Par1 LPN

Par1 has 46 years experience as a LPN and specializes in General, LTC, Nephrology.

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1. Dialysis catheters

   Par1 replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

   I've never heard of a "Shiley" catheter either and I've been in dialysis >37 years. And it sounds like the nurses you work with need to bone up on new developments. Subclavian catheters went out...

2. Another Holiday Season

   Par1 replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

   I've been in dialysis nursing for 37 years and we always see more transplants this time of year. My roommate got a Kidney Pancreas transplant on December 30th. I hate the thought that all these...

3. dialysis nurse question

   Par1 replied to ISTJ nurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   It is unfortunate that you are not being allowed to stick more patients. The only way to get better at this is to do it. Maybe you could take one patient from each of the pods or areas to stick with...

4. Tell me about your nurse manager

   Par1 replied to Ra3liana's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with others - try to have a conversation with her, but in the end what she is doing is harassment/bullying. I had a manager similar to this and when I confronted her manager nothing happened....

5. Hello Pain my old friend........

   Par1 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nurse Diary's Entries

   I'm sorry for your pain my friend. I fractured my femur last year coming off a horse and had hardware removal this year due to pain. I also have chronic back pain made worse by some complications...