DialysisRN12
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Yes I know. I started in acutes. Then moved in center to be a Clin Coord/CNM so I understand your dilemma. At the other company, we can sign ourselves up for just about any learning course. But if they don't want you to do it on working time, u can also see that dilemma. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.comDepending on which company you're at, there is a learning course you do for adequacy too. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.comBut 35 for a CC is not high if that's what you were referring to. And technically I should be a CNM since my FA is unlicensed. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.comYeah I make more than that but less than what I was told I should be offered. I don't think I'll be able to get any more money for transferring but was gonna try :) Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.comWondering if anyone might be able to give me insight as to what salary I should be asking for a position of HHD/PD RN in the Chicagoland area? I'm currently a CC for 12-chair unit and got shafted on the salary when I transferred to this position from Acutes. I was told I should've been offered $35-$37 by two separate managers. The HHD/PD RN position covers two clinics and I believe between the both of them I'd only have roughly 10 patients. But I'm sure it will grow as the trend is moving towards HHD/PD with all the payment cuts to in-center HD. Or do you think it's even appropriate to ask for more salary? Thanks for any insight!Wait you're giving up being a preop/PACU RN to go into dialysis!! I'd give up anything to be able to do that but can't get into any position here like that without experience. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.comI concur with LadyFree28 :) Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.comYes. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.comYou said it in your post "htn, years of poorly controlled diabetes." That's my point. I care about my patients and I know that they want to live. But at the same time it's lack of responsibility to participate in their own health care or being accountable. HTN is preventable, manageable. Diabetes is preventable, manageable. Of course, there are always going to be those outliers. I'm not talking about those patients that lost kidney function due to other reasons beyond their control. But those two reasons make up the large majority of patients on dialysis. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.comNature of the profession. It's stressful. It's a specialty you either love or hate, no in-between. Chronics is stable but routine for the most part. Acutes is more interesting but 20hr shifts burn you out, wear your body down. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.comAnd c'mon all...very few patients are going to let you stick them on a weekly basis even tho it is SC. Try making that switch in a clinic with patients who've been there for years. Efficacy doesn't really apply to the dialysis patient since the reason most of them are there in the first place is due to lack of responsible health care maintenance and non compliance. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.comI'm biased lol but DaVita. Just overall from experience and what I've heard from ppl who have left Fresenius to go to DaVita. But it does happen also that ppl leave DaVita for Fresenius. Also I know quite a few who work for both. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.comTramadol would not show up in a drug test anyway just FYI. Former UDS collector :) Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.comI just started as a CC so don't have much insight to how I will work yet. As soon as I know, I'd love to help you with your survey :) Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com