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We use it for rigors during bone marrow transplant and if the premedication for amphoteracin B doesn't work. For pain relief we use either morphone or dilaudid.

Not trying to flame anyone here, but the social lives of the people you work with should be at the bottom of your list. Why not look for a specialty that interests you? It scares me that the nursing part of your job search is secondary to looking f...

Take him to the doctor.

You had the vasovagal reaction because you were on the receiving end. Don't sweat it, like everything else, you will get used to giving injections as well. Good luck!

Something just doesn't seem right here. After central orientation, you should be paired with (ideally one for consistency sake) an experienced nurse for a few months. I am glad that the other nurse refused to accept that type of assignment as well. ...

which is supposed to sit in the right atrium. A midline is just a longer peripheral - a few inches longer than a regular peri IV. They can stay in place longer than the 3-5 days that a peri. can stay in place. Also a PICC can remain in place indefi...

take patients, no matter how in need, into our homes, crosses the line. These are adults who are in a bad spot, but a call to social services, and then following up to make sure that they were taken care of, is an appropriate level of caring. To be q...

your poor husband. You just deflate the balloon and have a basin ready to catch the catheter and any spillage that occurs. I *guess* she did that to avoid the urine spilling, but I'd say with reasonable certainty that particular practice was not in...

because it surely seems like the hospital and nursing management is implicitly allowing this treatment to go unchecked. night shift or not - would a nurse who spoke to a doc go undisciplined? we are expected to be our same therapeutic selves no matte...

I've been thinking about this for a few hours and I guess just reading up on the pathophysiology of leukemias and lymphomas are key. Also, a lot comes with practice - I learned way more in my first week than I did in the entire half semester or so o...

I started as a new grad in the BMTU about 6 months ago. I guess what surprised me the most is how painful mucousitis following transplant can be. And you'll be giving a lot of blood products too. Good luck!

for most of their illness and have built up a tolerance for the meds. So the dosage needs to be increased to maintain their comfort. The patient is on hospice care, they are dying and in pain. Why should appropriate pain management be withheld? I am ...

before i went to nursing school, i had an office job where the entire clerical staff, but me, smoked - so they all went out together for smokes and left me to man the busy phones (the office manager was a smoker, so it was no use - i stated my disple...

you need to find new child care - ASAP. Reputable daycare centers do complete criminal background checks on their employees and many children have adjusted nicely going to a more structured facility from home or home based daycare. Or even finding an...

keep up at it until you get some answers. Since her CBC showed an elevated white count, I'd want a repeat if it were my child (with differential). Hope she feels better soon! J

but I was wondering, who did you report off to when you left the floor? Did the nurse know that you were going to leave while she was at lunch? Did you report off to anyone before leaving the floor, in addition to your note? That, above all the other...

chemo has failed. I find that simply saying "I'm so sorry" is what works for me, along with some eye contact. I also found that it is the patient oftentimes who has to comfort family and friends who are so upset about the prognosis that they don't re...

if you wear a skirt or dress, pantyhose are a must - no bare legs! Err on the side of being too conservative. I wouldn't wear slacks with a sweater to an interview. For the RN position that I am in now, I wore a suit that had a skirt and pantyhose. G...

and am on my first week off of orientation after 10 weeks. (I work on a critical care floor). I would imagine that the orientation period for new nurses without experience would be the same whether or not you are a GN or an RN. Good luck! J

MAR and flowsheets. I find that it is fairly user friendly and it is much neater than my handwriting! If we have a critical patient (vented or on CVVH), then we use the paper flowsheets. Good luck with the transition! Jen

with a this one person's ill-informed opinion rather than a general disrespect for nursing among medical professionals. There is still a conflict between Chiropractors and other medical personnel, so that might be where that comment came from. The gu...