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  1. Are you a member of the NSNA?

    nursepearl posted a topic in General Students

    I am curious as to how many of us are members of the national student nurses assiocation? Also if any of us hold a position either on the national, state, or school level? and lastly, WHo is going...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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,...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  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. 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...

  12. 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@...

  13. 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

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. Hematology/Oncology Nursing

    nursepearl replied to pnurseuwm's topic in Oncology

    I am a HemOnc Rn. At my hospital the Hem part is blood cancers (ie. leukemias) and then we also deal with solid cancers (ie. lymphomas, liver ca...etc) We give a lot of chemo and we also do stem cell...

  18. Where were u 9/11/01?

    nursepearl replied to k_cole21's topic in General Nursing

    I was getting my son ready for school and it was his 4th birthday. Today, his 9th will be a much better

  19. Frequent Nursing Rounds Decrease Call-Light Use

    nursepearl replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    As a person with a family member who is frequently hospitalized and I would stay in the hospital with him.....even every four hours was almost too much to bear on night shift. Of course it was...

  20. HELP! Double lumen Portacath question!!

    nursepearl replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, they are completely seperate lumens. But like the above poster said you should call the pharm. There are very few meds that should not be ran at the same time as anything else....especially...

  21. Insulin gtt & tubing

    nursepearl replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    You flush 50cc of the insulin through the tubing so the insulin will bind to the recpetor sites and when you begin your infusion you will be sure the pt is getting the insulin as opposed to it binding...

  22. New Grad Program at UCLA?

    nursepearl replied to Gohser's topic in California Nursing

    5th floor is med/surg with some cardiac monitoring and floor is onology with med/surg overflow as well as gyn

  23. Got the job @ UCI...where the heck do i live?!

    nursepearl replied to babynurse06's topic in California Nursing

    Huntington beach is very expensive to live in. Although the apartments are nice. There are some nice areas of santa ana, such as floral park or near south coast plaza....although it is also...

  24. New Grad Program at UCLA?

    nursepearl replied to Gohser's topic in California Nursing

    I am an oncology nurse here and I love it. Its an intense hospital to work at. I have a family member who is often a patient here and he has been on basically every floor here and I have to say...

  25. New Grad Program at UCLA?

    nursepearl replied to Gohser's topic in California Nursing

    Ucla does hirer ADN nurses. I have been working there for two years with an