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It's her placenta for heaven's sake. A friend of mine had a homebirth and buried the placenta under a tree in the yard. Weird 4 me but an important part of their spiritual pathway. Who is hurt? Answer is noone! Lighten up! Marc Townsville

I precept new grads a couple of times a year. It doesn't matter whether you have 5 minutes experience or 10 yrs dialysis is a whole new field. I embrace new grads as well as oder nurses that have decided on a job change. If u are keen and willing to learn then u will do well. marc

As I previously said. We always dump the prime. marc

We always "dump the prime". It is only ever returned if the pt is clinically dehydrated or hypotensive.

Try Clexane (enoxaparin)

I worked with a Filiponi nurse years ago and at that stage she had to undertake 8 weeks of supervised practice for no remuneration. I don't know if she ever got her licence. It is easier for others from countries where the study is a lot closer to Australia's. good luck though!

I think male nurses are different because we tend to talk in plain language! I can recall an incident where one of my female colleagues was asking a confused old man if he "wanted to go for a wee?" After watching her vain attempt for about 5 mins I went and asked "hey mate, do you want to go for a pi**?" Instant success! A greater ratio of males does keep the bitchiness on a lower level as well.

I agree with DeLana. It's hard to tell if anyone will like renal work. Two qualities/skills are a must though. You need good assessment skills and need to be a skilled observer.

Our unit rule is 1kg per hour maximum and isolated UF (eg. 1000ml in 30 min) if they are really overloaded! 6% sounds about right though.

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Thankfully my facility has a zero violence policy. Crap is just not tolerated and the higher ups (by law) have to enforce this policy. As for the infected catheter. That guy will just get sicker and sicker until it is removed. Why don't you just refuse to use it as it is poor practice to continue using an infected catheter especially as the guy has a good AVF. Your medical staff need to grow some balls!

We don't use unregulated staff like PCT's. My dialysis unit is staffed by BSN's only!

Default Re: How are male nurses perceived? "My experience has been that they are perceived the same as females...by ability, not the hardware under the uniform. Your statement about the "very senior" nurse may answer your entire question.....the oldest generation of nurses may have a more difficult time with accepting male nurses, just as some of the older generation of doctors have a problem with women doctors. If a nurse is what you want to be, go for it and don't pay any attention to what she said. Nursing and doctoring are partners, but they are also very different." BRAVO tazzieRn!!!!!!!

My experience has been that they are perceived the same as females...by ability, not the hardware under the uniform. Your statement about the "very senior" nurse may answer your entire question.....the oldest generation of nurses may have a more difficult time with accepting male nurses, just as some of the older generation of doctors have a problem with women doctors. If a nurse is what you want to be, go for it and don't pay any attention to what she said. Nursing and doctoring are partners, but they are also very different. BRAVO!!!!!!

Thankfully if I feel I cannot deal with a patient because i have issues with who they are or what they have done my organisation accepts that and I wil be reassigned. If you loathe someone and can't provide a level of care that you would to any other client then you need to acknowledge that and make note of it to your superiors. As nurses we are human and we need to acknowldege it.