Renal nursing, dialysis nursing, nephro nursing....an awesome specialty field! Dialysis nurses, unfortunately, are one of the lower paying specialties and one of the most difficult. Because this specialty is so involved (we're talking every cell in the body), it does take quite a bit of training to really "know that you know what you know"! Now days, most of the training is on the job due to the shortage of dialysis nurses. Basically, it's just selling yourself to the right clinic and they'll get you rolling! Days past, it took us 3-5 years in critical care to even apply for this type of job. Most of my days are still spent in the ICU working acute dialysis and after 10 years I can honestly say that I STILL love it. I have a nurse friend in So. Calif. that wanted to move into dialysis and that's exactly how she did it. She now works acutes in the hospital and is so proud to be in such a fantastic field.
Let me know if I can help further!
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