Burn out at Davita

Coleebee · Nov 22, 2013

I burned out quick at DaVita Chronics. I hated it, loved my patients...hated everything else. You are not alone. Management was a joke, and more and more expectations were piled on me. I had little or no help and my manager (also an RN) was a waste of space.

I gladly got out after 10 months...it was a living hell.

FransBevy · Nov 22, 2013

DaVita's computer systems time warp me back to 1983. Takes hours to enter the simplest requests. When will they figure out that a new program will allow nurses more time to actually care for the patients.

NurseRies, BSN, RN · Nov 22, 2013

Anyone starting to burn out in dialysis I work in home dialysis and getting so tired of davita's management, and all the reports they require, and all their expectations. Anyone else experiencing this??[/quote']
I have had jobs that burn me out in dialysis. If you like the field, try a new company, you may be surprised. Or maybe just get a cushy part time to rejuvenate if you can afford to! Good luck... I think we all go through burnout sometimes .

cn2007rn · Nov 23, 2013

Thanks everyone! Glad I am not alone, I am transferring units in a few weeks so if it doesn't get better will probably cut to part time and find a per diem in something new and fun!!

Guttercat, ASN, RN · Nov 24, 2013

I've said it before, I'm not a huge fan of the Wal Mart-ization of the dialysis industry that has occured in the last twenty years. I liked the diversity we once saw: patients and staff (by voting with their feet) played a key role in whether a facility lived or died. Crappy, poorly run units didn't always last very long-- call it the Darwinian effect. Now, there is no such market pressure as the free market has been distilled into corporate monopolization (also a result of the Darwinian effect, but for different reasons).

However, both of the Big Two do do some things very right. A few things wrong, too.

Just a word of advice: If anyone is a current employee of any facility/company (or ever hopes to work there again), I'd caution against complaining about that company on a public forum.

OP, sometimes, the sensation of burn out is really nothing more than having a bad day (or a bad month), and not true burn out.

True burnout means one gets chronically stale, cranky, and dull

--a loss of passion and enjoyment for the work, and finding that the "edge" that keeps one sharp and on their game is gone.

I hope your situation improves.

fragino · Nov 25, 2013

Although the big two are very big companies that virtually monopolize the industry in the U.S., individual clinics can sometimes vary very wildly in their work environment. Transferring is a good option if you can. Look around.