chemoqueen BSN, RN

I've been offline for a while. I'm so sorry about your mom, but as I read, you sounded like you were comfortable with the decision. Hope you are doing well. I'm thinking about you.

Could be toxicity from the chemo. What agents did she receive? Has she been eating and drinking? could she be dehydrated? What is she being given for nausea control? Phenergan/ ativan can cause confusion. And it could be dz progression. Hard to ...

In our clinic, we wear glowns to mix chemo , but it is up to the individual nurse about wearing a gown. I do not, but always wear chemo gloves when adding to fluid bag or giving IVP.

Leslie, the schedule sounds perfectly on target. Hope she does well.

There are several chemo options. Your best info can come fro the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society.

I graduated at 37--it's never too late! Go for it!

Most large hospitals have a rad onc tx center assoc w/ them.

Our practice has always given employees the shot, but we buy ours from the company that got sidelined this year so we do have any for us or our patients. We tell our patients to get one wherever they can and the employees have been told to do the sa...

Would your older children be upset if you "moved" xmas day up a day early? I did this two years age for my son.

I never really knew what I wanted to be until I spent 12 years doing billing and collections for the oncology group I now work for as a nurse, The nurses I worked w/ inspired me to become one.

Sherri, you have made a wonderful decision in Hospice. I agreee w/ Leslie--give the ativan. If you are afraid it will sedate him too much, start out c 1/2 tab and work your way up from there. Leslie, you are a kind soul to help others. It is wond...

You must also remember that cancer is probably not the patients only medical problem. I started as a new grad on a medical/oncology floor (approx 50-50) and found the experience of learning how to deal with cardiac, renal, diabetes, etc.. aided in m...

we are also using arsenic

bless you for being a peds onc nurse!

Thank you Lealie for being advocate for your patient. Families deserve to know what' going on in order to make whatever ammends they need too (as you know, there are alot of guilty feelings when a loved one becomes terminal) and to have closure. A...

cyanide is the hot new tx for mult myeloma who have failed all other chemo protocols--no joke

You go girl!

Thanks for all the laughs! I needed it after a tough day

some lymphomas and hodgkins can cause night sweats.

Hello Becky I am and oncology/chemo nurse and work in an outpt clinic of 7 docs (private practice)

I spent 10 years doing billing and collections for an oncology group (who I now work for as a nurse).. I was inspired by the nurses I worked with and also was tired of collecting copays from sick and dying patients, I just didn't have the heart.--Ph...

I am an oncology nurse of 10 years. Nursing to me is sharing the tears of dx, the anxiety ot tx, the joy pf tx completion, the futher joy of sustained remission. It is also crying with a reoccurance and saying goodbye at the end. It is all of thos...

A port is the way to go. Those agents can be given PIV, but it is risky--for the patient and the nurse. New standard of care for younger pt c breast ca is a q2wk schedule. It's called dose densing. We do it alot in our office. Just be sure that ...

I work in a 10 doc oncology office. We have a phone triage nurse to take calls. We field an average of150 calls per day. Most of the time, the nurse can advise the patient without going to the doc. If not, we leave a messaage for the doc with our...

Maybe you go futher up the command chain?