NagathaChristie

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1. Should Obama care be repealed?

   NagathaChristie replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

   Dee, do you live in FL? If you are 63, live in FL and have no income then you do not qualify for ACA. FL as a state as opted out of Medicaid expansion. If the above is true then Obamacare has nothing to do with your situation. Your argument should b...

2. Should Obama care be repealed?

   NagathaChristie replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

   DeeAngel, do you work?

3. Should Obama care be repealed?

   NagathaChristie replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

   DeeAngel, I call shenanigans. I do not believe that you pay $850 a month for individual health insurance unless you selected the Cadillac of insurance options and that would cover your medication.

4. Should Obama care be repealed?

   NagathaChristie replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

   Did you check the marketplace? Clearly you are above the poverty line if you did not meet the subsidy requirements. $260 is too expensive for you? Maybe Dave Ramsey could help you with your finances. :) My health insurance through my employer is a...

5. Should Obama care be repealed?

   NagathaChristie replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

   One big problem is the changes that were forced on ACA in order for it to be passed. We need the ACA but what we truly need is the original ACA. Healthcare is a necessity. What a travesty that insurance companies are allowed to continue with these...

6. Telephone Nursing Co-workers

   NagathaChristie posted a topic in Triage

   In August I will have been working as a Telephone nurse for a year. I love it, love it, love it! I work in a call center, not from home. I have met some amazing people and some amazing co-workers. But there is one issue that I notice.... We have a fe...

7. Office staff issues

   NagathaChristie replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

   Wow! I am so sorry! I have very little advice for this. Is it a big agency? You can always recommend that the parents submit a complaint above that office but maybe not very direct. "I am so sorry that you are dealing with that, have you talked to c...

8. Nurses aren't maids!

   NagathaChristie replied to AnaCatRN's topic in Private Duty

   This thread actually infuriates me. If you are a new nurse and you reading this please take a few things into consideration: - When your patient is sleeping, you are not just "sitting around doing nothing", you are monitoring your patient with the n...

9. Nurses aren't maids!

   NagathaChristie replied to AnaCatRN's topic in Private Duty

   I have never taken a private pay case. However, I would NEVER take a case that had housekeeping/laundry etc on the 485 (would have to be private pay as insurance companies, medicaid and medicare in the USA will NOT pay for custodial care). To heck wi...

10. Nurses aren't maids!

    NagathaChristie replied to AnaCatRN's topic in Private Duty

    Do not do their laundry. Do not do non-medical essential things. Follow the care plan. Medicare and Medicaid will not pay for: Homemaker or custodial care services (i.e. cooking, shopping, laundry) Unless custodial care is part of the skilled ther...

11. Bring Your own TP

    NagathaChristie replied to Catcar1963's topic in Private Duty

    I also forgot: cameras/baby monitors for mom to watch the nurses while mom lays in bed watching TV all day in a filthy house. Once there was a note at a house I oriented at "NURSES, MANY OF THE NURSES ENJOY CLEANING THE KITCHEN, WIPING THE COUNTERS,...

12. I'm not a babysitter!!!!

    NagathaChristie replied to zizi2677's topic in Private Duty

    So what happened?

13. Bring Your own TP

    NagathaChristie replied to Catcar1963's topic in Private Duty

    I am laughing. Yes, there are some kooky families! Lets see... over the years I have heard of and or encountered: Hard chairs (metal folding chair), a weird little ottoman that makes you sink in and doesn't have back support, "Please do not sit on o...

14. anyone work for PSA

    NagathaChristie replied to txbootsy's topic in Private Duty

    I worked for them for several years. The issue is that your experience can vary based on location/office/manager. My manager was terrible. She never brought needed supplies (gloves) when asked. She never did an actual assessment when she came for her...

15. Axis point Healthcare

    NagathaChristie replied to Kfultz07's topic in Triage

    I saw on Indeed that they were only offering $23 an hour. That seems very low.