kaffenoir

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1. orientation plan for acute care dialysis units

   kaffenoir replied to Sharon Niemi's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Sharon, I work for a large university hospital, and the dialysis nurses are required to have BLS, and we encourage ACLS. A nurse must have a minimum of 1 yr. of on the floor dialysis experience,...

2. Relocating to New Orleans from Florida

   kaffenoir replied to naturalcuriosity's topic in Louisiana Nursing

   Hi, I am a RN and my husband works for the airlines, we may be relocating to N.O. I was wondering what area would be a nice safe are to live, and one that is not too far from the airport? He doesn't...

3. Differentiating IV Dialysis Catheters

   kaffenoir replied to Gldngrl's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Hi, There are several types of caths. The name is usually on the cath. unless it is old and the name has faded away. Some are temporary and others are permanent tunnelled caths.

4. Antibiotics during dialysis

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

   Hi, I work in an acute care setting (hosp) and we have a chart which tells you which meds dialyze out. You can get them from the drug reps ie.. Pfizer etc.. Nevertheless, Vancomycin should be given...

5. Cincinnati Nurses?

   kaffenoir replied to QTRN74's topic in Ohio Nursing

   Hi,I am a RN, and I live and work in Cincinnati. Cincinnati has several hospitals. It depends on what you are looking for. The Health Alliance consists of The University Hospital which has a level 1...

6. Some ideas for those thinking about it..

   kaffenoir replied to TMnurse's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

   Thanks, This is great information. If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing now instead of the above ideas? Do you have any other great ideas? I'm searching for something that will work in a...