RedRabbits

That is true...however I looked up a psych hospital near my hometown just to make sure that all psych hospitals weren't like this and their reviews were much better.

Hi, I am a nurse with no psych experience who wants to make a career change to this specialty. I have mostly done L&D and med/surg. I recently moved to Sacramento and figured this would be the time to make that change. I found some psych positions at Sierra Vista and Heritage Oaks. They are both UHS hospitals which I have been reading about and hearing horrible things. I also read very bad reviews for both of these hospitals on glass door and indeed. The problem is, the only other hospital around here with psych is Sutter and there are no openings. I applied to these two psych hospitals and am waiting to hear back but I was wondering if anyone has any insight into these hospitals or the options for psych nursing in Sacramento. Thank you so much!

Yeah...I plan to be extremely careful when working there. It's just so hard to believe that with all the protective measures it could still be dangerous. How long have the nurses you mentioned been working there? Also, most women who get breast cancer have no family history...so for that nurse to say that she got breast cancer from chemo exposure seems kind of far-fetched, unless she had known exposures like a spill or was mixing/administering chemo before all of the protective measures were in place.

Hi everyone, I just got a job on a hem/onc unit and I have some questions. First, I am concerned about the safety of administering chemo and caring for patients receiving chemo. At the hospital I'll be working at, we don't mix chemo and all the nurses use the necessary PPE. It seems very safe, but when I was researching the topic I was reading articles online about how chemo has been detected in oncology nurses and pharmacists who prepare chemo. The article didn't say what kind of PPE was used, but if they were using it, I find that very scary. It doesn't make sense to me that after using chemo gloves and gowns etc, chemo would still be detected in nurses' urine!? Is it really that strong? I don't plan on having kids any time soon, but I want to eventually and this concerns me a lot. So I guess my question for all you oncology nurses is, do you feel safe at your job? Have oncology nurses you know not been able to get pregnant or had any adverse effects of handling chemo? I love oncology and I feel that this is the right specialty for me, it's just the chemo that scares me. I would love your thoughts on this. Thank you!