Sadie04

Hi all, I work on a busy 42 bed ortho/neuro/trauma unit that includes a 6-bed close observation step-down unit. Most patients in step-down are post-op craniotomies with ventrics, multi-traumas with head injuries, several with trachs, etc. Most patien...

I haven't posted in a long time, but need some advice/feedback from those of you who work in OB. I had my son (my first baby) 5 weeks ago after being induced with pitocin at term. I labored for 19 hrs total, had an epidural around 5 cm dilation. My r...

Just curious - my fellow floats and I were working on our annual competancies yesterday and this topic came up. One of the nurses pointed out that most facilities pay their float staff an extra differential for floating. I work in a 600 bed teaching ...

We use Ativan often for anticipatory nausea along with Kytril or Aloxi and Decadron. We also use Emend for pts receiving big doses of Cisplatin or CPT. It seems to work quite well esp. when pts have failed other PO antiemetics.

I'm 4 months pregnant and work in an outpatient clinic where I administer chemo every day. I'm very concious of safe handling of chemo, I always wear gloves and don't mix chemo. There have been many pregnant nurses over the years in my office and non...

Maine Medical center in Portland has a program that my sister attended.

N.S.46, Thanks for your insight. I often try to put myself in the patient's position - I too have been a patient, and I have small veins - they always go for my hand:rolleyes: That said, I work in an outpatient oncology clinic and start about 10-15 ...

I love Bono too. He's much more well-rounded than so many other rock stars. It's nice to be recognized by anyone, famous or not :kiss I saw him in '92 when I was 15. Greatest live show I ever saw:smokin:

Oops, double post

A few nights ago I spent several hours in the ER with my brother who is 23 and an alcoholic. He had cheated on his girlfriend so she moved out and decided to get revenge by bringing 2 of her guy friends over under the pretense of moving some of her s...

I work in an outpatient oncology clinic that treats about 55-65 patients a day in our infusion room. Our Oncology Pharmacist has been trying since March to order a supply of flu shots for this fall and winter. The last he heard, we wouldn't be gettin...

Thanks Mulan and Grannynurse. The whole experience just reaffirmed for me why I left that facility 6 months ago. It's a large teaching hospital where patients are often treated as more of a number than a human being. It's disappointing to realize tha...

I've been working in an outpatient oncology clinic for 6 months now and I love my job! It's far less stressful than my previous job working in a large understaffed teaching hospital. I took a chemo course that focused on the different types of chemo,...

Yes - I work in an oncology clinic with great coworkers and management. If you had asked me 6 months ago while I was working at a large teaching hospital, the answer would be absolutely not. After 4 years of abuse there, I was ready to leave nursing ...

ITA with SBE, giving meds to a pt after dropping them on the floor, even if the pt says he/she will take it, is unacceptable and should be reported. I would be outraged if a nurse did this to me or a family member. :angryfire

The OP stated that pt was on hospice...

This thread cracks me up. I've been a nurse for a few years now, but I remember being stressed and exhausted while in nursing school full time and working 24 hours a week at the hospital as a float CNA. I worked the 3-11 shift and would sometimes fan...

I agree...it's not appropriate.

Sorry to hear this, best of luck in the days and weeks to come. Will be sending prayers your way.

ITA Begalli. I work in an outpatient oncology clinic administering chemo to cancer patients. For some patients, the only effective means of stimulating their appetites and keeping chemo-induced N/V at bay is by using marijuana. Many of them have trie...

Histrionic maybe? Though I'm not a psych nurse either.:stone

I'm sorry to hear of your dilemma. Good luck in making this decision. :)

Steph and Marla, your posts reminded me of this list of "rules" I recently received in an email: To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice. Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in...

Here's the IV tips and tricks thread: https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3793&page=7&pp=10 I started a new job in an oncology clinic a couple months ago and had to get very proficient at tough IV starts quickly - some of those chem...

I agree with Steph and Tweety, management needs to draw the line on this one.