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  1. question about rinsing back

    silverfoxxy replied to sueinga's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    What are current FMC policies now, Davita

  2. Training at Fresinius

    silverfoxxy replied to iriskkerry's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    How long and what type of training is given to those with no dialysis

  3. Returning blood

    silverfoxxy posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    What are your thoughts on squeezing bag of saline versus allowing saline to return blood via regular IV infusion. Have read that the squeezing is just for staff to save time. What is done in different...

  4. Your fav dialysis/nephro book or training device.

    silverfoxxy replied to AustinRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    How else could one get a copy of this manual that is put out by

  5. Returning blood

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

    TBRooks. When returning blood you can let the saline return on its own or with your hand, squeeze the bag. Not sure why some do it, guess they figure it is time saving. Are there parameters i.e. BP...

  6. Fresenius medical care...taking over dialysis unit HELP!

    silverfoxxy replied to hodgpodge's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Take a look at their financial reports that will tell you

  7. Fresenius medical care...taking over dialysis unit HELP!

    silverfoxxy replied to hodgpodge's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    want to know more about how fmc looks upon epo dosing. and, other

  8. policies on epo dosing

    silverfoxxy posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    What are the various policies on epo dosing .. As of April 06, monitoring of epo by CMS will be when hgb is 13. Am curious how various units are monitoring? Is BP evaluated when dose is increased?...

  9. clearance, URR, Kt/v

    silverfoxxy posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    What are your standard procedures for when a patient's URR drops, let's say, ten points from 73 to 63 in a month. What I don't quite understand, as well as many of my corworkers is that if this...

  10. clearance, URR, Kt/v

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

    Nephro: You sound like you are certainly seasoned and your education is appreciated. All patients have draws done on Monday and returned on Tuesday except for the afternoon shift which the post labs...

  11. Anyone doing any travel dialysis nursing?

    silverfoxxy replied to theresa_b's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I can not understand why some units use the same bath on every patient. To me, this is not individualized care and all patients are being treated the same without due consideration of what their K+...

  12. Anyone doing any travel dialysis nursing?

    silverfoxxy replied to theresa_b's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    What about contracting yourself to one of the larger i.e. FMC, DaVita? You can ask for more money and pay your own insurance and benefits. Might work. Have met alot of traveling nurses and they love...

  13. Returning blood

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

    Thanks Amy and

  14. flipping needles

    silverfoxxy replied to babyboomerRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    This particular patient, over a year. But many patients are not educated for many reasons, as well as staff not being able to take time to provide full education. Many patients (older individuals)...

  15. flipping needles

    silverfoxxy replied to babyboomerRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I would also like this information. One of our patients had slight pain in the area of fistula during dialysis. One tech suggested flipping the arterial needle. I was surprised as the tech asked the...

  16. Returning blood

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

    New to dialysis. Squeezing bag referring to fistula not cath. Some staff have said ok, others say learned not to squeeze. What causes BP to be elevated after return of blood when BP good during...

  17. Davita/Gambro

    silverfoxxy replied to BSNgrad2004's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    And what is wrong with this picture? The companies are making more money then they can spend, profits are up, just check any stock quote or article that talks about purchase of units. I guess all...

  18. Practice concerns in Dialysis Clinic

    silverfoxxy replied to canuckeh!'s topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Recently I have been reading messages at dialysis boards. I am horrified at what I am hearing from patients. All negative. What gives? I don't understand how patients can be so neglected. I want to...