Welcome New Member Cindy Schroeder RN

I am so happy to be a part of this organization.  I hope to be able to attend some events and meet you in person as well.  Absolutely you can use my name and biographical information. Here is some about me:

I was born and raised in Wilson Co, NC. Dialysis was my first nursing job.  I was hired to do in-center hemodialysis as an LPN. Soon after, I was licensed as an RN.   After few years of ICHD, I accepted a job in the Acute dialysis unit at our local hospital.  I started to wonder, as I think a lot of nurses do, “Is there other life out there? Something I may have missed that I may like better?” I left dialysis for a few years and found my way back. I found out that dialysis was in my soul.  I love these patients and the way we get to know them so well and see them so regularly.  I have run the gambit in dialysis, trying out new things from ICHD, to acutes, to clinical nurse manager.  I am currently a home hemodialysis training nurse. I love this because I get to help these patients take charge of their own healthcare and they feel so much better than in-center dialysis.  They are like family to me.

In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my son, who is 12, so those times when he wants to hang out with his mom, I soak it up!  I love to read, spend time outside (especially at the beach), spend time with family and I am also happy for a lazy day or night binging Netflix.

WELCOME CINDY - glad you are part of the Tar River ANNA Chapter.