BrantleyRN

THE PROBLEM: Over-tightened or vaccume sealed blood line connections and sterile caps. How does everyone deal with this issue? I have heard of several workarounds myself that include: 1. Two metal hemostats to crank the connection (could damage the c...

Thanks for the responses! Yeah I have heard sometimes the different caps make a slight difference. I feel we need a dialysis tool that would give us grip and leverage on the caps and connections to avoid wasted time dealing with it!

Thanks for the response! Yeah I have heard sometimes the different caps make a slight difference.

Very good topic! When cannulating I always grab the access between 2 fingers on it's sides and sort of pinch it up. This gives me a feel and a visual of my target. Then when I poke I do a hard jab to pass the skin and pop into the graft or fistula, o...

You are right to say the hours are less structured... it is impossible to know how many patients will need running on any given day, especislly if you do multiple modalities (HD, PD, CRRT, Apheresis) However there is more autonomy and a closer workin...