Headhurt ADN

Oncology RN

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About Headhurt

Headhurt has 15 years experience as a ADN and specializes in Oncology RN.


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    Vaccination for clinical

    Your career path is at odds with the reality of nursing, what it is, what it means, and what will be expected of you. Do yourself (and potential patients) a favor and do not go into nursing. Don't. Look into another field of work and see how many of ...
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    Shawnee Mission med center

    I worked for SMMC for almost 8 years until I finished nursing school. I thought it was a great place to work, great bennies, the pay was comparable to other hospitals in the area, and they do a lot of extra stuff for their employees (pancake feeds, j...
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    penn valley in kc

    I got that same letter...but I graduated in 2004. The thought of having to go through nursing school again gave me the willies.:uhoh21: I'm not surprised that the wait it so long. Lots of applicants, not enough teachers.
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    Any Penn Valley grads and/or students?

    I graduated a little over 2 years ago from PVCC. I thought it was a good program, and prepared me well for the workforce. I can't remember how long it took me from the time I applied to the time I actually got in (I don't recall the wait being foreve...
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    Piercings

    He usually wears scrub tops with a t-shirt underneath. Hopefully, that will be enough because neither of us are the type of people anyone would suspect of having body piercings, and we would prefer it if no one knew.
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    Piercings

    These articales were EXTREMELY helpful. Thanks, Reno!!! I asked about the Tygon and acrylic. While my piercer prefers not to use them, he would if there were no other options. From what I read, titanium is not magnetic at all, although we are going t...
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    Piercings

    For something fun and spicy, I got my "girls" pierced fairly recently. Because I am a floor nurse, and I very seldom find myself in MRI, I don't have any issues. However, my other half now wants to have his nips pierced, and he works in a different d...
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    LipoDissolve Nurses

    So they opened this new clinic, and they are hiring nurses. I work weekend option at a hospital in KC, but I get bored during the week and thought a prn job during the week wouldn't be a bad idea. I want something that is not like what I currently do...
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    My New Nurse Wake-Up Call; Shocking Behaviors

    I work in a teaching hospital, and thankfully, I don't see a lot of that going on (at least on my floor). If a doctor is out of line, we call them on it. If a patient or family member is out of line, we call them on that too. We're there to do a job,...
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    Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

    I recently had a patient, retired doc with GI bleed...so we were running octreotide and prevacid drips concurrently (two separate IVs). The octreotide was Y'd in with NS running at 125ml/hr because he had rapid infusion of 6 units PRBCs earlier in th...
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    ADN to BSN/Masters....how long am I looking at?

    You can also check into Fort Hayes State University. They have an online ADN to BSN program...AND they have an agreement with surrounding states (Missouri, Iowa, Colorado, Nebraska, etc) and even out of state people pay the instate tuition...which is...
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    Salary for new nurse in St. Louis

    Jeepers!! And I thought about moving to either STL or Springfield...but the pay stinks. I think I will stay in KC for now...
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    moving to KC, MO

    I currently work at KU Med and couldn't be happier. They start GN's out at $20 an hour and the incentive package is really good (they reimburse you $3000 of education expenses right out of the gate). They have a great Residency/Fellowship program for...
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    What do you always try to put on an IV pump?

    We use pumps for everything...except FFP, Albumin...unless something is expressly ordered to hang by gravity.
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    VIP Patients...A rant

    I don't care who you are, what you do, how much money you make...everyone gets the same care, dignity, and respect from me. I was the nurse in question, and I wouldn't allow my very sick patient to be disrupted because someone wanted a better window ...