ldyjstce replied to Kadeeja Darden's topic in Career Support
I have been in dialysis for 12 years and have done just about everything. I have been an in-center nurse; a PD nurse; helped with home hemo; currently an acute dialysis travel nurse. I will tell you what I was told when I started . . . you will eithe...
Worked for years in-center and PD. Just took my first Acutes job at the end of March. I was promised a rose garden and the first month was wonderful. Now, I am not seeing that rose garden. I did a 37 hour day (LOL) when 1 RN was on vacation and 1 RN ...
ldyjstce replied to abbyrenalRN's topic in Urology
2 years as a hemo RN and have been a PD RN for 4 months. I get tired of ER, L&D, med-surg, etc., RNs thinking that either is EASY. I have been told that hemo is nothing since you just stick 2 needles in them and let them run for a few hours. BULL...
ldyjstce replied to marylandlpn's topic in Home Health
You are an RN at the assisted living facility? Your patient is inpatient for physical therapy/rehab? The rounding MD ordered lab work on this pt? What is the pt's background medical background? Did the MD provide a reason for requesting labs? Has the...
ldyjstce replied to faithfl's topic in Pre-Nursing
Had my B.S. in another field for many years before going into nursing. I started nursing school at 38 and became an RN at 40. I am 3 years into being an RN and know this is what I am meant to do. NOT CRAZY AT ALL!
PD solution is dextrose based . . . the stronger the dextrose strength, the more fluid pulled. Best explanation my preceptor told me: think of cutting up strawberries, put a little sugar on them and you get a little juice but put a lot of sugar on th...
ldyjstce replied to JillRNColorado's topic in Urology
I wholeheartedly disagree with the statement that new grads shouldn't become Dialysis RNs. I stumbled into dialysis nursing as a new grad and, as everyonein dialysis has experienced at one time or another, there have been days when I ask WHAT AM I DO...
At my clinic (30 chairs) all nurses are required to be BLS and ACLS certified. All PCTs are required to be BLS certified. A code sheet is made out weekly (sometimes daily) as to who does what in the case of a code. Since I started 8 months ago we hav...
I work in a 30 unit center with most chairs filled at each shift (we run 2 shifts per day/6 days per week). There is a definite "power struggle". The techs think the nurses do nothing but sit and chat; I, being an RN, can never get all the work done ...
ldyjstce replied to J.Allen's topic in Uniform/Gear
not sure as to the answer for your question, but i own a card iii steth. i received it my last year in nursing school as a birthday present. suffice it to say that i love :heartbeat:heartbeat it. my thought was that i was going to go into cardio -- n...
hi, guys! i am 2 months into my hd rn job and have yet to have anyone give me the lowdown on the portion of the bundling that will hit on 1/1. i have a legal background as well as a teaching background, so reading the super-inflated medicolegalese (n...
Oh, I just now saw this -- my heart is broken. I, too, just graduated from nursing school and could always count on Daytonite to set me straight on any questions I had. She was such a wonderful teacher I do hope she knows how much we all care(d) for...
It depends on who you have as a teacher. I thought they were both easy. Most people think Moral is easier. Just a hint, get everything out of the way before you go into the program. That is what I did and I am counting down the days until graduation ...
ldyjstce replied to jmunsg2010's topic in Tennessee
I will be graduating in less than a month and I hate to inform you, but the field here is extremely tight. Most of the hospitals do their major recruiting in March/April and secondary recruiting in Octoberish. The market here is so competitive and th...