Nesher BSN, RN

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  1. The second section are the tough ones - the behavior based questions - they require a story or example to answer. Same idea - write outlines and practice. Good luck! Interview Questions1. Tell me about yourself. 2. What is your greatest strength? 3. ...
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    New grad - hanging blood

    Bottom line - follow your hospitals policy and procedure - which by the way your preceptor should go over with you prior to doing new things like hanging blood!!!
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    failing nursing school

    Watch the movie "Touching the Void" - true story that will inspire yu. I am very fond of the method the person used to get himself to safety - breaking up the impossible into 20 minute periods and not thinking beyond that 20 min. section. This will...
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    What do you call a PA?

    An assistant to the physican love the ones who do not correct patients who call them doc...
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    Anyone switch from Avonex to Rebif?

    Thanks for your comments. When I started Avonex in Jan 1998, I would spike a temp of 102, aching, etc., however now I just get achy and 3 Advils take care of it. SO I am worried about feeling that way three times a week instead of one. I am trying...
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    Saving cord blood for infant transfusion??

    Cord blood has not yet been proven to be better than a stem cell transplant. It is being researched of course. I had a patient for the last two weeks who had a double cord blood transplant (one wasn't enough cells) - this person is engrafting slowl...
  7. Has anyone here at allnurses made a switch from Avonex to Rebif? I'm concerned about the injection site reactions - is it a myth or reality? Did the flu like symptoms come back with the change? Tell me about your experience good or bad....
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    Interview Help - I'm so nervous!

    Best way to combat nervousness is to be prepared. Following are questions I took from the book Interview Power by Tom Washington. Idea is to wirte out a brief answer to each question, so you'll have an answer - don't memorize, just the highlihgts s...
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    Interview Help - I'm so nervous!

    There are tons of threads on this subject - do a search.
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    Starting a PCA position in oncology

    What is a PCA position? I'm afraid for many of us, a PCA is "patient controlled analgesia"...
  11. If the nurse is about to launch into a long description or explanation I don't need, than I tell them I'm a nurse to save them the time and effort.
  12. Boy does this sound familiar! I had a CI who took me aside and questioned my deisre to be a nurse and basically told me I wasn't cut out for it as well. I of course "showed " her how wrong she was and in many ways took great satisfaction from that...
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    Continuous Insulin drip

    Insulin gtts on the floor - get lots of them in stem cell transplant land as they are on TPN and often steroids for GVHD. Usually q 1 as on top of the TPN and 'roids they are receiving multiple antibiotics mixed in D5W - biggest PIA is when they are...
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    What is most important to you as a nurse?

    That I care for them as I would want to be cared for - with humor, respect, empathy, intelligence, care, diligence and the ability to be a human.
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    MDS Coordinator salaries

    I've been a nurse a long time and perhaps that is the problem:) But what exactly is an MDS nurse? MDS for me is a myleodysplasic syndrome which I'm guessing this is not what you are writing about....