garygirl

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1. New dialysis nurse in training

   garygirl replied to ClumsyOne's topic in Urology

   If you are considering acutes, ask those doing it now what their actual call is like. A lot depends on the docs and whether or not they are reasonable about it, along with the number of facilities you are expected to cover. Maybe it's only the one yo...

2. Acute Inpatient Dialysis Patient-to-Nurse Ratios

   garygirl replied to MrMango's topic in Urology

   Sorry, I don't think having 4 Acute patients with a tech is safe, even an exceptional tech. And doing all the charge nurse stuff on top of it? I travel. Most acute rooms have a 2 patients per nurse ratio. If it's a larger unit, you may have a tech wh...

3. Acute Dialysis job nitemare

   garygirl replied to Lilone20's topic in Urology

   Look for another job. This one will only get worse. I left a job with one of the Big 2 in dialysis after 2 weeks because I was not being supported and felt the managers didn't have my back. I can't work for them anymore, so it makes finding a job a b...

4. A weird interview exercise; and how interviews have changed: for the Worse!

   garygirl replied to BlinkyPinky's topic in General Nursing

   As someone who used to interview candidates for nursing positions, I find these Personality Tests a joke. Not that they may reveal traits that are useful for the position, but what happened to HR people and managers learning interviewing skills rathe...