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  1. cancer is a four letter word

    gvrn13 posted a topic in Oncology

    One of my patients the other day, a 60 year old man, s/p laryngectomy, pharyngectomy for some kind of throat cancer (what he exactly has escapes me right now), has a peg tube, NG tube, tracheostomy,...

  2. cancer is a four letter word

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Oncology

    The crash cart… If they just required the ACLS, everybody would have to have it, and that would just be their requirement.. it just seems crazy being unprepared when you're in a situation where so...

  3. Name Brands???

    gvrn13 replied to a_lopez1975's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Greys anatomy scrubs.. the waist is high enough, so that when you bend over, your butt doesn't stick out. They are nice and soft, and the color doesn't fade. Also Koi scrubs, they have a really nice...

  4. cancer is a four letter word

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Oncology

    OCRN63, thank you for your insight as well!! I am sorry that you both have first hand knowledge of what cancer is really like. And like you, I can't believe we don't have a crash cart. Not really...

  5. Help

    gvrn13 replied to mariedee33's topic in General Students

    I realize that this will be easier said than done but… Try to take the personal stuff out of what she was saying, and see if there is any truth to what she was saying. Try to take the criticism, and...

  6. cancer is a four letter word

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Oncology

    workingharder, thank you for your insight and answering hard questions!!! I know life is a circle, we're born, we live, and we pass on, theres no way around it. I guess I don't know which is worse...

  7. cancer is a four letter word

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Oncology

    I am so sorry to hear that both OCRN63 and Workingharder are battling cancer… what a truly horrible, and pervasive disease. There are a thousand ways to write how awful it is, and it really sucks...

  8. cancer is a four letter word

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Oncology

    Thank you for your stories. I don't doubt that this man will die from his cancer, I guess it's more a question of when, and when he says that he is done trying (if he ever does). I'm still new, so I'm...

  9. From construction to nursing, has it been done?

    gvrn13 replied to jerc47's topic in Men in Nursing

    Welcome to the club of figuring out later in life what you were meant to do!! I graduated nursing school last year at 34, and I would have to say that half of my class was older than me, and for many...

  10. pump vs gravity

    gvrn13 replied to nurmac's topic in Oncology

    Where I work, they do not use any pumps either.. they say they use to have pumps, but had more infiltrates that way. Everything is done using drip rates, there are flow regulators available for longer...

  11. is it safe to mix your own chemo in an outpatient oncology setting?

    gvrn13 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Hi, I am a new graduate who has been working in an outpatient hematology/oncology setting for the past 7 months. I am just wondering on how some of my jobs practices compare to other outpatient...

  12. is it safe to mix your own chemo in an outpatient oncology setting?

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Patient Medications

    Thanks so much for all your advice, I just looked on the ONS website, and I will be registering for the next online course, which will start 3/20. Even if my job doesn't require it, it will make me...

  13. is it safe to mix your own chemo in an outpatient oncology setting?

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Patient Medications

    I appreciate your feedback, and can agree that you're training was a lot better than mine. Why is the standard so much lower in a doctors office? At my job, all but 4 nurses (out of 9) are OCN, it...

  14. is it safe to mix your own chemo in an outpatient oncology setting?

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Patient Medications

    Hi, thanks for responding. I absolutely run a CBC on every one of my patients, and depending on how the counts are, I will run it by the doctor.. if the Hgb is below 10, if they aren't already...

  15. is it safe to mix your own chemo in an outpatient oncology setting?

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Patient Medications

    Thanks for you input… I was really wondering what other outpatient facilities do. I'm not sure if you still do outpatient, but you do make a good point about by my employer not requiring the chemo...

  16. is it safe to mix your own chemo in an outpatient oncology setting?

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Patient Medications

    No, I am not certified, and I have not taken the provider course. My job did not require the provider course (I really have only found out about it recently), but it is encouraged that I become...

  17. is it safe to mix your own chemo in an outpatient oncology setting?

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Patient Medications

    Hi, thanks for responding.. I am a member of the ONS, and I think it would be good for me to get the chemo provider card, I think that would make me feel more comfortable. I don't think my job will be...