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The strangest name I heard a parent name a baby boy was "Lummie" that was about 10 years ago. I feel sorry for the boy, I bet the kids at school are having a field day with the rhyming.

I had just recieved my permanent license and was at the hospital 6 months out of school when I was appointed Charge Nurse. thankfully there was a good support team behind me or I would have drowned. It happens, no ones fault, just the way things are.

I got called to the Head nurse's office because of a complaint from a female doctor. She told the head nurse that she thought that was against breast feeding. Now the doctors are mind readers!!! My head nurse did not even defend me. I a pro breast ...

I have lost two, and now I just use the one that the hospital provides.

I have been an Oncology nurse for 6 years, the most important thing to remember is safety first. You will be working with a lot of strong and dangerous drugs that could help your patient, but given the wrong way could really hurt your patient. Always...

I am a "Chemo certified nurse" I have taken a certification test called Oncology Certification Test. I have a national certification and am qualified to give Chemotherapy drugs. I studied for 2 years on my own then took a 5 hour test, which I passe...

I worked nights for many years and have called in when I didn't sleep. It is difficult enough working 12 hour shifts with sleep, I don't want to risk making a critical mistake, that could seriously injure or kill my patient.

I will be 64 this year, I "retired" 2 years ago, but still work per-deim, I am busier now than when I was working. I enjoy the option of saying no when I don't feel like working. I work in out-pateint departments where there is less chance of having ...

The most important thing is always the patient. Treat each patient as you would want a family member treated. Look up the meds that are given, why, they are given what they exect the outcome to be, what the range of dosage is and what to do for an o...

I learned how to insert PICC lines a couple years ago, I love doing them. It is a great high when the x-ray comes back confirming placement. I also enjoy doing therapeutic plebotomies.

I took and passed the ONC certification in 2002, its hard, the only advice I can give is to study,study and then study more. I passed it on the 1st attempt, but there were some there who were trying for the 2nd, 3rd, and one that was attempting for ...

I have been an Oncology nurse for 4 years. Colon ca is treatable,even stage 4.She should definetly go ahead with the surgery. there are new treatments everyday. The standard treatment is a treatment called FOLFOX, It is leucovorin,5-fu, and Oxalipla...

z-coils are THE most comfortable shoes out there, they are pricey, but they last 2-3 years,you just have to replace the coils as they wear out about once a year. The shoes are about $200 and the coils are $25 each. When I think of the money I have wa...

As a caregiver there is usally no risk, the only exception would be if you come into contact with their excretions. In the home and also in our out paient setting we reccomend that they flush the toilet twice and to always wah their hands well after ...

I just retired after many years of nursing. Keep doing what you are doing. Not to many are sorry for a degree in nursing. It doesn't always have to be patient care. there are many area's in the hospital that require teaching. From teaching patient ab...

In our hospital we have two piece labels that go throught the middle of the patients name and mr# we are supposed to seperate them and throw them away, but then who remembers that, I throw them in the bio hazard bag as Most of them are chemo bags, I ...

I also work in an outpatient setting, we have the Phaseal system, but I ALWAYS wear chemo gloves whe administering any chemo drugs. I don't use masks or gowns. :)

I also blew my back working on a inpatient Rehab unit, now I can't lift, so the only place I can work is outpatient Chemotherapy unit. After surgery I tried to go back to Rehab, but blew another disk, another surgery, finally learned my lesson--no mo...

Hi I just turned 61 last month and still work full time,40 hours a week. I had to give up the 12 hour shifts 10 years ago.

Oxaliplatin a fairly new drug give for colon cancer is incompatable with normal saline, it can only be mixedwith and given with D5W. It precipitates out in anything else.

I won a prize for nurse's week, a coupon for McDonald's, Oh, it was buy one sandwich and get one free. Then there was the coupon for a local plant shop, for $20.00, but guess what it also, had fine print. You had to buy $20.00 first then the next $20...

I have worked 12's and I have worked 8's. After a while the extra days off are spent trying to get back to normal. I work 8 hour shifts now 8-4:30PM. No holidays or weekends, I feel like a normal person again. The 12 hour shifts are OK when you are ...

Hi from Michigan, YES there is a nursing shortage, but nothing like the one that is coming in the next 5-10 years when most of us baby boomers retire. The hospital I work in has 600 nurses and most are 40 years old and older. I will be leaving in 4 y...

If there is one bright spot to JACHO coming, its we are always way overstaffed. I just wish we could have half the staff, we have during the survey. If JACHO really wanted to know what the hospitals were doing and what the paper work really looks li...