My concern is more related to future employment; I am graduating from NP school in December and concerned most employers will slow hiring for the first part of 2017.
I think you answered your own questions. Yes I am interviewing at a lot of other locations because "I am a new grad in a highly saturated area... and since I'm single and love to travel I have no problem relocating". Then explain what about the jo...
I actually am a charge nurse, I additionally fill in for our dialysis coordinator when she is on vacation or sick. So I have had some experience in that regard. We are in the process of switching to a new computerized charting system for dialysis as ...
Do you have access to a Critline. I think it would be helpful to actually see if the patient is shifting fluids or not. Additionally, put the patient on some oxygen. Just 2 liters can make a big difference. I agree with another post to evaluate blood...
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Give it a little more time. I started in a high acuity SICU at a University Hospital. Was terrifying the first year. Then one day in the elevator before my shift I realized, I wasn't even thinking about all the things which could go wrong over the ne...
I have been an RN for about 10 years. Finishing up my BSN now and wanting to move onto a Masters Program. However I'm having a difficult time deciding what career path.I have always worked in an Acute Care setting (SICU and Acute Dialysis). Our NP's ...
I would check out facilities policy first, however, a temporary hemodialysis cath. (femoral,IJ, or Subclavien) should be able to be pulled by an RN. The procedure is the same as for any other central line: HOB down, have patient take breath in and ho...
Excuse me, I work for a hospital dialysis unit that is actually contracted to FMC. We use FMC Policy and Procedure....and we use heparin 5000 units/cc as our catheter fills. So I am a bit taken back by your comments regarding hospital based dialysis ...
A dialysis patients access is there life line. Without it they could die in in a few days to a week or so. Hemodialysis also requires that access to be able to handle blood flow rates up to 350-400ml/min and sustain that rate for hours at a time. So ...
I suspect you work in a md owned/operated dialysis unit. State and Federal regulators may be interested in checking the place out.....I would recommend reporting any unsafe practices....
We still use 0 k baths for patients with high (7+ potassium levels) but only for an hour and then finish the treatment with 1k. some of our physicians will do zero k the first hour, 1k the 2nd hr, and 2k the third hr.
I work in the acute setting and my experiance has been that physicians may use a 3k bath instead of the 2k bath in patients who experiance more ectopy at lower K+ levels and viceversa, It is important to remember that each person is different and jus...