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  1. What If I Had Gastic Bypass?

    nursefiggy replied to debralynn's topic in General Nursing

    I considered the surgery as well. My insurance wouldn't pay. Now I am happy I didn't have it! I am having great success on Atkins. My husband,father, mother, and two sisters have all had the...

  2. middle TN

    nursefiggy replied to nursefiggy's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I don't work in the hospital. We are located across the street in the Village. I don't have to hassle with the prking garages and the long walks. Vandy is huge and confusing! I am actually not a...

  3. Long bleeding times

    nursefiggy replied to 3651bht's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    hmmmm, you think Tums are

  4. Antibiotics during dialysis

    nursefiggy replied to TELEpathicRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    We give vanc the last hr of tx over an hour. We push gent dilluted with saline over last 10 minutes of

  5. LVN/LPN scope in your unit?

    nursefiggy replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I am an LPN and give all my own meds, hang antibiotics and blood. Our techs give their own heparin boluses and we have heparin pumps for maintenance heparins. I can do just about anything an RN can...

  6. Clamping Needles Sites

    nursefiggy replied to Robbilin's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Well, they say dialysis protocols are always changing...... I guess it depends on who trained you. I was trained about 20 months

  7. Do RNs declot temporary hemodialysis catheters?

    nursefiggy replied to frankie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    TELE, we have many pts that have permanent catheters that run reversed every tx. Most of their monthly URRs are

  8. Do RNs declot temporary hemodialysis catheters?

    nursefiggy replied to frankie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    As an LPN I can use activase also. If we have a cath that we can't seem to get over 200 blod flow we will let it dwell until next tx. If we have one that won't work at all ot not very well without...

  9. Clamping Needles Sites

    nursefiggy replied to Robbilin's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I was trained to use clamps only on grafts, never on fistulas.