u/Khoi503

I used to work Fresenius, and with how the company treats their employees, I can't recommend patients to get treatments here. Fresenius claims to value the saftey and well being of the patients, but their goals and expectations of the employees contradict it. The schedule for patient treatments is too close together to be considered safe, let alone reasonable. There isn't enough time between turnover for staff to perform their duties safely and within policy. Rarley could I get my patients on time, and I had been on the job for over a year. It was upsetting to have to get patients on late for their saftey, and often they get penalized by having to have their treatment times reduced due to their scheduled rides. The staff have to take compromises in saftey in order to meet the demanded time frame of the schedule. One of Fresenius's merit systems scores their facilities based on a concept they call "tap", which is their way of preventing employess from being clocked in longer than necessary. Unfortunately it is the nurses responsibility to enforce this per the manager, and hound on employees to be clocked out on-time. As a victim of this, I was pressured to rush my work for the sake of the company saving a few bucks. How can this be fair when I almost always wouldn't have enough time to take my full half-hour lunch breaks? It's dissapointing that Fresensius can get away with prioritizing their finances over their claimed patient saftey values. The only facility I can recommend patients to have their dialysis treatments would be with U.S Renal, or if they can perform dialysis themselves from home. My passion stems from being my grandma's caregiver for 6 years, going to every one of her dialysis appts, and being heavily involved. Unfortunately we had to let her go after she suffered a cardiac arrest, so I now feel it right to share my experiences and not let them be unheard. Dialysis should be a delicate therapy for chronic kidney disease, and not a means to be exploited.