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  1. Light Duty, workers comp, cast

    sashamay posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wanted to run this by you all.. I'm an inpatient oncology nurse.. So I hurt my thumb (..jammed it against the pyxis of all things) 2 months ago- a couple days of it not improving, i filed...

  2. need help "making a plan" for late clock out prevention

    sashamay posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm suppose to come up with an "action plan" for not being there late.... part of the issue is a damn useless CNA, insane assignments that you sucks when your coworkers point out how lousy of an...

  3. Agencies in PDX?

    sashamay posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    Hey, I've been a nurse for 3 1/2 years, doing med/Surg with remote tele and have been on an oncology specific unit for the last 2 1/2 years. What agencies do you recommend for per diem hospital work...

  4. I got my dream job!

    sashamay posted a topic in Oncology

    So I just wanted to exclaim my excitement.. I'm gunna be working on an Oncology/BMT unit! Sometime this year, they will chemo certify me, and next year, they will start the mentoring process to get...

  5. Need Tips or Tricks on Remembering IV Stop Times

    sashamay replied to mrscoozy's topic in General Nursing

    ahhhH!!! I just started at a new big hospital (compared to my awesome little 44 bed unit i moved away from =( and at this new hospital, they use Epic and I was just told today I have to go thru and...

  6. Horrific Write Ups? Has it ever happened to you?

    sashamay replied to NonieJuice's topic in General Nursing

    see, this is pretty much exactly why I'm having a hard time learning EPIC! I just got hired at a new hospital and we use EPIC... and at my old hospital, we used Meditech, and my charting there was...

  7. wonder how rumors work in a nursing facility

    sashamay replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    I told a co-worker about a potiental move and to be fair, I did email the boss and let her know of the impending decision.. and suddenly coworkers on the prev shift i hardlly ever see are sayin "So I...

  8. Interview.. soo nervous!

    sashamay posted a topic in Oncology

    So I have been a nurse on a med/surg/tele floor at a small hospital for a year now.. and I want to move back home (Portland, OR). i SOMEHOW landed an interview at a good hospital, on an oncology...

  9. RN interview..after a yr of exp and using old letters of ref?

    sashamay posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, So on tuesday I have an interview for basically my dream job.. noc shift, 12 hr shifts, Oncology unit of a very good hospital back home! (I moved away for nursing school and now that I have a yr...

  10. Was I taught the wrong thing in school?

    sashamay replied to qaqueen's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    On our sliding scale protocol, if the person gets any coverage at HS, (2100), we have to check the blood sugar again between 0200-0300. Also on that, is if the patient is NPO, then we switch to Q6...

  11. Treatment for uncontrolled N/V post chemo

    sashamay replied to MillieT's topic in Oncology

    Ive had A LOT of patients that Zofran doesn't seem to do anything at all for... My last shift I had a pt with severely delayed gastric emptying/slow peristalsis who said she had tried everything (and...

  12. Night Shifters!

    sashamay replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

    Weekend for my hospital (and every hospital I've worked for) is Friday and Saturday nights. Our weekend diff is $4/hr, on top of our night shift diff. which is

  13. inappropriate sinus tach

    sashamay replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    My mom's resting HR is around 140-150 without her meds...she also has random episodes of SVT with no apparent cause. She had tried quite a few different beta blockers (including atenolol and...

  14. Applications prior to NCLEX and actual grad..

    sashamay posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Okay so Im going to graduate on June 7th... and likely then wont be able to take my boards till late June or July, based on what I'm being told. I have started to apply for positions and I was...

  15. A day in the life of.........

    sashamay replied to Ninja Nurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    Lil late but figured I'd chime in... I've been a CNA since 2004, and did homecare for a year privately before I got hired on with my first agency. I was thrown into a nursing home and i literally had...

  16. Which agencies are the best?

    sashamay replied to Malt123's topic in Agency Nurses

    I did agency as a CNA full time in the Portland-metro area for a few years (about to graduate nursing school now tho! =) In Portland, OR the top 3 agencies are Maxim, Nurse Finders and MSN. Maxim...

  17. botched interview at major hospital =(

    sashamay posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Venting about screwing up my first interview... Well, I had my first nursing job interview....and it was the phone for a major teaching hospital halfway across the country. and i'm quite sure i...

  18. interview for 3 jobs at once but i *really* want one...

    sashamay posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi =) I've searched the forum for your wonderful answers regarding other new grad jobs and interview stuff.. but I have a question I was hoping to get help with! I graduate in a couple months (8 wks!)...

  19. how many letters of recommendation to use?

    sashamay posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey =) I'm graduating from nursing school in June and have started the dreaded hunt for a new grad nursing job! Some of em are pretty dang far away thanks to the 15% unemployement rate in my area. I...

  20. Why TEAS and nursing?!

    sashamay posted a topic in General Students

    So, my school (thankfully!!) didn't require TEAS testing prior to acceptance, they did however require us to take the test our first couple wks of the nursing program. They said they wanted to compare...

  21. Why TEAS and nursing?!

    sashamay replied to sashamay's topic in General Students

    I am the first to admit I didn't study...cuz we showed up for lecture one day in the 2nd week of first quarter and they were all "Oh hey, btw...after lunch meet us in such and such computer room, ur...

  22. Oh wow! I'm going to be a nurse!

    sashamay replied to colta's topic in General Students

    haha!! I've had those moments... I graduate in June and its so weird that the nurses who are (graciously) working with me and helping me, actually listen to what i think or ask what we should do.. and...

  23. How to get report without chasing call lights???

    sashamay replied to NYNurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a CNA for 5 years at a variety of hospitals (mostly agency per diem work). (gunna be a nurse now in about 3 months tho! =) Wish i had a good solution to this problem but unfortunately it...

  24. Wish it was a NANDA diagnosis

    sashamay replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Nursing Humor

    ok i know this was posted awhile ago.. but Im readin thru the humor section and it came up and i have to agree with every ******* single one of those! GREAT

  25. Funny video about catheters

    sashamay replied to drjrf2000's topic in Nursing Humor

    just commented on the youtube vid itself.. but OMG that was great!!! I wish you guys were in my nursing