Farkinott

Farkinott RN

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  1. Have you ever heard of this? UGH!!!!

    Farkinott replied to Heloisea3's topic in General Nursing

    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?...

  2. dialysis straight out of school?

    Farkinott replied to AlwaysTired's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    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...

  3. dumping the prime

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

    As I previously said. We always dump the prime.

  4. dumping the prime

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

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

  5. Clots Clots And More Clots!!!!!!

    Farkinott replied to dinurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Try Clexane

  6. migration stuffs...

    Farkinott replied to rhenmag9's topic in International Nursing

    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...

  7. What's special about male nurses?

    Farkinott replied to GBS_Fan's topic in General Nursing

    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?"...

  8. What makes a good dialysis nurse?

    Farkinott replied to Room2Move's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    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

  9. 6% "take off" rule

    Farkinott replied to traumaRUs's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    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

  10. What is KTVO?

    Farkinott replied to roseynurse345's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Just type kt/v into dogpile.com (search engine) and you should find enough information to keep you

  11. Patient hostility...HELP!

    Farkinott replied to shannon8282's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    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...

  12. How much do your PCT's do?

    Farkinott replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

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

  13. How are male nurses perceived?

    Farkinott replied to hemlok2's topic in General Nursing

    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"...

  14. How are male nurses perceived?

    Farkinott replied to hemlok2's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  15. Ethical considerations

    Farkinott replied to globetrotter's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  16. dialysis and lasix???

    Farkinott replied to sandimedic/lpn's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    There is nothing wrong with trying a bit of Lasix in this situation. To be honest though the dose needs high! Try

  17. New to HD & equipment--learning curve??

    Farkinott replied to wordsmith's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    It sounds to me like you guys were either putting yourselves under too much pressure or "the system" is not supportive in allowing you to learn. My unit uses preceptors with each new staff member for...

  18. running antibiotics into a permacath?

    Farkinott replied to EDGRADNURSE's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    If the permacath itself is infected it must come out. Nothing wil fix

  19. question about rinsing back

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

    I use the "open" method on all my patients with fistulas unless i am running off in a hurry as I will never be caught with someone shooting blood back into the saline bag. With permacaths/vascaths we...

  20. Feeling very pressured, please help

    Farkinott replied to mia37's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    You are just trying to be a safe practitioner. I work for government health and crap like that would not be tolerated! Well.........maybe it would but if you made a stand there are avenues to deal...

  21. New to Chronic HD

    Farkinott replied to PLTSGT's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    BP, obvious odema, what is the client;s ideal body weight? If they have vomiting and diarrhea play cautious and remove only the wash back. Get an expererienced colleague and talk about your...

  22. Hemodialysis versus Med-Surg

    Farkinott replied to EnergizerNurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Over here haemo encompasses a global nursing approach. I don't believe you will be "hobbling" yourself by starting in haemo. If you can pick up skill quickly in an area like haemo you can pick up...

  23. What helped you learn HD?

    Farkinott replied to AustinRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    time

  24. New to Chronic HD

    Farkinott replied to PLTSGT's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    We always do an oral and visual assessment of our chronic haemo patients. It doesn't take much to observe them walking into the unit. Are they short winded? Do they have obvious odeama? Many of...

  25. ESRD Refusing dialysis

    Farkinott replied to Morning-glory's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The dear lady could last weeks and weeks depending on her oral input. She is to be admired for making such a strong decision as a life on dialysis (especially for those older people who have lived a...