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1. filter needles

   rebeccajs replied to rebeccajs's topic in Travel

   Thank you so much furball, that is exactly the kind of info i was looking for. I am going to take it to the manager tomorrow and see what she says. She is new to the organization too so maybe something might actually get done!

2. filter needles

   rebeccajs replied to rebeccajs's topic in Travel

   that was what I thought too, but what do I do if the filter needles are not available to me? Am I putting my patients at risk?

3. filter needles

   rebeccajs posted a topic in Travel

   I am new to traveling outside my state and recently discovered how big some differences are across the country. My question is this, Is it a practice to use filter needles when drawing up medication out of a glass ampule where you are? That had alwa...

4. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

   rebeccajs replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

   A teaching hospital where I worked, one of the foriegn residents wrote "eyes and nose q shift". We all laughed for days over that one.

5. Interview in Oncology

   rebeccajs replied to YOGI_NAMASTE's topic in Oncology

   I went into oncology by accident, I originally wanted peds, but alas there were no positions open on that unit. There was however an oncology opening and so I took it knowing nothing about what I was getting myself into. 5 years and two hospitals la...

6. Amount of orientation for new RN

   rebeccajs replied to rileygrl11's topic in Oncology

   When I started 5 years ago right out of school on a renal/oncology floor I was not allowed to hang chemo or do anything chemo related until 6 months after being on the floor. Then I had a two week class with detailed oncology information and had to p...

7. Nursing 'legacies'? How many of you have nurses in your family?

   rebeccajs replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   My mom is a nurse, her two aunts were before her. I was geared from the time I was born to follow in my mom's footsteps. In kindergarten, i was the nurse in the "when I grow up" play. It was always a given. Luckily I really enjoy what I do! Also on m...