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Swellz and Trixie13, if you're willing to share, I'd love to know what company you do abstracting for and how many hours per week you work. (I'm trying to PM you but the site is not cooperating, or maybe it's user error -- ha.) I'm also an oncology n...

I know this has been posted in the past but I can't find a recent post. I'm looking for a 100% online RN-to-BSN program, with no clinical hours. I'd really appreciate anyone's suggestions/advice/experience with any programs. Thanks in advance! Amy

I'm taking the OCN exam this November to get oncology certified. Does anyone have any advice on the best way to study for this? Amy

Hi everyone! Is anyone else here totally changing careers to go to nursing school? I guess I'm looking for a little encouragement that it's OK for me to want to get out of the corporate/business world that I HATE and go into nursing! What are your th...

Hi JasonPB, I'm the original poster, and I wanted to encourage you to go for it. I went through with it, and now I've been a nurse for 6 1/2 years. I totally get everything you said about the corporate world, and I've never regretted leaving it for a...

Thanks, dreavt! Those are the 2 books I have, too. I'm doing the ONS online self-paced course that has me reading content from the book, but I'm not a big fan of the outline format of it. Other people have done what you did, so I think I'm going to s...

Are you doing that online self-paced class through ONS, the one that's like $160? What do you think of it? Is it helpful? I'd kind of like to do that but I don't want to spend the $$. My work will pay for us to do a one-day review course here in town...

I'm using the ONS Core Curriculum book as well, and I also bought the accompanying study guide with practice questions. I'm taking the test in November, so hopefully plenty of time to prepare. Good luck to everyone!

I work in a treatment center where we treat hemachromatosis patients, and we're able to use a patient's port for a therapeutic phlebotomy with a doctor's order. I don't think our state BON addresses this -- it's our institutional policy. (I'm in Nebr...

Oncology/Infusion nursing, for almost 4 years now. I bounced around trying to find my niche for awhile, but now I LOVE LOVE LOVE going to work every day!

We use Alaris pumps and I really like them. I work in an infusion center that gives a wide range of meds including chemo, blood products, fluids, antibiotics, and more. I like how programmable they are.

I'm pregnant right now and I work in an outpatient infusion center where we give tons of chemo every day. Like you, we don't mix our own chemo. There are several of us at my job who are pregnant now or have been and have still worked here throughout ...

I work in an outpatient treatment center with mainly oncology patients, and we hear this a lot. But we've actually found a solution: for these patients, we don't use the pre-filled syringes but draw the saline up from individual 10-ml vials. I know t...

Qaqueen, since you're a recent graduate, your nursing school might have some resources that wouldn't require you to go to considerable expense for this seminar. At my nursing school they had mannequin arms with real "veins" with red dye in them, and ...

Yes, there are jobs available like what you describe. For example, one of the hospitals in my city has an IV Team. These nurses start IVs and insert PICC lines at the bedside. You don't necessarily need any specific training other than being an RN an...

Hi! I'm a new grad and I'm considering applying for an OR job (yes, I actually found an OR posting that will consider new grads!). I've always been interested in surgery, but I'd like to know a little more about the OR nurse's duties: What's your typ...

Hello, I'm about to start a new nursing job, and I'm 4 months pregnant. I have no idea how long of a maternity leave I should take because this is my first baby so I don't know what to expect. How long should I ask for? I know I don't want to put a l...

Did you end up taking the job at the endoscopy center? I can't tell you how jealous I am!! I would LOVE to have that job. I'm a new grad too, and I started out on a med/surg floor and quit after a month and a half. Just yesterday I accepted a job at ...

Not sure if you're still looking for advice since this post is over a month old, but I thought I'd offer my 2 cents. :) I'm a new grad too, and I started out on day shift, along with 4 other new grads, on a VERY busy med/surg floor. 2 months after we...

I need some advice. I'm a new nurse -- graduated in May, passed boards in late June. I worked for about a month and a half on a very busy med/surg floor and HATED it and ended up quitting. (Long story, but it wasn't a good floor and all the other new...

Thanks for your reply, Mike! Did you ever work in med/surg, or have you always done OR? I worked on a med/surg floor for about a month and a half right out of school, and I hated it and ended up quitting (along with several other new girls -- the fl...

Yep, hubby had a talk with me the other night because he's concerned about my anxiety level! (I'm about to start my 3rd week with my preceptor on a VERY busy general medical floor). I tried to explain to him how many new nurses, on this website an...

Do you mean you just got accepted to nursing school? You might want to post your thread in the "Nursing Student" forum. The forum you posted in here is for nurses who just graduated and are in our first year of working as a nurse, so you probably won...

Where do you live now? I'm one of the people who told you about the 11a-11p shift. I live in Omaha, NE. I work at Methodist Hospital, and I know a nurse on the labor and delivery floor who works 11a-11p. I don't know what other floors offer that shif...

Actually some of the hospitals in my city are offering a $10,000 starting bonus to new grads. But like other people have said, there's usually a reason a bonus is so high. You have to commit for 2 years, which didn't sound too bad to me. But then I w...