seppuku

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1. AVF

   seppuku replied to cpdialysisnurse's topic in Urology

   Do you guys not do Access Flow testing? We do ours monthly and it basically tells us the blood flow through the fistula or graft. You can then see monthly trends if the flow is getting slower. If it's coupled with increasing arterial / venous press...

2. Frustrated

   seppuku replied to rscs92's topic in Urology

   Here is what I know. The field of nursing does not allow time for everything to be done by the book, it is impossible. EVERYONE does shortcuts. Shortcuts such as drawing all your meds at the start of the day, using clamps on every single patient, rin...

3. Ultrafiltration Profiling

   seppuku replied to ram_8582's topic in Urology

   First of all, no not all three modes are part of every dialysis. Ultrafiltration, yes. But UF and sodium profiling are only used for certain patients. Majority of patients do not. Now, to answer your questions: 1- No. As far as I know, profiling ...

4. Dialysis staff nurse salary in US

   seppuku replied to bambam123's topic in Urology

   Hawaii $50/hr job rate.

5. Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection

   seppuku replied to scadeleon's topic in Urology

   ​I'd agree with the doctor and wouldn't send him to the hospital unless he became septic (fever, hypotensive, etc...) because other than positive cultures and pain (normal for uti), he seems okay. It's when the infection gets into the bloodstream th...

6. Pros/Cons of dialysis nursing

   seppuku replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Urology

   1) Yes its true you don't need dialysis nurse certification (CDN/CNN) to get hired. For my company, it is optional and we get a tiny tiny raise if we do get it. 2) There are more than 2 types of dialysis nursing. The main ones I can think of right ...

7. Practical scrub color in Dialysis...

   seppuku replied to jodhime's topic in Urology

   I wear black, grey, and dark colors because honestly, they look cool. No patient has yet to complain of my scrubs being depressing because 1) im wearing PPE like 80% of the time so all they see is white anyway and 2) its all about your attitude. If ...

8. New to dialysis, need advice

   seppuku replied to ParrotHead_RN's topic in Urology

   as one of the other posters said, your techs will make or break you. If they dont know what they're doing or are just plain lazy, then you will suffer. My usual crew of techs is fortunately very good and even when I do 16 hour shifts, it seems only...

9. Uf profiling

   seppuku replied to ffliper27's topic in Urology

   UF profiling basically adjusts the rate that fluids are taken out of a patient. With no UF profile on, the machine will remove fluids at a constant rate that is determined by your fluid goal and treatment time. With Uf profiling, you can alter the ...