klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    gauze left intentionally during surgery?

    klone replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    You're awesome. Not sure why I didn't think to do that. So the article wording was incorrect/misleading. It was actually 824 cases of the count being off, not 824 cases of "sponges that remained...
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    gauze left intentionally during surgery?

    klone replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    Only a small percentage were unintentional. The majority were for the reasons described by other posters in this thread. What I don't understand is, if 525 were intentional, and 41 were unintentional,...
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    gauze left intentionally during surgery?

    klone replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    I interpreted that to mean not that the surgeon knew the sponge was in the cavity and left it in intentionally, but that s/he knew the count was off and opted to close up anyway, believing that the...
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    Lpn working in Labor and delivery

    klone replied to Alexisanne293's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know of any hospital that would allow an LPN in L&D. It goes against all professional guidelines and most facilities' liability insurance. You *might* be able to find a job in...
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    Tattoos in the workplace

    klone replied to KB4848's topic in General Nursing

    As a manager, I couldn't care less if you have tattoos and they're showing (assuming they're not vulgar or offensive). I care that you're a good nurse. Luckily, the hospital itself tends to take the...
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    ADN jobs Colorado?

    klone replied to RobertJo's topic in General Nursing

    Denver is a very hard place to get an acute care hospital job as a new grad. You will need to look outside the
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    Is this discrimination?

    klone replied to eacue10's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you will find anyone here who would disagree with
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    HCA Hosptials in Denver?

    klone replied to JJKTY's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I've decided that HCA is evil. Okay, not really, but I hate their application process and their stupid personality test and the fact that you can never speak to a live person in HR. I've never worked...
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    Is this discrimination?

    klone replied to eacue10's topic in General Nursing

    The last three hospitals I've worked at, having a BSN resulted in an increased pay. Anywhere from $.70 to $2.00/hour
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    CNM school and fulltime management job opportunity

    klone replied to Erf5035's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Unless it has an increase in pay that's important to your family, I wouldn't. Opening a birth center is going to require business acumen, and that's not something you will get from that
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    Out of attempts for NCLEX

    klone replied to catmom713's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Wow, what
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    Is this discrimination?

    klone replied to eacue10's topic in General Nursing

    You ought to use the quote
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    Managers, How do you deal with staff perception?

    klone replied to Illmarinen's topic in General Nursing

    That's hard. My only suggestion is to be genuine, and remember that as a manager, your main job is to take care of your staff, so that they can take care of the patients. You work for them, not the...
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    Swastikas & Nursing | Refusing care based upon moral objection?

    klone replied to guest042302019's topic in General Nursing

    I draw the line at - as long as there is a suitable substitute for that nurse to care for the patient. If there isn't, then she's going to have to suck it
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    Swastikas & Nursing | Refusing care based upon moral objection?

    klone replied to guest042302019's topic in General Nursing

    If it were a situation where the life circumstances of one specific nurse would make it such that caring for the patient would be a hardship for her (such as your example of a nurse caring for her...
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    Is this discrimination?

    klone replied to eacue10's topic in General Nursing

    Interpreters!! Not
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    Swastikas & Nursing | Refusing care based upon moral objection?

    klone replied to guest042302019's topic in General Nursing

    But what happens if ALL the nurses refuse to care for the patient? Since you accept refusal of care to be a valid option, it certainly opens the possibility that this could
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    Swastikas & Nursing | Refusing care based upon moral objection?

    klone replied to guest042302019's topic in General Nursing

    Did you notice the poster's username (an allusion to the film Dogma, I believe)? I'm pretty sure that was a
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    BLS/ACLS renewal question

    klone replied to MJRRN's topic in General Nursing

    I believe your BLS automatically renews when you complete your ACLS
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    Vitamins

    klone replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Try googling the names of the vitamins and you can find information about them. I don't think all the information is available in one succinct
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    Is this discrimination?

    klone replied to eacue10's topic in General Nursing

    My only contribution to this thread. INTERPRET. Not translate. Translate refers to written words. Interpret is
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    New Grads - having difficulty getting hired?

    klone posted a topic in Colorado Nursing

    Just wanted to do a pulse check on how things are in Denver for the job market with newer nurses - is it still really
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    Privacy curtains are covered in MRSA

    klone posted a topic in General Nursing

    The researchers tracked the contamination rate of 10 freshly laundered privacy curtains at a hospital in Winnipeg, Canada. The curtains had minimal contamination when they were first hung, but...
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    CERNER

    klone replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Is Meditech still DOS
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    Hospital house supervisor info

    klone replied to BrendaRN08's topic in Nurse Management

    There's no way anyone here could answer that without knowing the hospital, or at least the city. It's HIGHLY dependent upon geography. Also, house supervisors are typically non-exempt positions, so...