Sammie

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1. job interview Friday

   Sammie replied to Sammie's topic in Triage

   Hi Well Monday was a call that an emergency had come up on Friday. So we agreed to try again this Thursday. I will cross fingers and toes and let everyone know

2. job interview Friday

   Sammie replied to Sammie's topic in Triage

   Hello The company rep. never called me at home as planned. This was a pre-employement interview, no set job. I triple checked and their confirmation email listed time date etc. Not a good sign.........

3. job interview Friday

   Sammie replied to Sammie's topic in Triage

   Hello The company rep. never called me at home as planned. This was a pre-employement interview, no set job. I triple checked and their confirmation email listed time date etc. Not a good sign.........

4. job interview Friday

   Sammie replied to Sammie's topic in Triage

   Thanks to everyone this is a spooky and exciting time for me as a nurse. I teach computer use here at work so I am comfortable with the PC's. Are any of the jobs part time? Or are they all full time.

5. job interview Friday

   Sammie posted a topic in Triage

   Hello ladies and gents. I have a phone interview with Intellicare this Friday. Any tips for good questions you would ask??? I have 23 years of nursing a mix of hospital, home health with quality improvement and teaching. Relocating to another state a...

6. Moving to Sedona Arizona from Mass

   Sammie replied to Sammie's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the feedback, we are flying back out in April to make sure we are not nuts. Plan on renting short term before we buy a house.

7. Moving to Sedona Arizona from Mass

   Sammie posted a topic in General Nursing

   Okay My husband and I want to relocate. Has anyone worked as a nurse in the Sedona area? I have been a nurse in home health care for the past ten years. Before that I worked for 7 years in the hospital, I would rather starve than go back to hospital...

8. RN's Pronouncing Death

   Sammie replied to JennyHHRN's topic in Home Health

   Hi In Mass. home care nurses do pronoucements only for "expected death in the home" patients. They have to have current DNRs and documentation of patient/family and MD agreement that terminal care needs will be addressed by the VNA. This is usually f...

9. mds

   Sammie replied to Sammie's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks for you help I went in today notebook in hand. They have around 300 beds, half Medicare, short term. The last MDS nurse left because of the communte. Only one MDS nurse, and they said it would be 40 hrs salary and expect overtime when they bil...

10. Camp Sick-a-lot?

    Sammie replied to MollyJ's topic in General Nursing

    My son is 12 and an only child. He loves camp, he tells me it's the only time he can be surrounded by boys and do boy things like sports, swimming, yelling, running around. Boy this kid loves camp. It is not cheap but the letters home are great! He d...

11. mds

    Sammie posted a topic in Geriatric

    Greetings I am a home health nurse interviewing next week for an MDS postion. Have read past posts here and have a question for you LTC experts out there. What is a good question to ask them, for example how many patients do they have, will I be the ...

12. How much do you make?

    Sammie replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse for 20 years Past 12 in home health Now in QI for a VNA in Mass. Rate $25.40/hr I agree the Texas rate is amazing! Sounds like the "old gals" group I'm in (20+yrs)are not working hospital much. That creaking sound is my back when some bright bu...

13. Calling all HH Nurses, roll call

    Sammie replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Hi I have been in home health since 87. Now work in QI part-time since I had my son. I started working for a small VNA but three mergers in three years, now I work for a very large VNA. Thankfully kept my desk, job and wonderful boss. Nice to find ...