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Looking to grow and frustrated
I'm an oncology infusion nurse by day, and do a casual weekend position in a LTC facility where we see it all. Great "fun money" pay too!!
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Oxaliplatin
Oxaliplatin is NOT compatible with NS!!! You need to mix it in D5W and have D5W as your primary!!!
- RaDonda Vaught Update - State Health Officials Reverse Decision and File Medical Disciplinary Charges
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Nursing shortage is BS
I too, feel that the nursing shortage is total BS. Is perhaps the reason you lost your previous job the reason behind the difficulty in finding a new one? Best of luck to you!!
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Failed out my ADN on the last exam
Your information provided is very confusing. Typically, at the half-way point of your RN aspirations, you'd be eligible to sit for the LPN NCLEX. Most do and then continue on to complete their associate degree and sit for the RN NCLEX. Have you not passed classes to make yourself eligible to take the LPN NCLEX? I also concerned that you've spent $30,000 on an ADN degree! An LPN diploma is a year of school at a technical college, and many of your classes should be accepted.
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Help Please! Oncology Infusion or School Nurse?
I work in a clinic/outpatient infusion center and love it. I fully plan on this being my forever job. We have 6 chemo nurses with one being "the mixer" for the day, leaving 5 on the floor barring vacations/illnesses. We see between 30-40 a day, I'd say. Now that can be FOLFIRINOX or Xgeva's and all in between. We don't have a charge nurse, you take what you can safely handle, ie: I could have a FOLFOX, Keytruda, and ABVD all going at once, not all need my attention at the same time. In between we do walk-med disconnects, port flushes, injections. We do our own pre-auths for insurance and all education for new treatments. It's varied and busy and I love it. We also do hematology so there are occasional Injectafers and phlebotomies thrown in.
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Forgot to follow up on orders
It looks as though you acted appropriately! You weren't able to obtain a suitable sample and PASSED IT ON IN REPORT that it still needed to be done. That no one else did it is the scary part of the story. Can you really not trust those you work with to do their job?
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Would you consider your time In LPN school as experience?
Nope. You weren't a LICENSED LPN. That's the experience they're looking for. Clinical time is expected of a new grad and doesn't count, unfortunately. Someone will give you chance!
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Earning your LPN license
If you are attending a technical college with the goal of an Associate Degree, then yes, you should be eligible at the "halfway" point. BSN candidate nurses are not able to sit for the LPN NCLEX in my state.
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Where can I buy scrubs?
I am partial to Scrubs and Beyond because I can buy online and return in store. Wal-mart carries scrubs. To be absolutely honest, I find some of the best stuff at Goodwill and a local consignment store. I just bought 4 pair of Koi Lindsey pants for $3.99 each. My big score last night though was shoes---new with tags Brooks for $4.99!
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My coworkers dont like me because I bragged
Truth? I'm betting they don't like you for a different reason
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Would you call in sick?
Deflect all you want, but you can't deny that you missed out on at least 4 hours of sleep r/t being on the road during your COMMUTE
- Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed
- Don't Say The "Q" word!
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Religion & Ectopic Abortion
You are contradicting yourself. Your title leads one to believe the question is about ectopic pregnancies and then you slip in your belief about viable pregnancies. An ectopic pregnancy is NOT a viable situation, ever. I think that you created the post to speak your thoughts on the subject, if so, just own it. I was raised Catholic and believe that what I believe about abortion only applies to me and my uterus. It is not mine, or anyone else's business what other women do with THEIR uterus.