westieluv

westieluv

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  1. I'm so confused

    westieluv replied to rosemary_petals's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Peritoneal dialysis? What is Peritoneal Dialysis? â€" How it Works - Fresenius Medical Care It is done by the patient in their home with support from a dialysis company such as Fresenius or

  2. Essential Personnel

    westieluv replied to FransBevy's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Do you live somewhere that has been having the Winter from #%*# like some of the rest of us? I can totally understand where the OP is coming from on this, because we have mounds of snow on both sides...

  3. Why do you love Dialysis?

    westieluv replied to Mr Sacdiff's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have been an RN for over twenty years and I have finally found my forever home in chronic dialysis! I have been a floor nurse in Med/Surg and ICU, an LTC nurse, and a hospice nurse at varying times...

  4. Open visitation during acute dialysis

    westieluv replied to Chisca's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I've had to ask a couple of family members to please wait outside of the ICU when they began making ignorant comments about dialysis that were distressing to the patient. "Eww...all his blood is in...

  5. Feeling Guilty After Calling in Sick...

    westieluv posted a topic in General Nursing

    I never call in sick. I mean, I have gone months and months without calling in sick. One day last week, however, I was legitimately sick, with nausea and vomiting and a low grade fever. I felt like I...

  6. Feeling Guilty After Calling in Sick...

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    If you have pneumonia then you've obviously been to a doctor, so I would ask the doctor to give you something confirming that you have pneumonia and should not be around a patient population. The...

  7. New to Dialysis - What's the deal?

    westieluv replied to PomPomRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I agree with all of what NurseRies said. I am learning a lot just transitioning from acutes to chronics, and I already know dialysis pretty well from working in acutes. If I was brand new to dialysis...

  8. When Hospitalists Attack

    westieluv replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    Had to comment, that was a great thing for her to say in front of the patient, that "we haven't done anything for her" comment, especially since she didn't bother to check what had actually been done....

  9. New to Dialysis - What's the deal?

    westieluv replied to PomPomRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    It sounds to me like it's not a problem with the company that you work for but rather with the people that you work with. It sounds like you landed in a bad clinic as far as not having nice, helpful...

  10. Unemployed

    westieluv replied to sweetypieDi, RN's topic in Michigan Nursing

    In what general part of Michigan do you live? My daughter-in-law graduated and passed boards back in May and was able to find a full-time day shift job at a LTC/sub-acute rehab facility in the Metro...

  11. How much notice to give when cutting back hours?

    westieluv replied to smartypantsnurse's topic in Private Duty

    If you gave them the hours that you've been working as your Februrary availability and you value your employer and their opinion of you, I would try to get through February. Time flies, it will be...

  12. Best geographic and specialty area for middle age nurses

    westieluv replied to lawandaluxnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Dialysis is a specialty that isn't too hard on the middle aged body and one in which you can find work pretty much anywhere. I am middle aged myself (48 going on 49), and I don't think I could hack...

  13. Feeling Guilty After Calling in Sick...

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, this was me last week after I started this thread! My boss texted me the evening of the day that I called off sick and asked how I was doing, and if I thought I could work the next day or not. I...

  14. P/T & O/T Assistant

    westieluv replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

    Really? How much do they make? I've always wondered that, because one of the places where we do acute dialysis is a LTAC hospital and I think that most of their therapy staff is made up of assistants....

  15. Not sure if I want to stay in the nursing field...in desperate need of advice.

    westieluv replied to LPN709's topic in Nursing Career

    Speaking as an RN of 23 years who regrets going into nursing and wishes I would have chosen a different career path when I had the chance, I say that if you hate the "people" side of nursing because...

  16. Hep B infection control practices in hospital based hemodialysis programs

    westieluv replied to Lana Kay's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I work in acute dialysis. If we get a patient whose Hep B status is unknown, we order a Hep B panel to be drawn and treat them as infected until we know differently, which means we have to bleach the...

  17. On-Call Duties in Acute HD

    westieluv posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Just wondering, because this is how it worked when I was a hospice nurse; do any of you work for a HD company that has day shift nurses and then on-call nurses who only work in an on-call capacity...

  18. What do Dialysis Nurses exactly do?

    westieluv replied to jadabraxton96's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    True, Chisca. Add to that finding out at the end of a tiring 10 hour day that there are two add ons waiting in ER and guess what, you are the nurse on call for that hospital for that night and there...

  19. On-Call Duties in Acute HD

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

    That is subjective, though, and depends entirely on where you live, who you work for, and what the pay structure is. For someone who makes $2/hour while on call and doesn't get called in very much and...

  20. Passing things on

    westieluv replied to Nanz_B's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked night shift on the floor, I learned quickly which nurses were apt to leave a bunch of stuff for me to do and which ones would make sure their loose ends were tied up before leaving. Of...

  21. Info about Fresenius dialysis RN

    westieluv replied to icurn11's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I've had 19-20 hour days. Not a lot of them, but I've had them, and so have all of my co-workers. I think the bottom line is that it depends on your specific department within Fresenius. If you are in...

  22. On-Call Duties in Acute HD

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

    Was this a problem with the other staff, though? I mentioned to a couple of my co-workers that I think no one should be on call who just worked all day and that it would be better to take call on the...

  23. On-Call Duties in Acute HD

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

    $2 an hour it is, at least in my area. That is part of why we have a high turnover rate and are usually short staffed. No O/T until 40 hours either, so we can work a 20 hour day and not even get O/T...

  24. Info about Fresenius dialysis RN

    westieluv replied to icurn11's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Be wary of the "four 12's a week", because I learned very quickly when I started in acutes that that 12 hour figure is just a guideline, but there is really no set shift in acutes, especially if you...

  25. On-Call Duties in Acute HD

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

    Not bad, about what I was making as a floor nurse in the hospital hourly, but no OT until after 40