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...
2:21 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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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....
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...