tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post7056274733042144490..comments2023-06-14T03:36:55.988-07:00Comments on Head Nurse: Oooo. That last song's been up for too damn long.Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-20523015346441956342011-04-20T12:37:16.337-07:002011-04-20T12:37:16.337-07:00I love your cat stories because you are the only b...I love your cat stories because you are the only blogger I know of who infuses them with an edge of almost-malevolence -- whereas with everyone else it's Cute Overkill. I think you've more accurately tapped into their essence :))<br /><br />All things nursing job in my area are gerflunken (just made that up hope it isn't an obscenity in someone else's language) aka we are pretty hosed if unemployed at this time - a state of affairs I never believed would happen.Elysehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17412725521063514479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-17391310136408070902011-04-19T06:46:21.053-07:002011-04-19T06:46:21.053-07:00Jo- I work on a lung-transplant unit. We kill peop...Jo- I work on a lung-transplant unit. We kill peoples' immune systems all the time. It's not so bad.shrimplatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-44870904255755157992011-04-18T02:14:49.167-07:002011-04-18T02:14:49.167-07:00Third Degree: Wups. And here my ignorance of high-...Third Degree: Wups. And here my ignorance of high-dose chemo and chemo nursing shows. I'm sorry. I'm used to seeing those patients in the CCU, when they're so sick that yeah, the nurses watch the monitors.<br /><br />That was thoughtless of me. I do apologize. And I suppose I'll learn differently once I actually know something.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-26872698463844262512011-04-17T19:51:04.486-07:002011-04-17T19:51:04.486-07:00You know, with the stress of the "push" ...You know, with the stress of the "push" to certify as a Chemotherapy Nurse; the irritating interpersonal dramas at work; and also with your follow-up PET Scan coming up............ maybe your Friend Pens is onto somethin' for you, in regard to the really cute guy at work. Lord-knows, that might be entering The Land Of Possible Hurt again----however, everybody takes their chances, as you know----but (for you) IT WOULDN'T BE entering The Land Of REAL Stupidity, because you're genuinely too smart for that! <br /><br />Without knowing the RCGaW particulars, maybe simply being *kind to your needs*, even now, wouldn't be so silly............ after all. ('Just a thought, you know).Rosannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17290435002631069643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-14319213066210747772011-04-17T19:32:39.729-07:002011-04-17T19:32:39.729-07:00"Because my patients have things going on tha..."Because my patients have things going on that are reversible or at least work-around-able, I end up doing a lot of education and tailoring treatment plans; things that I'm good at. I spend, in short, a lot of time looking at my patient rather than looking at the monitors above the person. Chemo nursing of the type The Muckety-Mucks want us to do is the exact opposite of that."<br /><br />With all due respect because it's YOUR blog, but what an insult to those of us who give high dose chemo. We do LOTS of education and TAILOR treatments to reduce side effects. We do neuro and cerebellar, oral, skin checks, monitor all kinds of body fluids, premed and PRN med, turn patients with IP chemo...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-53814454041763472502011-04-17T08:05:46.951-07:002011-04-17T08:05:46.951-07:00I AM NEVER SILLY.I AM NEVER SILLY.Penny Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13154829540938334107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-39825001436759636352011-04-16T21:09:15.731-07:002011-04-16T21:09:15.731-07:00my boss made me become a chemo nurse once. i neve...my boss made me become a chemo nurse once. i never worked one.single.day.as a chemo nurse.woolywomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14798060848062776281noreply@blogger.com