Natkat BSN, MSN, RN

Corrections, neurology, dialysis

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    How to handle inappropriate pt behavior in Home Hemo?

    Natkat replied to starbin's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I would tell the nursing home that keeping a patient on dialysis once they have asked to come is patient abuse and false imprisonment. You CANNOT leave them on if they want to come off. Your loyalty...
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    Ready to quit. Advice please!

    Natkat replied to christmasjmt's topic in General Nursing

    Two things. Mmmm hmmmmm. Yes they are important. In fact I think nurses should do what they can to make their bathroom breaks more important and stand their ground about it. Nurses already do...
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    Surprise!! Suprise!!- Yet Again another reason I'm hightailing it outta there!!

    Natkat replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    It's truly frightening how short staffed nursing homes are. Imagine how much worse it will be when the elderly population will explode. I shudder to think about
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    Dealing with Difficult

    Natkat replied to slaterd's topic in General Nursing

    Ha. We have a saying. "I'm going to go home and leave him right here." I deal with it by letting them rant while I'm mentally planning my grocery list in my head. Meanwhile their mouths are moving...
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    Davita Acute job

    Natkat replied to NoMoreStudying's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Chronic means you work in a unit and dialyze patients who come there for regular appointments. It usually means you have to start very early in the morning 4 or 5 a.m. depending on the facility. You...
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    Just took the NCLEX RN

    Natkat replied to ERpinup's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    All of us are in the same boat......or we were. Everyone feels that they failed NCLEX. Just hang in there. You probably did fine. I had 15 "check all that apply" questions. I think some of them...
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    Help,...a passive-aggressive bully at work,...

    Natkat replied to momthenRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Tough situation. I'm so sorry. In my years of dealing with bullies and difficult people, talking to managment NEVER WORKS. It only makes things worse. If you are the type of person who jumps in and...
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    Davita Acute job

    Natkat replied to NoMoreStudying's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Hmmm. Not sure. We work four days a week with call once a week. Recently though two nurses quit and a third didn't renew her agency contract. Since then we've been working longer hours and taking...
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    After a few years of nursing, you don't care anymore?

    Natkat replied to jenthehen828's topic in General Nursing

    It may not be true for everyone, but it's true for me. The patients I deal with are very difficult and it's not their fault. Dialysis patients hate their lives and I can't say I blame them. Some of...
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    Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    Natkat replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    good point, but that's not how it shows up on the test. what's done in real life doesn't matter when we're taking nclex. for the purposes of this forum we have to go with the information as it will...
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    Davita Acute job

    Natkat replied to NoMoreStudying's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I feel exactly the same way you do. I work for Fresenius. Good, bad or indifferent, what I love about my job is the people. My team is very supportive and helpful. I know I would never get this kind...
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    After a few years of nursing, you don't care anymore?

    Natkat replied to jenthehen828's topic in General Nursing

    I think the secret is not trying to get your needs to be a caretaker met through nursing. If you go into nursing hoping to feel better about yourself through what you do for others, you will get your...
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    Why did I ever go into Nursing?

    Natkat replied to chocolate123's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You have some great options available to you. You could find a better unit, a better facility, or ride it out. I just want to share my experience. I work as a dialysis nurse and almost every day I'm...
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    I went off on a family member...and I don't feel bad about it.

    Natkat replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    oh wow, is that ever the truth. i dealt with the a ward clerk the other day who was on the phone the entire time i was there. she gave me attitude every time i asked her a question. i picked up a...
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    Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Natkat replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Boy isn't that the truth. I have stopped saying "I'm a nurse" and say either "I work in a hospital" or "I'm in the medical field" to keep people from hijacking entire conversations to discuss an...
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    Pet Peeve

    Natkat replied to BookwormRN's topic in General Nursing

    Orientate. Grrrrr. Irregardless. Gaaaaah! I hate it that our language gets dumbed down just because everyone says it that way. If everyone jumped off a bridge would you do it too? Here are a few of...
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    considering dialysis nursing, input?

    Natkat replied to RNwondering's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    What a great story! I love the "no call bells, no lifting" aspect of the job too. I work the odd Sunday but it's rare. The other bonus is I absolutely love my team. Everyone is so laid back and we...
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    Diagnosis for increased BUN

    Natkat posted a topic in General Students

    Greetings I need help figuring out a diagnosis for this patient. The patient has ESRD and a BUN of 46. When I researched a diagnosis, under ESRD is excess fluid volume r/t decreased urine output AEB...
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    considering dialysis nursing, input?

    Natkat replied to RNwondering's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Yep. For those patients I have great compassion and go the extra mile to help them learn and adapt. For those who have been doing this for a long time and know the deal, I don't waste my
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    considering dialysis nursing, input?

    Natkat replied to RNwondering's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    That sounds like a great situation. We don't have an acute unit. We're mobile and do dialysis at the bedside one at a time. I also like it that we aren't pressured to get the patient on like they do...
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    considering dialysis nursing, input?

    Natkat replied to RNwondering's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    You really need the time in chronic before you go to acutes. You need to have everything in the world go wrong with your machine in a setting where you have other people around you to teach you how to...
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    What field of Nursing will you work in??? & best/worst place to work?

    Natkat replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Nursing

    How very true. I work in dialysis and sometimes the patients can be so, um, not like any people you'll ever meet, and they can be a challenge to work with. Last week I had an unhappy family member...
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    Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Natkat replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    That as a dialysis nurse I would have know more about plumbing - and I mean the kind that has to do with pipes and showers and water, not the human kind - than I ever imagined. That I would need to...
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    Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Natkat replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Sometimes? You are too kind. I'd say most of the
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    HELP ! I leave Tomorrow

    Natkat replied to dmkm2001's topic in Travel

    Yep. Try