DaVita reviews

No promotional clinical ladder for nurses who desire to improve dialysis care and communication by remaining at the chair side of patients. Davita assumes we all want to advance as managers--what a loss to nursing! Think about it--the RN is the last line of defense against a medical error (dialysis order or drug given), the staff member who multitasks a dozen patients at one time, monitoring, receiving and deciphering MD orders, accountable for the actions of LVN and technicians, charting accurately.....Davita should consider it a beautiful asset to retain an RN who is content to excel in the clinical arena, and reward accordingly. You designed the "Clinical Coordinator" role as yet another manager, subtracting one more hands-on nurse off the floor (the remaining floor nurses were reduced to essentially grunt nurses with minimal collaboration to make change.

When I started working for Davita in 2004, everything seemed to center on the patient. We gave excellent care no matter what the circumstances. By the time I left in 2010, we were cutting corners every way possible to meet a steadily lower "cost-per-treatment" goal. Patient care, staff-patient relations, and staff-staff relations were sacrificed to meet that goal. Employees who questioned that were deliberately marginalized.