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1. Hairy Cell Leukemia

   ChemoRN replied to shay's topic in General Nursing

   Hairy Cell Leukemia is one of the better in a class of really bad diseases. I mean leukemia stinks, but it usually carries a better prognosis than the acute leukemias and sometimes better than chronic ones. Of course, every rule has a rule breaker....

2. lymphoma, anyone?

   ChemoRN replied to sunnygirl272's topic in Oncology

   Sunnygirl72, I am so sorry to hear your bad news. The "big C" can be scary no matter how good the prognosis is. I am a hematology nurse that works primarily with leukemia and lymphoma patients, so I hope I can be some help. When doctor's say "low g...

3. Would like to talk to a chemo nurse please

   ChemoRN replied to JonRN's topic in Oncology

   Pappy, I am an inpatient heme onc nurse, so I don't deal a lot with CLL since it is managed outpatient primarily. I have a friend with CLL and have gathered most of my info from trying to help her. CLL is frequently managed with W&W, but if it's...

4. chemo question

   ChemoRN replied to ntigrad's topic in Oncology

   Vote #3 for peripheral neuropathy! I had a patient who had peripheral neuropathy and told me that he felt like he had saran wrap on his feet. Similar? Peripheral neuropathy is dose limiting for a lot of chemotherapies. Be sure that you report it if...

5. narcotic theft investigation

   ChemoRN replied to sunny1973's topic in General Nursing

   This exact thing happened to me, except it was Demerol IV. I wasted a lot of "demerol" with a certain nurse - only it was saline! You can't tell the difference! Nothing happened to me because of it, just a lot of data collection stuff. It made me ...

6. Oncology Nurse/Patient Ratio

   ChemoRN replied to MissRNC's topic in Oncology

   27 patients gives us 9 nurses, 4 techs and 1 MR. That's what we are allowed to have. If you don't have 9 nurses, you just suck it up. We do have some variance with acuity. I have worked with 8 and been bored and I have had days where I would have ...

7. organ donation, political issue bleh

   ChemoRN replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

   Dont' forget Bone Marrow!! Save a life with just some discomfort in the hip region and 23 hours in a hospital. You even get cool drugs and a nice nap, all billed directly to someone elses insurance! Where can you get a better deal? http://www.bo...

8. psycho RN for a CNA instructor

   ChemoRN replied to reddgott's topic in General Nursing

   During our last semester, our instructors made us take TONS of old NCLEX tests. Like 3-4 a day. They were the old "pencil and paper" ones. Sounds like a great idea, right? Well, there was one particularly interesting section. The director of the ...

9. Should Nurses attend patient funerals

   ChemoRN replied to Hayden's topic in General Nursing

   I have attended a few patient funerals - the one's who were really special to me. I admit I did it for myself, to get closure, etc. But I think it benefitted the families also. At one particular funeral, I was invited to sit with the family and w...

10. How would your unit handle this?

    ChemoRN replied to Kim44's topic in General Nursing

    This is CRAZY on so many levels!! First of all the fact that you are not their babysitter!! Tell them teenagers are available for that job - NOT RN's!! We don't allow children under 3 on my oncology unit. They don't get past the front desk, period....

11. New call lights

    ChemoRN replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with all of the above responses!! Also, the locator may tell where you are, but it can't tell what you are doing. Say a newer nurse has a clinical question and needs support. The two of you are in the staff lounge for longer than your allot...

12. A little advice , please

    ChemoRN replied to soon2bLPN's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like the type program I did. It was a weekends only program. Only covered the nursing stuff, though. I had to get my pre-req's before I started. Took me 2 years to get my degree. Really worked into my life at the time, but was pretty...

13. the runaround

    ChemoRN replied to canavywife's topic in General Nursing

    Gloves Gloves Gloves!!! I worked through both of my pregnancies and was VERY lucky to have awesome support. I did not have to deal with isolation patients or handle chemo or anything, AND I did not catch any slack about it, if you know what I mean. ...

14. Pregnant and working as RN

    ChemoRN replied to tcolleen's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!! First babies are so exciting! I worked my full nine months (Or 8 1/2 as the case may be ) IMHO - you're already through the hard part. Nothing like working in your first trimester when the meal trays come around. Make way for the...

15. Am I the only one???

    ChemoRN replied to Furball's topic in General Nursing

    Ya think chemo could fix that? :eek: