I work in Boston, perm nocs. 45./h base, plus shift diff. I work on a very busy heme/onc floor. I am a graduate of an ADN program, with several classes done toward BSN. Yes, I'd do it again. I honestly can't imaging doing anything else.
Typhoid Mary replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing
Thought of another- "withdraw care". This one actually makes me cringe. I get a mental image of a bunch of doctors and nurses walking away from a patient in a bed when I hear this. Needs to be changed to something that dosent sound as if we are wash...
Typhoid Mary replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing
I'd like to add "habitual aborter", which I saw written in my own medical chart after having three miscarriages. I appreciate that the term "aborter" does not medically mean what it sounds as if it does...but gee whiz, as if I didn't already feel bad...
Hi! I am an RN with 8 years at my present job on an oncology floor in a teaching hospital. The last two years a great deal has changed here. My favorite Docs are gone, so our onc census is down and we are being forced to take med/surg overflow from ...
Hi, I work on an oncology unit where we nearly always have "one of those" family memebers around...over the years, I have learned to chaulk this up to the fact that families are feeling anxious, helpless- and sometimes resentful...I say resentful bec...