"Why are you here?"

Specialties Urology

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I've had gotten this question a couple of times already everytime a patient asks me if I'm a nurse or a tech. Whenever they find out I'm an RN, they always ask me "Why are you here? You're a good nurse. You should work in a hospital!" To my surprise, most of them think being in a dialysis is a ****** job for an RN. I always tell my patients that dialysis is special to me. Helping people extend their lives daily and actually being a part of it makes me happy. I actually love what I'm doing. If only these patients see and appreciate our efforts, that would be really nice.... Until then, I'll continue to do what I love to do.

Specializes in Corrections, neurology, dialysis.

I give my patients a free pass for negativity and bad behavior. I don't tolerate abuse, but crankiness and irritability are allowed. Their lives are miserable. As I write this I'm sitting in a room with a patient who has been on the phone with social security since before I got here, trying to straighten out a mess they made with her account. She is in tears, wondering if she's going to have a home when she leaves here, and how she's going to feed and clothe her kids. I'd be cranky too with all that weighing on me. I'm powerless to help her. Al I can do is let her vent. It breaks my heart.

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My coworker has been a dialysis nurse for 40 years now and to the patient's surprise, he told me if he is dumb or what because he stayed as a dialysis nurse for that long.

I was speechless honestly and feel a little embarrassed to myself. I like what i am doing as an acute dialysis RN and have been doing this for 2 years now.

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Lol, you think $12 an hour is paid "quite well"? What planet do you live on? That pay sucks, especially when you have children to provide for. That rate was even low for two years ago.....lol. I'm still laughing at that. It might be good pay to you, but the majority would disagree.

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That's a very low pay. You should learn to aim higher, and you must don't have a family to support and are okay with being mediocre. $12-$13 is on the low-end. Don't you think your're worth more? If not, maybe you just came into this just for a job. Dont speak for everyone. I have five daughters to support. That pay would not cut it. I asked for what I thought I deserved, not no $12 an hour. Sounds like you have poverty mentality

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