katnursey

katnursey

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About katnursey

katnursey specializes in Home Healthcare.


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  1. Pediatric Tracheostomy

    Thank you for your response. I have worked the past 2 days and absolutely no air filled into the balloon on its own while I was on duty. I checked the balloon continuously throughout the day. However, both yesterday and today, when I arrived on duty,...
  2. Pediatric Tracheostomy

    Thank you for your responses. It will be interesting to see what I find Monday morning. I have my own thoughts about what is going on. Almost 100% sure air is not getting in there on its own. I found nothing wrong with the inflation line, balloon cuf...
  3. Pediatric Tracheostomy

    The child is vent dependent. We were using the sterile H20 as ordered. I have never used air in a trach cuff. I discovered the air this morning when I was doing my nursing assessment. The ballon was inflated. I slowly began to deflate the cuff.....no...
  4. Pediatric Tracheostomy

    Has anyone ever heard of air getting into a completely deflated trach cuff? As far as I know, no one injected the air. This child has a trach that we were keeping the cuff filled with 1.5ml to 2 ml of sterile H2O, as ordered. Has been weaned down to ...
  5. 20 % Pay Cut for Ohio Independent Providers

  6. 20 % Pay Cut for Ohio Independent Providers

    It is obvious to me who is accepting this crap! Independent providers are.... We have the one group of independents who are not even aware yet of what has gone down. Then, we have the group of independents who are aware of what has gone down, but hav...
  7. 20 % Pay Cut for Ohio Independent Providers

    It continues to amaze me how many independents still are not aware of the 20% pay reduction. I was talking with a friend the other day, whose neice is a HHA and has been with the program for 4 1/2 yrs. The next thing I knew, her niece was calling me ...
  8. Have you ever been stood up for an interview?

    I was stood up for an interview by the administrator and clinical director of a home health agency. I arrived for the interview and the secretary told me to have a seat. She gave me an application to complete. While I am filling out the app, a HHA ca...
  9. 20 % Pay Cut for Ohio Independent Providers

    You need to chill. Everyone has an opinion. The past, is the past and does not matter, but the future facing IPs does. We can learn from the past and not make the same mistakes. All IPs need to focus right now on finding a reputible healthcare organi...
  10. 20 % Pay Cut for Ohio Independent Providers

    NO, Independent Providers do not need a union. What we need is a home healthcare organization to advocate for us. An organization who believes in us, and who cares about issues facing independents, not just agencies.
  11. 20 % Pay Cut for Ohio Independent Providers

    Many IPs were going to give their support to the Ohio Council for Home Care several years ago. The membership offered to us, I believe was only $125/year. Myself and others were excited. They made up a separate membership form for nurses who were ind...
  12. 20 % Pay Cut for Ohio Independent Providers

    Why is this a surprise to you? This all went down weeks ago. Why would they have notified us on the 'myohiohcp' page? That would have made sense. Some of us are lucky if we can receive a correct, updated ASP on the 'myohiohcp' from a CM after asking ...
  13. 20 % Pay Cut for Ohio Independent Providers

    If you have something to announce, then please do so. Why wait to give out info? Just wondering, are you an Independent Provider?
  14. 20 % Pay Cut for Ohio Independent Providers

    I had actually worked that homecare case with the LPN about 5 years ago. I worked days and she worked nights. This was not a medicaid waiver case. I remember reading about it too in the Chronicle and Lorain Journal. I read about the other nurse in th...
  15. 20 % Pay Cut for Ohio Independent Providers

    My billing company told me, it was the 1st hour and subsequent units. I received a forwarded email from my billing company, that they had received, where it was stated: "Aside from receiving the 5% and 3% cuts on first hours for nurses and aides resp...