First Nursing On-Call Shift | Day in the life of a New Dialysis Nurse

[@hyosomoo1437]

Omg you’re a Leo too? Ayyyy July 28th (which is when you recorded this video lol) is my birthday. I’m binge watching your dialysis videos. I’m excited to start my career.

[@nurselopez5885]

Lol I hope my videos help you in some way. The job should be similar but somethings will be different than what I describe for you being chronic.

[@thatnurse_kirs]

Loved the info! And I love the hair 😍😍😍

[@nurselopez5885]

Thanks girl ❤️ I hope I told you something you didn’t know

[@DariTrinidad]

Watching this video because I’m interviewing for an acute position! I know you’re not in dialysis anymore but do you mind sharing your starting pay as a new nurse? Like what range should I ask for?

[@Curious_gen]

Help me understand this. I'm new to the acutes world. I just accepted a position that guarantees 36hrs weekly( travel position). I've never really understood the on-call with acutes. So does it mean you basically shouldn't plan anything the whole week because you are unsure of when or time of the day to expect to be at work? It's so confusing. Please help me understand this

[@Curious_gen]

Like do you even get the call like an hour or so ahead of time for you to show up?

[@donrobinson4950]

💙

[@naturallynursing5392]

Hi Nurse Lopez! Thank you for sharing your experience :) I'm curious...is this position salaried or hourly? I just learned about an acute care dialysis nurse position that requires 3 twelve hour shifts and one on call shift per week, so that can be anywhere from 34-50 hours per week.

[@nurselopez5885]

It is hourly, three shifts and only 1 on call sheet a week is great ! Would definitely take that over my 40 hours+ and my 2-3 on call shifts a week.

[@Curious_gen]

If you are on call waiting and nothing comes in, do you get paid for the wait even though all you did was just wait around?

[@nurselopez5885]

No you dont

[@nurselopez5885]

Because it is a extra day on top of your regular normal schedule days, so it’s just like extra hours verses your scheduled hours if that makes sense.

[@Curious_gen]

@@nurselopez5885 okay I have always been curious about that. Thank you for responding

[@nurselopez5885]

@@Curious_gen np

[@Curious_gen]

@@nurselopez5885 so you only get the extra hours if a call comes in and you actually work?