Littleguccipiggy

Littleguccipiggy

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  1. I got the interview!!!

    Littleguccipiggy replied to midazoslam's topic in Oncology

    I just realized you're an Aussie midazoslam! I love Australia Ok, now that I've actually had a couple hours sleep, I can properly respond. I'm what you call a baby RN, I've been in onc for about 2.5...

  2. I got the interview!!!

    Littleguccipiggy replied to midazoslam's topic in Oncology

    Congratulations! You'll love oncology! Don't expect any technical questions because that would all be stuff you learn on the floor. It'll really depend on how your hospital chooses to interview...

  3. How do you get over feeling like you'll pass out

    Littleguccipiggy replied to RNtobe17's topic in General Nursing

    Anything bone related gives me the heebie jeebies. Seriously. Anything someone tells a story about how someone fell off a tree and broke a leg with bone sticking out, etc, etc. Blech! There's tons of...

  4. This week, I learned.... (7/25)

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what this "summer low census" means. Is it like when you start off the night shift with 27/30 beds on your unit? (Only to get three admits...) We're still having to keep our "winter"...

  5. Oral chemotherapy

    Littleguccipiggy replied to happyRN21's topic in General Nursing

    I really depends on your hospital's protocols. Any doctor can prescribe oral chemo for non-cancer conditions. We don't place our sickle cell patients on chemo precautions, but we do require a second...

  6. This week, I learned.... (7/25)

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I also learned that if your leads think you would be a good preceptor, they should probably tell you more than a week before the preceptor class. Especially when the preceptor is in the middle of your...

  7. This week, I learned.... (7/25)

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I keep trying to remember my tidbits for this post...and then I fall asleep and forget to post - Just because your surgeon says you may stay in the hospital for a week after surgery, it does not mean...

  8. Robots assisting nurses?

    Littleguccipiggy replied to cchao's topic in General Nursing

    I would love a real life Baymax! Seriously, a robot that could monitor my floor for changes in patient status would be awesome. I know, that's probably called the ICU, but I'm in the acute care world....

  9. New grad, new job in oncology

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ChronicSG's topic in Oncology

    Good to hear from you ChronicSG! Don't even worry about rushing for the OCN, a year is just the minimum number of hours required to sit for the exam. Your educator should have study resources for you...

  10. This week, I learned (7/18).....

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a vat tech nurses and MDs were the worst clients. "So I'm going to teach you how to give Fluffy fluids for her kidney disease." "Ohh, you don't need to I'm an RN/MD" "Ok, but its really...

  11. Nurses turn to pet therapy

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Here's my Olive the Other Reindeer, she makes me get my butt in gear after working all night long. I also have my cranky old man cat who still thinks he's some young ten year

  12. Transitioning to Night Shift - Would love some tips!

    Littleguccipiggy replied to mariebailey's topic in General Nursing

    I'm one of those naturally nocturnal people, so my body is used to switching to nights pretty easily now - I blame my lazy thyroid. When I first switched to nights from days, I gradually stayed up...

  13. LONELY

    Littleguccipiggy replied to mb1123's topic in General Nursing

    Take some time to get get used to everyone at your new workplace. I moved back to CA and I didn't know anyone when I moved out here. And then four months into my job I transferred hospitals. So for a...

  14. port accessing tips.

    Littleguccipiggy replied to busybee04's topic in Oncology

    I usually ask my patients if they've ever had problems with their ports in the past. I've had one patient who's port historically did not draw blood. I was only able to determine patency by if she...

  15. Lucky he was constipated, or he'd be dead

    Littleguccipiggy replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Working in oncology, our "oh by the way"s are a little different and are called "since you're here". We had a patient dumped outside of the ED with a gunshot wound and positive for recreational drugs....

  16. What I learned this week (7/4/15)....

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I'm constantly that night shifter that realizes her tubing is expiring that day during shift change. I never know what day of the week it is. Even with my watch set to display the day. These are my...

  17. New grad, new job in oncology

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ChronicSG's topic in Oncology

    I would hold off on getting your chemo card now. Wait until you start on your floor to start thinking about it. Your hospital may have specific guidelines about when new grads get their chemo cert. My...

  18. New grad, new job in oncology

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ChronicSG's topic in Oncology

    ONS has a ton of resources to learn from. Depending on your unit, you'll mostly have to learn about central line care, fever/neutropenia and symptom management. You'll do a bunch of blood product...

  19. What I learned this week (7/4/15)....

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, I've also seen cervical cancer face to face. But nobody wants to hear those gory details. This week I learned: -Giving report to the one grouchy nurse on your floor will still things to...

  20. Compression Stockings?

    Littleguccipiggy replied to RnH15's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I wear nabee socks. They're pretty cute but they don't have many smalls in stock. I like wearing fun socks, those boring black knee highs aren't for me. They do make a difference, although I hate what...

  21. What I learned this week (6/27)...

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My patient had visual hallucinations and was seeing red and green ants crawling everywhere. Which lead her to get agitated when staff said they couldn't see them, "because its all a cover up!"....

  22. What I learned this week (6/27)...

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    This week I learned - If your guardian angel pins breaks when you walk into a patient's room...its a bad sign. - Having one patient with a psychiatric disorder on a med-surg floor is enough to make me...

  23. Exposure to Chemo

    Littleguccipiggy replied to kelseykelsey4's topic in Oncology

    ONS guidelines are on the ONS website. Pediatric oncology nurses follow APHON

  24. OCN requirements

    Littleguccipiggy replied to casey.schade's topic in Oncology

  25. Anyone attended Samuel Merritt and not get a job right away

    Littleguccipiggy replied to Kellijoseph's topic in General Nursing

    Uhh, yea! Don't believe the hype they tell you when you go to information sessions or from the teachers. I graduated in 2011 and found a job in 2013. (I had also traveled the world and thankfully...