NephroBSN

NephroBSN BSN, RN

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  1. UF Profiling

    NephroBSN replied to SotaRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

  2. UF Profiling

    NephroBSN replied to SotaRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Excuse me but not to confuse newbie's to dialysis let's keep the vernacular consistent. It's UF PROFILING and SODIUM

  3. UF Profiling

    NephroBSN replied to SotaRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Excuse me but not to confuse newbie's to dialysis let's keep the vernacular consistent. It's UF PROFILING and SODIUM

  4. Accessing ports.....can you do it?

    NephroBSN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    One other thing that might be happening here is this. A port is used for chemo and shouldn't be accessed willy nilly. It is a life line Dialysis patients have a CVC and are told explicitly not to let...

  5. Value Care Value Nurses campaign

    NephroBSN replied to NYTramaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want an 8 hour

  6. Anybody studying for the CNN ?

    NephroBSN replied to TGIMN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    You can find the requirements for sitting for the CNN at this site www.annanurse.org Basically: BSN Two years nephorolgy nursing. 30

  7. Lots of questions

    NephroBSN replied to rodggang's topic in Travel

    I"ll try to go one by one with your ?'s. I'd start now to investigate companies. Look at their websites and start culling. Look for health insurance, 401k, dental insurance, short term and long term...

  8. UF Profiling

    NephroBSN replied to SotaRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Can't really give you any formal info. I've been in hemo since 1987. I've seen alot of changes. Remember hemo is a relatively new field compared to OB or surgery. All of us are still learning the...

  9. Thnking of Hemo nursing

    NephroBSN replied to ark-two's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Excellent post. You've pretty much summed it all up. I will say that after you get those first couple of years in it will slow down because you will have "seen it all" pretty much and just know...

  10. Thnking of Hemo nursing

    NephroBSN replied to ark-two's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    You will learn dialysis OJT On the Job Training. You can't get ceritfied until you've been in it for a year. Certified Hemodialysis Nurse and Certified Nephrology Nurse is two years with BSN. You...

  11. Advice

    NephroBSN replied to Mantibob's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    show an interest. don't be a bump on a log. ask questions to show interest. i didn't know a thing about dialysis when i started. there is a nursing shortage in dialysis too. sometimes coming in...

  12. Questions about traveling to alaska

    NephroBSN replied to Rightalong's topic in Travel

    OMG I so wanted to say the best way to get there by car would be a road but I had to hold back....LOLLL Sorry your questions just struck my funny bone. Many nurses travel cross country. I'd set up a...

  13. muscle cramping/pain

    NephroBSN replied to student60's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Yeah I called one about UF profiling and he asked me if it was the same as Na Modeling.. I had to tell him,"If it were the same wouldn't we just call it Na Modeling?" I couldn't help it.. Then I...

  14. Sodium Profile

    NephroBSN replied to SugarHanie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    So when are we gonna work together.. We have compact licenses.. And did ya know SC is compact now....Way

  15. IV antibiotic infusions

    NephroBSN replied to kafo's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Hmmmm I was always under the (mis,, maybe) impression that blood had to be adminstered within 20 minutes of picking it up from the blood bank. Of course I could be wrong..But then again..lolll Nope...

  16. Sodium Profile

    NephroBSN replied to SugarHanie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Yeah I hear some are using 14's.. Gotta have good vascular surgeons for that. I've not seen too many in my travels. Have you? I know Davita is trying to start and maintain it's own interventional...

  17. New grad question for all you pros out there :)

    NephroBSN replied to Maevish's topic in Nursing Career

    I think your years of being an LPN on a M/S unit were invaluable. And because you have nothing to compare it to how can you say it wasn't. You said you finished your orientation in half the time. That...

  18. New grad question for all you pros out there :)

    NephroBSN replied to Maevish's topic in Nursing Career

    Not all of us who think most every nurse should do M/S are M/S nurses.. Actually, I think they should more so since I left M/S than when I did

  19. Sodium Profile

    NephroBSN replied to SugarHanie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    i tend to like profile 2 with big weight gainers. but i like 4 for the

  20. muscle cramping/pain

    NephroBSN replied to student60's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Ditto.. If a patient is consistently going home over the EDW then I will raise EDW. One place I worked we had standing orders for .5k per treatment either way. On the flip side of this coin. I had a...

  21. IV antibiotic infusions

    NephroBSN replied to kafo's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    And for blood early on so you can dialyze off the K.. Where I am now we don't give blood in the unit because we are too far away from the local hospital. Never worked in a unit that didn't give blood...

  22. Button Hole fistula

    NephroBSN replied to jolegel's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I've never done the button hole technique. So I probably shouldn't comment. I don't think I go at the same angle every time. I'm not sure it would work. Nor do I want to work MWF every week for 2-3...

  23. Tell me about your day...

    NephroBSN replied to -Midget-'s topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    cp= chest pain n/v= nausea/vomiting. Pretty common abreviations but if you haven't seem them before how would you know. Us old nurses have to conserve energy ya

  24. Is this my fault

    NephroBSN replied to DialysisTech's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Let's start at the beginning here. IN NO WAY DID YOU DO ANYTHING WRONG. My first response to that DON would have been, "You do know more than I do, so I'm gonna let you put this patient on this...

  25. Hemodialysis questions from a confused student!

    NephroBSN replied to Jennifer CA's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I guess I'd have to say the primary responsibilty of the RN in a chronic unit is that every patient receives an adequate, safe treatment. Usually the techs monitor v/s and respond according to...