Meegan

Meegan

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  1. Feeling very sad today

    Maggie, I am humbled by your posting. I work in a chronic dialysis unit where colleagues and i remind myself that we are doing the best we can to help people prolong their lives after their kidneys have failed. They either are transplanted or they di...
  2. hospice nursing perspective

    I am in my last semester of school, doing some work on the ethical issues surrounding "futile care." Realizing that by the time hospice enters into a terminally ill patient's care, there has been some agreement reached among patient and family as to ...
  3. Exercise programme during dialysis?

    Hello karenp, The unit where I work in No. Calif. has an exercise program involving stationary bikes for patient use during treatments. At the onset of the program, staff was a part of it also, with teams of staff and patients together committing to...
  4. Infirmier(es) Francais en dialyse

    Chris196, Thankyou for the translation. I responded without thinking first and am sorry for that. froggie, Good luck with your search.
  5. Infirmier(es) Francais en dialyse

    Are you excluding English-speaking nephrology nurses? I'm just curious. Not understanding or speaking French is an obvious barrier to responding to your message. Meegan
  6. Head Lice

    I guess in the same vein as olive oil is mayonaise. Have heard of this treatment from a school nurse in my district but haven't tried it.
  7. Painless Injections

    I work in dialysis where its common practice to inject a small amount of xylocaine just under the skin at the place where 15g. needles will subsequently be placed for treatment. The trade-off for not feeling the larger gauge needles is to have to exp...
  8. transplant nursing

    I, too, am interested in the post-transplant area, having worked in dialysis for the last 4 years. In the clinic setting, I've gotten to know , and get close to, patients who undergo treatment 3 times per week and wish to know more about the time aft...
  9. broadening of scope

    School Nurses, How are you responding to the increased healthcare needs of the school population? As societal problems are mirrored in the increased incidence of teenage pregancies, drug abuse, child abuse, poverty, std's and communicable diseases i...
  10. 04:48 PM

    I spent four years working in Med/Surg, Telemetry, and O.B. while I also began my family. After my third child, I decided things might be smoother if I took an offered job at a pediatric clinic, and from there went on to work for a G.P. in solo pract...