
Registered Nurse
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Detail-focused Dialysis Practitioner with 5years experience in private dialysis units in Polokwane. Proficient in operating hemodialysis machines, cannulating AV fistulas/grafts, managing UF goals, and responding to intradialytic complications. Committed to aseptic technique, patient education, and teamwork to improve treatment outcomes.
-Dialysis Procedure: Set up, prime, and operate hemodialysis machines; calculate and program blood flow rate, dialysate, and ultrafiltration goals per prescription
-Vascular Access Care: Perform aseptic cannulation of AV fistula/graft; maintain and monitor central venous catheters to prevent infection
-Complication Management: Identify and respond to hypotension, cramps, nausea, and disequilibrium syndrome; initiate emergency protocols when required
-Infection Control: Maintain strict aseptic technique; ensure dialysate/water quality standards; follow isolation precautions for Hep B, Hep C, MRSA
-Patient Education: Counsel patients on fluid restriction, renal diet, medication adherence, and vascular access protection
-Documentation: Accurately record treatment parameters, UF volume, meds administered, and patient response in medical records
-Team Collaboration: Liaise with nephrologists, RNs, dietitians, and social workers to ensure continuity of care and report changes in patient condition
Diploma in Nursing General,community,psychiatry and Midwifery.