NephRN

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1. How much do you make?

   NephRN replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   RN Florida Dialysis (In patient/acute) $23/hr

2. On Call Shifts

   NephRN replied to PhantomRN's topic in General Nursing

   I do in-patient (in hospital) dialysis with about 13 other RN's and we each take call an average of three to four times per month. I'd say that about 60% of the time, we get called in during the night. (The unit is open and fully staffed throughout...

3. CRRT: Who does it??

   NephRN posted a topic in Urology

   I am a dialysis nurse working in an inpatient, acute care setting. Where I work, the dialysis staff sets up the CRRT (PRISMA), provides teaching to the critical care staff, changes the set-up when the sytem clots, makes the changes when there is a c...

4. CRRT: Is it a dialysis or a Critical Care procedure?

   NephRN posted a topic in MICU

   I am a dialysis nurse working in an inpatient, acute care setting. Where I work, the dialysis staff sets up the CRRT (PRISMA), provides teaching to the critical care staff, changes the set-up when the sytem clots, makes the changes when there is a c...

5. Expected salary for new dialysis RN-with no experience

   NephRN replied to Hum'nbird's topic in Urology

   Yikes!! Feeling bad for the RN in the UK... and I thought Florida pay was bad! I am, however, feeling good about Florida pay now that I see what nurses in Ohio and PA are making. Don't worry, it's comparable... I just always always thought that "N...

6. Infection control/machine maint.

   NephRN posted a topic in Urology

   I am curious to know what other areas do in regard to disinfecting their dialysis machines after known or suspected Hep A,B, or C, HIV, STD's, MRSA, VRSA, VRE, etc. as opposed to how they disinfect their machines after patients who are not suspected ...

7. Re-entry into dialysis

   NephRN replied to TIK's topic in Urology

   Hello, You didn't mention what part of the country you are from, of course, this will have an impact on much money you will make. It has been my experience, in Florida, that inpatient and outpatient areas pay about the same. I won't even go into ...

8. recirculation studies

   NephRN replied to Sharon Niemi's topic in Urology

   Sharon, Do you use Crit-lines (In-Line Diagnostics) where you work? They are extremely valuable pieces of equipment when you need to establish a new dry weight or challenge an existing dry weight. They are also invaluable when treating acute or t...

9. are all dialysis managers control freaks???

   NephRN replied to normarae's topic in Urology

   Outpatient dialysis managers are often forced to think of time as money and push their staff to do the same. I work in the inpatient setting for that very reason. I hate to say it but I think of outpatient dialysis as an assembly line... the pressu...