barb o

barb o has 30+ years experience and specializes in Dialysis.

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1. Good dialysis travel companies

   barb o replied to Dani1995's topic in Travel

   Check out AHSRenalstat. They usually have positions opening up in most states. Have worked for them for several contracts, and they never messed up my

2. New travel RN - Tax home / housing question!

   barb o replied to RNinMaine92's topic in Travel

   If you take the housing stipend in lieu of having the agency find a place for you, what you pay for your living arrangement is your business. For all anyone cares, you could live in a mobile home....

3. Local Travel

   barb o replied to Mashedpotatoes's topic in Travel

   You have to work over 50 miles from home to get tax free benefits. Less than that, base hourly pay on what you make now. If you already have 2 jobs, hard to imagine you would find anything but prn....

4. Dialysis nursing

   barb o replied to elessard's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   The hours and call usually kill the nurses doing it. More and more patients are needing HD. Production line mentality in out-patient clinics, and docs who are paternalistic instead of collaborative....

5. Labs after dialysis

   barb o replied to kristin10's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Our nephrologists always stated to wait at least 4 hours after a treatment, and that was only if it was truly

6. Salary

   barb o replied to dream06's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I have been working travel contracts, so the pay is different due to tax free pay being part of the package. As a "local", however, I have made or have been offered from $42.50 to $52 per hour in a...

7. Low Diastolic Pressure - I mean REALLy Low

   barb o replied to AlabamaBelle's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Low diastolics are seen in patients who don't have long to live because, like this one, they have crappy hearts. You mentioned the MAP but didn't say what it was. It may be the best parameter to use...

8. Securing ET tubes

   barb o replied to mcline's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   We use adhesive tape but make sure to change positions every day or two, or when the tape becomes really gross from secretions. If this is done religiously, chances for breakdown are minimized. The...

9. INTRA AROTIC BALLOON PUMP RATIO/RN/PT

   barb o replied to mror44's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Our policy is that IABP patients are 1:1. However, when the patient is a stable postop who had the balloon inserted for chest pain as opposed to failure or shock, and when a nurse who knows what he...

10. culture of surgical ICU

    barb o replied to klimasr's topic in MICU, SICU

    First off, let me congratulate you for having the nerve to say you are management--but then, you are new and probably don't know better than to admit your status. Or, perhaps you work in one of the...