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    Unfair Shift Rotation

    Twinmom06 replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't seen it mentioned, but why is her manager/scheduler allowing BOTH noc shifters to have off the same night every week? No it doesn't matter that she has kids, but any place I've ever worked...
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    Your funniest "are you serious?!?!" MIDAS report

    Twinmom06 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I only ever MIDAS'ed someone once - for knowingly administering 30 units of Lantus at HS, with a BG of 85 (which was the highest it had been that day) and she told me she didn't feel like calling the...
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    Changing specialties NICU to Dialysis!

    Twinmom06 replied to ewaba's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I went from med surge/PCU to dialysis a little over a year ago...are you looking to do in hospital acutes or chronic clinic? Acutes and chronics are 2 different animals. I do acutes and the days can...
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    You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    Twinmom06 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    You win! We have 2 machines that can do CRRT and one of those is in the unit for the
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    You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    Twinmom06 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    a bit different as I'm inpatient acute dialysis when you get a text that you have an assignment of 6 patients, walk in to 8 patients as there have been 2 admits overnight, and #9 is in the ER having...
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    Why do nurses work chronic dialysis if the companies/hours are so bad?

    Twinmom06 replied to Marshall1's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I work acutes, and despite the weeks where I work 50-60 hours (which has been going on since January), I truly enjoy my job. I only have one or two patients I'm responsible for at a time. They...
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    Why didn't K decrease?

    Twinmom06 replied to CFrancine's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    was it a catheter patient or an internal access? If it was internal, perhaps a bit of recirculation? Also what was their blood sugar? If BS was high, K would remain high
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    Looking for info for research project

    Twinmom06 replied to PaulBaxter's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    this is a great
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    Please just go to your clinic!

    Twinmom06 replied to Twinmom06's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    one of our nephrologists actually DID a psych consult on a guy that would skip weeks of treatment and then come to the ER! Had another one last night keep me there until 10 pm because of missed...
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    Please just go to your clinic!

    Twinmom06 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    we have several FF at the hospital I'm assigned to 95% of the time. #1 reason they come in? Skip a weeks worth of treatments and come in SOB with a K of 7 or better, and then leave AMA once...
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    Please just go to your clinic!

    Twinmom06 replied to Twinmom06's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    oh I know...its just ridiculous - if they just kept their appts and went to them there wouldn't be this issue...I was just ranting because Saturday was one 4 hour and one 2 hour treatment and I should...
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    Hep. B in the dialysis chronic clinic

    Twinmom06 replied to Hairstylingnurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    with FMC, the pt is either dialyzed in an isolation room with its own machine or if there is no iso room, then there has to be a buffer of one machine one either side if the other patients are...
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    Worst/Best thing a nursing instructor ever said to you?

    Twinmom06 replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

    my first clinical instructor (after threatening us that if dirty linen hit the floor she'd fail us), saw me with an armload of dirty crappy linen and my shoe was sliding and I was trying not to fall...
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    How fast did you land a job?

    Twinmom06 replied to johndough's topic in General Students

    I live in the same area and can attest to this. I graduated in May 2013 and had signed offer letters by
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    What was your first Nursing job?

    Twinmom06 replied to kassiahgp's topic in General Nursing

    Med Sure/Tele for 2 years in 2 different hospitals, then went to PCU for 6 months which was not my cup of tea. I now do inpatient
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    5/21 WILTW: The journey sucks and the end isn't pretty either

    Twinmom06 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    one of my adult co-workers had those and had to have her tonsils out 6 weeks before she got
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    Wrong hole.

    Twinmom06 replied to cucumberly's topic in Nursing Humor

    reminds me of the time I was going through infertility testing and had to go for a hystersalpingogram...the radiologist was a generalist, not a GYN radiologist and the stuck the speculum in my...
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    Where did you go get your background check for nursing school?

    Twinmom06 replied to Oceanblu's topic in General Students

    in Pennsylvania there are 3 websites you visit, one for general crime, one for child abuse, and then federal
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    Nitro patch on HD?

    Twinmom06 replied to AcuteHD's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I dialyzed someone with a nitro drip the other day...he was going for a cardiac cath the next day - was able to pull quite a bit of fluid, and found that the BP just got better during
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    Questions about Acute Dialysis

    Twinmom06 replied to allen80's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    We have some long timers in our Acutes, however as they get older more are leaving to go to the clinics. The advantage to acutes vs. working a floor is this (this is my positive spin), yes I work...
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    Being blamed for fall after shift

    Twinmom06 replied to notyetnurse's topic in General Nursing

    alarms on A&O patients was the norm on the unit I worked on. The unit manager insisted that EVERY patient have their alarm on, or sign a form refusing it...it was ridiculous putting a 22 year old...
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    Questions about Acute Dialysis

    Twinmom06 replied to allen80's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I'm currently doing acutes for one of the big two, and we've lost 7 nurses in the last 6 months mostly due to the amount of hours. I don't work less than 50 hours a week. I'm "scheduled" for 4 10's...
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    Lpn & asn are are being phased out.

    Twinmom06 replied to shermainenevels's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have no less technical skill and clinical experience than you do, what I don't have is extraneous classes like "Death and Dying", "Nursing Informatics", "The Theory of Nursing" etc etc etc... and...
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    question about recirculation

    Twinmom06 replied to montanaluna's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    yes! forgot about that part - thanks
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    Lpn & asn are are being phased out.

    Twinmom06 replied to shermainenevels's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Less education no...less "fluff" yes...I don't need a course in "nursing theory" and "nursing informatics" to be a good nurse. Clinical skills are far more important than fluff. I graduated from an...