RN416

RN416

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  1. When to call the doctor

    Does anyone have any general guidelines on when to call a doctor? I know it seems like a basic nursing skill but I still have difficulty deciding when to call and when not to. We have such sick patients with multiple comorbidities like heart disease,...
  2. Improving critical thinking

    Thank you all so much for your helpful replies!!
  3. Improving critical thinking

    Thank you all for your advice! ?
  4. I'm a fairly new nurse struggling with critical thinking and being detail oriented. I'm working on trying to notice details and small changes in a patient's condition and feel like I'm improving at it. But the struggle that comes with that is, when I...
  5. Hello, I have a patient going through chemo/RT for head and neck cancer who is not eating and losing a ton of weight because food tastes horrible. I've tried giving this pt recipes for different high calorie smoothies and other things but the pt say...
  6. Considering Hospice Nursing

    Thank you all for your responses! How were you able to transition from having a curative perspective to having a palliative care outlook? Have you guys been fulfilled as hospice nurses even though you can't help your patients get better?
  7. Considering Hospice Nursing

    I'd love to hear from some hospice nurses about the pros and cons of this field, and your experiences with it. I have home health and oncology experience, which I think are probably good experiences to help ease the transition to hospice nursing. I l...
  8. Feelings of an extremely burnt out nurse

    I was burned out after a year of working in the hospital, and honestly I feel like I could have written your exact post two years ago. My solution was to get out. I worked in home health for a year, and now I'm working in a cancer clinic. I'm so much...
  9. Do you like working in clinic/office?

    There are some things I like better, and some things that I miss about bedside. I love the consistent schedule of a clinic, M-F 9-5, never any weekends, holidays, or call. I love only having one patient I'm responsible for at a time, instead of 5-6 l...
  10. Radiation symptom management

    That is very helpful! Thank you for your detailed response!
  11. Radiation symptom management

    I have a question for all you radiation oncology nurses. How does your facility manage side effects of treatment, such as burning to the rectal/perineal area from rectal cancer treatment, or mucositis/mouth and throat pain from head and neck radiatio...
  12. So, I have had two different patients' family ask me this week about if they'll survive cancer treatment. Both patients have been on treatment for a while and they were both not tolerating treatment as well as they were when they first started. I was...
  13. Oncology RN in doctors office

    Hello all, I was hoping to hear from some nurses who work or have worked as an RN in an oncology physician practice. I have an interview at a large cancer center for a position in the MD's offices, and I have never worked in a doctor's office before....
  14. Hospice vs. home health

    I'm a home health nurse looking into hospice nursing. I was just wondering how it compares to home health, other than the obvious difference that hospice is focused on comfort and home health is focused on healing. For people who have worked both, wh...
  15. Young hospice/palliative nurse?

    I am in a similar situation and have had similar doubts as you... I am also under 25 but I am not a hospice nurse, I work in home health. I LOVE home health and like you, I was burned out after just one year in the hospital and frustrated that I coul...