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1. Narcotic drugs drips/PCA 2. Heparin drip 3. Blood products 4. Chemotherapy 5. Insulin drip

Yes, you need to be employed with a minimum of 6+ months oncology experience to take Chemotherapy & Biotherapy basic 2 day course. For a 3 day course with Practicum you'll need 1 yr experience, IV cert, knowledge how to access ports (vascular ac...

There are plenty of jobs! Abington Memorial Hospital has a hiring freeze right now. In November of this year they bought Warminster Hospital and had offered the available jobs to Warminster hospital nurses and staff. Warminster hospital will now on...

Jefferson online http://www.jefferson.edu/jchp/nursing/rnbsnonl.cfm Penn State online http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/BachelorinNursing.shtml Drexel online http://www.drexel.com/online-degrees/nursing-degrees/rn-bsn/index.aspx

I don't believe it matters which school you graduate from, but the hiring facility may look at your GPA if you don't have any nursing work experience. If the smaller, closer to home school has decent nursing program and good % passing boards I would ...

Well said! same here and maybe pleasantly confused (just not the ones who are pleasantly ringing call bell every minute) :roll

No bonuses, ever. Actually, I do recall getting something at my first job out of school : $1 gift certificate to McDonald's..I kept it for show and tell, otherwise no one believes me :rotfl:

Eastern Europe

In Europe most schools allow graduation finishing only 8 grades so at age 15-16 they can enter either workworkce or start technical school. Age 16 is considered young adult in Europe. By 20 most girls are married already.

recently i came across an article in nursing spectrum magazine called "nurses help create a five-star experience" http://community.nursingspectrum.com/magazinearticles/article.cfm?aid=22697 in summary: for paying extra $350-450/day out of pocket, pa...

If you use laptop when traveling you'll need a wireless notebook card ( the one we use is from Linksys). You can use it for wireless connections in pretty much all internet cafe and now a lot of hotels are catching up and starting to use routers to a...

Agree. Learning new experiences and meeting new challanges what makes my job rewarding for me. I can't imagine how rewarding it can be working on those special VIP floors.

:balloons: congrats tweety !!!!! :smiley_aa

I can imagine your concern! Few years ago I found myself in my 1st trimester pregnacy taking care of prostate cancer pt who had radiation seeds (I found that out by reading his chart and not from a nurse giving me report) I was terrified! So here are...

Per diem is great, but only is you are planning on it temporary. While the pay is great and you make your own schedule, there are no benefits. So do consider if you want : to buy medical coverage somewhere else, no vacation (or vacation without pay)...

While I have not worked there for 2+ yrs, I can say their rates are always the highest in the region. Benefits are really good too. But parking pretty expensive...UPenn's 2 closest garages used to cost $15 and $11 per day...maybe it's different now. ...

$27/hr on start, suburbs large hospital $24/hr start independent dialysis clinic

We have a lot of respect for all our unit clerks! When we have one, it means our day will be organized, all pt appointments scheduled, orders filed, consults called, all floor issues such as broken equipment and leaking sinks addressed. Plus our UC a...

Once I had a 18yo girl using her laptop to research her newly diagnosed disease. She used computer to look up normal values for her labs, learn treatment options..etc. I have a lot of respect for patients who are involved in their own care. Not those...

Agree.

Agree with Tweety I left Med/Surg floor and one of the reasons was I had enough of having to discharge 3-5 pts and immediately accept just as many post-op! But for advice to speed up discharges: 1. Have all docs write their discharges in advance alon...

Thank you for your honest opinions! This hospital does mention they put earned money from those luxury services back into system. I know the location of this specific hospital and do understand it treats huge numbers of uninsured and homeless people....

I don't think good care should be at extra cost. For example the hospital I work at has almost all private rooms. Patients can pay for TV w/ cable. I had many patients bring their own laptop computers and use phone line for internet. Many patients br...

thanks for your input! i cannot agree more with you! i am glad to hear i'm not the only one feeling this way. i do also question the honesty of a writer of this article who says "the nurse-to-patient ratio is the same as on a general medical-surgica...

Coffee, windows down or loud music never worked for me! For 3 yrs of working 12 hr night shifts and driving over 1 hr each way (with 1 car accident during my 1st trimester pregnancy where I fell asleep driving 60 miles/hr on a highway) I've learned m...