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1. Help with Cover Letter for Hem/Onc Position

   This Won't Hurt Much posted a topic in Oncology

   I am looking to get hired (an interview to start with) for a Hem/Onc position in a very competitive hospital. I have lost several people I love to cancer and believe that this is the area I should be...

2. Advice for a new Hospice nurse :)

   This Won't Hurt Much replied to This Won't Hurt Much's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   I would love to experience that "whoosh" you're talking about! That would be incredible, and it's something no one else has mentioned to me at work or here! Thank you for that! I hope I get the...

3. Advice for a new Hospice nurse :)

   This Won't Hurt Much replied to This Won't Hurt Much's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Thank you for your responses. I do feel like it is an honor to help prepare a body after death - both for that specific person and for the loved ones they've left behind. There's something special...

4. What do you say to and do for your frightened patient?

   This Won't Hurt Much posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

   I had a patient say today, "I'm scared." I couldn't get her to elaborate more, and her family mentioned that she has said this to them in the past as well when I filled them in later on our brief...

5. Advice for a new Hospice nurse :)

   This Won't Hurt Much posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

   i'm a new hospice nurse and love the job but am finding that i'm having this one little issue...dead people. how long has it taken you all to get used to that part of the job? it's not really...

6. Using wise nursing judgment with narcotic administration

   This Won't Hurt Much posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Anyone know of a good evidence-based article regarding safe practices related to narcotic/sedative drug administration? Something that may help determine when it's best to withhold a drug and...

7. I need interview help for Med-Surg GN job!

   This Won't Hurt Much posted a topic in General Nursing

   I would love to get advice from anyone who can help me out here! In my city, we are saturated with nurses, and I don't want to move. I have finally landed an interview on a med-surg floor. I...

8. Mandatory Assisted Living? Need advice

   This Won't Hurt Much replied to This Won't Hurt Much's topic in Texas Nursing

   THANK YOU rbezemek!! This is such an awesome response that clears up a lot of confusion! (Eloquently stated at that!) :) I am in nursing school myself and couldn't imagine such circumstances, but...

9. Mandatory Assisted Living? Need advice

   This Won't Hurt Much replied to This Won't Hurt Much's topic in Texas Nursing

   I don't know; I wondered that myself. I don't know the details about why this is now out of her hands and "required", but do you know of any rules/provisions that make it so? Any advice on how she...

10. Mandatory Assisted Living? Need advice

    This Won't Hurt Much posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    My boyfriend's coworker has a 90 year old aunt who has been living independently and fairly well by herself for some time. A few weeks ago, she fell and hurt herself, and the doc ended up telling her...

11. FCCJ Spring 2008

    This Won't Hurt Much replied to jsd42277's topic in Florida Nursing

    Can any of you who have finished your 1st term advise me about what is necessary for the b.p. cuff we need to have? I have seen ones that are calibrated, and others that specify for larger adults,...

12. FCCJ Spring 2008

    This Won't Hurt Much replied to jsd42277's topic in Florida Nursing

    drawstring was what I ordered that was on the smaller side...don't know about the

13. FCCJ Spring 2008

    This Won't Hurt Much replied to jsd42277's topic in Florida Nursing

    They sent mine within just a couple of weeks after ordering; the tops on me are a smidge bigger than I would like, but it's not enough to return them. It's the pants that definitely don't run big. I...

14. FCCJ Spring 2008

    This Won't Hurt Much replied to jsd42277's topic in Florida Nursing

    My measurements are nothing I particularly care to check out or remember, so I just went off of their charts. Based on what I said and what another poster has said, I guess I would imagine that their...

15. FCCJ Spring 2008

    This Won't Hurt Much replied to jsd42277's topic in Florida Nursing

    I ordered according to what they recommended on their site. The tops are designed to cover your entire torso area and just show leg (no stomach). Don't know if this helps. I found the size chart a...