hello, i have a dialysis interview nxt week!

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Hi. Just want to say hello to everyone. This is a great site with a lot of great informaition.

SO, I am going to have an interview next wk at a dialysis clinic in the austin tx area. I currently am working nights and cant handle that anymore. I want to have a normal life again!:wink2:

So my question is how much do you think the starting salary for a new dialysis RN at an outpt clinic would be. I have 1 yr medsurg experience and currently make 19 dollars an hr plus a 3 dollar diff. for nights (so really 22 dollars and hr). I just want to get an idea before I go to my interview.

What is the most important thing to look at to see if this would be a great dialysis clinic to work at? I want a job that I can stay a long time at and not feel burned out in a yr. Thanks for all your help!! I will keep everyone updated!

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Ask to walk through the unit. Look at you potential co-workers, can you feel an atmosphere?

How many patients are you responsible for? How much time between different runs. Our first batch are supposed to be off by noon with the second run starting at one. Doesn't happen that way, we can be taking people off at 12:45 and having the next crowd trying to get on the same machine.

Do patients just walk onto the unit and claim their "spot"? The worst part of the job for me was 11:00 through 14:00. Three take offs, machines to be cleaned, set up and three more to put on. Felt like a hamster on a wheel to nowhere...

I went back to floor nursing, easier on my body and spirit.

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How did your interview go? What did you learn about salaries? Is the outpatient dialysis clinic independent? Or attached to a hospital?

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Hi. The interview went really well. I took the job. The starting pay for nurses with no dialysis experience is about the same as I was making at nights at the med-surg floor I am currently working on, so I was happy with that. It is an outpt clinic owned by a group of doctors. They offer a great training program that is a few wks classroom, 5 wks with a tech, and then 4-6 mnths with an RN. All the nurses I met where happy and said that the loved their job. I am really excited. I have already bought a dialysis review book so I can be a step ahead before I start the class.

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