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Thank you very much for your welcoming and your suggestion:) I would like very much if you moved my thread to the Canadian Forum. I have not figured out yet how to navigate the site (which is great ) I have added your name to my buddy list, and have no idea what that means, but as I said before, I just started, I will find out. Thank you again Siri! huggs form Toronto!:thankya:

HI! your post is almost a month old today when I saw it, so a am assuming your problem has been resolved. FYI in the future, when you dialyze a client with coagulation problems, this is what we do in our unit here in Toronto. We use the Integra machines: we attach a special tubing called the Bioline, or bioflow. This line connects to the venous chamber (the one that usually clots often), and set the machine to deliver 2L of saline per hour. The machine, in this mode, substracts the amount of saline before it reaches the pt. circulation thus allowing for safer fluid removal specially in acute pts. For ambulatory patients who have no significant coag. issues, we do "flushes" of saline, once qh, and we count those in total wt. loss desired. Flushing the circuit and filter with 1ml. or 1:10,000.00 hep. and then discarding as pt. is connected works well. hope this helps.

Hello everyone at allnurses.com.:) I am new here and would like to know more about the site. I guess that by visiting often I will achieve that. One of the main reasons I am here is to find out if there are any study groups for the nclex taking place in toronto. I have 12 years of experience in nephrology nursing and much of the general nursing I will have to review seems too much for me alone:uhoh3: Any one interested in inviting me to study?