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  1. Tips for New Interns: How To Get Along With The Nurse

    oncnursemsn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ooooh! This is a great thread- I teach and work at teaching hospitals and the layers of docs/interns/residents/med students/fellows/attendings etc, I and my students have to wade through is...

  2. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    oncnursemsn replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    ((Diahni))) This is a bit off topic, but just attended a lovely dinner paid for by Merck drug company complete with salmon for entree. The topic? CINV- better known as Chemotherapy induced nausea and...

  3. Reality Shock!!!! Please answer a few questions about when you were a new nurse!

    oncnursemsn replied to LoveActually's topic in General Nursing

    many thanks!!!! 1. how long have you been a nurse? 20+ yrs 2. what type of school(s) did you go to? hospital nursing school community college bsn msn doctorate other degrees adn, bsn, msn care to...

  4. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

    oncnursemsn replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    dabearrn- where are you located? This sounds very challenging! Where do your students do clinicals? Do you have more then 1 hospital to chose from? What language do your students speak? Fascinating!...

  5. Unit Secretary....Answer the call light for pete's sake!!!

    oncnursemsn replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Huge pet peeve of mine!!!! I teach at a hospital outside Boston and the unit secretaries answer the call light within seconds. The nurses and CNA's have individual phones. The appropriate person is...

  6. Do you round on your patients every one hour?

    oncnursemsn replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    (((I'm sorry)) I skipped a few pages. I instruct my students- to round every hour. They have 1. That's one patient. They should look at IV. Bathroom. Pain. Food. Tissues and other needs. Clear tray...

  7. Medical Mission Trip to Haiti to teach nurses

    oncnursemsn replied to oncnursemsn's topic in General Nursing

    ((Thank you)) Just attended an informational session with Dr Paul Farmer (if you don't know him, look him up- he's the 1 who put Haiti on the radar screen in this country and testifies before congress...

  8. Medical Mission Trip to Haiti to teach nurses

    oncnursemsn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Greetings- have never started a new thread, but couldn't find a thing on International experience nursing in another country. Three of us who teach nursing just got back from our first trip to Cap...

  9. Code Status Error - An Ethical Dilemma

    oncnursemsn replied to Simkah's topic in General Nursing

    Can't agree with VickyRN enough. Worked with kids for 20 years and they nearly always have a "papa bear" or a "moma bear" to advocate for them. "Why are you sticking, poking, disturbing etc my child?"...

  10. Dangerous nurses

    oncnursemsn replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The problem is that preventable errors are STILL occurring. This month's Onc Nursing Society journal has an article on vincristine (vesicant IV chemo) drug is STILL being given intrathecally. The pts...

  11. Code Status Error - An Ethical Dilemma

    oncnursemsn replied to Simkah's topic in General Nursing

    (((Dragonnurse1))) I feel terrible that at your hospital nurses aren't permitted to place 02 on a crashing pt. I teaching nursing students, and we teach them that "best practice" is to immediately...

  12. Where would YOU live in California?

    oncnursemsn replied to SteveNNP's topic in California Nursing

    Many posts back- question about Oakland. There are good areas and there are not so good areas. I worked at CHO (Children's Hospital Oakland) in heart of Oakland on Martin Luther King Way, and we once...

  13. Where would YOU live in California?

    oncnursemsn replied to SteveNNP's topic in California Nursing

    Since I've been in Boston the last 7 years, I had to chime in. I moved to San Francisco in 1987 from Wash DC to work at UCSF/Children's Hospital and stayed 16 years. Went out for grad school and was...

  14. Dangerous nurses

    oncnursemsn replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a nursing intructor trying to instill "best practice every time" in my students, some of the posts are especially disturbing. I find that "dangerous nurses" are likely to be the ones who are so...

  15. What cutbacks have you experienced as a nurse in your area?

    oncnursemsn replied to nurseshepherd's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in Boston and teach at a community hospital just outside the city. For starters in Boston, management is trying to get us to go with "Lean Staffing" meaning that our pt ratios are to be higher,...

  16. Should spelling count?

    oncnursemsn replied to betc's topic in General Nursing

    The answer I believe is C. The "correct spelling" is B. BTW, what's the extra

  17. Should spelling count?

    oncnursemsn replied to betc's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I know. tomato or tomatoe. I still like this thread as we as professionals must be professional. Write. Spell. Use correct grammar. We as nurses must present ourselves as educated and...

  18. stimulating a vented patient

    oncnursemsn replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    Hi- ChayaN, Good question. Working on adult Bone marrow transplant unit- our patients do get transferred to MICU. I admit "stimulate" is hard for me. They are so tired and suffering and in resp...

  19. Should spelling count?

    oncnursemsn replied to betc's topic in General Nursing

    OOOOH I love this topic! As a usually excellent speller, not always so great typist and an educator this is near and dear to me! I have had students say "the spelling doesn't matter. I gave very good...

  20. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    oncnursemsn replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Maybe the parent was a bit obtuse about the whole spelling thing.... some people have to be "right" no matter what. Hmm. (hee,

  21. What to expect the first day of nursing school

    oncnursemsn replied to studentnurse85's topic in General Nursing

    (((Congrats!)))) You're entering an exciting profession at an incredibly exciting time. I teach at the ADN level at a private college, though I teach the 2nd level, think I might be able to give you...

  22. Nursing Recession-proof?

    oncnursemsn replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the previous posters- some of our students are taking up to a year to find a nursing position- argh! Nurses are staying in the workforce and not retiring due to the crummy economy, part...

  23. PIV inserted into an artery! EEK!

    oncnursemsn replied to JourneyCC's topic in General Nursing

    I did it by accident on a little guy with asthma- was digging in his chubby foot and got pulsing back in the line. Oops. Too bad he didn't need an art line-this was in the

  24. best oncology hospital in the US

    oncnursemsn replied to susieok's topic in Oncology

    Oops, sorry, I didn't completely read the states you were looking into Susieok- no NCCN centers in VT, or CO. I think Roswell in NY is closest to VT, and really nothing is close to CO. If you pull up...

  25. best oncology hospital in the US

    oncnursemsn replied to susieok's topic in Oncology

    Welcome!!!! I am a strong advocate for any NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network) facility. NCCN is recognized as the "standard of excellent care in oncology. THey have established guidelines...