Loquax

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1. Any Pediatric Oncology Nurse- Can you help me?

   Loquax replied to Qtpie3166's topic in Pediatric

   I work in a pediatric oncology/neurosurgery ward in Sweden. A typical day looks something like this: We begin with a report from the night shift. Then I make a list of medications and cytotoxic drugs for my children (we usually have 3 or 4 children p...

2. Dress Code for Nurse Managers

   Loquax replied to deweydecimal13501's topic in Management

   At my ward, it really depends on what I'm doing. Days when I'm working with the patients as well, I wear a scrub. If I'm in the office working with rostering or salaries all day I might just wear jeans and a college sweater. There is no dress code as...

3. How many are you responsible for?

   Loquax replied to nell's topic in Management

   I'm the assistant manager at a pediatric oncology ward at a mid-sized university hospital in Sweden. We (me and my boss) have something about 30 people at our ward, not including physicans but including the secretaries and the Swedish equivalent to L...

4. self scheduling

   Loquax replied to JLDRN's topic in Educators

   I have worked on two different units (one cardiology ward and one neurosurgery intensive care unit) which both used self scheduling. I'm a great fan. We actually used a computerized system (called TimeCare) which I'll try to describe. The process of ...

5. Fluid Balnce Charts

   Loquax replied to JenMarie's topic in Pediatric

   We've got module in our patient records computer system that takes care of most of the calculating. We have separate lists where we record all volumes of i.v. infusions (no measuring of injections, only infusions) and every morning we input yesterda...

6. What does the assistant nurse manager DO on your unit ?

   Loquax replied to passing thru's topic in Management

   I'm the Swedish equivalent to an assistant nurse manager (in Swedish: Sektionsledare) at my ward, which is a pediatric oncology and hematology one. My responsibilities are as follows: - filling gaps in the roster (causes agony now when everybody has ...