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I obviously would not try to put an IV in someone who won't sit still. I am talking about in an acute care setting like a hosptial where more often than not they already have an IV. I don't know what you guys do in the nursing homes but I would rat...

call the doc and get an order for iv meds to calm her down ie. ativan/haldol. she obviously was not able to make decisions on her own. You could also call the family or POA if one is available and see if that helps.

Leave non-emergent things for day shift. We leave notes on the front of the chart for the md to see when they get there and also pass it on in report. I would have the nervous nellie find that policy and show it to you.

Here in Illinois the only prereq. is that you are breathing and you have your cna lic.! I would start by applying on a general medical/surgical floor. some of the specialty units like telemetry and icu do require a bit more experience. Hope this h...

Well I did it, I got a job on the oncology unit that I have been looking at for a year now! it was pretty easy, I had an interview on a friday with HR and another on the following tuesday with the floor manager and got an offer that next friday! St...

Well I got it! I interviewed friday with hr and tuesday with the onc floor manager and got an offer friday afternoon!!! I am super excited! Now even more pressure to graduate and pass boards!

Well only 11.5 more weeks of nursing school!! I can't believe it has been 2 years already! I have a job interview on friday on the oncology floor that I really would like to work on so I am super excited! Wish me luck! To all of you that just starte...

congrats!!:balloons:

So I got an interview on the oncology floor that I want to work on this Friday!!! Wish me luck!!!:yelclap:

Jessy_RN thanks for the great link. It will be very helpful! I am graduating in dec 08 and can start applying for jobs sept. 1st and am trying to get my reusme together! Thanks again!

ok so it has been a few months since you started on the oncology floor, tell us that graduate in dec. what you think! Is it what you had expected? I really like our local outpt chemo unit so I am hoping to start on the oncology floor and get my chemo...

Good luck aellisrn10! Congrats on getting into the program! The time will go fast and you will make many great friends and memories! I am starting my 4th and last semester next week and I can't wait! Let us know how your first day goes!

I stop what I am doing and walk quickly to a bed alarm. 99% of the time there really was no need to run and risk hurting myself as well.

Does anyone know how long it takes to get oncology certified? I also need my chemotherapy certification. I graduate in december and I want to work in oncology. I spent some time at a local outpatient chemo unit and fell in love with it. My plan is to...

At the facility I hope to work soon, you have to be oncology certified. The day that I was visiting the outpt facility there was a girl from another hospital there that was getting her chemo cert. She said once she is done she will be able to give c...

Help! I was just wondering if anyone had any tricks to remembering and keeping straight all the signs and symptoms? We are studying renal right now and fluid and electrolyte imbalance. I can't seem to keep all the s/s of hypo and hyper sodium, pot...

Thanks i will try the chart and see if that helps. I remember going over them really fast in patho my first semester but now in 3rd semester we are going more in depth in the actual renal class. Acid base was kind of a problem at first but I think ...

Please don't kiss your kids goodbye!! I have a four year old and I have been in the nursing program since spring of 07. I do feel bad for having to study so much and I do use the tv as a babysitter when I am doing so... But sometimes you have to j...

WOW this is one of the most negative threads I have read on this site. We should all be glad that a young person is thinking of their retirement. There are soooo many people who go through life not worrying about tomorrow and just think that some ho...

Even if you retired at forty you might be stretching it. As one person posted several million may be a better bet. Retiring at 40 is still a really great age to retire, people these days are working well into their 60's and 70's so working a little...

good luck with your second semester! I am sure you did fine in your patho class! I felt the same way, i was too scared to ask my teacher for my patho grade because i was afraid it was a D (D is failing). when i finally looked at my grade i had a B...

Take it! They are certainly not going to deny your application for having too many letters of recomendation. My program didn't even require LOR but i turned in two anyway, one from my old boss(nurse manager of crital care) and my micro teacher! I go...

Your right and they always shock a flat line....duh...gotta have a shockable rhythm!

Maybe this is bad but how about if you can sit and enjoy pretzels and chocolate while watching a code being handled by others in the ER!

It seems that every once in a while on our cardiac tele floor there will be a certain room where patients seem to keep crashing. Sometimes we can have 3 or 4 people either die or have to be transfered to the ICU out of the same room, one right after...