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  1. What should EVERY nurse know about Dialysis

    redknight replied to Twink's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have been a paramedic much lionger than I have been an acute HD nurse. But I apply the concept that we always had said. A wound is like a women, keep it dressed you never get in trouble. Leave the...

  2. LPN mistreated in dialysis

    redknight replied to LPN30's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    :yeah:Nice, it still leaves the fact that and LPN CAN NOT be over an RN.I work for the big F and iy dosn t matter who you work for in the private side of medicine. THEY ARE OUT FOR THE BUCK. They will...

  3. LPN mistreated in dialysis

    redknight replied to LPN30's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    OK Im gonna shoot me self in the foot for this comment.1st off where Im from by state lic board a LPN can not be over a RN. 2nd no way would I let that happen and I would call the board of req. on...

  4. staffing issues

    redknight replied to hello0oNurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Where I`m at with a FMC unit in NH. They have just told the techs they have to get cert. by a certian time frame and this is being req. by medicare. Now the part that kills me is that the gov . comes...

  5. Help

    redknight posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    OK. Can I get some advice as to what to do with myself. Here is my story. I`m`in my late 50 `s any I had always wanted to further my medical career. I`ve held a parmedic lic. even before they were...

  6. Hemodialysis Nurse Job Description (US)

    redknight replied to quackmoonstar's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    :oIwork a reg.sched as a tech. and I`m an RN. I work 4 - 10 hr shifts and on averg. I work 2 shifts as a tech. Talk about role

  7. dilemma between FMC and Davita...which one?anyone?

    redknight replied to JRLO's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I hear you there girl and treat you like one

  8. I Hate Dialysis

    redknight replied to MizzDo~LPN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thank you, I need to clear that I`ve been a nurse for only a year. I have been doing diaylsis for 7 months.Iwas at my other Co. for 18 years as a

  9. I Hate Dialysis

    redknight replied to MizzDo~LPN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thats the way I am too, Soul, I need to be light hearted with my days and enjoy them. This atmospher inwhich I`m in is just not cutting it. Way to anal. Its just not condusive for learning, you make a...

  10. I Hate Dialysis

    redknight replied to MizzDo~LPN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Sorry if it came across that she stated a joke. What she did say was that she would have sex with one of the techs.Iwas across the room and heard her statement and could`nt believe she said it. But....

  11. I Hate Dialysis

    redknight replied to MizzDo~LPN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I hear what you are saying. I`ve been at it as a new nurse for 7 mo. now. Iam an older person that took on nursing at a later time in life.But the situation that I`m in now is that, I do like the job....

  12. Docs yelling at nurses....

    redknight replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    This was before I went to nursing school and was working as a medic, and I still do.Its a vol. dept. fire dept. I and another medic had brought in a pt. who had a reaction to fish and had already...

  13. New grad - possible to start in dialysis?

    redknight replied to NooNieNursie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Its great that you can get that job. I`ve been with FMC for the past 4 months. Be ready to be on your feet for the hole time. I`m not sure where you are working, but I`m in NH and first the pay is...

  14. New grad - possible to start in dialysis?

    redknight replied to NooNieNursie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I`m a new grad and got hired by FMC. Its OK, ut the trainning I think kind of sucked. As soon as the class room was finished there was this almost expectation that you should hit the floor and be able...

  15. New Perm caths and bleeding issues...

    redknight replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Its that good old surg. get them in and get them out esp. on replacements. Those guys are slam bam thank you mam.You`d bleed too with the way I have sem some

  16. considering dialysis nursing, input?

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

    Well, before becoming a nurse. I have and continue to be a paramedic, so I still get my rush, but med/surg. Tried it and found that I ways dealing with to much female BS and how you women have allowed...

  17. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    redknight replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    Well this got me 5min of fame with Jay Leno. I still work for a local vol.fire dept.as a medic. The call came in, in the wee hours of sat. mornin. the pt. presented to me with a pad lock around one of...

  18. considering dialysis nursing, input?

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

    Well, I`ve been in diaylsis now for 1 month, and let me say that prior to becoming a nurse last may. I was and still am a paramedic for the last 25years. So with that being said Ihad my first pt....

  19. LTC State Staffing Tables Jan.2008

    redknight replied to Simplepleasures's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I`m sorry kids ,but the reembursement just dosn`t cover from Medicare and such.BUT they have no prob. sending BILLIONS over to other countries. WHEN will the silent majority wake up and stop this and...

  20. RN opportunities and hiring climate

    redknight replied to LynetteRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh how I`m with you on that. I`m with a new job as a diaylsis nurse. Now mind you I get offers all the time down south, (mass) D/T my strong EMS back ground, but you are so right about eval. your...

  21. RN opportunities and hiring climate

    redknight replied to LynetteRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry you don`t get most of it back.Been working in Ma for over 18 years and they suck you just as anyone else. Live in NH so as far as land taxes at least its deductable on

  22. LTC State Staffing Tables Jan.2008

    redknight replied to Simplepleasures's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ok, Do you think that taking care of that many pts is safe nursing? You can`t tell me that you don`t short cut on nursing? I just get amazed that this is allowed to continue. This is shameful. That...

  23. Oh this !!XXOO!!! "not a good fit"

    redknight posted a topic in General Nursing

    :redbeathe Wel, this is a great formIt is helping me get through one hell of a week. First let me say to those who talk of being to old. I`m 58 and just grad.and got my lic. in one shot.I left a...

  24. Oh this !!XXOO!!! "not a good fit"

    redknight replied to redknight's topic in General Nursing

    It was a SNF unit. The pace is alot diff.from nursing school. where you`d have 1 or 2 pt. as to 24 pts that you are expected to do all the meds. on time.Which I just can not manage to get done. Not...

  25. Dialysis Staffing

    redknight replied to CocoaGirl's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I`m a new grad and have been offered a second interview with FMC.Now that I`ve read a few forms here I`m really concerned about going through with this interview. Am I putting my new grad butt in...