Unit Description:
- 8 dialysis chairs
- Acute and chronic renal patients
- In addition to dialyzing patients at the main hospital campus, we also provide dialysis for patients at the new, state-of-the-art Rehab Hospital located on the campus of Surrey Place.
Unit Manager:
Jeanette Heroux, Head Nurse
Educational Opportunities:
Bi-annual NKF Educational Seminars; inservices with nephrologists; hospital inservice offerings; vendor inservices.
Staffing Schedules:
- PRN
- 8-hour shifts; varies with census
- Weekend on-call requirement for RNs only
- Self-scheduling
- Work shift is 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. or until assignment is complete
- On-call nurse duty is for one week on a rotating basis
Staff Mix:
RN Employment Requirement:
Must be able to lift patients and transfer them from a wheelchair to the dialysis chair and back; must be able to lift and carry heavy supplies and push dialysis machine and carts to the ICUs.
What makes us special?
We have a small team of nurses in this specialty and work closely together. We have to get along with one another; we work well as a team and support each other. It takes a special person to work with chronic, end-stage renal disease patients but the work is rewarding as well as challenging. St. Luke's has three nephrologists and our medical director is very supportive. Our physicians work closely with us to give the best care possible to our dialysis population.
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