Few questions

[MJB2010]

How many chairs in your clinic?

How many RNS present at a time?

How much staff total?

I was just respodning to a post on another topic and it infuritated me how I was left alone in the dialysis clinic. I really enjoyed working there, but the staffing and shift length was ridiculously unsafe. Just wondering how it is elsewhere.

[Tish88]

Aw you're never too old. I went back for my MSN when I was 47, I completed my first post-MSN at 48 and my second post-MSN when I was 51.

I have a daughter in college right now and a son ready to start, so I don't know if I can handle 3 tuition bills at once.

Plus, at my current position, I make a lot more than the nurse practitioners in my area, so it is kind of senseless to return to school. And I hope to only work for the next 6 years until my kids are done with college and I want to retire!!! Not that I would be at retirement age :), but that is my goal.

[Guttercat, ASN, RN]

Amen - I have 230 pts on my list: I am required to see 216 pts/week and then the other 15 only once/month. Yep, even at 15 minutes/pt, I'm booking....ooops didn't figure in the drive time either. lol

Still I am very thankful for a job in these tough times.

^^^And that's what is keeping me from taking the final plunge into the ANP vs. PA programs.^^^

Was just talking about this with one of the nephrologists today...

Who goes into medical practice with the dream of throwing an RX at a patient in haste saying, "Here you go. Hope that helps. Next?"

[just keep swimming]

I work in an inner city unit. We have 26 chairs, 2 RNs (although there are 24 patients running before the second RN arrives) and 6 PCTs when all chairs are full. It's a lot of work and I did not feel safe initially; however, after many years of practice, I am only drowning a little now! Lol!

[madwife2002, BSN, RN]

20 chairs

3/4 shifts MWF techs go 5-1

1-2 RNs

1st RN 4.30am - 14.00-4 techs morning/2techs eve

2nd RN 8am -16.30

3rd RN 14.00-22.30

2 shifts TTS

20 chairs

4 techs all day

1 RN 430am-12.00 or

1RN 10am-16.30 or 1 RN 430-16.30