klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Vitamins

    klone replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    The famous ones have better PR
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    Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    klone replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    You don't have the ability to make that call. If YOU are done discussing it, feel free to move
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    Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    klone replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    For the love of Dog, please use the quote
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    Anyone here work at a hospital that uses nitrous oxide in labor?

    klone posted a topic in General Nursing

    Posting this here for more traffic/feedback. We're in the beginning stages of trying to add this service. One question that has come up that I don't really know how to address is concern about...
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    Nurse Executives

    klone replied to remotefuse's topic in Nursing Career

    Oh, G-d, WAY more. WAY more. To the point where I'm thinking, "Wait, there were politics in floor
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    Nurse Executives

    klone replied to remotefuse's topic in Nursing Career

    When you actually break it down to hourly wage, it is usually equivalent (or slightly less) than what many/most floor nurses make at the same facility. Because you don't just work 36 hours a week....
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    Nurse Executives

    klone replied to remotefuse's topic in Nursing Career

    Most of them say "BSN required, MSN
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    Nurse Executives

    klone replied to remotefuse's topic in Nursing Career

    Ballpark -
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    Nurse Executives

    klone replied to remotefuse's topic in Nursing Career

    You're in a union? Is it the same union as the
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    Nurse Executives

    klone replied to remotefuse's topic in Nursing Career

    Being a nurse manager is a really hard, stressful, thankless job. You get **** from both sides. That's why there's such high turnover. one thing I've insisted on continuing is direct patient contact,...
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    Question for Hiring Managers/Directors

    klone replied to Southpawdown's topic in General Nursing

    Our computer hiring system automatically sends out a generic email once the hiring manager codes the application "not interested". Those often end up in people's spam/junk folders,
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    Entry-Level Nurse Resume and Cover Letter - ASN

    klone replied to NurseNewb's topic in General Nursing

    You will need to speak to why there's a 5-year gap between graduation and passing NCLEX and what you have been doing in the past 5 years to mitigate the loss of knowledge/skills learned in nursing...
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    Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    klone replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    In the other thread, someone familiar with this health system said the
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    HIPPA/FAXING/PMShift

    klone replied to Lapreea's topic in General Nursing

    HIPAA laws do not address it specifically, except to say that you should make sure it's a dedicated fax in a secure location (which I would assume it is) and that it was received by the intended...
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    MO Hospital offering $5,000 sign-on bonus to new grads

    klone replied to klone's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The article and OP is about sign-on bonuses for new grads. New grads cannot become
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    Michigan hospital sued after honoring woman's request for "white nurse only"

    klone posted a topic in Nursing News

    3rd Michigan hospital faces suit alleging it honored patient request for care only by white
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    MO Hospital offering $5,000 sign-on bonus to new grads

    klone replied to klone's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, that sounds awesome. I wish more places would follow
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    Are nurses and doctors equal?

    klone replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

    Is that like "double plus good" or am I confusing it with a different dystopian
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    Waste of time/money to earn extra certifications?

    klone replied to Summers3's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on what type of certification you're talking about. Specialty certifications usually require that you've practiced in that specialty for a minimum of 1-2 years, and generally indicate that...
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    Are nurses and doctors equal?

    klone replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

    The doctor is "more equal" than the nurse? How does that work,
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    Bringing in the Boys: How to Attract More Male Nurses

    klone replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    That has been my experience with my interactions with you as well.
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    Bringing in the Boys: How to Attract More Male Nurses

    klone replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure exactly what the acronym is, but it means that she added the bold to your comment. (something Bold
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    Are nurses and doctors equal?

    klone replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

    The OP was kind of all over the place and I didn't completely get a great idea of what exactly she was
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    Torn between jobs

    klone replied to Vmurill1's topic in General Nursing

    Right, how does that work? Are you "per diem"? NM. I see my question is now moot and
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    Are nurses and doctors equal?

    klone replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

    Well, sure. They are legally allowed to do anything a nurse can do. Doesn't mean they will, or want to. Therefore, there will always be nurses. One isn't less than or greater than the other. They're...