Dear Nurse Beth Advice Column - The following letter submitted anonymously in search for answers. Join the conversation!
Transitioning from dialysis nursing to utilization review (your) nursing is a significant change but is feasible, especially given your extensive experience in a specialized nursing field.
Here are some things to consider:
New Skills Required
Steps to Facilitate the Transition
Gain Experience
Potential Challenges
By leveraging your extensive clinical experience and supplementing it with targeted education and practical exposure to utilization review, you can successfully transition into this new area of nursing.
Very best wishes,
Nurse Beth
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I've been a dialysis nurse for 22 years. I've worked in both the chronic & acute setting. Hemodialysis is my specialty. I'm considering transitioning to utilization review nursing. Would this be a difficult transition? I'm willing to take a course to obtain certification in utilization review.
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