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    Electronic Stethoscope.. worth the $?

    Twinmom06 replied to dev.miles's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have a Littmann 3100 electronic scope(the one that does not record or BlueTooth), and for me it is worth every penny. I am hard of hearing (40% loss in both ears) and I hear bowel sounds that can't...
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    Phone interview with Davita tomorrow

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

    I would agree with this. I did a short stint in a chronic unit as part of my orientation. I could NEVER do that full time. Too many personality clashes. I work acutes and love it (even though I'm...
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    Mid-forties : Looking for a Specialty to Grow Old In

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

    I went into dialysis nursing (in patient acute) - the days are long BUT my only focus is the one or two pts that I'm dialyzing at a time- they aren't allowed out of bed, no med pass (except for Epogen...
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    prn/overtime addiction/survey

    Twinmom06 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    yea but its still better than running after 5-7 patients on the
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    Acute vs. Chronic Dialysis????

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

    I work acutes and while the days are long some times (I worked 2 12s and 2 14s last week), I could never work chronics, too many personalities in one
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    prn/overtime addiction/survey

    Twinmom06 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I worked 100 hours in 2 weeks plus pulled in $275 in call pay last pay period...why - because someone has to treat all those pts. I do inpatient dialysis, and if we have 6 pts admitted on a MWF...
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    Dialysis Subclavian line antibiotics.

    Twinmom06 replied to ArvinC EMT's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The hospital I work in 95% of the time does not allow blood draws out of our HD catheters period the end. Also our nephrologists will only write an order to use an HD catheter in a code situation for...
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    I want a new word.

    Twinmom06 replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    O Captain my
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    ixchel's 3/7/16 What Have I Learned This Week, with A Lil' Help From My Friends!

    Twinmom06 replied to Farawyn's topic in General Nursing

    3 of my friends had kids this week. 2 of them birthed themselves, and one of them got both his PhD AND his adopted son! I'm so stinking happy for them! other than that...not
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    How to distinguish cough cause by fluid overload and cough cause by lung infection

    Twinmom06 replied to uae808's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I've also found that with CHF'ers sometimes (not always), as the fluid goes and the heart can pump more efficiently, their BP actually goes
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    Blood cultures

    Twinmom06 replied to AMR21's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Nope...if your hospital has a dialysis unit you would call the dialysis nurse to come draw if the doctor wants cultures from the line. Quite frankly if they are bacteremic, they are going to have...
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    FRESENIUS

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

    I work for them as an inpatient acute nurse. As far as companies go they're not bad to work
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    Welp - it's official!

    Twinmom06 replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    Awesome sauce!!!
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    Solutions for Drinks at Nursing Station?

    Twinmom06 replied to ImNicoEh's topic in General Nursing

    the infection control nurse walked up to me and a coworker as we were sitting in the nurses station each with a closed bottle of water and started on us (we are dialysis nurses and are contract...
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    Obesity; The "Second Hand Smoke" of Modern American Society

    Twinmom06 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    and for those that DO attempt everything for weight loss, facing surgery as a last resort, even that is not a financial answer. My insurance charges a 50% copay on top of my $1500 per year...
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    Paradoxical reaction to Benadryl?

    Twinmom06 replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient Medications

    I have that sort of reaction to Dextramethorphan - the main ingredient in most cough and cold remedies. The only thing I can take is Delsym and ONLY one dose per day...the first time I took Dayquil I...
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    How to handle back to back admissions within 1 hours of each other while having 4 other pt

    Twinmom06 replied to new.grad.rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I thought everything had to be EMR by now? Or do you work
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    Is it expected for new FT RNs to pick up extra shifts?

    Twinmom06 replied to Jaellys's topic in General Nursing

    the beauty of OT is that YOU pick up when YOU want to. You've already elevated your status from PT to FT by picking up the extra 12. If you can fit it in that's fine but if not, its not an issue....
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    marriage and nursing school

    Twinmom06 replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Nursing

    mine nearly didn't but I don't think it was nursing school per se, it was the behavior of both of us. He resented the fact I did less around the house even though I wasn't working (but was going to...
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    Tempered water for portable RO?

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

    We have 20 year old Zyzatech Carbon granular tanks in the majority of our portable RO's. The type you have to backwash for 10-15 minutes each tank. Some of ours have the newer carbon block filters...
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    New grad can't find work

    Twinmom06 replied to JeanaO522's topic in General Nursing

    This!!! Geisinger Health Systems in NE PA is ALWAYS
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    Tempered water for portable RO?

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

    I know our machines have a heater on them but not the RO's (of course our RO's are soooooo OLD that our new educator didn't even know that carbon granular tanks still
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    Twinmom06 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    several of us did that in nursing school. The instructor was PISSED at the amount of paperwork that caused
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    do dialysis nurses administer narcotics?

    Twinmom06 replied to ICURN80's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I do inpatient acutes and if the patient needs pain medication during treatment, the floor nurse has to pull it from their own pyxis and deliver it to the patient. I'm not even allowed to open the...
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    Starting a new nurse career in Dialysis.I'm getting too frustrated a little too soon.tips?

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

    I do acutes. I did 8 weeks in the clinic for orientation and decided that wasn't an environment I could like or get used to. If you've got pts that are so unstable that they are coding then they...