WINDYCITYRN

WINDYCITYRN has 14 years experience.

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1. Chicago to San Diego--looking for insight please

   WINDYCITYRN replied to shneebee3's topic in California

   San Diego Forum - Relocation, Moving, General and Local City Discussions - City-Data Forum moderator, not sure if I can provide links to give more info, but pls delete if against rules..

2. Chicago to San Diego--looking for insight please

   WINDYCITYRN replied to shneebee3's topic in California

   Shneebee3, you may get more response re: San Diego neighborhoods in City-data , make sure you post your questions in the San Diego forum , the locals will answer your questions.

3. Wide open fistulas that don't work

   WINDYCITYRN replied to AcuteHD's topic in Urology

   We get pts post plasty or revision. Vascular marks two spots for us to cannulate. We just make sure we feel a thrill or hear a bruit before we cannulate. Luckily we were always able to cannulate and the pt goes home the next day. I had another pt who...

4. Hepatitis B Core antibody policy

   WINDYCITYRN replied to WINDYCITYRN's topic in Urology

   Thanks for the reply .. A hepb neg ant (+core ab) running on a dedicated hep b machine raises questions for me even if we have MD order to use b machine...

5. Hepatitis B Core antibody policy

   WINDYCITYRN posted a topic in Urology

   Question for my fellow HD RNs out there. What is the policy where you work with regards to patients with Hepatitis B Core Antibodies that are Reactive. With hep b Antigen positive patients, we bleach as well as isolate. But I have run into pts wher...

6. Dialysis staff nurse salary in US

   WINDYCITYRN replied to bambam123's topic in Urology

   Does anybody know the hourly rates for FMC clinics/hospital, Davita, and VA in San Diego County? I have 11 yrs acute dialysis experience.. Thanks so much!

7. Hemodialysis jobs in San Antonio?

   WINDYCITYRN posted a topic in Texas

   Hi all, i want to move to San Antonio, what is the job market like for an acute hemodialysis rn? I have plenty of experience, do hospitals contract out dialysis services? In Chicago we have davita and fresenius are the big ones. Would like to hear fr...

8. does Ultrafiltration causes hyperkalemia?

   WINDYCITYRN replied to elmatador_68's topic in Urology

   I would agree with you, from my experience the issue of potassium going up because of fluid removal has never come up. I have never seen an overloaded pt with a normal K end up with an elevated K after dialysis using standard 2 K bath. And in almo...

9. Fresh Frozen Plasma During/after Dialysis

   WINDYCITYRN posted a topic in Urology

   Hi everybody, I've been a dialysis nurse for a while, mostly acute. Just wondering what your hospitals policy is on fresh frozen plasma administration with dialysis. We have a lot of coagulapathic patients in ICU and we are asked sometimes to give...