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1. what has been your experience with companies who end memos with......

   tazzle posted a topic in General Nursing

   What has been your experience with companies who end their memos with "your cooperation would be greatly appreciated" vs "failure to comply will result in the necessary disciplnary action up to an including termination"? Just curious.

2. Anybody know about MGA health care??

   tazzle replied to arin9020's topic in Arizona

   MGA assigned a child to me that didn't really need skilled nursing. When that assignment came to an end THEY WOULDN'T PLACE ME because I really had not been doing any real nursing and even they questioned my skills. I have since moved on to a very...

3. Anybody know about MGA health care??

   tazzle replied to arin9020's topic in Arizona

   I worked for MGA for four years. It won't be a waste of time for you as long as you get a patient that truly needs skilled nursing. They have done and will finagle paperwork to get a child who otherwise has no need for skilled nursing qualified for ...

4. Anybody know about MGA health care??

   tazzle replied to arin9020's topic in Arizona

   They are disorganized and are basically a call center run my non medically trained business graduates with two or three RNs to case manage and supervise. Don't expect them to understand why you won't perform some task with a patient if you feel it is...

5. Anything positive about amedysis home health???

   tazzle replied to mel1213's topic in Home Health

   You will have long days at Amedysis. The paperwork is endless even for LPNs. by the time you get paid for 5 to 8 visits at $30 or so a visit you will give up even more time taking calls from doctors, documenting, and calling patients in your evenin...

6. Amedysis

   tazzle replied to PALPN4018's topic in Home Health

   YES! They will send you out on pts that in any other logically run business would be no less than a two person assist. Pts with severe ataxia, hemiparesis and hemiplegia. You will be required to ambulate these patients by yourself, and get these pa...

7. VENT- vacation requests

   tazzle replied to ProBeeRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have paid vacation time on the books, but if I want to take it I have to make up the hours. So, I have 40 hours PTO on the books, I work Mon - Fri second shift. When I submitted a request to use my time I had to work a comprable number of consecu...