Coleebee

Coleebee

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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 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...

  7. 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

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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,...

  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

  16. Rn moving to fl from nyc after 26 years

    Coleebee replied to Chocolate_RN85's topic in Florida Nursing

    No Publix, and Walmart is only slightly cheaper. It is ridiculous. Best of luck on your move. I just wanted you to know so you aren't in shock with the pay difference, compared to the high cost of...

  17. Rn moving to fl from nyc after 26 years

    Coleebee replied to Chocolate_RN85's topic in Florida Nursing

    Living in Florida is very different from visiting. I have been here for 13 years and cannot wait to leave. You will make considerably less money and although the cost of living is lower than NYC it is...

  18. Is Davita a good or bad place to work?

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

    It all depends on the unit. I worked Chronics and had a crap manager and crap techs. I was burnt out after 6 months, cried at work. It was horrible. I work for a hospital based acute dialysis unit...

  19. Danskos?

    Coleebee replied to Rn4life27's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Oh my...now wear...darn iPhone spell

  20. What's the BEST nursing shoes?

    Coleebee replied to BigCSN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    A good quality pair of running

  21. Danskos?

    Coleebee replied to Rn4life27's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I bought Dansko's, I hated them. I started to have Plantar fasciitis like pain and my pinky toes were blistered all to hell. I switched back to tennis shoes and the problems disappeared. I think 12+...

  22. Acutes

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

    I am about to make the switch form Chronics to Acutes. It will be a hospital based unit, not one of the big providers. I will be working with RN's (no PCT's), 3 12's a week and 1 night on call a week....

  23. Training with Davita questions(RN)..

    Coleebee replied to paul_9484's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I make more at DaVita, than I did at the hospital. $2 more an hour. Florida however is a low pay state for everything. It is really bad in Central Florida too. I have heard that it varies from state...

  24. Training with Davita questions(RN)..

    Coleebee replied to paul_9484's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    DaVita (in Florida) pays the same rate for training that they do for Nurses. For example: I was hired at a certain rate of pay. It was not less during the training process. It did not go up after...

  25. Dialysis Staff Schedules

    Coleebee replied to jlynn2303's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I work In Center Hemo ( Chronics). I am scheduled 4 10 hour shifts. I get really close to it. I rotate with another RN. We get at least 36. RN's are in for the long haul. Since there are only 6 days...