Alloush

Alloush BSN, MSN

Oncology-Pediatrics RN

BSN, MSN Nursing Informatics

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  1. Interview

    I usually do my interview practice with Chat-GPT. Here the link: http://openai.com/
  2. Nursing Informatics from Outpatient nursing

    Since there is a huge deficit in NI nurses, many hospitals and EMR tech companies hire nurses and they train them to do the informatics part. Ofcourse with the lack of experience and degree the salary will be on the low side but after 2 years in Info...
  3. Nursing Informatics

    I did my MSN in NI at Walden Uni. 100% online classes except for the internship hours where I had them at my hospital's informatics department. It was pretty easy and I was out of school since 2008 (started my MSN in 2015-2016). I recently moved to t...
  4. Moving to Little Rock from abroad

    Hello, I am a Registered Nurse from Lebanon (the country) and I am working on my immigration visa. I was granted a job opportunity at chi st vincent infirmary and I am moving there next May. I know nothing about life and work there and I would ...
  5. Hello Nurses am ALi ... a nursing student (BSNIV) in the American University of Beirut (Lebanon) i have a case study about a patient with high rate A-Fib i did everything but because i lack experience .. i wasnt able to define the best nusring consid...
  6. Neutropenia and Nutrition

    Salam wait a little bit. a WBC of 5000 or 4000 or 3000 or 2000 or even 1000 is perfect for a cancer patient on chemotherapy. and she doesnt need any neupogen support when her count is like that. we usually start neupogen for Neutropenic patients wh...
  7. Chemotherapy administration

    Salam dont forget to check the blood studies. especially SGPT and Billirubin. and some of the studies are specific for different medications. u must be aware of them. wear double gloves, gown, face mask, eye shield, hair cover and shoe cover. mor...
  8. New nurse and new oncolgy nurse .... help!

    Salam maybe it is late. but reading about the diagnosis is all what u need at this point. everything else will be taught to u on the unit. good luck :)
  9. Will this get any easier?

    Salam MartinaRN1120
  10. Will this get any easier?

    Salam i chose peds onco myself. and it was my first position. it broke my heart several times. and it will a lot more. but making this child smiles is my goal and seeing him happy is what keeps me going. someitmes i try not get attached to the babi...
  11. Job requires mixing chemo and breastfeeding

    Salam it is preferable not to get urself exposed. when any one of my friends r pregnant we ( the males ) usually hang the bags and connect them to the patient's IV set. and then we deaccess them. it is better to stay away from chemo.
  12. neupogen

    Salam 99% of the time we give it as SQ ( slowlyyyy ). when the patient doesnt pick up and remains neutropenic we give it IV. we dilute according to the pharmacy policy. and each dose has different dilution. we stop all running IVs and IV medication...
  13. How to flush a POC

    Salam most of my patients have Polysite ... our routine is flushing the polysite with 500u heparin in 5ml NSS IVP BID. and we use the same concentration before deaccessing the needle. if the patient weighs less than 10 kilo grams we flush the pol...
  14. Is nursing the right choice?

    Salam if u want a job just when u r done with ur school ... go to nursing if u go to medical assistant u will get paid as much as half of what u will get in nursing even less it is true .. it is hard .. it costs a lot .. but if u think u can sacrific...
  15. time for the NCLEX!!

    Salam good luck i finished my school with no need for the NCLEX LOL i will start my career at the 1st of august ---LeWi---
  16. May/June 2008 Grads!!

    Salam i proposed and she accepted we've been together for 4 years lool it was expected to agree on that oh yeah ... it is coool no NCLEX .. we have a board exam (lebanese version) it is really simple .. 1 or 2 oral questions ... no written mater...
  17. Graduation

    Salam this is my last week in the nursing schoool i am graduating yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey finally after all these years and after all that studying Congrats for all the new graduates as me
  18. Last week of First year

    Salam u still have a long road to pass u have to be patient try to save ur energy when possible Good Luck
  19. Satisfied!

    Salam May 2 2008 ... Oncology/Pediatrics inpatient (during my internship for my leadership clinical course! ======================================================= The day duty started as any other duty the routinely round was done ... at the last ro...
  20. what pediatric specialty do you have?

    Salam looking forward to be in an oncology/pediatrics unit just waiting the interview with the director
  21. getting started in peds, esp. heme/onc:

    Salam thats what i said when i finished my pediatric course. .. 1 week ago i finished my internship in the oncology-pediatric inpatient unit i applied for the job in that hospital and am waiting their reply it is an amazing unit ... these patients ...
  22. Graduation

    Salam squirmals i wish u best of luck in ur NCLEX is it that hard ???? i never had a look at its material .. what do u mainly have to study in order to pass ??
  23. One more semester

    Salam u r still 19 y.o. ... go for masters if u can get ur self higher degree then get an amazing job with the help of ur masters degree .. u wont regret it .. Trust me!
  24. Salam dont get ur mind busy now ... do ur externship now .. and later we'll see what will happen with u if u really really love NICU that much ... u will get it one day .. even not now ... but ofcourse one day best luck for u
  25. When do you actually 'become' a nurse?

    Salam u r a nurse when u really care for ur patients, double or triple check before giving meds, questions medical orders, listen well to ur patients and feel the belonging to this profession