Do (in-hospital)dialysis nurses love their jobs

[birdwhisperer]

I have done a little bit of all kinds of nursing in 40 years from high risk L&D to Pacu to Icu, neuro icu,Sicu, ER, but never Dialysis. I am currently in an acute care area with very little staffing for the nursing we must provide and am possible seeking a role in a busy dialysis unit but want to know is it satisfying. I know that in ICU the diaysis patients that would visit us were a lot of times very non compliant (as are quite a few other type patients in my neck of the woods ) I pretty much have enjoyed all the nursing I have done throughout the years with the majority of my dissatisfaction being about administrations inability to understand that patient satisfaction starts with contented nurses and throughout the years they have demonstrated that the only thing they care about is the bottom line $$$$....(can I get an AMEN? ) anyway I digress. Do you in dialysis love your jobs, love what you do? Does it get monotonous?. Any feedback would be appreciated.

[Deepinthegame]

Matter of fact, my nursing back ground is much like yours ,and I have been doing dialysis since "95" . On that note , I now , for the pass decade have been doing bedside dialysis just to keep my skills up. Ok, the pay is what I get paid hourly , but even though I'm at the bedside I'm really in charge of my dialysis machine while the primary nurse catches Hell . Sad, for the primary nurse , but true .For me , dialysis and Netflix work well together. One last thing , remember outpt dialysis clinics ( if over 6 chairs ) can be like assembly lines , I started in one that was 40 plus chairs and that equaled pain . The usual problems mostly everywhere - short of staff ( even though there is a load of resume ) , bad equipment , and you know the rest .