New to Dialysis Need Help!

I interviewed for an RN position in a 12 chair clinic. Loved it and I want the job. It's mostly chronic pts. I have ICU and Med/Surg, House Supervisor experience. So with the right training I think I could learn to do it well. My question is this: What is the most difficult and most rewarding aspects of chronic Dialysis nursing?

[nutella, MSN, RN]

I interviewed for an RN position in a 12 chair clinic. Loved it and I want the job. It's mostly chronic pts. I have ICU and Med/Surg, House Supervisor experience. So with the right training I think I could learn to do it well. My question is this: What is the most difficult and most rewarding aspects of chronic Dialysis nursing?

Only 12 chairs????

That is a dream clinic....

[Nick2you]

I also work in a twelve chair clinic. The most difficult aspects I found in a chronic unit is time management. Chronic units are very fast paced, and it's very easy for something such as a difficult cannulation or post treatment bleeding that can slow your day down.

The positive aspects include getting to know your patients because you're seeing them 3 or more times a week. Chronic dialysis is repetitive which means the more you continue to do it the better you will become.

Just my two cents.

*ps early waking hours suck

[Guttercat, ASN, RN]

Only 12 chairs????

That is a dream clinic....

Yeppers. Twelve chairs? Jump on that bad boy right there. :)

Many years ago, I worked at a ten-chair clinic staffed by two RN's and three techs. It was the happiest place ever.

It was a well-oiled machine.

[GenSurgRNFA, BSN]

You get to know all your patients very well and dayshift hours. But i hate waking up at 4am. Our clinic hours are 5am-7pm

[verdeacres]

Each clinic has its own culture. Unfortunately some clinics have a lot of strife or drama, it seems like it happens due to the closeness of the working conditions.