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  1. Hi! We recently started using new dialysis machines, Fresenius 2008T and when we started doing access flow measurements for our patients with AVF's and grafts, there's been several discussions as to...
  2. Hi! I would like to know if the practice of having a vascular access manager / coordinator is done in the Philippines? Calling dialysis nurses in the Philippines, does your unit (freestanding clinic...
  3. Hughes Medical Center in Anguilla, BVI

    Hello! First of all, Anguilla IS NOT in the British Virgin Islands. It's an island in the northeastern Caribbean that is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It's a rather small island that's...
  4. Hello! I'm a dialysis nurse by profession, but in the past couple of years I have founded and invested in a number of business ventures outside our profession, namely a t-shirt company, a travel...
  5. Hi Ayelesia, I think what you're doing is increasing or decreasing the "conductivity" as a whole. When it's the conductivity itself being modified, electrolyte content are also affected hence the...
  6. Transonic HD03

    Hi everyone! As the newly designated vascular access manager of our small unit (15 beds), one of the first projects I'm implementing is to have a Transonic HD03 dialysis access surveillance monitor(s)...
  7. Transonic HD03

    For further reading: http://www.transonic.com/resources/hemodialysis/transonic-flow-qc-hemodialysis-monitoring-comparison-with-fresenius-on-line-clearance-olc-monitoring/ Access flow monitor...
  8. HeRO Graft

    Has anybody have experience with the HeRO graft? It's a hybrid of a CVC+AVG. (pretty cool idea!) HeRO Graft It's indicated for catheter depended patients due to central stenosis and also for those...
  9. How's Life for NLE 2006 passer?

    Took and passed the June 2006 exam. Never even bothered for a retake. Test 5 was even my lowest. So far so good. Been to 3 countries in the last 9 years since becoming an
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  11. Opportunities for HD nurses abroad

    I sent you a PM
  12. You're welcome. The KDOQI guidelines have a history and rationale behind arriving at these adequacy numbers. You will find it very
  13. KDOQI Guidelines
  14. Yes American patients are a different breed indeed. When American patients contact us when they plan on a cruise or a week's vacation in the Caribbean, we give them the requirements on booking...
  15. Yes of course. Like most of overseas based Pinoy nurses, I also started with being trained then eventually got
  16. 2006 and up Registered Nurses' Career Path Status

    I graduated in 2006, but while waiting for the NLE results, I already started working with a large international bank handling offshore wealth management accounts. 2 months into the job the exam...
  17. New studies recommend maximum UF rate of not more than 13mL / kg body
  18. That's a nice article that should and must awaken my fellow Filipino nurses to the reality of nursing in the US. I got into nursing exactly as described at the beginning of the text, persuaded by my...
  19. Working in Germany as a RN

    I too am interested in working as a nurse in Germany. But I may have a different case, since I've been working for 5 years now as a dialysis nurse in South America and the Caribbean. I am from the...
  20. Hi, Rachel. I'm based in Sint Maarten. If you're interested in Bonaire, I suggest you take Dutch language lessons. Of the Dutch Caribbean islands, it's only in Sint Maarten that English is widely...
  21. I currently work in the Caribbean, in the Netherlands, Antilles, to be specific, and different islands have different regulations regarding nursing practice. Each island or territory usually adapts...
  22. "Actually, it's not necessary for a nurse to be a graduate of BSN. Because these nurses, they only want to be "room nurses." Like in America or other countries they are just like caregivers. THEY...
  23. Wrong Dialyzer

    Is your dialysis unit on a RE-USE system, or you practice single use of
  24. "Sir this is a hospital, not a hotel. The call bell is not for room