nursefiggy

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About nursefiggy

I work at Vanderbilt Dialysis Clinic in Nashville. I am an LPN studying to become an RN.

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  1. 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
  2. Considering Dialysis Nursing...Advice Please!

    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 continuity of care. As a nurse, you would have to lea...
  3. RCG acquires NNA

    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.
  4. Parameters/Indicators for use of Crit Line?

    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 times to use a crit line. Also, if you have that pt tha...
  5. RCG acquires NNA

    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 doing catheters, meds, heparins, trouble shooting, etc...
  6. RCG acquires NNA

    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 changed the role of LPNs in the dialysis setting too. I...
  7. RCG acquires NNA

    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, Inc., (NNA). We expect to complete the acquisition on ...
  8. 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 of the worse nurses I have ever run across. One woul...
  9. info on TN please

    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 short driving distance to Nashville. Montgomery Count...
  10. First LPN job, here I come...

    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) and found a job in dialysis and I have been here two y...
  11. 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 being compassionate.
  12. Any RCG emplyees out there?

    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 director until last year. Nashville is also the bus...
  13. Do you use crit lines?

    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 lab! We can check a hct and give blood if necessary i...
  14. Any RCG emplyees out there?

    mittels, are you RCG, too? I love our clinic here at Vanderbilt.
  15. BP dropping at beginning of tx=need help

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