Littleguccipiggy

Littleguccipiggy

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  1. Anyone ever have to give report to that one nurse who's grouchy all the time?

    Littleguccipiggy posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Hello! I've been working at my current job for about three months, I transferred there from a different location. Overall I like my job, my coworkers are nice, but there's just that one nurse who...

  2. Employee HEalth Surveillance Program

    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...

  3. rituximab infusion rate (calculation)

    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...

  4. Sign-on Bonuses Are Alive and Well

    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...

  5. Help Me Get Excited About My Shift to Night Shift!

    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....

  6. Should I Wear this to Work?

    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...

  7. starting to take ons chemo biotherapy course soon

    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...

  8. Chemo/Biotherapy course

    Littleguccipiggy replied to proud nurse's topic in Oncology

    You can take as long as you want. Just read the directions on the test. It tells you have to save your work so you can go back to

  9. Steps to become an Oncology Nurse

    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...

  10. Steps to become an Oncology Nurse

    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...

  11. Steps to become an Oncology Nurse

    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

  12. Port-a-cath needle removal

    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...

  13. Night shift scheduling!

    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...

  14. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    Littleguccipiggy replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    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...

  15. 8/22 What I learned this week....

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    When a butt looks like two tennis balls bouncing up and down, kind of like Ned Flanders I imagine. I have yet to meet Dr. Dreamy

  16. 8/22 What I learned this week....

    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...

  17. I need some advice

    Littleguccipiggy replied to PghRN15's topic in Oncology

    I would say a nice fuzzy robe and a hat. When patients lose their hair they get a lot of heat loss from their head and robes are more fashionable than hospital gowns. Most fuzzy socks don't have a...

  18. ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

    Littleguccipiggy replied to Farawyn's topic in General Nursing

    This week I learned: -Sometimes its impossible to get pyxis access at job #2 -Having chemo experience and an OCN will get you your chemo check off at job #2 before you're even off orientation -Not...

  19. ixchel's 8/15 This Week I Have Learned...

    Littleguccipiggy replied to Farawyn's topic in General Nursing

    I can't quite remember the details, but it has to do with the alpha and beta proteins that make up the hemoglobin molecule. The type of thalessemia you have affects that protein molecule. Its similar...

  20. I got the interview!!!

    Littleguccipiggy replied to midazoslam's topic in Oncology

    Darnit! I was hoping you would get the job! I'm glad you're staying positive midazoslam. Its true, sometimes its just exciting to make it to the interview stage. Maybe it just means that something...

  21. California Ratio Laws & San Diego as Nurse.

    Littleguccipiggy replied to melissahall456's topic in General Nursing

    Man, I remember Texas ratios. I had 6:1 on the oncology floor. And my hospital wondered why they couldn't retain their new nurses. The job market is hit or miss in SD. I didn't have a hard time...

  22. What is your dream unit?

    Littleguccipiggy replied to guest769224's topic in General Nursing

    I love working on oncology. However, I would love to get my masters, and volunteer abroad. I found a volunteer organization that has opportunities for oncology nurses to go to Bhutan and teach nurses...

  23. This week, I have learned... (8/8)

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    This week I learned: - I may have to ask for an extension on my orientation for job #2. Its hard to orient when you haven't had pyxis access for two weeks! - I can survive working a 60 hour work week...

  24. New grad, new job in oncology

    Littleguccipiggy replied to ChronicSG's topic in Oncology

    I never minded sickle cell patients at my old hospital. Most of them were on PCAs so we just had to give them benadryl every four hours. They were all young so sometimes it was nice to just hide from...

  25. I got the interview!!!

    Littleguccipiggy replied to midazoslam's topic in Oncology

    DatMurse, we're mainly oncology. Sometimes we'll get med/surg overflow but we try to get them out of here as soon as possible since we usually have onc patients waiting for our