How big (or small) is your unit?

[cranky]

Just curious about the average unit size. I work in a small 8 chair unit on an Indian Reservation, with 15 Hemo and 12 PD patients. We run 2 shifts of regular pts and a third shift with seasonal transient pts. What is the size of your unit?

[Lacie, BSN, RN]

14 Hemo chairs and we run 3 full shifts staffing the same staff from open to close 6 days a week. Usually one licensed and the rest pct's (2 - 3).

[kmcourt66]

Our unit has 24 hemodialysis chairs. We run 6 days per wk. with 4-5 RN's and 4 Techs per shift. We run 4 shifts of pt's per day. We start at 6am and close at 11pm. Busy, busy!

[Hellllllo Nurse, BSN, RN]

I'm a traveler. The largest hemo unit I've ever worked was 54 chairs, the smallest was 12.

[GeauxNursing]

14 Hemo chairs and we run 3 full shifts staffing the same staff from open to close 6 days a week. Usually one licensed and the rest pct's (2 - 3).

the same staff 6 days a week? when do you rest? and how many hours is that?

[Lacie, BSN, RN]

Sorry for the misunderstanding. What I meant was I know of other units that work shifts, we do not as most others probably. The RN is usually first in at 4:30/4:45, then 2-3 Pcts come in at 5:00am. We work usually till about 8pm and sometimes 9:00/9:30pm. We get one 30 min break for lunch through out the day and one 15 min break in the am around 8:00. No wonder I get uti's alot lol. I work 3-4 days aweek if we are not short staffed enough that I need to come in more (as is the situation now and most of the time lol). Most my days are no less than 14 hours. Considering also besides the FA I'm the only RN so one of us has to be there during business hours.

[Migrant_Renal_RN]

How is it that you are now 3 shifts/6 days/wk and your sister clinic in Daytona is down to 2 shifts/6 days/wk?? Interesting.

[nephrohemorn]

Our unit is 14 chairs. It is a chronic unit for "stable" patients, we do not do acutes as we do not have a nephrologist on-site. We are a satellite unit.

We run 3 shifts of patients per day, 6 days per week.

We have one tech for 12 hours who helps set up some machines, but primary responsibility is maintanence of machines and H20 system.

Staffing is 2-12hr days, 2-8hr days, 2-12hr evenings, and 2-8hr evenings.

All nursing staff are R.N.'s

[Migrant_Renal_RN]

Interesting that you are running primarily with licenced staff. Are you a for profit or not for profit clinic??

[nephrohemorn]

non-profit.

I think it works differently in Canada vs.USA.

We do not have many (if any) private clinics....at least not in my area in Southern Ontario

[Migrant_Renal_RN]

We used to be more not for-profit here too, and those facilities are historically staffed with licensed staff too.

[kdhnursern]

We are a chronic unit that rents space from the local hospital. We have 8 chairs, run 6 d/wk, and have 32 current patients with 2 more "in the wings". We have our facility manager (RN), 1-4 d/wk RN, 1-3 d/wk RN, 1-4 d/wk PCT, 1-3 d/wk PCT, and an LPN who works every Wed and every other Sat. Start up is 5am and close when the patients are finished...usually about 4pm. We just got 5 new patients in the last 2 wks. We also have a request in to hire another PCT. And our greatest wish is to get a new facility, stand alone, with at least 12 chairs.