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  1. Oncology Careers

    jemb replied to JnJTyson's topic in Oncology

    Oncology nursing can be very rewarding. Many oncology/medical or oncology/surgical floors have careers for LPNs/LVNs. While chemotherapy drugs can only be administered by chemo certified RNs, many...

  2. Why not go in as an Independent RN Contractor

    jemb replied to RN contractor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hard to take you seriously when this statement is on the first page of your website!

  3. Is is possible to overcome attendance problems...

    jemb replied to lovemyguys's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, have a chronic and recurring (unexpectedly always, of course) illness. I have had FMLA protection for the last three years. You do need to file the forms for eligibility with your employer....

  4. Cell phones on telemetry floors

    jemb replied to bellehill's topic in General Nursing

    One of my coworkers has a pain control unit (kind of like a TENS). She says that if she is next to a cell phone being turned on or off, she gets an electric shock sensation in the location of the...

  5. How do you wake up in the am

    jemb replied to iliel's topic in General Nursing

    That could have been written by me! It doesn't even matter what time I go to bed or how many hours I've been awake. I rarely manage to get to sleep before 1or 2 am and do my best sleeping between 4...

  6. $$$ For Births, Deaths, Weddings, Farewells of Co-workers

    jemb replied to RN-PA's topic in General Nursing

    Generally, I don't mind chipping in $5 or so for a special occassion, if I have a good working relationship with the person. For a death in a coworker's family, I don't mind contributing if I know the...

  7. Betadine? Alcohol? (one, the other, or both?)

    jemb replied to ceecel.dee's topic in General Nursing

    We use just alcohol scrubs for peripheral IV sticks. For ports, and for all central line dressing changes, we have started using chlorohexadine, though. We had previously used alcohol first,...

  8. Altered and removed charting

    jemb replied to Xtreme1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Nor should anyone have been discussing this with anyone else at the facility! You made references to "she told another RN", who apparently told you (or you wouldn't have known). And how did the...

  9. Altered and removed charting

    jemb replied to Xtreme1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It is true that putting anything about writing an incident report in the patient's chart is a red flag for anyone who decides to file a lawsuit. However, how can you chart your follow up to the...

  10. Altered and removed charting

    jemb replied to Xtreme1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Makes you wonder how many times this has happened and you never heard about it, doesn't it? This is the sort of thing that the BON would take disciplinary action

  11. standard of how many IV attempts

    jemb replied to megpwh's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Where I work, we have an unoffical rule of 3 atttempts maximum per nurse. Since we mainly do IV therapy and transfusions,, though, we can't just stop trying. I can't remember a time when we've had...

  12. Flirting at work

    jemb replied to GAstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't believe this is unique to the healthcare industry. There are horny people everywhere, and innappropriate behavior regardless of where you work. Just remember, their behavior reflects on...

  13. Prozac friends?

    jemb replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting that you would bring this up right now. The past couple of weeks I have noticed what I can best describe as a sort of "numbness" . It wasn't a sudden change -- but not much laughter...

  14. Snake bites

    jemb replied to LaVorneRN's topic in General Nursing

    No personal experience, but here's a recent story that was in the local news: Snakebite tragedy called unusual NORCO: Ross Cooke's family grapples with his death after an encounter with a rattler....

  15. skunks on night shift?

    jemb replied to mednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Tomato juice has taken the skunk smell out of my dog's fur, but not sure how that would help in the vent system. Maybe if maintenence folk at the facility could find the location of the skunk spray...

  16. Inpatient vs Outpatient nursing

    jemb replied to EC1234's topic in General Nursing

    Probably depends on the clinic... I work in an outpatient setting. In any given workday, I insert and monitor IV's on 4-8 patients, administer chemotherapy to several of these patients, administer...

  17. Holiday schedule....

    jemb replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital,and the prior one where I worked, have the same six holidays. They separate them into two groups: major holidays aka winter holidays, and minor holidays aka summer holidays. Each...

  18. 2 Nurses needed???

    jemb replied to BrandieRNq's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The last few places I've worked do not require doublechecking heparin or insulin doses. One of the educators said, "The nurse that gives the drug is responsible legally, so why do it?" (True, but...

  19. Pneumatic tube systems....

    jemb replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked places with tube systems as well as several without (including one county hospital with about 800 beds!) Where I currently work, the tube system is a terrific timesaver. We don't get...

  20. Drawing Blood From PICC Lines

    jemb replied to rileygrl11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Tory, I just want to approach your question from a different angle here. From some of your previous postings, it is obvious that your employer is very lax about training. My guess is that the docs...

  21. Should nursing charges be separate from the room charges?

    jemb replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    I've thought about this before, too. Don't know how you would bill by tasks -- too many of them -- not to mention the critical thinking aspects of nursing. It would have to be some sort of insurance...

  22. Amount of orientation for new RN

    jemb replied to rileygrl11's topic in Oncology

    First off, I admire you for questioning your situation, and realizing that you could be in over your head. You seem like a very conscientious nurse! Sounds like your facility has a very lax attitude...

  23. I wrote up a doctor

    jemb replied to RN always's topic in General Nursing

    Did you also send a copy of the letter or equivalent to the insurance company that will be paying for his bill? They might be interested -- some call it" fraudulent

  24. Functional / Team Nursing

    jemb replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

    I just went into GOOGLE and found tons of info on "team nursing" -- just not on the first page of results. Having worked agency for a number of years, I've had both good and bad experiences with team...

  25. Have you ever administered IV iron?

    jemb replied to NurseDennie's topic in General Nursing

    We give it a lot where I work. We used to give Infed -with a test dose first, followed by the full dose. Never had any severe reactions. Now we usually give Venofer instead, because the chance of...