Farkinott RN

Farkinott has 22 years experience as a RN and specializes in Renal, Haemo and Peritoneal.

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1. Have you ever heard of this? UGH!!!!

   Farkinott replied to Heloisea3's topic in General Nursing

   It's her placenta for heaven's sake. A friend of mine had a homebirth and buried the placenta under a tree in the yard. Weird 4 me but an important part of their spiritual pathway. Who is hurt? Answer is noone! Lighten up! Marc Townsville

2. dialysis straight out of school?

   Farkinott replied to AlwaysTired's topic in Urology

   I precept new grads a couple of times a year. It doesn't matter whether you have 5 minutes experience or 10 yrs dialysis is a whole new field. I embrace new grads as well as oder nurses that have decided on a job change. If u are keen and willing t...

3. dumping the prime

   Farkinott replied to sueinga's topic in Urology

   As I previously said. We always dump the prime. marc

4. dumping the prime

   Farkinott replied to sueinga's topic in Urology

   We always "dump the prime". It is only ever returned if the pt is clinically dehydrated or hypotensive.

5. Clots Clots And More Clots!!!!!!

   Farkinott replied to dinurse's topic in Urology

   Try Clexane (enoxaparin)

6. migration stuffs...

   Farkinott replied to rhenmag9's topic in International

   I worked with a Filiponi nurse years ago and at that stage she had to undertake 8 weeks of supervised practice for no remuneration. I don't know if she ever got her licence. It is easier for others from countries where the study is a lot closer to ...

7. What's special about male nurses?

   Farkinott replied to GBS_Fan's topic in General Nursing

   I think male nurses are different because we tend to talk in plain language! I can recall an incident where one of my female colleagues was asking a confused old man if he "wanted to go for a wee?" After watching her vain attempt for about 5 mins I...

8. What makes a good dialysis nurse?

   Farkinott replied to Room2Move's topic in Urology

   I agree with DeLana. It's hard to tell if anyone will like renal work. Two qualities/skills are a must though. You need good assessment skills and need to be a skilled observer.

9. 6% "take off" rule

   Farkinott replied to traumaRUs's topic in Urology

   Our unit rule is 1kg per hour maximum and isolated UF (eg. 1000ml in 30 min) if they are really overloaded! 6% sounds about right though.

10. What is KTVO?

    Farkinott replied to roseynurse345's topic in Urology

    Just type kt/v into dogpile.com (search engine) and you should find enough information to keep you happy:nuke:

11. Patient hostility...HELP!

    Farkinott replied to shannon8282's topic in Urology

    Thankfully my facility has a zero violence policy. Crap is just not tolerated and the higher ups (by law) have to enforce this policy. As for the infected catheter. That guy will just get sicker and sicker until it is removed. Why don't you just ...

12. How much do your PCT's do?

    Farkinott replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in Urology

    We don't use unregulated staff like PCT's. My dialysis unit is staffed by BSN's only!

13. How are male nurses perceived?

    Farkinott replied to hemlok2's topic in General Nursing

    Default Re: How are male nurses perceived? "My experience has been that they are perceived the same as females...by ability, not the hardware under the uniform. Your statement about the "very senior" nurse may answer your entire question.....the olde...

14. How are male nurses perceived?

    Farkinott replied to hemlok2's topic in General Nursing

    My experience has been that they are perceived the same as females...by ability, not the hardware under the uniform. Your statement about the "very senior" nurse may answer your entire question.....the oldest generation of nurses may have a more diff...

15. Ethical considerations

    Farkinott replied to globetrotter's topic in General Nursing

    Thankfully if I feel I cannot deal with a patient because i have issues with who they are or what they have done my organisation accepts that and I wil be reassigned. If you loathe someone and can't provide a level of care that you would to any othe...