klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Any Mormon/LDS nurses here? I need help?

    klone replied to MaryFutureRN's topic in General Nursing

    OP, people came up with some good suggestions - work nights, see if the manager would be okay with you working every Saturday and have every Sunday off, or swap some of your Sunday shifts with a...
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    Any Mormon/LDS nurses here? I need help?

    klone replied to MaryFutureRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you did not think you were mean or vicious/viscous or disdainful to the OP, then feel free to disregard my statement as not directed at
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    Any Mormon/LDS nurses here? I need help?

    klone replied to MaryFutureRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was referring more
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    Any Mormon/LDS nurses here? I need help?

    klone replied to MaryFutureRN's topic in General Nursing

    Can people please cut the OP a little slack and not be quite so vicious/disdainful? She never said she isn't willing to fulfill the work
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    Annoyed by commercial

    klone replied to jodispamodi's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't your charge nurse the one who determines that and figures out the staffing needs for each
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    Annoyed by commercial

    klone replied to jodispamodi's topic in General Nursing

    Not so. The staffing plan is required to be created by unit councils comprised of staff nurses from the individual departments. Then, the plan must be approved via vote from the hospital's staffing...
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    Annoyed by commercial

    klone replied to jodispamodi's topic in General Nursing

    That is exactly what the staffing laws in Oregon
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    Annoyed by commercial

    klone replied to jodispamodi's topic in General Nursing

    Oregon's working on this very thing right now. Except that instead of mandated ratios, they mandate that every department of every hospital have a "staffing plan" and if you are ever in violation of...
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    I want to be a CNM...were my first job as a nurse be?

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

    I answered your question in your duplicate thread you posted on the main nursing forum. If you want to go into a midwifery program, then absolutely you should take the L&D job. But it wouldn't be...
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    I want to be an FNP/CNM...what should my first job be?

    klone replied to tiffanygrace's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    In answer to your question that you posted in your title, absolutely the L&D job is the one you should take if you have aspirations to be a
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    Blood Sugar Question

    klone replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Samogyi
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    Pyxis undocumented waste

    klone replied to nicunursecourt's topic in Patient Medications

    You need to ask your manager or the person in pharmacy who is in charge of your
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    Protecting Your License: Notes from a Nurse-Attorney

    klone replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Because you can't get blood from a turnip. i.e. there's no point in naming an individual nurse if she has no means to pay out. Conversely, the rationale is if she DOES have means to pay out, she will...
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    Please help. Career over before it starts.

    klone replied to Emjked123's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Meh, I was diagnosed with DDD several years ago. I'm still alive and kicking. I had an L5/S1 discectomy/laminectomy a few years ago, and I take 400mg ibuprofen BID to manage the pain, and my life is...
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    Labor as a spring board to acute care?

    klone replied to jcol1460's topic in General Nursing

    Mosby's Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring (Lisa Miller and someone
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    Can you give a lesser dose than prescribed without an order?

    klone replied to Faith1234567's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, which is reason #342 Why Klone Has a Strong Dislike For Joint Commission So much busywork and jumping through hoops. Gotta play the
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    Labor as a spring board to acute care?

    klone replied to jcol1460's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I didn't realize that med/surg nurses lack critical
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    Follow up to "new grad per diem offer - am I being ripped off??"

    klone replied to meganec17's topic in General Nursing

    A bird in the hand... You can always accept, and continue looking if it isn't working out. It's easier to find a job when you have a
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    Calendar sharing

    klone replied to special1rn's topic in Nurse Management

    Our calendars are not full view. We can set up meetings and can see if someone else has another meeting, but it doesn't say what it
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    AN Scholarship

    klone replied to NICU Guy's topic in General Nursing

    $5 for every "I need to interview a nurse
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    Pending Felony

    klone replied to CodeQueenRN22's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    If bills are piling up, I would recommend getting a non-healthcare job to at least bring in some income until this gets squared away. And now I will ask the question everyone has been dying to ask:...
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    Retirement at what age, and how much $$ will you will need to retire "comfortably"?

    klone replied to Horseshoe's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessarily. My 20-year-old son, who makes $14/hour, contributes a portion of every pay check to his IRA, and already has over $10,000 in it (he rolled over a portion of his 529 into it). Wealth...
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    School Shootings

    klone replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    The Religious Right are the ones who defend Donald Trump for ******* a Media star, likening him to King David. The “biblical” defense of Trump’s affair with Stormy Daniels -
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    Labor as a spring board to acute care?

    klone replied to jcol1460's topic in General Nursing

    FWIW, if you work at a hospital in a community that has a nursing shortage, then it should not be difficult moving from one specialty to another. We have a nurse who started out in ICU, then trained...
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    Can you give a lesser dose than prescribed without an order?

    klone replied to Faith1234567's topic in General Nursing

    You have no argument from me