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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...