olive11

olive11 has 22 years experience and specializes in geriatrics, dementia and like, insurance.

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1. Law firm going after unpaid OT

   olive11 replied to olive11's topic in LPN/LVN

   JustBeachyNurse, I've been an exempt employee paid salary for the last four years and was working hourly prior to that. Both job types involved working mandatory OT but only the non-exempt job paid for the OT. The salary job did not because working m...

2. LPN being forced to introduce self to pt's as a CNA

   olive11 replied to Skarpzz's topic in LPN/LVN

   I don't know about other areas, but here in the San Antonio area, LVNs (LPNs) are being interchanged with CNAs (called "techs) in the hospitals. While BON has licensed LVNs with all the duties and responsibilities of an LVN, they are not recognized a...

3. Finally Leaving Nursing...For Good!

   olive11 replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

   Although I'm not an RN, similar experiences have kept me from wanting to pursue my nursing education beyond LVN. I even went so far as to get a Bachelor's degree in a non-nursing field. I currently work in insurance review utilizing nursing experienc...

4. Law firm going after unpaid OT

   olive11 posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   Has anyone received a letter from a law firm requesting you to join a lawsuit for an unpaid wage claim? The law firm (out of Houston, Texas) got my contact info from the BON and sent me a letter asking if I'd like to participate. I'm not sure about ...

5. Taking notes during an interview

   olive11 replied to cbebes's topic in General Nursing

   As someone who has interviewed for both nursing positions and office based positions with corporate companies, HR and/or the interviewer do not look down on people who bring prepared questions and ask to take brief notes. The understanding is that YO...

6. Healthbridge Care Manager

   olive11 replied to debraparker's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Debra, I've never worked with Healthbridge specifically but I did work with Enterprise Health Staffing doing the same type of position. I tried searching for HealthBridge because I found some job listings for the care manager position and I'd like...

7. Humana Senior Bridge

   olive11 replied to SabrinaNurse's topic in Home Health

   I believe the Care Manager role was created by Humana to help control costs by diminishing the number of patients returning to the hospital within the first 30 days of discharge from a hospital or rehab facility stay. Since Medicare frowns upon re-ad...

8. has anyone worked as a CARE manager for Senior Bridge?

   olive11 replied to Ashley02's topic in Home Health

   I currently work as a Care Manager for Seniorbridge through Enterprise Health Staffing. It's considered part-time so it's best to keep a full-time job going unless you can afford to work less hours. I was hired by Enterprise and I'm paid by Enterpr...

9. Wound bed appearance with a wound vac?

   olive11 replied to kathleenweels's topic in Wound

   Slough is easy to remove using a q-tip. It's stringy, usually yellow in color, and won't "stick" to the wound. If it doen't come up easily, even after rinsing the wound with sterile saline, then it may be adipose tissue and should be left alone. Go t...

10. work from home opportunities for lpn

    olive11 replied to AubreyAM's topic in LPN/LVN

    One more thing: if all else fails, contact a healthcare recruiter and tell them what you're looking for in a job. You can find tons of recruiters on LinkedIn. If you aren't on there, go to the site, create a free profile and account and search for re...

11. work from home opportunities for lpn

    olive11 replied to AubreyAM's topic in LPN/LVN

    Not all nurse work from jobs are telephonic. However, they are all computer based. You'd need to have access to high speed internet, not wifi, so you'll have to be able to connect directly to the modem for your work even if the rest of your home util...

12. Galen vs Excelsior?

    olive11 replied to olive11's topic in LPN-RN

    Thanks for the responses! I'm in Texas so licensure in California wouldn't be a problem. Texas has an agreement with Excelsior. I like the accessibility of Galen because it's in San Antonio which is a short drive for any assistance and I work near th...

13. Galen vs Excelsior?

    olive11 posted a topic in LPN-RN

    I had an informational meeting today at Galen in San Antonio, Texas, and the program sounds promising. Expensive. Fast paced. The lab looked comprehensive and the classrooms are up to date with tech. There were tons of resources in the student librar...

14. I hate being a new grad lpn

    olive11 replied to Depressnewgrad's topic in LPN/LVN

    Depressnewgrad: the unfortunate part of nursing that you don't hear about in school is how little real world training you will get when you start working. Hospitals are pretty good about training but it's not a guarantee. Long term care and home heal...

15. LPN working as a CNA

    olive11 replied to anglezwarmth's topic in LPN/LVN

    Ugh. Talk about an administrator taking advantage of staff. He's not willing to work with your scheduling needs. He needs to staff CNAs and has decided to use you (probably because of your past experience, your new nurse status, and your scheduling n...