EDRN1091 replied to MissM.RN's topic in Connecticut
I started as a new grad in the Hartford area. saint francis and hartford both have new grad nurse residency programs. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses
EDRN1091 replied to WannaBNursey's topic in Emergency
when I started as a new grad I got 9months on the floors (MICA/step down then a GI/remote tele floor for me) then went to the ED.. initially supposed to have 16wks, preceptor got sick and was out due to lap chole so I was on my own after about 9-10 w...
EDRN1091 replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency
I wish our management would consider this. some nurses in my ED will be placed in triage for the whole 12 hours of their day... and for 4-7 shifts in a row! Sent from my iPhone using allnurses
Please come give this talk to the urologist that was irrigating a 3-way in my ED bare handed using an already used basin filled with sterile water (not sterile anymore) and soaking my pts bed because he let it drain all over the sheets, THEN proceede...
Connecticut Interviewed and got residency job April 2013 Graduated May 2013 Nclex July 2013, started 2 weeks later "Graduated" my residency in June 2014
That's interesting to learn there is a machine for PD. I suppose in my region it's more common for people to do the ambulatory version because that's all I've ever done on my PD patients.
There's no machine, it's a bag setup with a drain bag and dialysate bag (think huge IV fluid bag) that hangs from a pole. They are connected by tubing. There is a port on the patients abdomen that is connected (sterile) to the PD infusion/transfer s...