sashamay

sashamay

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About sashamay

sashamay has 6 years experience and specializes in Oncology.


Been an RN since 2010, was a CNA for 5 years before that.. Currently work on a busy inpatient oncology floor (we do ASCT and a lot of onc-surgery)

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  1. Light Duty, workers comp, cast

    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...
  2. 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...
  3. Agencies in PDX?

    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...
  4. Need Tips or Tricks on Remembering IV Stop Times

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

    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...
  6. I got my dream job!

    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...
  7. wonder how rumors work in a nursing facility

    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...
  8. Interview.. soo nervous!

    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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. Treatment for uncontrolled N/V post chemo

    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...
  12. Night Shifters!

    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
  13. inappropriate sinus tach

    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...
  14. 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...
  15. A day in the life of.........

    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...