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  1. DaVita - Advice - RN Shadowing Interview

    nurseontheway replied to bumchickabowbow's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I would ask questions about patient to staff ratio. I have heard positive and negative things about Davita. I think that it depends on your manager and coworkers. I really like dialysis but had a hard...

  2. RNs who quit dialysis

    nurseontheway replied to ffliper27's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I started working in dialysis in 2010. I was very stressed and overwhelmed at the beginning. If I didn't need the money and the health insurance I would have quit right away. It has been almost four...

  3. Dialysis Start Time

    nurseontheway posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have been working in dialysis for a while now and really like it. I like working 4/10 hour days and the relationship that you build with your patients. What I really dislike is the 4:30 start...

  4. What should EVERY nurse know about Dialysis

    nurseontheway replied to Twink's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Dialysis patients are the most stubborn people that I have ever met. They know what they are supposed to do and the diet that they are supposed to follow but most of them could care less. I have found...

  5. I'll be completely honest with you...

    nurseontheway replied to sarahdanielle14's topic in Pediatric

    My goal is to work in Peds. I am working on my BSN and hope that this will be my way in. I love reading About your positive experience

  6. "Difficult" Patients

    nurseontheway replied to Vespertinas's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Since I work at a dialysis clinic I have the blessing of being graced by the same patients over and over. Most of them are fabulous but some of them not so much... One patient in particular always has...

  7. ANY Case Managers at United Health?

    nurseontheway replied to jk82's topic in Case Management

    This does not sound like a good place to work for... I recently had a phone interview with the company and will rethink my career change.... I also had a negative review from another nurse that had a...

  8. Overwhelmed

    nurseontheway replied to butterfly_kisses9188's topic in General Nursing

    I just recently switched jobs and it isn't easy. At my last job we had an hour lunch and it seems as if the Nurses barely get a minute at my new job.... However, sometimes we have to make sacrifices...

  9. First RN job: Med Surg/Renal... ADVICE!!!!!

    nurseontheway replied to ILove2Shop's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I appreciate this advice because I am starting on a Med/Surg floor Monday- I will go through orientation first but start working with my preceptor the 2nd week. I am coming from a dialysis clinic and...

  10. Switching Jobs

    nurseontheway posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am switching jobs- my first job as a RN has been at a dialysis clinic and I am going to a Med/Surg floor. What advice can you give to me? I am afraid that I will not catch on fast enough... They...

  11. Working at a hospital

    nurseontheway posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a newer Nurse and want to work at a hospital. I tried to straight out of Nursing school but couldn't get hired... I work at a dialysis clinic and working at a hospital scares me. It is easy to...

  12. Working at a hospital

    nurseontheway replied to nurseontheway's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks

  13. Feeling depressed with new job as a nurse...

    nurseontheway replied to Keri29's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Being a new Nurse is very overwhelming- it took me over a year to feel more comfortable at my job. That is the thing with Nursing- you just have to keep showing up and going through the motions. The...

  14. The Mockery of Nursing

    nurseontheway replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    LOL. A Nurse at work said that all Nursing school students should have to be an aide for a month... I am sure that it would change a lot of

  15. The Mockery of Nursing

    nurseontheway replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thankfully I passed the NCLEX on the first try but can you really take it five times? And I am amazed at some of the people that I graduated with. If I walked into a room and they were the Nurse I...

  16. The Long Anticipated Wait: NCLEX Scores

    nurseontheway replied to Joe V's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was able to find out the day after for my LPN and RN boards but it still bothers you until you know. I can't imagine waiting a week or a month. And to think they had to wait for weeks to get the...

  17. Transitioning from Dialysis to Med Surg

    nurseontheway replied to tunsie06's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Yes, the pm spot seems to be key when starting out. That is one good thing about dialysis- the hours are early for the most part and you have Sundays off (with chronic dialysis.) However, the early...

  18. The Long Anticipated Wait: NCLEX Scores

    nurseontheway replied to Joe V's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yes, I know this feeling ALL too

  19. Transitioning from Dialysis to Med Surg

    nurseontheway replied to tunsie06's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I work in chronic dialysis but have heard that acute can be very, very different. I like it but still aspire to change careers. That is what is so nice about Nursing- it is such of a vast field. I...

  20. Transitioning from Dialysis to Med Surg

    nurseontheway replied to tunsie06's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I am also a Dialysis Nurse and I can totally relate to where you are coming from. I am also looking at switching to the med/surg route because I would like to work in Peds eventually. Feel free to...

  21. Is Dialysis considered Critical Care?

    nurseontheway replied to nurseontheway's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Yes, but for the hospital you need your

  22. Is Dialysis considered Critical Care?

    nurseontheway replied to nurseontheway's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Do you do dialysis at hospitals? This sounds interesting instead of being stuck at a clinic all day. I imagine the pay is better

  23. Is Dialysis considered Critical Care?

    nurseontheway replied to nurseontheway's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I need my BSN for the hospital that we have here and was also told that Med/Surg experience would be ideal. The only place that I could find to hire me was a dialysis clinic. It was the last area I...

  24. Is Dialysis considered Critical Care?

    nurseontheway replied to nurseontheway's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Pediatrics

  25. Is Dialysis considered Critical Care?

    nurseontheway replied to nurseontheway's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I work in a clinic and it is for end stage renal disease. We basically start/end treatments, go over their labs, do care plans, progress notes