klone MSN, RN

Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery

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    Labor as a spring board to acute care?

    klone replied to jcol1460's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you mean critical care, not acute care. I would say that if your heart is not in L&D, you would be doing you, your unit, and your patients a disservice by taking a position that you're...
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    School Shootings

    klone replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    There is a HUGE range between "five years" and
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    Labor as a spring board to acute care?

    klone replied to jcol1460's topic in General Nursing

    Define what you mean by "acute care" because I sense your definition is different from mine, or perhaps the rest of the
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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

    Both of those locations, as well as many others, have a large number of American expats, and are much cheaper cost of living, so retirement dollars go a much longer
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    Labor and Delivery Staffing Question

    klone replied to alaboroflove's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I will tell you that absolutely, decreasing staffing levels is the top priority of the bean counters. Labor is the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd biggest expense to any facility. By a mile. They have blinders, and...
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    Labor and Delivery Staffing Question

    klone replied to alaboroflove's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you. I try, and I think most of my staff respect me. I'm lucky that I have a very good boss (the CNO) who is able to see the big picture. Yes, our productivity index may not be as good as some...
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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

    To me, being "comfortable" means no debt (including mortgage) and enough money to take a couple nice trips each year. We fantasize about retiring abroad, and moving to Porto, Portugal, or San Juan Del...
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    Labor and Delivery Staffing Question

    klone replied to alaboroflove's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am the manager of an LDRPN and yes we absolutely do follow AWHONN's staffing guidelines. The only time a labor nurse has more than one patient is for cervical ripening. As soon as she's ROM'ed, or...
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    Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    klone replied to Nurselyfe92's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure he has a website, but I would recommend his book Total Money Nakeover. My husband and I read it together about 10 years ago. We changed our lifestyle and with the help of the book, we paid...
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    Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    klone replied to Nurselyfe92's topic in General Nursing

    "Rice and beans" is a Dave Ramseyism that just means to eat frugally and simply, don't eat out, etc. He doesn't literally mean eat nothing but rice and beans (or ramen) and I'm guessing most people...
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    School Shootings

    klone replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    Freudian slip there,
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    Can you give a lesser dose than prescribed without an order?

    klone replied to Faith1234567's topic in General Nursing

    We are not talking about holding a medication. We are talking about changing the medication dosage. You can't just choose to do that without an order. See what I copied above directly from TJC. I'm...
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    School Shootings

    klone replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    You're drawing a direct correlation between removing religion from schools and the onset of moral decay. The point seemed pretty obvious to
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    Can you give a lesser dose than prescribed without an order?

    klone replied to Faith1234567's topic in General Nursing

    Officially, yes. Unless the order has the applicable wording from the post
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    School Shootings

    klone replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    Oh puleeze. A belief in a fictional deity is not needed for someone to be a good person, to have morals and values. What a disgustingly narrow-minded
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    Can you give a lesser dose than prescribed without an order?

    klone replied to Faith1234567's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Hundreds of hospitals all over the country are non-compliant on this medication management topic. Our facility is tightening up our order sets right now in order to get into
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    Nurse pay in France equivalent to CNA pay here

    klone replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The same argument could be made for nurse wages in Alabama vs. San
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    Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    klone replied to Nurselyfe92's topic in General Nursing

    Are we reading two different posts? Where on earth did you get "hate" from what he wrote? "Shame on you"
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    Help! BON investigation

    klone replied to mamma23's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The OP has not posted in a year. I doubt they will see
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    new grad OB interview

    klone replied to yolo83's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Absolutely second everything Ruby Vee said. As a new grad, they're not going to expect you to have any technical knowledge. But they will want to suss out your personality, reliability, ability to...
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    Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    klone replied to Nurselyfe92's topic in General Nursing

    His "Total Money Makeover" is the secular version of his religious-based finance program (Financial Peace, I think it's called). TMM not religious. My atheist husband and I got a LOT of benefit from...
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    School Shootings

    klone replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    The problem with this story is it doesn't really have a basis in fact. James Holmes (Aurora theater shooting) - intact home Eric Harris (Columbine) - intact home Dylan Klebold (Columbine) - intact...
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    PVT trick?

    klone replied to Vette28's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

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    Can you give a lesser dose than prescribed without an order?

    klone replied to Faith1234567's topic in General Nursing

    TJC kind of touches on the topic
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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're wrong. They most certainly do get involved with "scope of practice" issues as they pertain to orders, how they're written, and how they're carried out. I'm not saying that they would get...