Alloush BSN, MSN

Alloush has 16 years experience as a BSN, MSN and specializes in Oncology-Pediatrics RN.

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1. Interview

   Alloush replied to Lynnie423's topic in Informatics

   I usually do my interview practice with Chat-GPT. Here the link: http://openai.com/

2. Nursing Informatics from Outpatient nursing

   Alloush replied to Jennifer George's topic in Informatics

   Since there is a huge deficit in NI nurses, many hospitals and EMR tech companies hire nurses and they train them to do the informatics part. Ofcourse with the lack of experience and degree the salary will be on the low side but after 2 years in Info...

3. Nursing Informatics

   Alloush replied to Cynchy's topic in Informatics

   I did my MSN in NI at Walden Uni. 100% online classes except for the internship hours where I had them at my hospital's informatics department. It was pretty easy and I was out of school since 2008 (started my MSN in 2015-2016). I recently moved to t...

4. Moving to Little Rock from abroad

   Alloush posted a topic in Arkansas

   Hello, I am a Registered Nurse from Lebanon (the country) and I am working on my immigration visa. I was granted a job opportunity at chi st vincent infirmary and I am moving there next May. I know nothing about life and work there and I would ...

5. Neutropenia and Nutrition

   Alloush replied to NurseLite's topic in Oncology

   Salam wait a little bit. a WBC of 5000 or 4000 or 3000 or 2000 or even 1000 is perfect for a cancer patient on chemotherapy. and she doesnt need any neupogen support when her count is like that. we usually start neupogen for Neutropenic patients wh...

6. Chemotherapy administration

   Alloush replied to pcarmichael's topic in Oncology

   Salam dont forget to check the blood studies. especially SGPT and Billirubin. and some of the studies are specific for different medications. u must be aware of them. wear double gloves, gown, face mask, eye shield, hair cover and shoe cover. mor...

7. New nurse and new oncolgy nurse .... help!

   Alloush replied to Mrs leese's topic in Oncology

   Salam maybe it is late. but reading about the diagnosis is all what u need at this point. everything else will be taught to u on the unit. good luck :)

8. Will this get any easier?

   Alloush replied to MLMRN1120's topic in Oncology

   Salam MartinaRN1120

9. Will this get any easier?

   Alloush replied to MLMRN1120's topic in Oncology

   Salam i chose peds onco myself. and it was my first position. it broke my heart several times. and it will a lot more. but making this child smiles is my goal and seeing him happy is what keeps me going. someitmes i try not get attached to the babi...

10. Job requires mixing chemo and breastfeeding

    Alloush replied to nurse_runner's topic in Oncology

    Salam it is preferable not to get urself exposed. when any one of my friends r pregnant we ( the males ) usually hang the bags and connect them to the patient's IV set. and then we deaccess them. it is better to stay away from chemo.

11. neupogen

    Alloush replied to Susan Patterson's topic in Oncology

    Salam 99% of the time we give it as SQ ( slowlyyyy ). when the patient doesnt pick up and remains neutropenic we give it IV. we dilute according to the pharmacy policy. and each dose has different dilution. we stop all running IVs and IV medication...

12. How to flush a POC

    Alloush replied to mervat's topic in Oncology

    Salam most of my patients have Polysite ... our routine is flushing the polysite with 500u heparin in 5ml NSS IVP BID. and we use the same concentration before deaccessing the needle. if the patient weighs less than 10 kilo grams we flush the pol...

13. Is nursing the right choice?

    Alloush replied to sundayspaper's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Salam if u want a job just when u r done with ur school ... go to nursing if u go to medical assistant u will get paid as much as half of what u will get in nursing even less it is true .. it is hard .. it costs a lot .. but if u think u can sacrific...

14. time for the NCLEX!!

    Alloush replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Students

    Salam good luck i finished my school with no need for the NCLEX LOL i will start my career at the 1st of august ---LeWi---

15. May/June 2008 Grads!!

    Alloush replied to love-d-OR's topic in General Students

    Salam i proposed and she accepted we've been together for 4 years lool it was expected to agree on that oh yeah ... it is coool no NCLEX .. we have a board exam (lebanese version) it is really simple .. 1 or 2 oral questions ... no written mater...