southerngirl67

southerngirl67 specializes in dialysis, OR.

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1. Inpatient vs. outpatient dialysis

   southerngirl67 replied to gam3rchic's topic in Urology

   I have been an hd nurse for 11 years. I started out in outpt. I am now an acute nurse. I suggest working with chronic patients for a while before you transfer to the hospital. Outpatient units have more resources to train you correctly. Unfortun...

2. Smoke Free

   southerngirl67 replied to Crux1024's topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital has been smoke free since March 1. They offer stop smoking assistance to employees who smoke, and offer patches, etc. to patients. There is no smoking allowed on hospital property, or on the side of the road adjacent to hospital propert...

3. protocol for achieving hemostasis

   southerngirl67 replied to urrRN's topic in Urology

   Tipstops are small round pieces of gelfoam that are attached to foam tape. They are about the size of bandaids and were $1.00 each last time that I checked.

4. hospitalists

   southerngirl67 replied to fronkey bean's topic in General Nursing

   We have 2 MD's and a NP. I absolutely love our hospitalists. They are wonderful to work with. They trust us, and we trust them. I am much happier when they are taking care of my patients than when a PCP is in charge.

5. New Grad interviewing in Dialysis

   southerngirl67 replied to 81Bubbles's topic in Urology

   Glad that I could help. If you need encouragement, let me know!

6. New Grad interviewing in Dialysis

   southerngirl67 replied to 81Bubbles's topic in Urology

   You are very fortunate to have that much training. Get your feet wet in it before you start reading any materials. The website for American Nephrology Nurses Association might be helpful. I am not sure of the address, but I am sure that you can go...

7. protocol for achieving hemostasis

   southerngirl67 replied to urrRN's topic in Urology

   I work in an acute unit. We use tipstops. Unfortunately, they are not usually available in the chronic units. They are cost prohibitive at $1 each. I am not sure that the acute unit that I worked at had any protocols, it was everyone for themselve...

8. is dialysis less stressful than med surg

   southerngirl67 replied to lillady1225's topic in Urology

   It is very dependent on the unit that you are working at.

9. New Grad interviewing in Dialysis

   southerngirl67 replied to 81Bubbles's topic in Urology

   You will either love dialysis or you will hate dialysis. I would under no circumstances go into acute care without EXPERIENCE! I have been a dialysis nurse for 10 years. I tried to leave once, but it is an illness or something!

10. protocol for achieving hemostasis

    southerngirl67 replied to urrRN's topic in Urology

    Acute or chronic?

11. What is the nurse to patient ratio in your facility?

    southerngirl67 replied to Colima's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital, it is 1:5-6 usually with 1-2 cna's and one unit secretary 7-3 with 1 cna and a secretary 3-11. 11-7 has 1 cna. The same number of nurses with each shift

12. did I or didn't I?

    southerngirl67 replied to annaedRN's topic in NCLEX

    I promise it will be okay. I have been a nurse for so long that I had to take a test for a day and a half, then I had to wait 6 weeks for my results.

13. Aspiring Nurses: Why not Med School??

    southerngirl67 replied to muurman's topic in Pre-Nursing

    You are comparing apples to oranges

14. Just needing some reassurance

    southerngirl67 replied to Happeetxn's topic in General Nursing

    You are very smart to get out of that situation.

15. what do you all think about 12 hour shifts?

    southerngirl67 replied to emmycRN's topic in General Nursing

    I personally don't mind 12 hour shifts, but I think 3 in a row should usually be the limit.