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Then you probably take care of some of my pts when they come through. Lord knows they are in and out of the hospital enough. It is common among dialysis pts to have amputations :crying2:

Dialysis can be very challenging, especially when you are new. It is also very rewarding. If you work in a chronic out pt setting you have an oppertunity to get to know your pts and can give them...

Jnette, You passed the hub of all RCGs. This is where it started, here in Nashville. What you saw was the business office and help desk, payroll, etc.

Our docs will write an order to evaluate a dry wt and we will use the crit line. When a pt has had a hospital stay and you know they have lost good wt, on a transient and new pt are all valuable...

ESRD I know it varies from company to company and state to state what LPNs are used for. What was changed in our clinic because of Medicare law is that LPNs can no longer charge. Now we will be...

Well, NNA staff gets paid aliitle more than we do so I think they will rasie us to meet NNA. We are having ameeting tonight about changes that we will be going through. Medicare laws now have...

To all Renal Care Group Associates: From Gary Brukardt, President and CEO This morning, we announced that Renal Care Group has entered into an agreement to acquire National Nephrology Associates,...

I started at 12, got a 50 cent raise after 6months, another 50 when I got certified and a 5% raise to make a base pay of 13.66 plus 50 cents diff for working in sub acute for a total of 14.16.

At my last yrly eval i got 5% which was the max. This yr it has been changed to 3% and am told I will probably get 2%! I am so mad I am seeing red! I am no where near topping out either! That...

Plenty of jobs. Alot are offering signon bonuses.Pay averages 12-17. Cost of living is moderate.

My first answer would be Vandy, but when my husband was a pt there they were always short staffed, his room was no bigger than a closet and was very hot. I did clinicals at Centennial and saw some...

East TN has the Smokies but most of TN has rolling hills. I live between Nashville and Clarksville in Ashland City. That's Cheatham County. It is pretty expensive to buy a house here as we are a...

I was in contract with the first place i worked. i hated it! The next place i worked (both were in LTC) was much close to home and a little more money. i got burned out in LTC (it only took 2yrs)...

burn unit and pediatrics. Both are way too heartbreaking and i vowed I would always be able to leave work at work. I can't do that if I am emotionally traumatized everyday and i don't want to stop...

Nashville, TN. I'm sorry, I took for granted everyone knew where Vanderbilt was. This is also the first RCG clinic. Dr Hakim, who started RCG with siome ohter docs is still here. He was our medical...

Unfortunately, they are very spendy and break alot. The drs love them though and research has proved that the hcts are very accurate so we can do a hct check without taking blood or sending to a...

mittels, are you RCG, too? I love our clinic here at Vanderbilt.

What aobut UF profiling? Do you have a crit line available? Do you use a sodium profile?

In our clinic that would be referred to the social worker and a contract would be written and they would be required to sign it and it would be discussed with the dr also. If it continued and no one...

On White Bridge Rd? That is where I graduated in '99. All good experiences. It was tough but I did well. (Valedictorian) Look for Tracy Hatcher in the pictures in the hallway. I think it is right...

go to http://www.hemametrics.com/ It is the most valuable tool I have found. Some fo the more difficult pts to dialyze I have figured out their own uf profile. For instance, I know that with a...

I'm with you! Some of our NH pts were getting milk of magnesia and mylanta. (Yikes!) Another big problem is they don't remove their gressings between txs. I have had them to come back after the...

It's one of the hazards of our profession. Earlier this year I was exposed to disseminated varicella. Scared me to death because i've never had chicken pox. My titer showed me to have antibodies,...

NicUGal, "Figgynurse..is your DH dumping? That is what happens to the one girl I work with and she has the exact same symptoms." It soes sound like dumping, doesn't it? But it can happen any...

Which drs do you work with? Our regulars are Lewis,Schullman, Golper and Ikizler. We also have any number of renal fellows at our disposal.