just curious

Pamilina · Feb 14, 2005

If you don't have the training yet as a Dialysis nurse. I recommend Davita...here in California, they pay you while you learn and then after some time, if you have hospital experience you can go into Acutes with this same center. The pay range for an RN who has no experience, is usually, $18.00 and you sign a contract I'm not sure if that changed. However, it's a great company with many excellent benefits. You could work part-time and then part-time in a hospital...so that when you have your dialysis experience/combined with hospital...then you can do acutes...that means that you travel to whatever hospital that Davita is contracted with. You usually get paid per treatment...and I do believe that is quite a lot of money...more than 30.00 an hour...plus, you are getting benefits and having a lot of autonomy. You should call them and find out more information. It's a great field to get into.

Best of Luck!

nosonew, BSN, RN · Feb 17, 2005

If you don't have the training yet as a Dialysis nurse. I recommend Davita...here in California, they pay you while you learn and then after some time, if you have hospital experience you can go into Acutes with this same center. The pay range for an RN who has no experience, is usually, $18.00 and you sign a contract I'm not sure if that changed. However, it's a great company with many excellent benefits. You could work part-time and then part-time in a hospital...so that when you have your dialysis experience/combined with hospital...then you can do acutes...that means that you travel to whatever hospital that Davita is contracted with. You usually get paid per treatment...and I do believe that is quite a lot of money...more than 30.00 an hour...plus, you are getting benefits and having a lot of autonomy. You should call them and find out more information. It's a great field to get into.
Best of Luck!

YES...DAVITA is the best! I have worked for them since 98 (of course, they used to be TRC until KT -CEO was hired)... I couldn't say enough GOOD things about them...honestly, I have NEVER EVER, NEVER EVER worked for a company that truly thinks of all of the employees...like they do! They pay well, and the benefits...are beyond anything you could dream up! I am getting my BSN, working FT, and they are paying for it all!