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  1. How do dementia patients process grief?

    cannulator posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My mom has been on hospice with advancing alzheimers. She had an incidence of aspiration pneumonia in 11/2010, which was quite severe and resulted in her physician suggesting hospice. She was eating...

  2. No nursing jobs in 2012 ???

    cannulator replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Nursing

    I do not have any statistics regarding nursing salaries in countries with a universal healthcare system, but I do have personal experience. I worked in the NHS in England, and my salary was much less...

  3. Stupid question...why can't we start IV's in PICC arm?

    cannulator replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    Even though you have had 4 cases using the affected arm, I might suggest that as an ER nurse, you may not have known about lymphedema that occurs as a subsequent result of an action. The pt may be...

  4. Stupid question...why can't we start IV's in PICC arm?

    cannulator replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    Roy,Would never use an arm from a bilateral mastectomy for BP or venous access....I have seen a lymphedema twelve years out from mastectomy. We always use the calf for BP and foot vein for blood draw....

  5. IVIG question

    cannulator replied to hemenurse's topic in Patient Medications

    I've seen it done both ways...it doesn't matter. But if you do have a primary line running, just be sure your solution is compatible with the brand of IVIG that you are

  6. Therapeutic Phlebotomy Equipment

    cannulator posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    To those infusion nurses and Hem-Onc nurses who perform therapeutic phlebotomy for p.vera or hemachromatosis.... In your organization, what sort of equipment do you use.. here are 2 choices: (1) an...

  7. My nightmarish experience

    cannulator replied to Anona's topic in General Nursing

    He noticed that the port on the patient's CENTRAL LINE was off. Sorry, even though I have been working with central lines and ports for years, I have no idea what the above sentence means.....could...

  8. "The Jesus Factor"

    cannulator replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Skrawberri- "although God says we are all destined for hell without Jesus"..... could you please cite the exact Bible location of this quote?

  9. Come, All You Nurse Detectives

    cannulator replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    biaxin....

  10. Having a hard time with boundaries

    cannulator replied to wonderbee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    What is

  11. How are you spending your retirement?

    cannulator replied to Grace Oz's topic in Retired Nurses

    I love your quote - "nursing served me well, I served it well"....helps to put in perspective the difficulty of leaving/retiring from a profession which calls on our "duty to serve". I have the...

  12. central lines to gravity

    cannulator replied to mosjes's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    cannot think of any prohibition against running a central line to gravity . We always try to run platelets to gravity, and it's often through a port, PICC or hickman. However, often it doesn't work...

  13. Pulmonary Embolism

    cannulator posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I wonder if I may ask for some input from experienced Hospice Nurses... I am a chemo nurse in an outpt university infusion center, and as a result, see many people who become Hospice pts at a point...

  14. Pulmonary Embolism

    cannulator replied to cannulator's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks for your replies. I am sorry if I implied that telling a pt he/she would die a "horrible death" would ever be appropriate..no,no,no! But to prepare them for an event that may not pass as...

  15. Nurses - Leading your subordinates (Nurse Aides, Nurse Techs, Med Aides)

    cannulator replied to brotherbear's topic in Nurse Management

    I had the same thought when I first read the subject line- the word "subordinate" is, in itself, demeaning - almost

  16. Portacath question

    cannulator replied to captain morgan's topic in Oncology

    Ti be honest, I cannot imagine anyone accessing, using, or dc'ing a portacath wothout extensive training - not how-to instructions on a message board. This procedure needs not only to be taught by a...

  17. triage nurse liability help

    cannulator posted a topic in Telephone Triage

    I was wondering if the triage nursing world could shed some light... I have recently started taking call at our large university cancer center outpt unit. This is not call where you actually go in to...

  18. Excelsior Grads - Where are they now?

    cannulator replied to EricJRN's topic in Excelsior College

    I graduated in 1998 (LPN for the previous 20 years), and have worked in outpt oncology, administering chemotherapy, ever since (both in the U.S. and Europe). I am an OCN, and train lots of new nurses...