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  1. Leaking foley catheter

    Thank you for your reply. We use zinc oxide/bag balm (no dressing) when the buttocks are only reddened. We use Xenaderm cream (again no dressings) when we are at Stage II and Allevyn dressings (no...
  2. Leaking foley catheter

    I am a hospice nurse with a brain ca patient of 25 years survival. She has voluntary movement of her eyes, mouth and fingers on one hand. No voluntary movement elsewhere. She has had a foley for 10+...
  3. Online bachelor's??

    Take a look at Wheeling Jesuit's online RN - BSN. Part of their BSN credits overlap into the MSN giving one an incentive to stay at WJU for the MSN. I have a BA. The only prereqs I had to do before...
  4. As anyone's 1st job in oncology?

    Hi there, Perhaps I can shed some light on this for you. After a 30 year career in telecommunications I went to nursing school and my first job as an ADN-RN was on an oncology floor in a 352 bed...
  5. RN-MSN programs In WV

    Consider broadening your horizons. Most on line programs do not have different in-state/out-of-state tuition rates and welcome participants from states other than their own. I live in Ohio, and...
  6. A few trach questions

    I have two hospice patients with new trachs, one for esophageal and the other for bronchial ca. Both have Passy Muir speaking valves, one sounds just like he did pre-op and the other sounds as if he...
  7. Working in Myelosuppression/Oncology?

    I also would encourage you. But even more I would envy you. The opportunity to work at a place like Vanderbilt (MD Anderson or St. Jude's is my idea of a dream place to work oncology) just seems too...
  8. Nasopharyngeal Cancer?? need more info....

    The report I have to give on my one and only naso-pharangyal patient is not ultimately very good, even though it initially appeared to be. I'll give you the option of PM'ng me if you want to hear the...
  9. Anyone working on thier MSN?

    I'm working on my MSN (nursing education) at Wheeling Jesuit University. It's all on-line. Six credit hours a semester is all I can do with working. As suni said, (and also in my case) there is...
  10. EMT wanting to go back to work after hip replacement

    I had my first THR in 1997 and the other in 2000. Currently age 57 working full time on an Oncology floor. Have never had one iota of trouble with the hips on the job other than being unable to run....
  11. 2-day Oncology Course-where??

    The 2 day biotherapy course was also a requirement of my Oncology department. But....my hospital arranged it for me through the ONS. One of our NM's is certified by ONS to teach and she did the two...
  12. 2-day Oncology Course-where??

    The 2 day biotherapy course was also a requirement of my Oncology department. But....my hospital arranged it for me through the ONS. One of our NM's is certified by ONS to teach and she did the two...
  13. New nurses: night shift to day shift?

    In the hospital where I currently work (350+ bed acute), midwest, new RN's are started only on days. Starting rate is $15.85/hr and the rate is the same with or without taking their benefits. The...
  14. Patient with pacer/AED is DNR

    I work oncology and have not encountered this before. We have an end stage non-small cell lung ca patient with a cardiac hx and an implanted pacer with an AED. Medtronic is the brand. Today we made...
  15. 30+ years with various generations of Ma Bell, retired to be a farmer. Loved all the tractors and the dirt and even the work, hated being with my husband 24x7. That was way too much togetherness...