I currently work for a large regional healthcare company as a float RN in their internal agency. I work on a contingent basis on various intermediate cardiac and med/surg units at a couple of different hospitals. I have only been doing this for eight months, but it is a return to bedside nursing after some years away and has made me realize that I am pretty burned out as a bedside nurse. However, it is a big company with a lot of areas where an RN can work and I have only been there for eight months.
I have an interview at Fresenius tomorrow to work as an inpatient dialysis nurse at some local hospitals in our area. I have never worked as a dialysis nurse, but it intrigues me. I would love to learn a new area of nursing, and I like the idea that it isn't bedside nursing!
Has anyone worked for Fresenius in this capacity? I know I will be working every other Saturday and one Sunday a month, no big deal, but what else do I need to know before I make this decision? I really need to do something, because my husband got a new job that only covers him for benefits and my current job has no benefits. The healthcare company that I work for has many openings with benefits for RNs, but most of them that I qualify for are bedside nursing positions, which I know I would not want to pursue. Also, I have only been there for eight months, so if, for some reason, Fresenius doesn't work out, I don't want to be a job hopper and be looking for something else again sometime this year. I want to have a job where I can stay for at least 3-5 years and hopefully longer than that for some stability. Has your experience been that Fresenius is a company where a nurse can realistically stay for years?
Specializes in Nephrology, Dialysis, Plasmapheresis.
Yay!! Very happy to hear this. As the Saying goes, you will either love it or hate it. I love it and I feel like I could do it for the long haul! I feel so blessed to have fallen into this specialty. I see the floor nurses and am reminded everyday of how lucky we are to have such a specialty.
I hope that your passion continues for the field. It sounds like you're in a positive work environment which makes it great. I also really have enjoyed meeting the dialysis nurses across the country. They are.. Well unique, and I love it! Often times workaholics and have very good attitudes. People with bad attitudes won't last. My other favorite part, besides the technical aspects and problem solving, is the long term relationships with patients. When the chronic dialysis patients are admitted to the hospital and see your face, they will be immediately relieved and happy to see you. It's a good feeling to feel appreciated by your patients. They already know they can trust you, you'll be on a first name basis with many. Wouldn't trade it for anything!
Honestly, it's been over a year and I barely remember the interview, much less the questions I was asked. Sorry, but I really don't remember. I do remember that it was fairly quick and easy, but they really needed to hire some acutes nurses and I had several years of nursing experience.
Specializes in wound care, clinic, med. surg., geriatri.
I just interviewed with Fresenius. Also, I'm a new RN but 10 years of LPN experience. I did the online assessment yesterday. I don't know how things will go from there. Will this determine if I am hired?
I am a dialysis nurse with Fresenius.... the online assessment is primarily used to generate interview questions. That is what my clinic manager told me.
I love that assessment. I don't know how accurate it truly is and I don't know if you're really allowed to view the results yourself (?) But I got to see mine and really agreed with the interpretation. It's quite extensive. When I prepared to move upward in the company, I got a chance to see mine and it offered my strengths, weaknesses and what to focus on for developing me. Be as honest as you can be and you'll benefit from it.
NurseRies, BSN, RN
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Yay!! Very happy to hear this. As the Saying goes, you will either love it or hate it. I love it and I feel like I could do it for the long haul! I feel so blessed to have fallen into this specialty. I see the floor nurses and am reminded everyday of how lucky we are to have such a specialty.
I hope that your passion continues for the field. It sounds like you're in a positive work environment which makes it great. I also really have enjoyed meeting the dialysis nurses across the country. They are.. Well unique, and I love it! Often times workaholics and have very good attitudes. People with bad attitudes won't last. My other favorite part, besides the technical aspects and problem solving, is the long term relationships with patients. When the chronic dialysis patients are admitted to the hospital and see your face, they will be immediately relieved and happy to see you. It's a good feeling to feel appreciated by your patients. They already know they can trust you, you'll be on a first name basis with many. Wouldn't trade it for anything!