drivesbarefoot

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1. How is your inpatient acute dialysis unit run and staffed?

   drivesbarefoot posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Our unit is unlike any other inpatient acute unit I’ve worked at in the past mainly because we continue to run newly started ESRD and AKI patients as outpatients who have been discharged. (Our unit...

2. Yes, I'm Vaxxed But...

   drivesbarefoot replied to grammieRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I had the covid vaccine and am not anti-vax. But the healthcare staff I know of who have chosen, at this time, not to get the vaccination have made their choice based mostly on the fact the...

3. Gross Me Out ? Contest | Nurses Week

   drivesbarefoot replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   Many years ago I had an elderly gentleman and reminded him he must save his bowel movements and explained about the “hat” we had placed in the toilet and to call when he did. The shift was almost...

4. Staffing

   drivesbarefoot replied to VickiSunderland's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I'm a traveler and my last two assignments were great! But these were NOT the big two, that changes everything it seems. My first assignment I had up to 10 patients and 3 techs. I was responsible for...

5. Practical scrub color in Dialysis...

   drivesbarefoot replied to jodhime's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   As an RN in dialysis, there have been times I need to do bleach, and yes you do get spattered with bleach at times. For me it usually ends up at the bottom of my pant legs. It always seemed to...

6. How to get out of dialysis nursing?

   drivesbarefoot replied to Marisette's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   It's the same for me, I kind of pigeon-holed myself into the dialysis specialty and have applied for other jobs but no luck. I work in acutes and I do love it, never get bored with it because you...

7. Acute nurses covering multiple hospitals, what is the radius you must travel?

   drivesbarefoot posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I'm curious about acute nurses who are contracted to cover multiple hospitals. What is the farthest distance you could end up driving to go to work, and what is your call response time for the...

8. Davita people

   drivesbarefoot replied to schnookimz's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   They run big, the pants are too short for me but I'm tall and have to wear size tall with any

9. Any older travelers out there?

   drivesbarefoot replied to drivesbarefoot's topic in Travel

   Good point, NedRN! I hadn't thought about how it wouldn't cost extra for the facility. I know some fellow nurses my age tried to switch jobs or specialties but despite all their experience and...

10. Any older travelers out there?

    drivesbarefoot posted a topic in Travel

    Hi all, I'm considering travel nursing as it's something I always wanted to do. My field is dialysis doing acutes and I used to work at a place where we had lots of travelers filling in and I always...

11. Can't think, need help.

    drivesbarefoot replied to Hinno's topic in General Nursing

    Concentrate on finishing school, don't look for another job right now. Stress is not worth it. You want to be there for your family and you want to finish school with your full attention geared...

12. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    drivesbarefoot replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    This was so touching I have tears running down my face. Thank you for sharing this wonderful

13. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    drivesbarefoot replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't really a ghost story but something that happened that's a bit supernatural. I had a patient in the hospital that had a liver transplant with lots of complications but things were turning...

14. Highest temp you've seen?

    drivesbarefoot replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    This was a number of years ago so I can't remember exactly what this patient had going on, but I do remember he was a DNR and had cancer. He was afebrile at the beginning of my shift and had been...

15. salary rate

    drivesbarefoot replied to kathykaye's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Anyone wanting dialysis experience, check out Alaska. It seems they always have an RN opening and they will consider new grads. I don't know what new grad pay is, but I was up to 37/hr when I left,...