KatWright

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Need more info. You are giving .96 what? mg, mL. What is the strength of the vial? 2cc: whether you draw it up into a syringe or waste 1 cc of a 3 cc syringe is still 2cc's.

Like SCgirl22, I too have many coworkers who are from the Philippines. They are superb nurses and I am proud to call them my peer. When my daughter was looking at colleges, I had HER do the math. She could go to a big name college (she had the grades and was accepted, but we had no money, no grants, no scholarships). She could attend the community college and transfer to the university and we could afford it WITHOUT loans or she could go to the big name college and be in $ 80,000 debt. She chose NO debt and is grateful. She has friends who have so much debt that there is no light at the end of the tunnel. You are around 20 years old and in 3 years you will be 23 with or without an education. You are being offered a HUGE gift of education from your parents. Take it with gratitude.

Are you a nurse already? Do you want to be involved with Labor & Delivery? Post Partum? High Risk perinatal? Have you asked yoursely "Why OB" What size hospital are you working in, or will work in? Small? you will probably do a little of everythin. Big? You will probably work on ONE type of unit and never see the others.

I have been a nurse forever and know that it is my passion. The beauty of this profession is that we can change our minds and our speciality whenever we want. I started in orthopedics, learned everything that I could and was good. Next I was a hospital float. At the time, my kids were young, involved in activities and I was newly single. I did not want to be involved in "office politics". Floating was the answer. I worked on every unit and was able to write my own schedule to match that of my children. Eventually the hospital got rid of the float pool and I had to choose a unit. I chose Oncology and fell in love. THIS is what I was born to do. Sounds corny, huh? But it is what it is. Eventually I went back to school and completed the RN to MSN with a focus in Oncology (Clinical Nurse Specialist tract) I guess what I am saying is that it may take a while for you to find your passion. As you decide onwhich way to go, investigate each one. If you decide to be a PA, remember you will always be tied to a physician. NPs can hang out their own shingle, be their own boss and make more money. Love what ever you do. Know that you may "fall in love" many times over the years.

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We have a new doctor, Dr Huh And I am (ashamed, proud, surprised to admit.........your pick) that we have been rather, shall we say, bad. (Similar to who's on first) "Have you seen Dr Huh?" "Huh?", "Yeah, Huh" "Who, Huh?" "Uh, Huh" Now, I will have you know that we do know when to stop.......... When he comes around the corner!!!!!!! OOPS, We got caught. But he just thought that we wanted to ask a question!! Whew!!!!!!

On Mother's day, the page operator was heard by EVERYONE saying: "Would Dr. A..ab..abem..I idon't know how to say that f*%&^$# name" :eek: You could hear giggling all up and down the halls. Never did find out if she's still working !!:roll :roll :roll :roll Kat

I live alone......kids are grown and on their own .........the ex is an ex for many reasons.........anyhow, one morning I had a weird dream (?) a few months ago. I pushed snooze for the third time (usually I only push it once) and I swear that some one yelled......."Get your A$$ out of bed" I jumped up and was in the bathroom before it dawned on me that no one else was there !!!!!!!!!! :eek: :chair: But even though it puzzeled me, I still hit snooze:) Kat

Good question!! Actually it can be from both. Chemotherapy will kill off the "bad" cancer cells but while it is at it, will kill off some of the good cells resulting in neutropenia. On the other hand, people with blood dyscrasias such as acute leukemia, have veins full of immature cells that can't fight anything. Thats why you may hear of someone finding out that they have Leukemia because of a tooth abcess or other infection. Or they have bruises because they have so few platelets (the little sticky things in the blood that help with clotting and until the body is able to produce them, do not live long----only a few days) What a great field....I love oncology........ Good luck to you !! Kat

Frann, how big is your hospital? Our hospital is always full so the acu would be too. How long can they hold a patient in this unit? Do they have a specific length of time? Who staffs it? Critical care or med-surg nurses? Thanks, Kat

Lucky you Night Owl...........I woke up last Wednesday with Bells Palsy following the GI flu. It looks like I'm winking at everyone;)

Good luck but I think that you are doomed. I have not called in sick for a year and was just waylayed by a bug that had my HAIR hurting !!!!!!! I felt yuckky for 3 days !!!!!!!! And I didn't even feel guilty. Kat

PLUMRN, How big is your hospital? How many ADT nurses do you have? Does the ADT murse work on your unit ONLY? Is the unit charged for her time? (How?) How much time is alotted per patient? How experienced is she? Do you think they will expand this? I really think that this is a great idea, especially if the nurse is well rounded and a true self starter (a fast worker who is not shall we say .....lazy) I can invision several nurses on this "team", Critical care nurses, Peds, OB, med surg & tele. and possibly working 16 hours a day, maybe even 7 days a week. Our hospital has 750 beds and we are expanding another 150 to 200 beds and as you well know, it takes and hour to admit someone, obtain and initiate the orders, which is a bit of a pain because rarely does an admission come at a "good" time. I'm not sure how many patients we admit in a 24 hour period, but we are ALWAYS full with several people waiting in the ER or at home until a bed is available. I'm going to do a lit search on this so if you can think of any articles written about this topic, please let me know. Thank-you Kat

I would imagine that this would be a very busy job, because the turn around time should be under one hour.Therefore the person (or people) would have to be self starers and not ones that would take a 30 minute break between patients. And depending on the size of the hospital more than one would be necessary. What I have read (all current since 1998) said that for the larger hospitals, there would need to be coverage 24/7 !!! I can understand using a Clin Spec but I also think that an experienced nurse would be appropriate too. (I was a hosptial float in a >500 bed hospital for 12 years and I LOVED it. I did ICU, ER, NICU, Med-surg, L&D recovery room, peds, neuro, recovery room. ) I think that anyone that can successfully float anywhere could do this job. Thanks for your input. Kat