RubyRN,CHPN

RubyRN,CHPN has 15 years experience.

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1. Hospital-based HH company vs. national HH company

   RubyRN,CHPN replied to Palmetto_Nurse's topic in Home Health

   I have worked for both a small private home health agency and a large hospital based agency. I have friends who have worked at the national "chain". I prefer the hospital based agency as your...

2. I need help to find jobs doing patient teaching in there home for drug companies

   RubyRN,CHPN replied to nursin97's topic in General Nursing

   I sent you a PM so I hope you can open it.

3. I need help to find jobs doing patient teaching in there home for drug companies

   RubyRN,CHPN replied to nursin97's topic in General Nursing

   2:21 pm by grntea 2:21 pm by grntea a member since apr '11 - from 'out in the country'. grntea has 'since florence was a probie' year(s) of nursing experience and specializes in 'legal,...

4. Long distance trials patient?

   RubyRN,CHPN replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

   There are compainies in the US that do specialize in alternate site clinical trials, meaning some of the collection of data and specimens is done at home vs. the actual study site but whether or not...

5. do nurses get employer sponsored pensionplan?

   RubyRN,CHPN replied to lily1289's topic in General Nursing

   I once worked for a company with a Taft-Harltley Union plan that contributed a specific dollar amt. for each hour we worked and there were vesting years that followed. I stayed until I was vested 100...

6. New nurse..recently started home health. Being videotaped?

   RubyRN,CHPN replied to floridanurse06's topic in Home Health

   We had a family whose spouse had a non functioning camera on top of one of the china cabinet. I spotted it and asked her if it was running during one of my intermittant visits because I needed to know...

7. A vet tech as a nurse ?

   RubyRN,CHPN replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

   Funny, I remember taking my cat with feline cardiomyapathy to a very exclusive expensive kitty cat cardiologist for care and having the vet tech or nurse as she called herself berate my plan of care...

8. Keep this forum alive: Be an entrepreneur

   RubyRN,CHPN replied to innovativemurse's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

   Medicare typically doesn't pay for assisted living care. ALF care is usually paid privately by the individual, LTC insurance and in some cases state Medicaid programs will cover it. Check with your...

9. Contractual Nursing/Summit Health

   RubyRN,CHPN replied to KourtneiNurse's topic in Nursing Career

   I am pondering something like this and have considered Summit, I think they pay more than Mollen. Because I work contractually and have other contract jobs that have timelines for scheduling, how much...

10. What money can get you.

    RubyRN,CHPN replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    Its HIPAA and I smell a

11. Are RNs responsible for the actions of LPNs in home health?

    RubyRN,CHPN replied to jess8768's topic in Home Health

    The LPN has a license and is responsible for her scope as it pertains to her license and her own individual practice. However in home health, you as the RN are responsible for the POC and that the LPN...

12. How many admissions can you do or have been asked to do in one day?

    RubyRN,CHPN replied to RN1263's topic in Home Health

    tow admits=8 hours; two admits and a repeat visit=10 hours; two admits and a resumption of care in 11 hours, three admits is just about 12 hours. Anything more than that=JUST PLAIN

13. Portable scanner

    RubyRN,CHPN replied to twokidsmom,rn's topic in Home Health

    Ditto..We do have scanned documents on a safety encrypted designated drive for our review only. Our EMR policy is for no personal peripherals on our computers with the exception of wireless mice only....

14. Can this be a realistic business--need some input!

    RubyRN,CHPN replied to Spoiled1's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Hi, this may be a little late as well but I sent you a private

15. Mckesson software nightmare!

    RubyRN,CHPN replied to RN1263's topic in Home Health

    - The print is so small I think I might go blind ***Have your computer personnel switch the font on your laptop to make your print bigger. It is possible. Some of our staff had also encountered this...