babyboomerRN RN

we disinfect all of our machines each working day,even our spare one.the concern would be if we needed that machine and it had not been disinfected and routine cultures drawn,how would you know if that machine was safe to use? hope this helps!

hi guys! i'm looking for any input that anyone has re: flipping needles. we occ have to flip arterial needles when pressures are high but i can't find any info ANYWHERE with regards to flipping the venous. for some reason it sticks in my head that y...

again,thanks for the replies but i think i may have worded the question wrong. i'm looking for information on flipping the venous needles after cannulation! you know how sometimes the arterial needle needs to flipped after treatment has started d/t h...

thanks to everyone for the replies but i still don't know if flipping the venous needle is ok or not... also kat1994, i'm not sure if you meant that you occ. pull needles w/o flipping them back but we were always taught that the needles must go back ...

some of my patients tell me that they can taste ferrlecit that we give during dialysis and apparently it tastes pretty bad! i usually give lifesavers to those patients that complain and that seems to help.

hi! is your grandma receiving dialysis treatments via her fistula? if so they can certainly be drawing her labs pre-treatment. and if she does have a fistula or a graft in place no one should be using that arm for anything other than dialysis.

love love love the phoenix machines! i have total trust in them,you can't take any shortcuts w/them. but they are the only machines i've ever worked on except a very brief time w/cobe machines. so my opinion may be a little one-sided! good luck!

If your pt. is a dialysis pt with a fistula you "feel the thrill" which is a buzzing sensation, the bruit is a whooshing sound that you can hear with a stethoscope. Hope this helps!

OMG!!!!! where is your manager? he/she should be dealing w/this behavior NOW... keep in mind that yes, staff and pt's do become close and yes, they do form relationships that might be a little more "casual and laid back" than your typical nurse/pt.r...

hi! don't let her get to you! it took me about 5 months to stop using my index cards completly! ( i highly recommend you also make index cards w/each step written down for set up,rinseback,etc.) i was not mechanically inclined at all!! it took me abo...

hi! welcome to allnurses! the blood flow rate depends on the needle size,may also depend on what type of machine you're using. 17gauge needles w/new access usually run 300bfr,16gauge needles may run 350 and 15 gauge needles run 450-500 per md order a...

my thoughts and prayers are also with all of you and your loved ones.

glad to hear you had a much better treatment run!

hi! does your md have standing orders for acute runs? did you give the albumin as ordered? i'm sure you also tried putting the pt in min.ufr to help w/bp's. i'm asking these questions because i've just had the worst 4 acute treatment runs over this p...

hi! we have a two hour window from the time we get paged until we get to hospital and get the pt.on. hope this helps!

we change our cvc site drsgs every treatment. we usually use betadine swabs to clean the site,apply abx.oint and dress w/sterile 2x2 and tegaderm. we modify this as needed per pt. hope this helps!

hi!feel free to e-mail me and i'll fill you in as best i can on dialysis nursing.i work for gambro and do acutes along w/my m-w-f clinic hours! and i love it!!

can you wear a face shield instead? we wear a full face shield as part of our ppe.i don't think i could stand to wear a face mask w/goggles all day.i think you can find face shields at almost any uniform web site.

hi,day2! i also just wanted to say welcome to allnurses! i'm a dialysis rn w/gambro so i can't help you w/your job search but sunny ca.sounds great! good luck!

just to let you know, i'm an rn and i work in dialysis, chronics and acutes. so i really don't understand your question!

i disagree! i was a very active LPN for 20 years and there was no way i could have taken my RN boards w/o taking the bridge program! i was an lpn who always thought that there was no real differance between rn/lpn until i got to school! so please don...

yes,yes,most definitely.i can't imagine a better profession than nursing.my only regret is that i waited so long to get my RN.

thanks so much for posting the above site. i had trouble finding alot of info on crit lines but this site is great.now i've got some info to take to our manager!

i also agree that this is kind of a strange question to ask,considering the type of medication that this is.any drug book would be able to answer your questions.

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