klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Should Male Nurse Work In L&D?

    klone replied to Apotheosis's topic in General Nursing

    Good point, bologna. More female care providers are bringing chaperones to exams nowadays as
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    Are LPNs allowed to do lip injections in Georgia?

    klone replied to Yolana's topic in General Nursing

    Did you look at the GA BON website/nurse practice
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    Please Share Your PTO Accrual Rate

    klone replied to _kay's topic in General Nursing

    8.5ish hours per pay period as a 1.0 employee. I guess that equates to 0.1 hours/hour. Cap is 240 hours. This is for employees 0-4
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    Stuck deciding on a career. Nursing or Dietician

    klone replied to Thesky_isthe_limit's topic in General Students

    The OP has not been back to this website in almost 3 years, so it's doubtful they will see your
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    What should be done to mean nurses?

    klone replied to RitzyCinnamonRoll's topic in General Nursing

    TikTok is not the issue. The issue precedes TikTok. And there are no hormones to make people
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    nurse leaders at the bedside

    klone replied to livdream1's topic in General Nursing

    At one hospital where I was the director of Women/Children's services, all the managers and directors were expected to take one shift (7a-3p) as house supervisor. We rotated through M-F, so it ended...
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    Informed Consent Question

    klone replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    You should be consenting them for EVERY procedure. Just because they consented to an endoscopy yesterday, does not mean they necessarily understand the need for, and consent to, a second endoscopy...
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    Seeking Nurse Mentor: Anyone willing to connect?

    klone replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    I would be happy to. Send me a PM and we can
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    2023 Raises/Cost of living

    klone replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Several MNA facilities did strike last September (it was a planned 3-day strike) and then there was a threat of another strike a few months later and the contract was settled at the 11th hour. As...
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    Best Incident Report Ever Written

    klone replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Every time I read about your work environment, it gets me
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    2023 Raises/Cost of living

    klone replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nurses that are in MNA (Minnesota) saw an across-the-board 7% increase last year, and a 6% increase in 2023, and will see an additional 5% in
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    Hospital Bosses Ignored Months of Doctors' Warnings About Lucy Letby

    klone replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I meant attention-seeking in the sympathy she received from coworkers because she was the "poor nurse" who took care of all these patients. The attention she received from fellow nurses and some...
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    Inevitable Resignation

    klone replied to pharmanurse11's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a blatant Stark Law
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    Hospital Bosses Ignored Months of Doctors' Warnings About Lucy Letby

    klone replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Sociopathic personality and
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    Negotiating Salaries

    klone replied to PPbookworm's topic in Nurse Management

    Sometimes, if it's a hard to fill job. When I've been recruited for leadership positions, they generally came with sign-ons, relocation expenses, etc. However, if they have not budgeted a big sign-on...
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    Has your job ever been given to someone else?

    klone replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    It's likely they are reassigning those tasks because you are not doing them effectively, and they find that you are more effective at these other things. You have 2 choices - you can continue to...
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    Quitting while on orientation

    klone replied to MDelainy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm unclear why you didn't quit during the orientation period 2 weeks ago, when you saw the writing on the
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    RNC-MNN prep

    klone replied to Beccaz07's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Awww, that sucks. I wonder why they changed
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    RNC-MNN prep

    klone replied to Beccaz07's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Didn't you get an immediate pass/fail? I did when I took the
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    Has anyone slept through phone calls while on-call?

    klone replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Silver Bells, have you heard of the term "weaponized
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    Has anyone slept through phone calls while on-call?

    klone replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    No, I've never done
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    new RN

    klone replied to starik1978's topic in General Nursing

    In what state are you licensed? That is where you have to look for work. As far as whether your experience outside the US counts, that is entirely dependent upon the organization. Once you pass...
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    What to do with other state license?

    klone replied to nadenka's topic in General Nursing

    At one point, when I was doing interim leadership (like travel nursing, but for managers), I had licenses in 6 states. I have since let all of them lapse except the one I'm currently using. Too damn...
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    Going back to nightshift bc I wanted to do NICU

    klone replied to Sweetpea04's topic in General Nursing

    She said in the first part of her post that she worked nights for a year. OP, my advice would be to pass on this NICU opportunity. NICU is one of those specialties where most nurses stay there...
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    Pain and Pitocin

    klone replied to Peetz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I answered "no" but honestly, it depends on what you mean. If a patient is in a lot of pain, and is hoping to have a labor and delivery without pain medication, then yes, I will take that into...