armynurse,rn

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1. dailysis meds help

   armynurse,rn replied to jerzie0820's topic in Urology

   I usually add that although we try to return all their rbc's on rinse back, they loose some in the lines/system. If you do this every treatment 3x wk, one is bound to become a lil anemic. I also explain that iron and epo kind of go hand in hand. If E...

2. pt weights

   armynurse,rn replied to armynurse,rn's topic in Urology

   no crit line. just basic Fresenius H model machines and as of today, still no scale. There was a MD order for his dialysis despite not having a scale. What kind of licensure issues might this cause, if the if a doctor's order to treat him?

3. pt weights

   armynurse,rn posted a topic in Urology

   I went to a facility that had no hoyer with scale or wheel chair scale but had a pt that was a fairly new BKA. We had no way of weighing this pt. I was told by the charge nurse that they were using fluid assessment to come up with a uf per treatment....

4. cathlock heparin

   armynurse,rn posted a topic in Urology

   Can anyone tell me how often do you change out the heparin in the catheter lumen if the catheter is not in use? I have a few patients that have catheters still in place but we are using their permanent access for dialysis. I was changing the heparin ...

5. treatment sheet charting

   armynurse,rn posted a topic in Urology

   I was wondering if anyone can direct my to a resource that talks about what the PCT could legally chart on the dialysis flowsheet? At my clinic I have a tech that often records things like, BP extremely high or records a pt has chest pain when pt wa...