Coleebee

Coleebee specializes in Cardiac, Nephrology, Emergency Medicine.

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1. On-Call Duties in Acute HD

   Coleebee replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   ^^

2. Interviewing for dialysis with no dialysis experience???

   Coleebee replied to bajj78's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   It varies by company and region as to how many nurses are there in the clinic. In my area with a certain large main provider 20 or less patients you have 1 RN, the other large provider has 2 RN's with...

3. Unable to take fluid without cramping????

   Coleebee replied to mxems's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   ^^

4. Interviewing for dialysis with no dialysis experience???

   Coleebee replied to bajj78's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Oh to the OP, in my Chronics clinic, I was the only RN for 17 patients, and often had to take a 4 patient assignment on top of that (as I said bad clinic). It is apple and oranges trying to compare...

5. Interviewing for dialysis with no dialysis experience???

   Coleebee replied to bajj78's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   When I worked Chronics I had a bad clinic :-( , bad management, bad techs and so on, but I do long for the more stable hours. I hate the On Call, I hate not sleeping well those nights and afraid of...

6. Interview on Monday in LTC

   Coleebee replied to Coleebee's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Yeah, but to be a DON you most often have to have LTC experience. I can't lose my shirt to wait for that experience

7. Interviewing for dialysis with no dialysis experience???

   Coleebee replied to bajj78's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I have worked in Chronics and currently work in Acutes. In my opinion they are 2 completely different animals. In Acutes you are the Dialysis Nurse, you don't have people around to help you with...

8. Interview on Monday in LTC

   Coleebee replied to Coleebee's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I was really bummed. There is no way that I can take that kind of pay cut, I wouldn't be able to pay my bills. I expected a maybe a dollar less, but not $4. (My hospital doesn't pay a lot and I live...

9. Interview on Monday in LTC

   Coleebee replied to Coleebee's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Interview went really well! However the pay is significantly lower than I was expecting. I live in a "low pay state" but what they offered me was new graduate RN pay. I know money isn't everything,...

10. Interview on Monday in LTC

    Coleebee posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have an interview at a non for profit Continuous Care Retirement home on Monday for a RN in the Skilled Nursing area (they are affiliated with the Presbyterain Church). To make a very long story...

11. Burn out at Davita

    Coleebee replied to cn2007rn's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I burned out quick at DaVita Chronics. I hated it, loved my patients...hated everything else. You are not alone. Management was a joke, and more and more expectations were piled on me. I had little or...

12. How to get out of dialysis nursing?

    Coleebee replied to Marisette's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have been doing Dialysis now for 2 years, it is time for a change of scenery. It does not matter if it is for outpatient or acutes. I am ready to run screaming! I love my patients, but the "suits"...

13. Acute Care to LTC

    Coleebee posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hello all first time posting in the specialty. I've been healthcare for a long time, it all started years ago as a firefighter paramedic. I've been RN for three years. I actually got my RN after...

14. Rn moving to fl from nyc after 26 years

    Coleebee replied to Chocolate_RN85's topic in Florida Nursing

    @OP, The best advice I can give you is to do your research. There are few unions here and no mandatory staffing ratios (hospitals set them). I have worked in a hospital on a PCU that I have taken 6...

15. Rn moving to fl from nyc after 26 years

    Coleebee replied to Chocolate_RN85's topic in Florida Nursing

    Base pay for an RN with no hospital experience in my neck of the woods is $20-23 an hour. A friend of mine works in Boca Raton and she started out at