Southernkitten

Southernkitten has 6 years experience and specializes in oncology, hospice.

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1. Stem Cell Transplant pressure

   Southernkitten replied to mmpatient's topic in Oncology

   Don't allow yourself to be pushed into ANYTHING. This is your life, your journey and the outcomes will affect only you. I work on a stem cell transplant floor now and have seen many people with good outcomes and many people with just the opposite. Th...

2. Portacath protocols

   Southernkitten replied to msb0811's topic in Infusion

   1. Do you work in an outpatient setting or inpatient? Outpatient doctor's office/clinic 2. If a port is not used how often is it flushed? (exp 4-6 weeks) We currently do not have a policy concerning this - I believe the ONS says monthly 3. If the po...

3. Anyone knows any OR training programs for NON new graduates?

   Southernkitten replied to iToniai's topic in Operating Room

   Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem NC has an ad posted on monster as well as their website:[h=3]RN Post Graduate Student | Surgical Operations[/h]Job ID: 29902 | Full-Time | Regular Open Date: 11/13/2012 RN Post Graduate Training Program. ...

4. student nurse interested in career with the VA hospital

   Southernkitten replied to szccdw's topic in Government

   The VA is a good employer as with any government agency. Good luck!

5. For all you 2nd, 3rd or 4th career RN's?

   Southernkitten replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

   I have to agree with everything said so far. I am graduating from a BSN program in 1.5 weeks (YAY!). I retired from the Air Force as an aircraft mechanic after 22 years, 8 months the week AFTER I started nursing school, at the age of 42. IT IS HAR...

6. May 2009 Graduates!!! Do you have a job yet?

   Southernkitten replied to soon2bRN516's topic in New Nurse

   I was just told that I was hired at the hospital here in town! I only applied there, but I have a scholarship/loan with them, and the VA whom I haven't heard from. I didn't realize the job market was so bad - the "rankings" for nurses puts NC in th...

7. Almost the end of the semester and I would rather...

   Southernkitten replied to happilymarried's topic in General Students

   I would rather be sitting in the sun, working in my garden, cleaning my house, doing my laundry, walking my dog - anything! But studying for the last test before the final in the last med-surg class of nursing school - cardiac - my WORST. But, study...

8. Travel Nursing

   Southernkitten replied to ailailuj44's topic in Travel

   So how do you get the experience necessary to jump in and be the all around expert that travel nursing sounds like it needs? I graduate in May 09 and have a contract with my local, 300 bed hospital for two years. I'd like to apply to travel nursing ...

9. Don't Rain On My Parade ....2009 Grads

   Southernkitten replied to AnalegnaRN's topic in General Students

   I, too, graduate in May 2009 (God and everyone else willing). It has been such a long, hard trip and I'm still a little worried but I feel confident it will be okay. Congrats to all of us for making it this far!

10. Butterflies ~ Anxiety

    Southernkitten replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in Student Assist

    Congratulations on your acceptance to nursing school! I bought several "nursing school" books through Amazon and they really helped me out a lot: Mosby's Tour Guide to Nursing School: A Student's Road Survival Kit How to Survive and Maybe Even Love ...

11. Grading Scale

    Southernkitten replied to amyb2684's topic in General Students

    We are on the 7 point scale here: 93 - 100 A 85 - 92 B 78 - 84 C My kids had a 7 point scale when we moved here for high school but before that I'd never seen it. ALL the other programs at our college follow the 10 point scale, which seems SO much ...

12. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    Southernkitten replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    Wow! With the livescribe pen I wouldn't need anything else! What an amazing discovery/invention - thanks so much for sharing. P.S. I need most my Palm T/X and my Dansko shoes - starting my senior year in a BSN program. Our nursing uniform is prescr...

13. Shift report form

    Southernkitten replied to MaryCQB's topic in CCU

    I REALLY liked the form you just "whipped up" KCIN! I am trying to find a form that is not really for report, but that I can document all my stuff throughout the day on, so that when I go to document in the computer I know exactly when I had a pt vi...

14. I know I'm not the first to ask this, but..

    Southernkitten replied to strider1500's topic in General Students

    How are you doing in the rest of your classes? Are your grades all together passing or failing? Have you thought about quitting your job? You would need to seriously tighten your belt but it can be done. If this is something you want, then GO FOR...

15. Nursing school - loving it? Hating it?

    Southernkitten replied to Biol20fan's topic in General Students

    I love nursing school. I am finishing up my second semester in a BSN program, I have three sons aged 19, 17 and 15 with a boyfriend who lives in another time zone and a one hour commute (each way) to school so I am STRESSED most of the time, but thi...