Pooksmom1996

Pooksmom1996 specializes in Home Care,Psych, Long Term Care.

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1. Assessments every shift?

   Pooksmom1996 replied to Ntheboat2's topic in General Nursing

   I had a family member who was a heart transplant patient and had to have a coronary bypass surgery 3 years post transplant. I stayed with him nearly 24/7 post surgery for 6 days, at a famous magnet teaching hospital. No complete assessments done shif...

2. Burnout is creeping up on me...advice needed please

   Pooksmom1996 replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

   If you have the heart for caring...and you do...keep your eyes open and maybe even consider doing private pay. (google that if you are interested.) Good luck! Reach out and see what you can find. You are a gift for those who need you-

3. How do I become a private duty nurse?

   Pooksmom1996 replied to ReeseCup819's topic in Private Duty

   Try googling "independent nurse entrpreneur" or "independent private duty nursing". You will get some hits. I am starting to look around in that area also, in Minnesota. Another source is the Nurse Entrpreneuer Website. I havent used it enough yet to...

4. Home based RN business

   Pooksmom1996 replied to DavinaRN's topic in Entrepreneurs

   I too will be leaving my home health job and exploring the same type of options, Davina! A couple of sources I found during a quick search" Check out the Nurse-Entrpreneur network. You can join for 15 bucks and get an hour of counseling(I have not do...

5. Case Manager Pay

   Pooksmom1996 replied to Pooksmom1996's topic in Home Health

   I am curious, Kyasi-how much reimbursement does your company generally get from insurance for RN visits? Thanks, Pooksmom

6. Case Manager Pay

   Pooksmom1996 replied to Pooksmom1996's topic in Home Health

   I think, after doing a few calculations, that the company is probably paying us the best that it can. That sounds crazy, but the company's clients are almost all MA. In our state, MA pays the company $70.00 per visit. The company pays us $38 per visi...

7. Case Manager Pay

   Pooksmom1996 replied to Pooksmom1996's topic in Home Health

   Oooh, that is the 64 million dollar question! It is is difficult to figure that out, what with doing work in bits and pieces at home too. I will ask some of the other nurses what they think. Just as a rough estimate, I would guess that I spend about ...

8. Case Manager Pay

   Pooksmom1996 replied to Pooksmom1996's topic in Home Health

   Thank you for the replies. The nurses at the company that I work for are feeling that we get paid a lot less than other RN home health case managers in the Minneapolis area. We get $36.00 per visit and that is supposed to cover our visit time, offic...

9. Case Manager Pay

   Pooksmom1996 replied to Pooksmom1996's topic in Home Health

   How does your visit pay compare to the hourly pay? Our company pays 1.25 hours per visit, compared to the hourly rate that they pay for meetings/vacation pay/private duty pay. Thanks, Pooksmom

10. Case Manager Pay

    Pooksmom1996 posted a topic in Home Health

    The company that I work for pays RN Case Managers per visit. Unless the visit is to open a new client, we get paid for one and a quarter hours per visit. The Case Managers do the skilled visits and the supervision for Home Health Aides. We do not get...

11. Home Health Agencies?

    Pooksmom1996 replied to dinah77's topic in Minnesota

    Recover Health is very good, but I do not know if they hire new grads. Good Luck! Pooksmom

12. Homebound Status

    Pooksmom1996 replied to spejsa's topic in Home Health

    I understand that Medicare patients can also go to church and still be considered homebound. The key is, that leaving home must be a considerable and taxing effort. Most of my patients have Medical Assistance (in Minnesota). Some of them have part-t...

13. Any knowledge of "" Almost Home Psychiatric Home Care?

    Pooksmom1996 replied to jurico's topic in Home Health

    I am not familiar with that company-I work for a company in the midwest as a home health Mental Health RN Case Manager, after years of working psych in hospitals. I really like it-you get to know your patients very well, and if you work for a good co...

14. Psychiatric Home Care Nursing

    Pooksmom1996 replied to Pooksmom1996's topic in Psychiatric

    Many of the clients have schizophrenia or bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder. They usually are non-compliant with their meds if they dont have help in this area. They need help from a homecare nurse who can bring the meds from the pharmacy ...

15. Psychiatric Home Care Nursing

    Pooksmom1996 replied to Pooksmom1996's topic in Psychiatric

    I rarely felt unsafe when I visited psych. patients at home in my previous home care job. Usually the clients view the nurse as a support person. They are often socially isolated and welcome the company, and the security of knowing that a caring pers...