tulsanurse1

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1. What info do companies need to check references?

   tulsanurse1 posted a topic in Travel

   I am beginning to get everything together to begin filling out the paperwork for travel nursing application/resume/references. I dont want to give out all their personal information. Besides the references name, what else should I add?

2. How to use map to plot SN visits?

   tulsanurse1 posted a topic in Home Health

   I am trying to find a way to enter the addresses for all my patients for a given day and then it plots the best route. Does anyone know which website I could use to do this?

3. Working 12-14 hour days, am burning out.......

   tulsanurse1 replied to tulsanurse1's topic in Home Health

   I would have given anything to have orientation, literally, at that point I was desperate and probably would have paid for it:twocents:. I think you have to let them in the field (supervised) and bring them back, hand them all the paperwork and say "...

4. Working 12-14 hour days, am burning out.......

   tulsanurse1 replied to tulsanurse1's topic in Home Health

   Thank you so much Lou12. I'm nervous but not quite sure why lol. I don't yet have the norms for what visits, SOCs, ROCs, Recerts pay for this area. I live in Phoenix, AZ.

5. Working 12-14 hour days, am burning out.......

   tulsanurse1 replied to tulsanurse1's topic in Home Health

   Thank you everyone for your feedback. I gave my 2 wk notice today. My last day is 11/13/11!!!!! I wasn't even mad when I gave notice. Usually I'm so frustrated I'm teary eyed. This morning I was in a "risk management" situation. I had no DON and...

6. Working 12-14 hour days, am burning out.......

   tulsanurse1 posted a topic in Home Health

   I am an RN who went from acute care to HHC in Jan '11 after moving from Tulsa to Phoenix. I needed something less physical after being fused from C2-C6 in 2008. I had no experience so I took what I could get after applying a few places. I had no i...

7. I have 5 plates in cervical neck-do I have to tell them?

   tulsanurse1 replied to tulsanurse1's topic in Disabilities

   Wow thank you so much. I am always scared I am going ot lose my job. It haunts me daily. I just want to continue working, so bad. I still have alot to give and I love taking care of patients.

8. I have 5 plates in cervical neck-do I have to tell them?

   tulsanurse1 posted a topic in Disabilities

   I finally got a job in home health after being in the critical care float/med surg for a long time. I am going to be a case manager/RN. While filling out all this stuff online for the company...W4,401K, Insurance, and all the other stuff, they had ...

9. Going into Home Health-Palm Pilot or what?

   tulsanurse1 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am moving from the hospital, where there are lots of reference materials, to home health as a Case Manager. I was wondering if Palm Pilots are outdated or if it would perfect for downloading medication apps as well as other types of reference. I ...

10. Im a nurse and I take xanax....

    tulsanurse1 replied to KayDubb's topic in Stress 101

    I have a friend (RN) who had surgery 3 years ago. It was huge. She now has 5 plates and a stabilizer bar from C2-C7. She is one of the best nurses I know and hardly ever misses work. She wears a Fentanyl patch, takes MSIR for breakthrough pain, a...

11. Does anyone regret leaving acute care?

    tulsanurse1 replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was in acute care from 1999 to November of this year. I am not going back but haven't decided what I will do. Right now I am looking at hone health and hospice. Just wondering what else I could look into. I have experience in Med-Surg, ER, ICU,...

12. Maternal loss due to DIC

    tulsanurse1 replied to SchiwartRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow, this is heart wrenching. I am so sorry for the family, the staff, and yourself. I used to do some mother/baby and mom's would occasionally come to us fine one minute and then bleeding profusely the next minute. Those are times when I can actu...

13. Anyone worked for Bestaff Travel?

    tulsanurse1 posted a topic in Travel

    I received an Email from a recruiter at Bestaff Travel Nursing. Just wondering if anyone had any feedback about them. Also, how do I find out which are the good companies and which are the worst. I saw a list on a website about how most of them ra...

14. Moved to Phoenix, trying to find "good" home health agenices

    tulsanurse1 replied to tulsanurse1's topic in Career Support

    I would also consider working in the hospice field as well. I am not sure which is the better field as I have never worked either one of them. Also, is the pay scale different b/w home health and hospice?

15. Moved to Phoenix, trying to find "good" home health agenices

    tulsanurse1 posted a topic in Career Support

    I just moved to Phoenix from Tulsa almost a week ago. I have 11 years experience as a hospital RN working in the areas of: Med-Surg, ICU, ER, NICU and Telemetry. I am wanting to do home health or hospice just because I'm pretty burnt out on being i...