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So i found out that the charge nurse at a LTAC in houston is an LVN. Actually they have two charge nurses but she is one of them and she's only an LVN and she dialyzes there without the charge RN. I thought in acute dialysis LVN's were not allowed?

thank you all for your comments. I wrote JCAHO so they could investigate into it:)

I don't have an issue. I'll be done with my masters degree in less than a year. My issue is that dialysis companies in texas gets away with murder if they can. Literally. I've been working in dialysis a long time and i think they get away with what t...

Me too. I kinda want to live in the loop.

Dry weight probably needs increasing.discuss with Dr. Patients never like to accept the fact thier weight needs increasing.

no way dude. Sometimes I wish I was in front of a computer and had my own cubicle.

wow.maybe i should be a travel nurse.

wow this article makes me want to join a nurses union.

I work with a tech who has 14 yrs experience . She doesn't fail to mention it at least two to three times a month. I have five years HD experience and I was in acutes for two. I'm seriously thinking of going back to acutes despite the hectic nature o...

I agree with that one person's comment. This article seems "holier than thou". We all have flaws. I agree that from what the original poster wrote that the agency nurse was not a team player but how can we tell what exactly went on from one view poin...

I was in acutes and started back in chronics last august till now. Our clinic is small and hasn't accepted medicare patients yet so staff is low. It's just me and a PCT but I find her highly annoying. She has many more years experience than me and c...

I think this is good. If I had to work with an obese nurse I am sure he/ she would have tons of excuse for not being able to do this or that and other nurses would pick up the slack. The big nurses tend to have desk jobs anyways... At least from what...

I'm getting burned out and sick of dialysis too. I been in it for five years. I feel like I need a change. I can't imagine doing this for the rest of my life. I enjoy it but I want a change. Is that so bad?

I start my msn in education in spring and I'm wondering whether to wrk ft or pt while going to school full-time. Classes are online. Any suggestions? How was your experiences?

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i think it depends on who trains you and how they train you. i used to work for the big D and I didn't really like it however I did like their computer programs, which i feel i learned a lot from. You can also learn a lot from other dialysis nurses ,...

So why don't you leave the union if they make you feel bad?

I am curious about the people in texas who are so against unions. Have they been in one and have had a bad experience? I live in texas but feel that we need unions. I don't think we get respect here and that by having unions then maybe our voices wou...

I'm shy and quiet too and I been a nurse for four and half years. I feel comfy talking one on one but not to a group of people. Since when did being shy become bad? Shy people are good listeners. Also ...a lot of shy people are pretty smart. Not all ...

hey did u find anyone who went through that program? I'm about to start in spring. did you go through the program? how was it?

i'm going to utep

Don't feel bad. I got into an MSN educator program which I am to start soon but I applied because I wanted to be an educator in a hospital or in my specialty. Don't let others make you feel bad. You can always switch or keep applying to other program...

I recently got accepted to a msn in education program. I will be starting in january. I applied for this program because I wanted to teach in hospitals. I see alot of posts on this site talking about teaching in schools. I really don't want to teach ...

how many of us will ask our doctors what thier gpa was? i know alot of doctors who struggled in med school and in some countries....mainly countries where alot of doctors are from...you can take tests as many times as you want and end up passing even...

I'm thinking about the MSN program at UofP. Is there anyone in houston that graduated from their masters of nursing program who found it difficult to be hired?