Dialysis Nurse
Location: City of Albany
Responsibilities
- Assessing a patient’s current condition
- Administering the dialysis procedure
- Cleaning, sterilizing, maintaining, and troubleshooting the dialysis equipment
- Helping the patient with other healthcare needs
- Educating the patient and their caretaker in the dialysis procedure and reasonable expectations
- Documenting the patient’s treatment and status
- Coordinating with other medical team members on developing or implementing a health treatment plan
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN): A diploma from a certified LPN educational program at a community college or vocational school. This takes approximately one year of study and serves as the basis for many different nursing specialties.
Registered Nurse (RN):
For Registered Nurse associate degrees, two years of study is required as well as a hospital-based diploma. For a Bachelor’s Degree as an RN, four years is required. With either type of degree (or with a hospital-based diploma program,) at least one internship is required. Those wanting to be a dialysis nurse can usually find a clinical rotation with a dialysis department.
Internship requirements are set by the institution granting the degree.
- Certified nephrology nurse (CNN):
Requires a BSN and 3K hours of experience as well as 30 hours of continuing education in nephrology nursing. - Certified dialysis nurse (CDN):
Requires 2K hours of work experience and 20 hours of continuing education in dialysis nursing. - Certified nephrology nurse practitioner (CNN-NP):
Requires a license and certification in a nurse practitioner specialty, a master’s degree, 2K practice hours in nephrology, and 60 hours of continuing education in nephrology.
- Hospital dialysis unit
- Clinical or outpatient dialysis clinic
- Home care dialysis provider
- Travel or temporary assignments
- Advance to dialysis unit RN Manager, Nurse Educator, Case Manager, or Nurse Practitioner
Salaries for dialysis nurses vary depending on location. For example, a dialysis nurse in rural Wyoming will earn less than a dialysis nurse in downtown New York City. Some states offer higher rates of pay for dialysis nurses based on the average registered nurse salary. Salaries in New York State differ within the state; a dialysis nurse will earn more working in New York City, less in Albany, and less than in rural New York.
- About 10% of the American public will have some sort of kidney health issue during their lifetime.
- An aging population prone to heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes contribute to kidney disease.
- Kidney failure is still mostly treated with dialysis.
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