RN813 replied to ERwaitress's topic in Critical Care
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?...
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...
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
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...
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
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...