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Oooh I always used to get the willies when I had the "mental status change" patient on my timecard. It usually involved something being thrown at me and an eventual change of scrubs. But that was a...

Oh gosh this is heated. My opinion, it is your body, do what you want to it. Actually I know that Anna Jaques in Newburyport, Ma drug tests for tobacco as part of their initial hiring process. I find...

In response to the previous poster, yes if my patient asks for pain meds or anti-anxiety meds prior to the procedure, of course I will give it to them. The last thing I want is my patient (who...

I work in outpatient hem/onc. We do biopsies at the bedside outpatient clinic. They should not hurt. If they hurt, your MD/NP/PA has not numbed up the area enough/used enough lidocaine. The most...

Hi folks, I went to this program. It was great. PM me to discuss in more detail.:)

I work for a hospital in town. I do have to pay for parking which runs $40 a week. I live in the burbs so my rent is cheap. I actually really am looking to transition out of Oncology and into Occ...

90K in Boston. But if you're anything like me the burnout makes it not worth it. I wish I had gone to acupuncture school instead so I could really help people instead of pump them full of chemo for...

I work at this hospital. The whole thing is really scary. I am an NP but I feel for the nurses on the floors. It will actually be an (at least) 5 day strike because they have to pay the hire-ins for...

I am so, so glad for this post. I first want to thank the OP for posting this topic as it is such a good one. I am an Oncology Nurse Practitioner. I have only ever done oncology, both as a nurse...

I bring my lunch. I don't know about everyone else, but I am way to busy lately to take a lunch break, let alone sit and gab with a drug rep. Don't get me wrong, some have some very interesting...

Any sort of cancer history? A lot of folks who end up with clots have a malignancy floating around somewhere...or are bound for one.

The other thing that factors in is that I will be interviewing (3rd and final interview) for my dream job this week and hope and pray that I get offered the position-it looks really good and they...

I like to say the following, after doing some research about the mean salaries of NP's in the geographic area: "I'd like to make a salary comparable/on par with what NP's in area are making." If...

If you are suspecting B12 def check a 'MMA' methylmelonic acid-better indicator of B12 def. Most people who are B12 def got there in the first place because they do not absorb or do not have the...

Hello all, Thought I bounce something off an objective source. So here is a dilemma, hopefully not too vague. How bad is it to accept a job offer, and then reneg it if a more suitable situation...

I think that some med/surg is helpful but not paramount. I think that you get exposure to a lot of med/surg issues when working in oncology (people have issues despite their cancer, or as a result of...

Just curious, what part of the country do you live in?

Hi there. I had been working as an Oncology NP for 9 months...and prior to that worked as an Oncology RN for 3 + years. I left my ONC NP job as I was very unhappy, and also due to family illness. My...

Hello everyone, I am faced with a dilemma--I have been working at my first NP job for about 5 months. My supervising physician has just told me that he is leaving the practice (he was AWESOME to...

Thanks everyone for your support! You guys are great. My pop made it through his surgery, it was successful, and he is doing okay. My mom, also a nurse is staying with him, and I will go up soon...

Hello all. I rarely post, but I know I am among friends here and fellow nurses. I too am a nurse, and have been for 2+ years. My 90-year-old grandfather will be having bowel surgery tomorrow, for...

Staying calm...different for everyone. We all get harried, in some ways, med-surg is harder than ICU because you have more patients, maybe it's just different. I have no problem asking for help and...

From the literature I have read...the return of fertility, that is, the ability to get pregnant either purposefully or not, after stopping the pill depends on the pill and the person's baseline...

I remember my nurse manager coming to me one day, I was taking care of a patient who she said was a 'vip.' I said to her straight out, 'well, all of my patients are vip's' She says,...

Thanks for your post-I feel you. I gage my days by the amounts of hugs I get. A few days ago I had a 3-hug day. 2 patients gave me a hug and thanked me for all of my ( and the other staffs') hard...