sashamay

sashamay has 6 years experience and specializes in Oncology.

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1. Light Duty, workers comp, cast

   sashamay posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just wanted to run this by you all.. I'm an inpatient oncology nurse.. So I hurt my thumb (..jammed it against the pyxis of all things) 2 months ago- a couple days of it not improving, i filed workers comp and was told to wear a thumb spica brace. 2...

2. need help "making a plan" for late clock out prevention

   sashamay posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm suppose to come up with an "action plan" for not being there late.... part of the issue is a damn useless CNA, insane assignments that you sucks when your coworkers point out how lousy of an assignment you have and offer to help as they can and h...

3. Agencies in PDX?

   sashamay posted a topic in Agency

   Hey, I've been a nurse for 3 1/2 years, doing med/Surg with remote tele and have been on an oncology specific unit for the last 2 1/2 years. What agencies do you recommend for per diem hospital work in the Portland metro area? I have my WA and OR R...

4. Need Tips or Tricks on Remembering IV Stop Times

   sashamay replied to mrscoozy's topic in General Nursing

   ahhhH!!! I just started at a new big hospital (compared to my awesome little 44 bed unit i moved away from =( and at this new hospital, they use Epic and I was just told today I have to go thru and put stop times for the same reasons, and cuz of som...

5. Horrific Write Ups? Has it ever happened to you?

   sashamay replied to NonieJuice's topic in General Nursing

   see, this is pretty much exactly why I'm having a hard time learning EPIC! I just got hired at a new hospital and we use EPIC... and at my old hospital, we used Meditech, and my charting there was rather thorough and detailed, mostly in the form of n...

6. I got my dream job!

   sashamay posted a topic in Oncology

   So I just wanted to exclaim my excitement.. I'm gunna be working on an Oncology/BMT unit! Sometime this year, they will chemo certify me, and next year, they will start the mentoring process to get me BMT certified! The unit has 8 BMT rooms. I've b...

7. wonder how rumors work in a nursing facility

   sashamay replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

   I told a co-worker about a potiental move and to be fair, I did email the boss and let her know of the impending decision.. and suddenly coworkers on the prev shift i hardlly ever see are sayin "So I hear your moving eh?!" And then my boss forget I ...

8. Interview.. soo nervous!

   sashamay posted a topic in Oncology

   So I have been a nurse on a med/surg/tele floor at a small hospital for a year now.. and I want to move back home (Portland, OR). i SOMEHOW landed an interview at a good hospital, on an oncology floor, which is what i want to specialize in! I worked...

9. RN interview..after a yr of exp and using old letters of ref?

   sashamay posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, So on tuesday I have an interview for basically my dream job.. noc shift, 12 hr shifts, Oncology unit of a very good hospital back home! (I moved away for nursing school and now that I have a yr of exp, I want to move back..and I very much want t...

10. Was I taught the wrong thing in school?

    sashamay replied to qaqueen's topic in Endocrine

    On our sliding scale protocol, if the person gets any coverage at HS, (2100), we have to check the blood sugar again between 0200-0300. Also on that, is if the patient is NPO, then we switch to Q6 blood sugar checks and sliding scale coverage instead...

11. Treatment for uncontrolled N/V post chemo

    sashamay replied to MillieT's topic in Oncology

    Ive had A LOT of patients that Zofran doesn't seem to do anything at all for... My last shift I had a pt with severely delayed gastric emptying/slow peristalsis who said she had tried everything (and we had given her a lot of different stuff over the...

12. Night Shifters!

    sashamay replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

    Weekend for my hospital (and every hospital I've worked for) is Friday and Saturday nights. Our weekend diff is $4/hr, on top of our night shift diff. which is $4.75.

13. inappropriate sinus tach

    sashamay replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    My mom's resting HR is around 140-150 without her meds...she also has random episodes of SVT with no apparent cause. She had tried quite a few different beta blockers (including atenolol and metoprolol) and it wasn't until they put her on propranolol...

14. Applications prior to NCLEX and actual grad..

    sashamay posted a topic in New Nurse

    Okay so Im going to graduate on June 7th... and likely then wont be able to take my boards till late June or July, based on what I'm being told. I have started to apply for positions and I was wondering if you guys click the little button on applica...

15. A day in the life of.........

    sashamay replied to Ninja Nurse's topic in Agency

    Lil late but figured I'd chime in... I've been a CNA since 2004, and did homecare for a year privately before I got hired on with my first agency. I was thrown into a nursing home and i literally had no idea what i was doing or what needed to be don...