RN813

RN813

Med/Surg. Oncology. GYN.

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RN813 has 3 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg. Oncology. GYN..


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  1. What is the maximum number of patients per nurse?

    That is bull! 4 patients 95% of the time, with an occasional 5th. 2 techs for 41 patients free charge unless short Day shift
  2. Chemotherapy administration

    ASCO-ONS has provided safety guidelines that would be
  3. OB nurse working Med/Surg

    I would have asked for appropriate orientation if I hadn't worked med/surg in 5 years. As a med/surg nurse I wouldn't be permitted to work
  4. ER burnout

    We feel the same way on the floor. It is tough to keep upbeat and interested in your job when you don't feel useful. Why have we allowed it to become this way?? Or has it always been the same?...
  5. Bone Marrow Biopsy

    It is amazing how differently treatments are "treated" in the different settings i.e. inpt or clinic. I work in a hospital and we don't perform many bx at bedside I think because we are unable to...
  6. Couldn't agree more! Some nurses have a hard time with the fundamentals. Other things seem more important with all the new
  7. Medication Questions (Provigil)

    You could stop the medication until you finish
  8. administering blood products

    We're required to administer the product within 30 minutes but I have never had a problem with returning it to the bank if I ended up not needing it at that
  9. When your patient goes bad....

    Likely it couldn't have been avoided and just be satisfied that you got her transferred and she is
  10. Verification of NG tube placement

    Where I practice we never check NG placement. Yet with a dobhoff a KUB is protocol but we still need an order!?! And from my practice, if you place a dobhoff and the KUB shows its not in place leave...
  11. IVPB Question

    Have someone show
  12. low platelets and measuring blood pressure

    We use automatic cuffs even with platelets below 20. Perhaps that facility has had a problem in the past. A lawsuit usually leads to change in
  13. power ports

    I don't see many power ports but I find the double ports quite useful for the patient needing chemo, IVF, ABX, transfusion. Or for the patient needing pain meds every 2-3 hours during an
  14. OCN Review advice please!

    I just completed that ONS review. Plan on taking the exam in
  15. Hoping an Oncology Nurse can help me with my Rehab pt!

    If you work in a hospital setting I would contact a Radiation Oncologist or Nuc Med may be able to answer some questions. I have never worked with an ovarian ca that has received radiation. We...