StephRN08

StephRN08

oncology/BMT, general medicine

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  1. Six Cultural Phenomena Assessment

    StephRN08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am writing a cultural assessment paper on Native Americans for my graduate transcultural nursing course. Does anyone know of any good resources or articles for this? I have looked on EBSCOHost and...

  2. Best floor to work on for an aspiring Nurse Practitioner

    StephRN08 replied to aliciaj456's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on what type of NP you want to become. I have a few good friends that are NP's or in NP school... one is an acute care NP specializing in transplant and she worked in a liver transplant...

  3. Stress Relief after a BAD shift?

    StephRN08 replied to JStollRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I pass a few of my favorite restaurants on the way home (all with amazing desserts), so I will treat myself to a little food therapy! I find that fried food and chocolate do the trick. I also love...

  4. Six Cultural Phenomena Assessment

    StephRN08 replied to StephRN08's topic in General Nursing

    I am disgusted by some of the attitudes on this site. I only asked for some resources, such as scholarly articles. Websites do not cut it in graduate

  5. Any MSN-CNL grads out there?

    StephRN08 replied to anne2010's topic in General Nursing

    I have also worked with a few MSN-CNL grad before too. I agree that their clinical skills are seriously lacking. My manager refuses to hire them because she feels that you must have bedside...

  6. Christmas

    StephRN08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    On our oncology/BMT unit we have many patients that just cannot make it home for Christmas. In the past few years, we have started a week of holiday festivities on the unit to help lift the patients'...

  7. New Hire Pharmacology Test

    StephRN08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone! I just started a job with the VA and will be working on a general medicine unit. My background is oncology/BMT. I will have to take a general pharmacology test next week as part of...

  8. Need help in Oncology Nursing

    StephRN08 replied to eortega's topic in General Nursing

    When I first started in oncology, I purchases Oncology Nursing which is published by Mosby. This book is my top recommendation as it includes everthing you need to know to care for oncology patients....

  9. Which path would you choose?

    StephRN08 replied to ktliz's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, you need nursing experience in order to become an advanced practice nurse. There are graduate programs that will accept students who have obtained a BSN without any nursing experience....

  10. Preceptor Gift Ideas

    StephRN08 replied to JjoBsn's topic in General Nursing

    Things that I have received from student nurses/new employees: -a coffee/tea/hot cocoa gift basket -stationary with my initial -nurse tote bags -lunch gift card for the hospital

  11. Medical vs Surgical Nursing

    StephRN08 replied to Ashley_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a medical nurse working in oncology/BMT. Although I can't specifically say why I like medical rather than surgical, I do know that I do not like incisions/wounds, drains, etc. One thing about...

  12. Some people should just stay quiet!!!

    StephRN08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was taking care of this elderly woman today with fallopian tube cancer for a port placement and chemotherapy and accompanied by her daughter. I should have ran as soon as the daughter started...

  13. How do you switch specialties???

    StephRN08 replied to shinyblackcar's topic in General Nursing

    Well apparently my co-workers are some of the only people that found this appalling. I don't give a damn about nurse-to-patient relationship and blah blah blah... what she said was down-right rude....

  14. Where can I get my certifications????

    StephRN08 replied to Lisa1980's topic in General Nursing

    Are you currently working in oncology? At my hospital, the only RN's permitted to administer chemotherapy must work in the inpatient or outpatient oncology departments or the physician practices....

  15. how many nursing jobs have you had/how long have you been a nurse?

    StephRN08 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse Tech for 3 years on the same unit... RN for 2 1/2 years... Job 1 - 8 months in ICU Job 2 - 1 1/2 years inpatient/outpatient oncology/BMT and IV team I left the first job because I quickly...

  16. Curious about sedation

    StephRN08 replied to AnewerRN's topic in General Nursing

    It is very individualized and based on anesthesia's assessment. We get a lot of interventional radiology patients post-procedure and the RN's administer the sedation in that department - they most...

  17. Nurses really aren't the smartest people

    StephRN08 replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    I go through this at every family function! My aunt (manager at Sunoco) and her girlfriend (IT nerd) wanted me to go to an all women's (no pun intended) college in the area with a BSN program. My...

  18. Thinking about leaving 1st nursing job after 5 months- any suggestions

    StephRN08 replied to TheEmmyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I left my first nursing job after 8 months. In the last semester of nursing school, I decided that I wanted the action of the ICU and took a position in a level III trauma ICU. I quickly found out...

  19. L&D nurses without children

    StephRN08 replied to loving2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in oncology and with a few nurses that have previously had cancer. They are always biased in assuming that people go through exactly what they had experienced. In fact, one nurse had breast...

  20. Best Textbooks

    StephRN08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I lend a hand as a casual clinical instructor with our hospital's SON. I sit on the student resources committee and one of our responsibilities is to make sure our textbooks are essentially the best...

  21. potential hire turn offs?

    StephRN08 replied to mnbrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I do not take part in direct interviews as I am a staff nurse, but our manager informally requires all prospective employees to shadow in our department. We care for outpatient oncology/BMT and...

  22. All LPNs laid off in a day

    StephRN08 replied to RiverNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am going through the exact same scenario. I work at a hospital in the Pittsburgh area that is part of a large health system. They did the same thing with pay, retirement, and hiring at one point...

  23. side job/second job?

    StephRN08 replied to lalalalexi's topic in General Nursing

    Why not try other areas of nursing? Maybe you are burnt out because your are working on a busy med/surg floor! I say this because my nearest and dearest friend worked on a surgical/transplant floor...

  24. Those at the 1-2 year mark of nursing

    StephRN08 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for almost 3 years... I precept other nurses and students... There are some days I feel like I don't know what I'm doing, but as you get more experience they will became few and...

  25. Teaching w/o a MSN in nursing education...

    StephRN08 posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Are there any educators that do not have their MSN in nursing education but in another specialty area? Do you teach in a basic nursing program or in that particular speciality area? Any thoughts on...