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Yes I have tried to get them to understand how the schools errors have caused issues.. They simply do not care

What are our rights as grad students when the school messes up? I have been playing catch up all semester due to being blocked out of my online courses at the start of the semester for some "unknown" reason that was not my fault. I was also majorly delayed in starting my clinical hours which was also the schools fault. These things may not seem like major inconveniences to some people, but to me they were. When you are living out of hotels and attending clinicals almost in another state, doing class work, taking tests, studying, working, driving back and forth, and just plain dealing with life..... To top it off every instructor grades differently and follows thier own set of rules and all the students know it. The school takes zero responsibility for any errors while students are expected to be held to a higher standard. Do we have no rights? I've went up the chain of command but it's me against a million. What would you do?

The letter was in the mail when I got home from work yesterday. I was accepted!

I was eaten by my first nursing job.. the struggle is real

I applied for Dual track FNP and Acute Geront... Haven't heard back

I am about to take my first Dialysis travel position. I have talked to lots of travlers and called lots of companies. Foundation Medical Staffing is a company I trust and many others do as well. They linked me with a permanent position in the past and they do what they say they will. Many other travel companies give a dishonest vibe. People like Fortus. I decided not to go with fortus since they mostly have chronic assignment and i needed acute. Fresenius and Fortus are known for paying travelers well from what I have heard from other travlers.

It just takes a while to get into the flow of the unit. 2 weeks is very little time to make such a harsh judgment about your capabilities. Once u get to know the patients and schedules better you will be able to plan ahead for the busy turnover.

I believe it is pretty common. This is what the acute programs do in my area. Often the patients primary nurse can do some trouble shooting by calling the 1800 number on the machine and most patients know how to operate the cycler on their own.

There is no right or wrong answer to this. I did 6 months of med surg and hated every second of it before I switched to dialysis. If you start in a dialysis clinic you will be on your feet all day long non stop so I don't think that it's any less physically demanding then med surg. I like dialysis because I'm doing less dirty work and waitressing. Once you have a solid 6 months in a chronic dialysis setting you can move to acute dialysis. Once you move to acute dialysis you will be doing dialysis treatments on most of the units in the hospital. Your acute dialysis experiences will be respected and you could likely work on any one of those units that you treated dialysis patients on. I don't regret my little bit of med surg experience, but I don't regret disappearing from the med surg scene so fast either. I can make a lot more money as an acute dialysis nurse and not feel like a slave, servant, maid all day.

Ive Heard Those Same Negative Things. I Have Never Been A Kindred Employee, But Ive Done Dialysis Treatments At Kindred. None Of The Dialysis Nurses Liked GoingThere Because If You Or The Patient Needed Something You Would Not Be Able To Find Help.

I Don't Think That Its Harmful. I Find That There Is A Good Deal Of Respect For The Skills And Knowledge That Dialysis Nurses Have. I Have Heard ICU Managers Say That They Would Welcome Dialysis Nurses Into ICU Position AnyTime.

Acute Dialysis Offers A Lot Of Independence. I Enjoy It MoreThen Any Other Nursing I have Done. You Have To Like Needles And BeAble To Deal With Blood. Be Ok Making Many DecOnisions ON Your Own. You Would Learn A Lot In The Cardiac Program. I Guess It Depends On If You Wanna Focus on Kidneys OR Hearts. Both ARe Great Opportunities. As An Acute Dialysis Nurse I Rarely Even See My Fellow Dialysis Collegues, So You Have To Be Ok With Working Alone A Lot.

Try Something Different..I Hated Med Surg.. I LOve Dialysis! ...Many Options!

Hi Vhanesa... Thank you for the response... Good to Know!