karenlouise

karenlouise

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  1. renal nursing masters/PhD degree

    have just been accepted to do renal nursing Masters/PhD degree. It is a scholarship position jointly funded by the university and the renal unit of the public hospital ...in Australia...They want me to focus on vascular access but the actual thesis i...
  2. pregnant diabetic dialysis patient

    We have a 30 year old patient on our unit who is 6 weeks pregnant ..also an insulin dependent diabetic...historically non-compliant, one previous miscarriage...any references, stories, tips to help maintain pregnancy...is currently dialysing 6 days p...
  3. new aussie member

    Yes! I just joined too...I have been working in dialysis 5 years now and love it. I work in Tas but I have worked in London too...the same but different! Much harder work in the UK!
  4. Interested In Dialysis

    I find dialysis is a strange mixture between routine and quite scary. I am in Oz but I am sure it is the same in the US. We don't get given too much responsibility in the acute setting until we have the experience and/or post-grad certificate, but ev...
  5. encouragement needed

    I can't believe the attitude!! It takes way longer than 3 weeks to feel confident and if you do think you are off your learners permit at that point...well a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I've been on the dialysis unit 5 years now but I don'...