Robinrmacd

Thanks for your reply. We do pretty much the same type of infusions as you with the addition of outpatient chemo. The Remicade form is a good idea. I may print that and add it to our regular documentation. We do not do much in the way of narrative charting - just the basics (PICC flushed easily with good blood return, tol. infusion well...) Do you have a problem with occluded PICC ports? Our hospital doesn't use Heparin, which I understand is pretty much the way it is these days, but we have found in the outpatient setting that our PICCs occlude. We do a vigorous flush before and after the infusion (10cc, 20cc after blood draw) and we still see some occluded ports. Thus, we went back to using Heparin.

My hospital has recently opened an outpatient infusion center. We need to set up some performance improvement objectives. Does anyone have any ideas? Also, would anyone who works in a center such as mine have any nursing documentation forms they would be willing to share? If so, they can be sent to [email protected]. Thanks so much.

Thanks! I appreciate your response.

Thanks so much for your suggestion. When I speak with the recruiter I ask them for study materials. R

I am a re-entry nurse. I have been hired into a hospital-based ambulatory infusion center. I am scheduled for orientation in a couple of weeks. I understand it to be a one day hospital orientation and a 3 day nursing orientation. I've heard that they do a skills competency assessment and a general medication assessment. Can anyone tell me what I might expect w/re these two areas? I've been a legal nurse consultant for the past 10 years and my previous hospital experience was OR and Labor & Delivery/Maternity. I've never worked a med/surg floor. I am terrified that they are going to hit me with something for which I am unprepared. I would love to be able to study some - especially the medication area. Any direction would be appreciated. Thanks, Robin

Hi All, I am a re-entry nurse. I have been hired into a hospital-based ambulatory infusion center. I am scheduled for orientation in a couple of weeks. I understand it to be a one day hospital orientation and a 3 day nursing orientation. I've heard that they do a skills competency assessment and a general medication assessment. Can anyone tell me what I might expect w/re these two areas? I've been a legal nurse consultant for the past 10 years and my previous hospital experience was OR and Labor & Delivery/Maternity. I've never worked a med/surg floor. I am terrified that they are going to hit me with something for which I am unprepared. I would love to be able to study some - especially the medication area. Any direction would be appreciated. Thanks, Robin

I hope this is an appropriate place to post my question. I am a "re-entry" nurse scheduled for orientation in a couple of weeks. Can anyone tell me what to expect for the nursing orientation? I understand it will be 3 days. I assume they will do some clinical skills assessment and I some "general medication" clinical assessments. Can someone give me some guidance as to what that might mean? Would it be drug classifications? Common drugs; dosages, side effects? I'm very nervous and would feel better if I had a clue what they were thinking so I could brush up. Any guidance as to what kinds of things might be covered would be most appreciated. Thanks so much, Robin