BeckieRN

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1. Recovering post op patients in Critical Care

   BeckieRN posted a topic in MICU, SICU

   Does anyone routinely recover post-op patients (who would be coming to Critical Care anyway) following anesthesia. If so: (1) do you recover all patients or just intubated patients; (2) who determines...

2. Anyone taken the CDN or CNN exam???

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

   I have taken the CNN exam twice in the last 12 years after coming back to dialysis from a 7 year break. The test was exactly the same!! Go in with a good understanding of hemodialysis and PD...

3. Do you use crit lines?

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

   Crit-Lines work with all types of machines, with or without UF and Sodium profiling because they do not interface with the machine. A small plastic chamber is attached to the arterial sytem, just...

4. Do you use crit lines?

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

   I manage a small acute dialysis unit and we use crit-lines on all patients. We have seen a significant reduction in intradialytic hypotension and cramping as well as much better control of fluid...

5. Anyone taken the CDN or CNN exam???

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

   I have taken the CNN exam and recertified by testing on two additional occasions. I think that the test is fairly basic information that most nephrology nurses would possess. It tests on...

6. Acute program call pay

   BeckieRN replied to 1dernurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Our acute nurses provide call from 7PM to 7AM on M-W-F nights as weill as all day and night T-TH-S-Sun. The staff average about 6-8 call days per month. We are paided $7.50/hour when on call and time...

7. marking Dialysis Accesses

   BeckieRN replied to BeckieRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   The reason I am asking is that we frequently declot or revise an access and then need to cannulate that same access within 8-12 hours post-operatively. I am trying to develop a plan that the nurses...

8. marking Dialysis Accesses

   BeckieRN posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I am manager of an acute Dialysis program and have concerns regarding cannulation of accesses following revisions and graft thrombectomies. Do any of you have specific policies or procedures in effect...