Littleguccipiggy replied to North Woods Nurse's topic in Oncology
I didn't reply since you were asking about outpatient surveillance. I currently work inpatient and my workplace follows ONC guidelines. Its done through employee health, so I believe only nurses who...
Littleguccipiggy replied to Mr. Green's topic in Oncology
Whoa. I haven't worked at many hospitals, but I've never seen Rituxan not in a 1:1 concentration. That's asking for someone to make a rate error with that concentration. Is there a specific reason...
Littleguccipiggy replied to HouTx's topic in General Nursing
Sounds tempting, but I can't go back to those unsafe nurse patient ratios I had when I was in Texas before. (Granted, it was a small county hospital, not a big hospital like Houston.) That and I don't...
Littleguccipiggy replied to seasidesoul's topic in General Nursing
I love night shift! Sure, my sleep schedule is all wonky, but I could never switch to days. Here's what I love: There's less people around - respiratory, PT/OT, chaplin, volunteers, family members....
Littleguccipiggy replied to lilgop's topic in General Nursing
I've never had a problem wearing a necklace at work. If anything people tend to grab at my giant badge to see my name. I have the HRC's blue equality pin on my badge buddy and nobody cares about it. I...
Littleguccipiggy replied to drcricket's topic in Oncology
The discussion topics are pretty straightforward. Most the of the questions are based off of your personal experiences or how things are done at your hospital. For the test just use the chemobook and...
Littleguccipiggy replied to E.Renez's topic in Oncology
OCN is mostly for status, since its a requirement for Magnet to have a certain percentage of specialized nurses, hospitals are pushing for all of their nurses to get certified. Its the same as ADN vs...
Littleguccipiggy replied to E.Renez's topic in Oncology
It will depend on your hospital's policy on when new grads will be able to hang chemo. It seems that its typically about six months. When your hospital feels that you are ready, they'll have you take...
Littleguccipiggy replied to E.Renez's topic in Oncology
Its pretty much the same as any unit. Get hired into an oncology unit, gain experiences, get you ONS chemotherapy & biotherapy card, and if you really want to, become an
Littleguccipiggy replied to tiffy723's topic in Oncology
I didn't even know there are still manufacturers out there that don't put safety devices on their needles. That is a huge safety issue. Ports are usually pretty secure where they are, but I also can't...
Littleguccipiggy replied to KBRN15's topic in General Nursing
At my hospital we don't self schedule, but the night shift manager is awesome at giving us a great skeleton schedule. Thurs/Fri/Sat, Sun/Mon off, then Tues/Wed/Thurs on. That way we get six days off...
What's worse than being Atheist is being Buddhist. Thankfully, I've only been bible thumped once, and that was when I lived in the middle Texas. I was a new grad then, so I didn't know I could say...
Littleguccipiggy replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing
This week I learned -I am trying to not get my feelings hurt when job #2 decided to extend my orientation one more day -No matter how much the nurses say job #2 is better or easier, I still love the...