SotaRN

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1. Smokers

   SotaRN replied to sassychris's topic in General Nursing

   Unfortunately, I actually started smoking in nursing school! I "blame" it on the stress of school combined with the fact that I had gone through a divorce after 10 years. I know how unhealthy it is and have seen first-hand the ill effects of smoking,...

2. A very important lesson to learn: LISTEN CAREFULLY

   SotaRN replied to NICU_nurse2b's topic in Humor

   :roll :roll :roll :roll That made my day!!!

3. Need advice...life threatened by pt's family today

   SotaRN replied to SotaRN's topic in General Nursing

   An FA is a facility administrator, generally an RN, who basically runs the clinic. B/c of the national kidney council, my understanding is that we can't just tell them to go elsewhere, especially considering that it was a family member that made the ...

4. Need advice...life threatened by pt's family today

   SotaRN replied to SotaRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the great feedback everyone... First of all, I am so sorry to those who've rcvd threats worse than mine...and Fire Wolf, I can't even begin to imagine what you went through. To update the drama, we had a police officer on site Fri for th...

5. Need advice...life threatened by pt's family today

   SotaRN replied to SotaRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the responses everyone...to answer a few questions, the clinic this family transferred to us from was not very forthcoming with the truth of the whole situation prior to our taking them. Our docs didn't want them b/c she's considered pedi...

6. Need advice...life threatened by pt's family today

   SotaRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all, I'm a charge RN at a chronic hemodialysis unit for a major dialysis group. We have a pt who's 16 with not only a slew of health problems but also some major psycho-social issues that extend to her mother and grandfather (who was found to act...

7. UF Profiling

   SotaRN replied to SotaRN's topic in Urology

   Thanks for the great info! I've been using it more and more & really paying attn to the results, then educating pct's on which pt's do best on profiling...I've been mainly using #2 with mostly good results. We have hypertonic in our clinic but ...

8. New grad question for all you pros out there :)

   SotaRN replied to Maevish's topic in Career Support

   I graduated last March & started on a cardiac floor and lasted 4 months...it wasn't true M/S but a real mix of pts in just for acute cardiac problems as well as those w/a laundry list of problems including cardiac problems...many docs just admitt...

9. Is nursing my path? I need advice

   SotaRN replied to BePatient's topic in Career Support

   I've been a nurse for a year now and can tell you that even if you do decide to go to school, there will be days when you really question your sanity & wonder what the heck ever possessed you to become a nurse! :selfbonk: I don't really think ...

10. dialysis or icu???

    SotaRN replied to vivcat11's topic in Career Support

    Hi Viv, How long have you been in dialysis? Do you charge or work the floor? RN or LPN? I have been at a dialysis clinic for about 6 months now. I felt too that I would lose my skills but then had the opportunity to start charging and am feeling ...

11. UF Profiling

    SotaRN posted a topic in Urology

    I'm new to dialysis and work in a clinic w/Fresenius K's that have Na Modelling & UF Profiling available. I've not been able to find much info on the UF profiling, especially which profiles work best for which pts, etc. Is there any good info ...

12. Thnking of Hemo nursing

    SotaRN replied to ark-two's topic in Urology

    I'm also a recent grad, graduated in March 05...I worked on a cardiac unit in a large hospital for 4 months & hated it. On a whim, I applied for a job in a dialysis center & was hired. I was very overwhelmed at first & thought I'd never...