kmcourt66

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1. Tech Certification....what's everybody else doing

   kmcourt66 replied to Kelly_the_Great's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I work in Mass. All of out tech's just took the exam (16 of them) and all but 2 passed. They said it was all patient care oriented. No calculations and such. The book they were studying out of was...

2. Buttonholing

   kmcourt66 replied to GeauxNursing's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   we have many successful buttonholed patients in our unit. we always have the same RN or tech establish the button hole usual takes about 3 - 6 cannulations/treatments then once established anyone can...

3. Drawing P.T./INR on Catheter patients

   kmcourt66 replied to sueinga's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   In our dialysis unit we aspirate 5cc from both ports of catheter, draw any other lab we need then hook up arterial catheter let the blood run round and before hooking up venous port draw PT/INR from...

4. How big (or small) is your unit?

   kmcourt66 replied to cranky's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Our unit has 24 hemodialysis chairs. We run 6 days per wk. with 4-5 RN's and 4 Techs per shift. We run 4 shifts of pt's per day. We start at 6am and close at 11pm. Busy,

5. What do you *LOVE* about nursing?

   kmcourt66 replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

   I love being a nurse!! I love the challenge. I love to help my patients and families cope with their loved ones illness. I love to tell everyone I am a nurse! I love to learn something new every...

6. new dialysis nurse and lovin it!

   kmcourt66 replied to kmcourt66's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Thanks DeLana...I will definately keep you in mind over the next weeks if I come across issues that I am sure will arise as time goes on. There is so much to renal/hemo dialysis. My unit has never...

7. new dialysis nurse and lovin it!

   kmcourt66 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Hi everyone...I am a new RN and I just finished my first week of orientation/ training with many more to come as a dialysis nurse. The unit I am working on is awesome. We are part of a hospital and...

8. Who got hired quickly after grad?

   kmcourt66 replied to kjmathews's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

   Hi...I applied for my new job about a month before I took my boards and was hired and my job was saved for me. I didnt realize that you could apply for a job before I graduated! Lucky I found that...

9. Need INFO

   kmcourt66 replied to MissKookai's topic in General Nursing

   Hi...I just passed my boards last week. I bought NCLEX box of flash cards and carried the box wherever I went so I could go through question after question. These are great b/c it has 3 - 4 questions...

10. Let's introduce ourselves...

    kmcourt66 replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey everyone I just passed my boards last week!!!! I will be starting my new RN carreer next week as a dialysis nurse. I am so excited. I am new to this web site and after browsing around am glad...

11. New Nurse

    kmcourt66 replied to Joesgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there...Getting out into your nursing career will be the hardest part...but hang in there and go in with both eyes open! Once you have a job lined up I suggest re-reading over some of your basic...