What a diffierence a year makes---total disillusionment!! - Staff Nurse (RN), Renal Dialysis DaVita Employee Review

3.0
20 Aug 2009
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Pros

My immediate supervisor and my co-workers are desperately trying to actually focus on the quality of care and the patients as individuals. We are quality, caring staff.

Cons

Our division was a top quality division, recognized for providing quality care economically under our old vice-president's leadership. We have lost 3 Regional Managers, 3 Facility Administrators, several charge nurses, and staff because of a 'increase our profits by cutting staff and whoever's left will have to pick up the additional responsibilities and stay within the budget' mindset. We are now questioned on every supply order we've made which has often left us with borrowing from other facilities (competitors) due to lack of trust in our judgement. Several staff nurses, me included, are actively looking for positions elsewhere. Our recommendations fall on deaf ears.

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5.0
29 Jan 2026
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Pros

Stable company to work for with great benefits. DaVita offers tuition reimbursement, so it pays to go back to school and get a degree. They also help with career advancement and development.

Cons

If you are new to dialysis, it may take a while to reach a decent wage. You are required to work 12 hour shifts, mostly on your feet, and managers will always look to add to your workload.

1.0
18 May 2026
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Pros

The local team was great. The FA was the best. She knows how to lead and to build a team. Helping the patients and their families was the best part. Knowing you were helping them improve their quality of life was very rewarding.

Cons

Upper management. All the executives care about is money. All management above the FA level was terrible. Always cutting your hours even though you were full time. People in charge that have absolutely no experience in healthcare. Management and executives who don't understand medicine and how healthcare works or should be. They bully, don't support, and try to find things to get you in trouble. They want the nurses to only use AI instead of thinking and doing what is best for the patients. When I started with DaVita, it was a great place to work. Since the business people took over at the top, it has gone downhill and is simply awful. I do not recommend working here.

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