Dewman

I am an ASN-RN and I have worked since graduation in LTC (2 years). I've seen a lot of residents with cancer, and I'm considering pursuing oncology nursing as a specialty. What I'd like to know is: what should be my next step? Is it necessary or desirable to get my BSN first? It seems that the curriculum for BSN programs seems geared toward nursing management, and I have no real interest in that. What I DO have interest in is honing my clinical skills and knowledge, especially where it concerns oncology. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Yes, the development of ANY new treatment is incredibly expensive, and carries with it incredibly high legal and financial risks to the developer, should the developer miss something that later causes a problem for a small group of recipients, and those recipients hire an army of lawyers to sue the pants and everything else off the developer. Couple that with very little chance of recouping the tremendous investment, and you have potential treatments and/or cures that languish on the shelf.

To a prog, ANYTHING that makes government bigger and more powerful is GOOD. ESPECIALLY if it involves confiscating MORE of someone ELSE'S money.

Yeah. THAT'LL happen. Not.

Before I graduated, I would have found that perplexing. Now, I understand why it is true.

Thanks for your comments. I've pretty much decided to leave.

Shite always rolls downhill. It isn't the FIRST time the person on the front lines gets blamed for an institutional deficiency.

I heard on the radio yesterday a bit about how many brand new teachers become beat down and disillusioned by teaching, and leave the profession in less than five years. I was wondering if anyone has read/heard any similar statistics about the drop out rate of newly-minted nurses. I suspect it's rather high.

Good for Nurse Castillo! Dr. Frieden has since gotten a raft of shite for that stupid comment, and justifiably so.

Further proof that shite always rolls downhill. A problem with corporate or institutional policies and procedures results in an epic screw-up? Blame the nurse! Yeah! That's it!

As a teacher of mine once said: "That's sick! FUNNY, but sick!"

"Ignorance" can be remedied though proper education. But "stupid" goes to the bone.

The following phrase was either thought or spoken by everyone present: "Holy S(p)it..."

The correct answer is Option 3: Both of the above.

I'm also a night nurse, and I can relate to everything you said. My employer has similar meetings for staff, and they are ALWAYS scheduled in the early afternoon - or from a night nurse perspective, "the middle of the night". Night staff is encouraged to attend, but at least they haven't made them mandatory yet.