nursepearl

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1. Liver Failure R/T cirrhosis

   nursepearl replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

   When my boyfriend was in Liver failure he had ascities but the MD did not believe it was as bad as we said it was. He was a short gut pt. so he had NO intestine...his normal belly was caved in. When...

2. Drawing blood from a PICC line

   nursepearl replied to rnewmanjunkie's topic in General Nursing

   As an oncology nurse our pts have either piccs or some kind of central line (ie. hickmans, groshongs) or a permacath. I use vaccutainers with all blood draws, unless I cant get any blood back and...

3. Starting nights, what to eat?

   nursepearl replied to mrod's topic in General Nursing

   I too look like a health freak while I am at work. I pack easy stuff like pb&j, grilled cheese and tomato soup, fruits, veggies, diet coke and water. People comment and say how healthy I eat,...

4. night shift

   nursepearl replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Nursing

   I have been working nights for a few years now and it seems to work pretty good for me. I get home about 0830 and head right to be, usually watch some tv and fall asleep. I wake up between 12-2 and...

5. myeloma transplant/BMT?

   nursepearl replied to hrjang's topic in Oncology

   Hey guys, I have been a working on an solid, hematology oncology and bmt/stem cell transplant floor for three years. We have tons of new grads. I think it is a great place to start nursing. Although...

6. Shift and weekend differentials- what are yours?

   nursepearl replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in General Nursing

   we get $4.00 for night shift and $2.50 for

7. TPN additives

   nursepearl replied to Inquisitive one's topic in General Nursing

   IN the hospital setting we do not add anything to the TPN and if the TPn order changes then we send it back down to the pharmacy to be changed. As far as the 70/30....sounds fishy to me. My...

8. Changing Careers--What Makes Onc Nursing Special?

   nursepearl replied to LLP129's topic in Oncology

   hi there, I am a bedside nurse in a large university hospital and I work on an oncology. We mostly work with leukemia and lymphomas here but see a little of everything. I love oncology nursing...

9. Pancreatitis

   nursepearl replied to barray's topic in General Nursing

   my bf has chronic pancreatitis, although it is TPN induced. They are going to do a nerve ablation to try to get rid of the pain....so we will see if that works. I hope you are doing better and get...

10. Spleen removal w/ liver and bowel transplant?

    nursepearl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have looked this question up online but havent come up with an answer. So, why, if a spleen is functioning normally, would it be removed with a liver and bowel

11. running antibiotics into a permacath?

    nursepearl replied to EDGRADNURSE's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I work on a hem/onc floor and our pts. have permacaths place for stem cell collection. We are allowed to use them just as we would any other IV. Most of them do not get hep. locked....we run tko@...

12. Dumb IVPB question

    nursepearl replied to NellieP73's topic in General Nursing

    We run IVIG pretty much every wednesday with or stem cell transplant pts. We can run it two ways...piggy backed into d5w and also long-lined into d5w. Of course the IVIG has to be run through a

13. When patients lie about rides.....

    nursepearl replied to TazziRN's topic in Emergency

    This is an inpatient problem as well.... My boyfriend was a pt. at the hospital I work at. I was supposed to give him a ride home before I started my night shift. I told the nurse over the phone...

14. Tpn

    nursepearl replied to Holly27's topic in General Nursing

    It could also be what we call a "banana bag" which is basically a bag of fluid with vitamins. Somtimes we hang it with lipids....depending on the pt. We use TPN a lot here on our oncology floor as...

15. PICC's

    nursepearl replied to amanda0019's topic in General Nursing

    As a hem/onc nurse I deal with piccs on a daily basis. Most of the ones here are arrows, power or groshong piccs. You can draw from either port using the same technique as several people have stated...