dialysisnurseLC

Here I am! I do. I just started 4 months ago coming from dialysis. pros-flexible schedule, great pay, community involvement and events, meeting new people, advocating for patients cons(personal ones for me)- waiting for referrals can get b...

I am fresh out of Nursing school and I love dialysis! However 80 per cent of my LPN experience is dialysis. I may stay in Nephrology land forever...maybe not ICHD but but in some aspect of it. I also say stay for 1 year and get nursing experience, if...

This very timely article as I will be taking on the role of charge nurse at a dialysis unit. I start in 12 days. I'm excited and nervous.

This is very True! I appreciate you writing this!

Have you all ever had a patient decline your care? I have recently and it is bothering me. First of all the patient cramps nearly every tx due to the usual reasons of high fluid gains. Also I transferred to the clinic and was a new face to him and h...

I agree. I do stay away from him. I speak and keep it moving.

Smh...it does bother me that a patient complains about his safety of the care he receives from me... Especially when he mentions lawyers all the time.

This is pretty cool!!i currently and mostly have worked in dialysis and I am currently looking for a PRN gig in a more acute setting so I can get a refresher on some of my skills!! I recently applied to an LTACH, had an interview and I was honestl ab...

Thanks! You are right! I will keep treating him with respect and kindness...

Hi all! I just started excelsior aug.24. I am doing my general education classes right now. I have 5 gen. Ed classes to take until i start my nursing classes. I havent decided yet if i will do the online nursing classes or self study. Is anyone else ...

I'm taking anatomy 2 Jan 4.. So after that probably in March I have been taking one class at a time. I kind of want to double up...i could probably take something else with anatomy. I need to talk with my advisor.

I will be taking micro online with excelsior and it does seem intense (after anatomy 2 in Jan) I.e discussions (the usual with an online course) writing articles weekly...it seems writing intensive for a science course. I just finished anatomy 1 onli...

The most challenging part right now is writing papers. I am currently taking dev. Psychology over an 8 week period, so lthere is a bit more work..but pther than that i love online learning because i dont have to go anywhere! I think i will do self st...

@Organized chaos yes i am taking the classes for my general education. Iam xurrently taking information literacy and developmental psychology

What materials did u use to study the nursing portion slastra

What materials did u use to study the nursing portion slastra

Well good luck to you...situations that come in our life make us stronger. I'd say you're doing pretty good jules!

I started my first online course..developmental psychology and information literacy. Next trimester anatomy!

Oh ok cool well goos luck..which exam did you take first?

Congratulations!! May i ask what made you want to go into informatics nursing? If there is another post stating why u chose this route please direct me there. Please tell us about ur experience capstone-ing as well í ½í¸€í ½í±

I know your feelings exactly!!! dialysis can be very stressful when it comes to co worker relations.. I'm sorry about the break thing but here is my suggestion... go to break first so you don't have to wait for people to come back. If you are assess...

Are the acutes really as horrible as people say it is?? I currently work chronic in center dialysis and I know one acute nurse who sometimes comes to help our unit out and she talks of acutes as being hell on earth lol. She says that you are always o...

@guttercat thanks for the positive light on acutes! Where I live it's considered rural so I probably would be in call a lot

I'm interested!!! Sounds like a great read and inspiration! I would love some staffing laws in the lovely world of dialysis nursing!!!

I too am in an accelerated 15 month program and i currently work about 28-36 hrs a week as an LPN at a dialysis unit and PRN for my local Hospice. I work on my free days from school. I kinda have to but I am considering cutting my hours cuz one often...