dialysisalice

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1. Recommended Blood Flow thro Fistula Needles

   dialysisalice replied to puddletown's topic in Urology

   We run our pump speeds base on the Venous and arterial pressures. Try not to go above 240 mmHg for venous or -240 for arterial, that is when the RBC destruction begins. We run our pump speeds up to 500, if the pressures allow and the patient doesn'...

2. critical situation

   dialysisalice replied to diabo's topic in Urology

   "You da Nurse"!! Great job, crit lines work great in this situation too, if you have them.

3. pregnant diabetic dialysis patient

   dialysisalice replied to karenlouise's topic in Urology

   Hi, first of all "Ouch", we had a late 20's patient who was pregnant with TWINS, newly diagnosed ESRD and Hypertensive. We were doing daily CCPD and Hemo 3 times per week on this patient to keep her creat below 3 (very ambitious). We are a small ho...

4. Pheonix Machines

   dialysisalice replied to Chipola's topic in Urology

   Ditto on the "Love, love, love" them. We had Cobes prior the the Phoenix, which were fine but I feel it is like going from a "Yugo" to a "Cadillac". The Phoenix has some very nice features.

5. New to Dialysis

   dialysisalice replied to roseynurse345's topic in Urology

   Hang in there Rosie nurse, I have been a dialysis RN for 9 yrs and a RN for 18. Don't beat yourself up too badly about the infiltration, that happens, I use humor and after apologizing to the patient profusely, offer to sign the bruise from the infi...

6. Charting Bloopers

   dialysisalice replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   My personal favorite was written by a very prudish LPN that read "Oral peri-care given" I asked her if the patient enjoyed it and then suggested using a comma next time she documented hygiene.