JoAnna McNurse

My school used Pub Med as an NCLEX prep course. Seemed pretty good to me but I don't have anyting much to compare it to. Has anyone used this system? How do the questions and rationales compare to Kaplan, Saunders, NCSBN, Hurst, etc.....................

Graduated in August, passed NCLEX and have been working on a Onc Med/Surg Unit since. I HATE IT. I love the patients and nursing skills but I hate the high patient loads and other craziness. Also, my hospital is in the "dark ages" with regards to com...

I'm just wondering...... When "you" were taking the NCLEX.....did you -- or how often did you ---get questions that were exactly the same as questions you studied from while preparing to take the NCLEX ?? If you did....what source did you see the mo...

Several posts have stated to memorize lab values. I'm wondering which lab values. Naturally, I know to learn RBC, WBC, Platelets, and normal ABG chemistries/values -----but I'm wondering what other (of the hundreds!) I should memorize? Thanks for yo...

Hello. I'm thrilled to be starting a new job in a private endo center and eager to learn everything I can. I was reading the thread about the drugs and dosages used on conscious sedation and was wondering if someone could give me a quick rundown on t...

This is probably a really dumb question.....but which is proper: #1. Mary Jones, RN, BSN, OCN #2. Mary Jones, BSN, OCN, RN #3. Some other way not listed above ????? Thanks

Thank you. That was a great web site !

My husband is going to be working in Michigan for a year or so and I am thinking about trying to get a travel assignment in the Detroit/Sterling Heights area. Anyone ever done any assignments in the Michigan area? How was it? Any place to avoid? I'm ...

I'm moving to MI in the fall. Anything you can tell me about the best oncology hospital and out-patient office/center would be greatly appreciated. Will probably live in the Birmingham or Rochester Hills area. Thanks so much

I may be moving to Michigan in the Fall. I'll probably live in Birmingham or Rochester Hills. Recently visited the area and went in to Royal Oak, Beaumont, Crittington Hospitals. Didn't have time to get to a Henry Ford. My specialty is Oncology. I a...

I think the Henry Ford Hosp in Clinton Township is close to where I'll be. Have you heard anything about that hosp? Thanks for getting back to me.

Thanks for getting back to me. Which Henry Ford Hosp did you work in? I think there is one in the Clinton Township area that will be close to where I might be.

I'm an oncology nurse working in a cancer unit in a large hospital for almost 2 years. I would love to work in an onc clinic.....but, if your area is anything like mine, the offices and clinics are not interested in hiring a "rookie." They want a hig...

I HATE the 12 hour shifts. To me, this is something hospital administration has "snowed" nurses into believing is a great benefit when it actually most benefits the hosptial. For example: - When have your ever really worked a 12 hour shift? Most of...

I've been working over a year on an oncology unit since I graduated from nursing school (RN BSN 2n degree program). I am sick of hospital floor work but really enjoy giving IV drugs. Is there a career path for me where I can do nothing but start IV'...

Many years before I became an RN in 2005, I was an RT (ARRT) in radiology. During those days, back in the 1980's there were no nurses working in the "special studies" / surgy department I worked. Now that I'm an RN and I'm sick of working on a floor,...

I'm thinking about going to work in a private Endoscopy center. After reading several of these posts, I am getting the impression that "regular" RN's do the concious sedation administration. Can this be true? In the hospitals, only a CRNA, Anesth...

Margaret, I entered a 2nd Degree BSN program when I was 56 and finished at age 57. I've been out 6 months now and I'm 58. I'm working my butt off and really love nursing but I don't intend to stay in the hospital environment very long. It is just to...

My hospital still uses paper cards for MAR medications and it is driving me crazy. I find the handwriting very hard to read and when meds are cancelled, they highlight them in yellow. Sometimes you have a card that is half yellowed out meds and half ...

I graduated from an accelerated BSN program in the Washington DC area in August. My goal has always been to be an Oncology nurse. I currently work on an oncology unit of a large hospital but may be moving to the Sterling Heights MI area due to my hus...

i am an "older, new nurse" having graduated from an accelerated bsn program and am about to finish 6 months on a med-surg oncology floor. this hospital is not a major cancer center but does have this designated onc floor. i am absolutely going crazy ...

Years ago as an angiography technologist I used to easily start IV's to give my contrast using the "old fashioned" straight angiocath. I'd puncture the vein, reach over and slide the cathater down further into the vein, remove the needle.....hook up ...

Thanks for the good advice. I've about decided to "go for it" after the first of the year. This hospital craziness is just not for me.

Another "old dog" reporting in..... But I've got you ALL beat. I am 57 y.o. and retired from an onc pharma career that inspired me to want to be a nurse instead of a drug pusher. I finished school/NCLEX in Aug. Was hired in the Onc department of the...

No not small cards...... I'm talking about full page card stock. On the left side of the page you put the drug name/dose information. As you move across the page there is a column to put the time the drug is supposed to be given. If it is BID, TI...