kaffenoir

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1. orientation plan for acute care dialysis units

   kaffenoir replied to Sharon Niemi's topic in Urology

   Sharon, I work for a large university hospital, and the dialysis nurses are required to have BLS, and we encourage ACLS. A nurse must have a minimum of 1 yr. of on the floor dialysis experience, before being aloud to dialyze an ICU patient one on one...

2. Relocating to New Orleans from Florida

   kaffenoir replied to naturalcuriosity's topic in Louisiana

   Hi, I am a RN and my husband works for the airlines, we may be relocating to N.O. I was wondering what area would be a nice safe are to live, and one that is not too far from the airport? He doesn't mind driving 20-30 mins. We have no kids and would ...

3. Are you kidding, texas nurses?

   kaffenoir replied to lorrie's topic in General Nursing

   hi all, i live in cincinnati,ohio, and based on the threads that iam reading iam stunned at some of the salaries that i am seeing. i started out making $24.00/hr as an rn with one year of nursing experience. the agencies here pay an average of $39/...

4. Differentiating IV Dialysis Catheters

   kaffenoir replied to Gldngrl's topic in Urology

   Hi, There are several types of caths. The name is usually on the cath. unless it is old and the name has faded away. Some are temporary and others are permanent tunnelled caths. Kaffenoir

5. Antibiotics during dialysis

   kaffenoir replied to TELEpathicRN's topic in Urology

   Hi, I work in an acute care setting (hosp) and we have a chart which tells you which meds dialyze out. You can get them from the drug reps ie.. Pfizer etc.. Nevertheless, Vancomycin should be given the last hour of the treatment, and gent should be ...

6. Cincinnati Nurses?

   kaffenoir replied to QTRN74's topic in Ohio

   Hi,I am a RN, and I live and work in Cincinnati. Cincinnati has several hospitals. It depends on what you are looking for. The Health Alliance consists of The University Hospital which has a level 1 trauma center. It is a very busy place, but you lea...

7. Some ideas for those thinking about it..

   kaffenoir replied to TMnurse's topic in Entrepreneurs

   Thanks, This is great information. If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing now instead of the above ideas? Do you have any other great ideas? I'm searching for something that will work in a town that is big on healthcare with 5 hospitals in...