jule

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1. Fevers in children

   jule replied to patriotnurse's topic in Pediatric

   Any trips abroad or contact to "imported" animals or insects, ticks...? Parasites? Possible-even if unlikely.

2. Pediatric oncology nurses!

   jule replied to Kinky Slinky RN's topic in Pediatric

   I´m working now for four years in ped onc and also have some experiences in working with adults. In europe we have (so far) a different system, so we decide before the training if we go ped or adults.So normally only people who have a special ped tra...

3. Male Nursing student question about pediatrics

   jule replied to royr's topic in Pediatric

   I also have three excellent colleagues, even over 40! No, seriously, please do not fulfill this clichee that peds nursing belongs to the women! Hospitals, patients and their parents need males, too ;-) In the hospital where I work, I can not remeber ...

4. Bone Marrow Biopsy

   jule replied to accent's topic in Oncology

   I work with children and young adults in oncology.Assisting in many biopsies, I also share the impression that they are very painful. At bone marrow aspiration we use Midazolam for sedation and amnesia effects. Sometimes we also do analgesia with Pir...

5. Pubic hair

   jule replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

   I agree that this is a very personal and unusual request. But as for NaKat, for me the pt´s dignity is one of the most important things in nursing. For many young women shaving pubic hair -and even more shaving legs or armipts- is part of their norm...

6. tips of the trade

   jule replied to thill's topic in Pediatric

   never forget thet kids younger than 3 or 4 years don´t have an "idea of things, room and time". will say - they think if something (or somebody) isn´t in their view, it´s gone. so if they don´t see their parents they think they don´t exi...

7. onco rns can u help me :)

   jule replied to happystudent's topic in Oncology

   i´ve been told about TNM-staging in school as well- and never met it again in ped.onc. but here is what i´ve beeen taught: T means the size of the primary tumor (1small-4very large) T depends on the localisation of the primary tumor. that means...

8. A day on your job....

   jule replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in Oncology

   i´m working on pediatric hem./onc. unit in germany. we work in a three shift-system, so our work starts with the reports the one shift gives to the next. after that, we usually check the patients, take their rr,hf, temp, in the morning their weight,...

9. onco rns can u help me :)

   jule replied to happystudent's topic in Oncology

   agree with the above., but maybe a little help. ilive in germany, so i can´t recommend you any book. but if you´re really unexpierienced in hem/onc, try to get a book for "amateurs",e.g. for patients or for their relatives. in some of these books th...

10. Almost zero WBC count

    jule replied to misti_z's topic in Oncology

    on the pediatric oncology unit where i work, we have these `rules`for low WBC: generally no visitors under 12 years generally no plants generally avoid eating nuts etc (bec. of moulds) generally avoid places where many people are (like bus, train......

11. amphotericin reactions

    jule replied to canadian's topic in Oncology

    right now, we have an 11 year old boy with ampho b-therapy. he get´s the ampho for 4h / d. he reacted "only" with one peak of (not very high) fever short time after the medication every day. we made good experiences with giving him a premed of decort...

12. osteogent sarcoma in children young adults

    jule replied to florry's topic in Oncology

    hi florry, vienna is capital of austria. i only know about that bc a colleague of mine told me. we never used catheters as far as i know. today i had no time to ask a doctor again, lot´s of therapies and so on.. now im off for a couple of days, but ...

13. osteogent sarcoma in children young adults

    jule replied to florry's topic in Oncology

    hi florry, today ai talked to a (very experienced) colleague of mine who told me that e.g. in vienna, the kids have a bladder- catheter for exact balancing. but she couldn´t imagine why your parents are not allowed to drink anyway. so our regime is t...

14. osteogent sarcoma in children young adults

    jule replied to florry's topic in Oncology

    hi florry, i´m not very experinced yet ´cause I started working @ pediatric oncology only 6 months ago, but maybe i can help.. i don´t know this kind of fluids restriction anyway. what we do is do is "check the balnace" of exportation and importation...

15. New Pediatric Oncology Nurse

    jule replied to JenSpen18's topic in Pediatric

    hi jen! i just read your text and hope you had a good start! i ´m livin in germany and passed my exam in april. since then, i´m working at the oncologic- haematologic unit of a big children´s hospital. even though i still have to learn a lot about a...