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1. Leaking foley catheter

   oldnewnurse replied to oldnewnurse's topic in Wound

   Thank you for your reply. We use zinc oxide/bag balm (no dressing) when the buttocks are only reddened. We use Xenaderm cream (again no dressings) when we are at Stage II and Allevyn dressings (no creams) when we are at Stage III. We do OK at heali...

2. Leaking foley catheter

   oldnewnurse posted a topic in Wound

   I am a hospice nurse with a brain ca patient of 25 years survival. She has voluntary movement of her eyes, mouth and fingers on one hand. No voluntary movement elsewhere. She has had a foley for 10+ years and it has leaked continuously, even immedia...

3. Online bachelor's??

   oldnewnurse replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in General Nursing

   Take a look at Wheeling Jesuit's online RN - BSN. Part of their BSN credits overlap into the MSN giving one an incentive to stay at WJU for the MSN. I have a BA. The only prereqs I had to do before jumping into the nursing courses were a statistic...

4. As anyone's 1st job in oncology?

   oldnewnurse replied to RN007's topic in Oncology

   Hi there, Perhaps I can shed some light on this for you. After a 30 year career in telecommunications I went to nursing school and my first job as an ADN-RN was on an oncology floor in a 352 bed hospital with a 16 bed oncology unit. I stayed there ...

5. RN-MSN programs In WV

   oldnewnurse replied to tessa_RN's topic in West Virginia

   Consider broadening your horizons. Most on line programs do not have different in-state/out-of-state tuition rates and welcome participants from states other than their own. I live in Ohio, and considered several RN to MSN programs settling on Whee...

6. A few trach questions

   oldnewnurse posted a topic in Pulmonary

   I have two hospice patients with new trachs, one for esophageal and the other for bronchial ca. Both have Passy Muir speaking valves, one sounds just like he did pre-op and the other sounds as if he is just belching and is extremely difficult to und...

7. Working in Myelosuppression/Oncology?

   oldnewnurse replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Oncology

   I also would encourage you. But even more I would envy you. The opportunity to work at a place like Vanderbilt (MD Anderson or St. Jude's is my idea of a dream place to work oncology) just seems too wonderful to pass up. I work on an 20 bed oncolo...

8. Nasopharyngeal Cancer?? need more info....

   oldnewnurse replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in Oncology

   The report I have to give on my one and only naso-pharangyal patient is not ultimately very good, even though it initially appeared to be. I'll give you the option of PM'ng me if you want to hear the story rather than forcing you to read it here in ...

9. Anyone working on thier MSN?

   oldnewnurse replied to mygirlarely's topic in General Nursing

   I'm working on my MSN (nursing education) at Wheeling Jesuit University. It's all on-line. Six credit hours a semester is all I can do with working. As suni said, (and also in my case) there is no financial incentive to this. I will actually tak...

10. EMT wanting to go back to work after hip replacement

    oldnewnurse replied to fur_ever21's topic in General Nursing

    I had my first THR in 1997 and the other in 2000. Currently age 57 working full time on an Oncology floor. Have never had one iota of trouble with the hips on the job other than being unable to run. I take no pain meds. Actually I had more troubl...

11. 2-day Oncology Course-where??

    oldnewnurse replied to filipinanurse4u's topic in Oncology

    The 2 day biotherapy course was also a requirement of my Oncology department. But....my hospital arranged it for me through the ONS. One of our NM's is certified by ONS to teach and she did the two day class. The manual is really good and I learne...

12. 2-day Oncology Course-where??

    oldnewnurse replied to filipinanurse4u's topic in Oncology

    The 2 day biotherapy course was also a requirement of my Oncology department. But....my hospital arranged it for me through the ONS. One of our NM's is certified by ONS to teach and she did the two day class. The manual is really good and I learne...

13. New nurses: night shift to day shift?

    oldnewnurse replied to Angie_Baby's topic in General Nursing

    In the hospital where I currently work (350+ bed acute), midwest, new RN's are started only on days. Starting rate is $15.85/hr and the rate is the same with or without taking their benefits. The thought as far as starting on days is that there is ...

14. Patient with pacer/AED is DNR

    oldnewnurse posted a topic in Cardiac

    I work oncology and have not encountered this before. We have an end stage non-small cell lung ca patient with a cardiac hx and an implanted pacer with an AED. Medtronic is the brand. Today we made him a DNR. I asked the doc what about the defibr...

15. How many of you had a different career/education before becoming an RN?

    oldnewnurse replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

    30+ years with various generations of Ma Bell, retired to be a farmer. Loved all the tractors and the dirt and even the work, hated being with my husband 24x7. That was way too much togetherness after 30 years of traveling all over the country with...