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    question about recirculation

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

    you hook up a recirculator to the ends of the tubing to connect them, open your saline line and make sure the blood pump is
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    Am I ridiculous or is this somewhat normal

    Twinmom06 replied to CBlover's topic in General Nursing

    This was one of the reasons I left my last job...I'm a 40 something, married for years, tween kids working with a bunch of 20 somethings planning weddings, baby showers and where the next happy hour...
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    Random question of the day: What's your baseline blood pressure?

    Twinmom06 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in Health, Stress Management

    one teens systolic, HR 80-100, 94-98% RA (I'm
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    May the 4th be with you...

    Twinmom06 replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    another twin mom -
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    Doc calls nurse coworkers monkeys...

    Twinmom06 replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You win the internets today with
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    Heart damage

    Twinmom06 replied to miamiheatrn's topic in General Nursing

    inside out from what I remember (I'm not a cardiac
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    Hospital with Money Back Guarantee

    Twinmom06 replied to twss2323's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work for this system...The main hospital is a magnet hospital, and one of the other hospitals has been trying to achieve magnet for over 10 years - but they can't get the nursing...
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    ER DUI Blood Draw Process

    Twinmom06 replied to gwputman's topic in General Nursing

    LEO = Law enforcement officer - in some places its police (local or state) in someplaces its sheriffs or
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    Anyone ever gotten stuck

    Twinmom06 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Any of you experienced nurses ever been stuck? So last night I pulled out the pts venous needle and was holding the site with my left hand. I went to slide my left hand out of the way and hold with...
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    Anyone ever gotten stuck

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

    10 year old
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    Anyone ever gotten stuck

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

    I just got back from there - the pt was inpatient and they were able to do a stat blood draw and results...Hep B, C and HIV were fortunately all negative so I don't need immunoglobins or prophylactic...
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    Picc line care/flushing

    Twinmom06 replied to Jer328's topic in General Nursing

    why was there heparin in the PICC line? I thought EBP got rid of locking with heparin eons ago. The only central lines I ever see locked with heparin are the dialysis
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    Your Opinion on District Letter re: Absences

    Twinmom06 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in School

    our school sends the letters AND has a hearing with 3 days missed....I have friends that have a kid with a nasty flu going into the school ALL the
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    Insight on Dilaudid?

    Twinmom06 replied to LifeIsBeachy's topic in Patient Medications

    the one and only time I had Dilaudid was for a gallbladder attack - 0.5 mg and I slept for 6
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    CRRT and mobility

    Twinmom06 replied to dec2007's topic in MICU, SICU

    CRRT (Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy) is as it states - continuous dialysis. The blood pump and dialysate flows are slower and it can run for days at a time. Certainly not conducive to...
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    CRRT and mobility

    Twinmom06 replied to dec2007's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've never seen (in my very limited experience anyway) a CRRT patient that wasn't intubated! The hospitals I work in use a regular dialysis machine with a CRRT mode and the tubing is generally 36"...
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    High K question

    Twinmom06 replied to floridaRN38's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    until the ER doesn't give them enough D50 and the pt's BG drops to 13 and they pass
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    Fresenius - transferring from chronic to acute setting

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

    How long ago? I believe the guidelines have changed in the last year or two because several of my coworkers were not subject to that guideline and they were hired in the last 2
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    Hemodialysis Nurse : Forced to work overtime or face abandonment?

    Twinmom06 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    What do you do about isolation pts? Our hospital let's us cohort the same isolation in certain situations. If the patients are different iso's then we have to do 1:1 txs which slow us
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    Hemodialysis Nurse : Forced to work overtime or face abandonment?

    Twinmom06 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    There is also the issue of space. The hospital I'm in 90% of the time (we fluctuate between hospitals) we only have 2 dialysis rooms (although one has 2 machines in it now). Our boss could put 5 of us...
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    Hemodialysis Nurse : Forced to work overtime or face abandonment?

    Twinmom06 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Having just come off an 18 hour shift due to this very situation, it is the responsibility of the on call nurse to take care of that last patient - often times after working all day. On call (at least...
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    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    Twinmom06 replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    many hugs Viva... to the poster that talked about LOL's and their profanity laced rants...I couldn't hold back the laughter some nights - especially when they threaten to stab me...um you're in a...
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    How much lifting in Dialysis?

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

    also lifting jugs containing gallons of
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    (Short) feeling terrible. New nurse. Made such a dumb mistake.

    Twinmom06 replied to Jaellys's topic in General Nursing

    the first night I was on call (I do acute care dialysis), I got a call from "the service" at 0330 to come in to dialyze an OD patient. Since it was my first night on call I had no idea that "the...
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    Fresenius - transferring from chronic to acute setting

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

    I went right to acutes. Per CMS guidelines you have to have 6 mos of dialysis experience before being the only dialysis nurse in a hospital. So orientation for 6 months. If you are a new grad you...