ctnurse420

I have to agree with the other responses that heme/onc/BMT is NOT easy.... I was a nurse for 18 months on a surgical oncology floor and this year took a travel job on a heme/onc/BMT floor.... figuring I'd be able to swing it with ports, central lines, blood products, neutropenia, etc. It has been a huge learning curve, not to mention the crazy chemo regimens that heme/onc patients are on.... I have been swinging it but have to remind myself that just because you feel busy, you cannot rush things like chemo- you have to slow down and take the time to do it correctly. Props to you for jumping on this floor as a new grad.... hope things improve for you.

Where the heck are you getting 12 patients? That's absurd!

I have been talking with several companies about starting my first travel assignment... I have been a nurse for 18 months, working in a level I trauma facility 900+ bed teaching hospital, in oncology. I've wanted to travel since I started nursing school... and now finally feel comfortable with my 1+ year. Please give me any tips or advice about the following offer: palm springs, ca - snowbird destination - will there be any young people there??? I am 25... It's only two hours away from LA/Huntington Beach and San diego, all of which I have friends in... and 4 hours to vegas! 45-65 travelers at the facility this winter level 2 trauma, 400 beds, non teaching max ratio 5:1 weather low 70s in winter (beats new england!) warm weather is one of my highest priorities bariatric chemo med surg unit (i am chemo certified) days $28 hr night $31.31/hr every other weekend paid biweekly $1200/mo housing allowance tax free $300 travel reimbursement @ beginning and end managed fee - paid by hospital -- the weird thing about this assignment is that you actually become a hospital employee and are not paid by the travel company- in effect... the travel company doesn't provide me health insurance... but they said i can get cobra- and extension of my current job's insurance? help i need advice!

I had three months of orientation with a preceptor... but it's competency based, so they take you off when they feel you are ready. There's also a one year nurse residency program which is kind of a ***** fest/support group for new nurses. They're very open to new grads, especially all throughout the cancer hospital because it only opened a year ago so they had to hire tons of nurses.

Yale-New Haven Hospital is amazing for new grads. I work at the Smilow Cancer Hospital, it opened only a year and a half ago... of course we have the usual nursing issues, such as short staffing and supplies not always being stocked... but I feel really lucky to love my job

I was LOVING my job as a new grad during orientation and even the first month off orientation... but lately it has been so depressing (I'm on an oncology floor), and also there is a big issue with nursing assistants disrespecting new RNs. I worked full-time to put myself through nursing school, and I have worked many different jobs... just because I am young and a new nurse, I still deserve just as much respect as I give to other people. I appreciate the input and experience of nursing assistants who have been on the floor for years... and I know that I can learn from them. But at the same time, I am the RN, I have the education of a bachelor's degree behind me, and it is not appropriate for nursing assistants to be rude to me- especially in front of patients. I am hesitant to bring this to the manager's attention but it is getting ridiculous. I am very disheartened at what nursing has become also... it is so task-oriented, and there is little to no time to talk to a newly diagnosed cancer patient about how they are coping. It's such a shame...

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I have accepted a full-time RN position at Yale-New Haven Hospital. I am graduating nursing school in May so this is very exciting to have gotten a job before graduation. I am hearing a lot of bad things about New Haven, though, and I'm not sure where I should look for housing. I need to be in by July 1st so I have to start looking now. I want to be around other people in their 20s, not a suburb with lots of families/older people (no offense!) However, I want to live in a safe area. Any suggestions? Thanks!