must be paid overtime if you work beyond those 8 hours. At a Kaiser facility I worked at last Spring, all...
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    Does it feel to everyone else that many newer nurses glamourize the ER and ICU?

    klone replied to The0Walrus's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine anyone glamourizing the ICU right
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    BLM rioters cheer as Trump supporter murdered

    klone replied to guest416560's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    *bloc
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    Mother/Baby RN-Desire to become a Lactation Consultant-Considering CLC to start?

    klone replied to thankyounurses727's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hard to say - most places I've worked have required their LCs to have their IBCLC certification. But I know that some places do hire
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    5 couplets on mother/baby unit

    klone replied to RUNBNursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You just need to have leadership that supports it and makes it a priority. I do. Every unit I've ever led, we've followed AWHONN staffing
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    MBA or MSN

    klone replied to emipn's topic in Nurse Management

    Really, not anything that actually serves or helps me in my role as a director. The only use it's served is the actual degree in hand, which has opened many doors for me,
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    MBA or MSN

    klone replied to emipn's topic in Nurse Management

    In my experience and observation, a BSN AND an MBA will open as many doors for you as an MSN. Do you want to be in administration? If so, I'd say go for the MBA, because that will be much more...
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    Using RN after your name in a different state.

    klone replied to emipn's topic in General Nursing

    That's because "Dr" and "MD" is an educational title that doesn't change based on what state they are in. Not the same for "RN." If you don't have a valid nursing license in that state, then you are...
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    CNA in L&D

    klone replied to rily.winkler's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, some (not all) facilities hire NAs in OB. More likely in postpartum, but the facility I currently work at employs them in L&D as well. In L&D, they might room patients in the triage...
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    Quantitative Blood Loss

    klone replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    g to ml is 1:1 so that’s a pretty significant
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    Quantitative Blood Loss

    klone replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What kind of extremes are you
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    Sending placentas to pathology

    klone replied to Kim Dethridge's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Routinely? No. Only if there is a reason. I'm not sure, honestly, because I'm not generally the one to seek out and read the path report, the OB provider is. I would guess 2-4
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    5 couplets on mother/baby unit

    klone replied to RUNBNursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It is, though. AWHONN agrees with me. That's why they don't recommend more than 3 couplets per nurse. I am a nurse manager, and I would NEVER dream of expecting nurses to provide good, safe care to 5...
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    Quantitative Blood Loss

    klone replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What a lot of places do is suction out the fluid and everything from the amniotomy, and then as soon as all the amniotic fluid is suctioned out and the infant is out, the canister is switched. Then,...
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    Case Study: An OB Catastrophe

    klone replied to Corey Narry's topic in Critical Care

    Just realized I forgot all about this. I looked in Hale's and I was mistaken that the propofol study was looking at continuous infusion postpartum. It was during labor only. I still stand by my...
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    5 couplets on mother/baby unit

    klone replied to RUNBNursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    5 couplets is not safe or fair. I think this is mitigated somewhat by having a tech for every nurse, but it's still very heavy. Also, the "reduced pay" training is ***. I understand your desire...
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    Case Study: An OB Catastrophe

    klone replied to Corey Narry's topic in Critical Care

    The manufacturers never recommend breastfeeding while taking their medications. Just saying. ? I will cite the studies that looked at propofol continuous infusion when I get to