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Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN) Reviews
What is it like working as a Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN)?
November 2016
Davita.
Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN):
Pros: Love working in a home clinic. Much better than hemodialysis.
Cons: New rn makes close to what I make with 22 years of experience. No 401 k. Nurse to patient ratio.
August 2016
Fast paced working enviorment.
Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN):
Pros: Direct patient care.
Cons: Wages do not reflect what a staff RN should be earning compared to other regions across the US.
April 2016
Biased.
Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN):
Pros: The patients.
Cons: The administration.
December 2015
Busy, focused, case management skills.
Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN):
Pros: People, relationships, small unit.
Cons: Stress, all consuming, wk follows u hm.
July 2015
Critical care.
Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN):
Be a team player.
June 2015
Demanding.
Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN):
Pros: Excellent job security, as new RNs quickly realize it's no fun to be mandated w/o incentive pay, or to be on call at midnight after you've already worked an 18 hour day. I've worked several 23 hour days but RNs don't have unions or labor laws to protect them. Little resources to accomplish demanding tasks- mechanics aren't allowed to get overtime so I keep a list of dialysis machines to avoid (as there are always mechanical issues). RNs must have their treatment started within one hour of clock-in time despite any delays. We are forced to carry a Galaxy 3 handheld to chart on but the new software is always freezing up. Little if any access to the local hospitals' pyxis or computers so that I can retrieve labs & orders. 5 weeks paid vacation but your vacation request will always be denied. Then you vacation time rolls over into "extended sick leave" in which you must be under a doctor's care & go on FMLA to receive your own money.
Cons: High turnover of dialysis nurses. Unjust wages for female RNs, as a new male RN will always make more money. Unjust raises if you can't play the office game. Travel up to two hours to outlying hospitals because the new manager doesn't understand the logistics of efficiency. Unrealistic expectations from managers-- after you've been working for 20 hours the day before, there will be a new, unexpected mandatory meeting on your one day off. You only get two days off in a row every other week. Work schedule is 4 days a week with one call day and one mandate day. Some days (like Monday) you work 20 hours and some days you work 7 hours.
June 2015
Team leader.
Dialysis Registered Nurse (RN):
Pros: Ability to earn 40 hours in 3 days a week.
Cons: Pay.
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