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Hi, So did you take the Dialysis job??

It also could have been too much fluid being taken off on treatment

Well I have worked in a few Dialysis Centers...RN or LPN?

Well, about the codes...most of the people I take care of in Dialysis are DNR's!!

Hi, Sorry youre having such a bad time with this"preceptor". When I started in Dialysis, as a tech might I add..i was paired up with someone for 6 weeks!!! Then once I became a nurse went to a different facility and worked with some old co-workers, and literally had a 3 hour orientation, and that all said "oh its just like falling off a bike and getting back on" YEAH RIGHT!!! Dialysis is a whole different setting. PLease ask me if you have any questions, I LOVE DIALYSIS!! And the machine SUCK!!! what machines do you have? maybe i can give you some pointers

I am from NY and in nursing school they didnt even teach you how to draw blood.....more less how to do IV's..they claim it is on the job training. Luckily I started out at a Trauma 1 county hospital and got to float for 2 weeks with the IV team.

You will be fine....The night before my 1st day I cried all nite long, couldnt sleep and was running to the bathroom every 15 minutes!! ANd it turned out to be a great day!!! Good luck, and just remember to document, document, document!!

I have to use an EKG machine on a DAILY basis that was made in 1973, 2 years before I was even born!!! This monstrosity is bigger than I am...