danceyrun

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place, so hopefully it will be seen! I am a senior nursing student and have been blessed with an externship this summer on a bone marrow transplant floor of a large university/cancer hospital and have a ...

I am not really fully understanding how trachs work. I understand the normal physiology of the esophagus and larynx but I'm confused about a few things. Is the reason that pts with tracheostomies are at risk for aspiration because they are not used...

These quotes make me not want to birth a baby.

Just roll with it. Part of nursing is being flexible in less than (your) ideal situations. Also, capstones are generally only a handful of shifts. It isn't like you are absolutely committed to that drive for years to come.

I think you should be honest and tell him or her that you are interested in growing as a nurse. It may be uncomfortable in the interim but you have to do what is best for you. In the future, it's considered respectful to let your manager know that yo...

I don't ask people in social situations if they've pooped today, and if so, what did it look like?

I'm not sure if this has already been addressed, but besides the labeling etc.- you are there for 12 hours (technically more but you know what I mean) and you can give it q6. You are giving it twice. Three times maybe. Get the wad out of your panties...

At my facility, all roles wear different colored scrubs and I can tell you from experience that nobody (patients) really notice or care. I have also never had someone describe a nurse or tech as "that person wearing the purple scrubs."

I am new to oncology and have been having trouble dealing with the sad part of nursing. I have never seen people so sick in my and it seems like everyone is just dying. I think about these pts on my days off and have cried almost every morning after ...

It's more of this: many times I have found the incorrect beds in the incorrect bins in our Pyxis. I do not trust every charge nurse that I work with to check every single med after they pull it out to make sure they grabbed it from the bin (sadly), w...

Just a side note- no question is ever a dumb one, so don't be afraid to ask someone for help if you don't know something. It is always so much better for you to ask than to not know something and potentially harm someone :)

I personally don't give mess that someone else has pulled unless it's in an emergency situation. To answer your question, I would have a problem with it.

Peyers patches are lymph nodes in the gut. Why do I remember that?

This is often time consuming, but sometimes if I have these patients I will take some empty 10 ml syringes and make my own flushes from NS bags. It has helped. If you do this, ALWAYS LABEL your syringes.

Sleep in (no alarm = amazing), exercise, tidy up the house, and get some sunshine.

Does your hospital have an IV Team that you can follow and watch?

Ohhhh this guy.

As an oncology nurse, please stay home. Pride isn't worth a septic pt. Hope you get to feeling better!

Asking me if I need help and then when I tell you what I need help with, you don't help. Why did you even ask me? Or, similarly, sitting around on Pinterest while your coworker is running around like a chicken with their head cut off. Nursing is a te...

I get this a lot from people: "So are you going to go on and become and nurse practitioner or are you just going to stay a nurse.....?" I just smile and say "Nope, I like my job." And that's that! Nothing wrong with becoming an NP, but there's also n...

This. I would have no idea who on my unit holds an ADN vs. BSN unless I asked. Also, in my area the community colleges get way more clinical time than 4 year schools.

We use lorazepam all of the time as an anti-emetic for our oncology folks. Not to sedate them.

Leave early, drive SLOW, put your car into a lower gear. Make sure you have blankets, food, water, and a flashlight in your car. I live in the south too so I feel your pain. Do be careful, and attempt to get to work.

Arrange their possessions?? If I was a pt and my nurse was moving my belongings around I'd be perturbed!

Another bit of advice I have when contacting doctors is check a recent set of vitals before you call, because they will probably ask. And don't just check heart rate or blood pressure- "check one, check 'em all."