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1. Made a child with cancer cry.

   Hearts wide open replied to Girlafraid13's topic in PICU

   I realize I missed this party, but if someone else is reading, hopefully it could help the next kiddo. The first thing I noticed was that you asked a "non-mobile" Peds oncology pt "who is going to pick these up now?" Discipline issue aside for a mom...

2. African American patients - a cultural question

   Hearts wide open replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Relations

   Yes, I've encountered this experience on numerous occasions. And in 10 years of nursing, it's only been from black Americans from the same region that I'm from. I've never understood it, because it IS RUDE. I believe many people are afraid to even ...

3. Help with 4 year old Hem/Onc in isolation

   Hearts wide open replied to Hearts wide open's topic in Pediatric

   They have child life, but the one right now just comes in and drops off some stuff really quickly and leaves. The one from our hem/onc floor was awesome, as well as the staff. They always made her and us feel loved and did a great job making things f...

4. Help with 4 year old Hem/Onc in isolation

   Hearts wide open posted a topic in Pediatric

   Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of you can help me with ideas for my four year old daughter in isolation right now. She has ALL dx 11/2014 and is currently in maintenance therapy. Last week her counts started to drop (about a month after starting oral 6...