Ladybug45RN

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1. probably a dumb question about PIVs and drawing blood...

   Ladybug45RN replied to rach_nc_03's topic in Pediatric

   Were I work we really are not suppose to draw from an existing PIV. However, there are times we do. If we have a child that is a hard stick or a child that is totally tramatized by getting stuck, we usually will try. I have heard that the PIV is more...

2. Help! New position in Bone Marrow Transplant

   Ladybug45RN replied to 5thflrnurse's topic in Oncology

   I worked on a psych unit several years fter I graduated. When I switch to medical it was on a BMT unit. I have now been working BMT (pediatric) for 11 years. I don't see myself changing jobs anytime soon.

3. Pediatric BMT program

   Ladybug45RN replied to renerian's topic in Pediatric

   I started BMT on an adult unit and then went to peds BMT. The transition was not difficult at all. Once you are in peds you may have a patient a few months old up to say, age 18-20. So, there is still a wide range of dosages with in the "pediatric" r...

4. Remembering patients who die (how?)Nursing grief issue

   Ladybug45RN posted a topic in Pediatric

   Hi! I currently work on a pediatric bone marrow transplant unit. We have a committee working on grief issues 9for nursing). One thing we are trying to find, are ways to remember children in our care who later pass on. For example: one unit has a g...

5. Bone marrow transplant

   Ladybug45RN replied to mac23's topic in Oncology

   if your sister has pain it may come in the form of mouth sores which makes it hard to eat or swallow (mucositis). usually narcotics can be given if the pain is too bad. the amount of graft vs host she may experience is parially dependent on how clos...

6. Bone marrow transplant

   Ladybug45RN replied to mac23's topic in Oncology

   I have worked BMT for approx 10 years. Fortuneately people with Aplastic anemia often do well going through transplant. Often the horrible liver, renel, and cardic side effects occur because of so much prior chemo as in people recieving BMT for cance...

7. CIV infection control Alcohol/betadine or both?

   Ladybug45RN posted a topic in Oncology

   Currently, we are using betadine and alcohol both when accessing a CIV. The question was brought up of why we only use alcohol when swabing ports in the line (as in iV push meds) since it all goes the same place. Others then mentioned that some place...