LoveDogsAndNursing

Hello! I have 1.5 years experience as a L&D RN and as much as I loved my job, I am trying to find a job that is closer hours to my husbands normal mon-fri job. I came across a position at Davita for a home hemodialysis nurse and got an interview for this position. The recruiter I spoke with on the phone said it is a lot of patient education which is something I enjoyed tremendously in L&D! I was trying to find what it was like to be a HHD nurse, and have not been able to find anything online. Could someone who works or has worked as a HHD nurse for Davita or another large dialysis company give me some insight into this position? What does a typical day look like? What are the on-call days like? The recruiter said it is a role in which you are very autonomous and your schedule relies on you to maintain and plan your patients' care. I always enjoyed urology in nursing school, and think I would really enjoy the mon-fri and one on one attention given to patients. Any insight would be very helpful! Thank you ?

Hello Jamillah, I hope the application to your new position was successful and you were able to make that transfer! I just had a question since you are a new RN and you were hopefully able to transfer successfully. I just graduated yesterday and was offered a position in a RN residency program with a large hospital that has many affiliate hospitals. It requires a 24 month commitment which I wouldn’t have an issue with, but my husband is in the military and I worry he may get orders somewhere else before my 24 month commitment is up. Since it sounds like you may have been in a similar commitment possibly, do you know if transferring to another affiliate hospital still meets those requirements of the commitment? I would just hate for my husband to get orders and me still have time left on my commitment and have no idea what I should do....thank you for your help and insight!