seppuku

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1. AVF

   seppuku replied to cpdialysisnurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, 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...

2. Frustrated

   seppuku replied to rscs92's topic in Dialysis, Renal, 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...

3. Ultrafiltration Profiling

   seppuku replied to ram_8582's topic in Dialysis, Renal, 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...

4. Dialysis staff nurse salary in US

   seppuku replied to bambam123's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Hawaii $50/hr job

5. Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection

   seppuku replied to scadeleon's topic in Dialysis, Renal, 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....

6. Pros/Cons of dialysis nursing

   seppuku replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, 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...

7. Practical scrub color in Dialysis...

   seppuku replied to jodhime's topic in Dialysis, Renal, 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...

8. New to dialysis, need advice

   seppuku replied to ParrotHead_RN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, 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...

9. Uf profiling

   seppuku replied to ffliper27's topic in Dialysis, Renal, 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...