Private Nursing Dialysis.

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Hello All! I was recently offered a position by a former patient of mine who is considering home hemodialysis. He would like me to come to his home, set-up his machine, and cannulate him. I would then monitor during his treatment. The salary is more than what I receive for being charge nurse on my shift, but provides zero benefits (I use my husband's anyway-but just to put all the known info out there). My question is, if I were to consider doing this legitimately, how would I go about this? Is working privately in dialysis even allowed in nursing (sorry if that is a base question- I obviously have no idea how this would work). Thank you in advance for any and all help.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

This is what is called "staff assist" and is perfectly legitimate. In my area, this is becoming quite popular. Both Davita and FMC as well as a smaller company offer this. It is reimburseable too under CMS.

I would sign on with the company that will be providing his dialysis machine, teaching, etc...

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Thank you so much for your reply TraumaRUs. Do you have experience doing this? If so, what's your thoughts on this program?

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I'm an APN and don't do direct pt care. However, check out the big two dialysis companies websites.

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Specializes in Dialysis.

Davita is about to start a program here in the dallas/ft. Worth area. I'm soooo going to do it when it starts. They are using lvns!!

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