Mermaid

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  1. Is everyone afraid to give Morphine?

    We give so much morphine and diluadid and marinol and ... that I am afraid that I have become very used to giving these drugs. We have some terminal patients who have built such a tolerance that they require such large doses of medication to get any...
  2. Please share nurse to pt ratio

    Im not sure if you are interested in the inpatient oncology depart... we hang chemo on our floor as well. I will have anywhere from 5 to 9 patients a night. It doesnt matter if I am hanging chemo on one or more of my patients we still keep those nu...
  3. Implanted Ports

    It just takes practice. I am always amazed how many times the Oncology nurses are asked to access ports on other floors of the hospital because they do not feel comfortable dealing with them.
  4. Scripting Nurses?

    I work on a busy Oncology unit where we are required to be chemo certified, check, hang, monitor and check blood returns hourly and depending on what chemo we do Q 15min vitals. we will take med surg patients on our floor if we do not have enough on...
  5. Accessing/deaccessing ports

    Our needles have little wings on them to grab when you pull it out of the port. There is a safety on it that covers the needle when you pull but it never works because the tape and dressing is always attached and doesnt allow the safety to work prop...
  6. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Don't come to the ER complaining for chest pain to try to get a medical excuse to miss work so that you can attend the playoffs that day. You may end up with a nasty headache from the nitro and a "fun" trip the the cath lab.... and end up missing th...
  7. This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    I agree Karen... at the risk of getting this ADN and BSN thing stirred up. I just wanted to tell you what I am observing in my area. ADN nurses are hired due to the nursing shortage but BSN nurses are prefered, it says so in all of the ads in the n...
  8. This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    In NE Ohio a new graduating RN can expect to make between 21.00 and 24.00 an hour and thats without shift differential... 48,000 is not out of the question for even a new grad.
  9. This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    Don't think that just because someone is a plumber or carpenter or even an electriction that they are not well educated. My husband is a union pipefitter for the international union. He just happens to be the Director of Training for his union. ...
  10. Hello all, I am 40 and a just starting my second semester of my junior year in my BSN program. THREE MORE SEMESTERS TO GO!!!! My graduation date is Dec 05. We have the largest college of nursing in Ohio and there are more non-traditional students in...
  11. Ahhh summer semester is almost over!

    I had Pharm and Critically Ill Adults.... med surg.... this past spring semester.... I also took Physiological Chemistry and Human Genetics last summer.... AT THE SAME TIME... what was I thinking....and made it through all of them. My advice to ...
  12. How many books do you have to buy?

    I have just one thing to say to you.... ok so anyone who knows me knows that I NEVER just have one thing to say but one IMPORTANT thing to say... www.half.com that is where I get my books for school if I can get away with it. I am finishing my junior...
  13. Charting Bloopers

    I was working in the ED last week when I had to call David ******* into triage who presented to the ED with vaginal bleeding. We were very busy that day and at least an hour had gone by with his name and condition on the list before I had a chance t...
  14. Portfolio for an Interview?

    Susy, I am only a nursing student with three more semesters to go but.... we were told from the start to keep a portfolio of all accomplishments for just such an occasion. We were told that it would show our organizational skills as well as our acco...