help! i want to be a certified nephro nurse...

[nurseleeia]

please help me colleagues! I'm clueless... i really want and love to be a nephro nurse, the big problem is I really don't know on what to do first or where should I really go to... you see I'm just a newly registered nurse and I would gladly undergo trainings and overcome hardships just to be a nephro nurse. I know it would take time but I will not just wait for it to come I know if I want my dreams to be fulfilled I know I should take my first move now or never... You all might ask me why a renal nurse? Its for my family... A family member, though he's distant and he left us I know I could help him If I 'll become a renal nurse... please help me and I will be very greatful to those who would help me. Thank you so much!

[shinynurse]

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!