hemo nurse

dishes, BSN, RN · Jul 6, 2011

BCIT has a nephrology nursing course

medyas · Jul 6, 2011

thanks dishes.

Fiona59 · Jul 6, 2011

Don't the local health regions train their own staff and issue their own certification papers? That's how it works in AB.

medyas · Jul 7, 2011

fiona

thanks 4 the reply, I know some health regions do that but not ours. hmmm....maybe i should consider moving to AB:balloons:

27400 · Jul 7, 2011

I just have a question regarding becoming a Dialysis (PD or Hemo) nurse. Do you have to obtain a nephrology certificate offered by CNA or do you just have to enrol in a Nephrology Program?

RN58186 · Jul 9, 2011

Most of the dialysis nurses I know do the CNA exam after working in nephrology for a while. Most dialysis positions want some renal experience first, often it is obtained on the inpatient unit first. Although I do know some nurses hired directly into the hemo clinic but not the PD clinic. I did inpatient renal for 12 years, now I work in the transplant clinic.

27400 · Jul 10, 2011

Most of the dialysis nurses I know do the CNA exam after working in nephrology for a while. Most dialysis positions want some renal experience first, often it is obtained on the inpatient unit first. Although I do know some nurses hired directly into the hemo clinic but not the PD clinic. I did inpatient renal for 12 years, now I work in the transplant clinic.

Thank you. Did you have to take Neph 1 & 2 working on the inpatient unit?

RN58186 · Jul 12, 2011

I didn't have to take any formal courses when I worked on the inpatient unit. I had a quick orientation and was thrown into it. In all fairness, I had done nephrology in Nsg School so it was mostly review. But the orientation on the unit now is much more intense, I think it is about 6 weeks. There is no required courses to take. Hemo orientation is about 2 months and not sure about PD. Having the CNA certification is a bonus for anyone who wants to move to hemo or PD. Helped me when I moved to transpnat, and when I started in transplant I was sent on a 4 day introductory course in Arizona after I had been there a hemo unit to help new staff "get the hang of things".

Want a chuckle? When I was in Nsg School the only anatomy and physiology class I cut was the class on the kidney. Went to every other one, and I have worked nephrology since I graduated. It was like "You're going to learn this stuff anyway!" :lol2: