BlevinsRN

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1. Shortage of plasmapheresis nurses?

   BlevinsRN replied to EnergizerNurse's topic in Urology

   I work in acute hemodialysis in a hospital. We are trained to do plasmapheresis.

2. Pheonix Machines

   BlevinsRN replied to Chipola's topic in Urology

   My understanding is that this comes from the Prisma. The FDA put a hold on their shipments because of the possibility of the Prisma machine taking off more fluid than programmed. There were deaths linked to this problem. We were inserviced by Gamb...

3. Acute dialysate baths

   BlevinsRN replied to Bldspinner's topic in Urology

   I have not heard of that yet. My facility recently underwent our survey and that did not come up. We have 0k and 2k baths. We mix our 1k and 4k. Curious to see if this will be nationwide.

4. Pheonix Machines

   BlevinsRN replied to Chipola's topic in Urology

   We got the Gambro Phoenix Machines in December. It did take a little while to get used to them. We had old Cobe machines before. The Phoenix machines have much better features. I agree with the poster above about how you can't take any shortcuts....

5. flipping needles

   BlevinsRN replied to babyboomerRN's topic in Urology

   The only thing I can think of about the venous needle is that there could be a clot that formed at the end of the needle. Flipping and manipulation of the needle could cause the clot to break off. I don't have any research to back this up. I have ...

6. Did I fail the NCLEX?

   BlevinsRN replied to randie's topic in New Nurse

   i'm sorry you don't agree with what i posted. i was just relaying information that was told to me in school. i was also told that there are some people that will have 75 questions and 265 questions no matter what. it is somehow randomely done befo...

7. please help! calculation question

   BlevinsRN replied to sashann's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know if I can explain this very well or not, but I will try. First, solve your problem to see how many ml you would give total. 120mg equals 12 multiplied by 1ml which equals 12ml 10mg Now I'm sure there's a way to set this up but I don...

8. Did I fail the NCLEX?

   BlevinsRN replied to randie's topic in New Nurse

   Getting 75 questions is usually a good sign. I only had 75 questions and I passed. Actually, everyone I know that got 75 questions passed. Statistically, more people with 75 questions pass The whole getting the last question wrong thing only appli...

9. Failed because of the HESI? Huh?

   BlevinsRN replied to jeepgirl's topic in General Nursing

   My school just began using the HESI for the upcoming students. We started with ATI. Our pass rate on the NCLEX the year before me was bad. In other words, I think that schools use this because they don't really care if you graduate or not. They h...

10. How did your school prepare you for the NCLEX?

    BlevinsRN replied to MarylandNsgStudent's topic in NCLEX

    My school used ATI. They also gave us the option of taking the Hesi test too but we used ATI through all of the semesters. Pretty much all of the students took the hesi and the ATI predicter test. I don't really feel as if ATI is very good. Our...

11. CNA Question

    BlevinsRN replied to Soon2BNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mean to sound rude but I don't really agree with you. I don't consider your examples listed as demonstrating the use of nursing judgement. Not doing a bp in an arm with a dialysis catheter or not feeding a patient who is slouched down does ...

12. Nursing assistant ??

    BlevinsRN replied to bmburke78's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I don't know if you would want to do this or not, but you could try getting a hired in a different department. It depends on the hospital I guess. At mine, for example, you could work in dietary, patient transport, supply, clerical, and others I ju...

13. Fear of Nursing and Bedside Care

    BlevinsRN replied to angelica_rn2b's topic in General Nursing

    I've thought the same things you have. I graduated May 2005. I still feel apprehensive about some things and I still ask lots of questions throughout my shift. I remember very clearly the time before the last semester of school. It is difficult t...

14. Does your facility use military time?

    BlevinsRN replied to Maynmom's topic in General Nursing

    We use military time at my facility. I'm so used to it, I couldn't imagine not using it now.