Suninmyheart

Suninmyheart has 6 years experience and specializes in Cardiac/Telemetry, Hospice, Home Health.

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1. Favorite sayings

   Suninmyheart replied to NursesRmofun's topic in Humor

   "Don't Believe Everything You Think".

2. Needlestick

   Suninmyheart replied to Ontariosn's topic in General Nursing

   I am nervous that you have to ask this question.

3. Salary for home healthcare nursing

   Suninmyheart replied to NJRN33's topic in Home Health

   I make $65 per routine visit, $110 for an admission and $50 an hour for misc. I live in San Diego.

4. Priority questions on nclex

   Suninmyheart replied to Maja3699's topic in NCLEX

   Despite the experience your wife has, moving to another country and adapting can be difficult. Certain working environments can be very toxic, especially in healthcare. Support her by letting her know you are there for her. Perhaps encourage her to s...

5. What do you love/hate about home health nursing?

   Suninmyheart replied to JJsMama79's topic in Home Health

   Pros: Being able to get to know my patients and their families. Not just a 12 hr shift with hospital patients being admitted and discharged daily. Providing more holistic care. Feeling like I make more of a difference. Flexibility, bei...

6. Lets talk about $$$

   Suninmyheart replied to russki1313's topic in Home Health

   San Diego $65 for routine RN visits, $100 for SOC, ROC, $50 an hour for office, meetings etc. I am per diem. No benefits or perks. .40 a mile. I negotiated strong when I first got hired.

7. Time saving tips for HH nurse

   Suninmyheart replied to KaeliF's topic in Home Health

   My biggest time saver is I use voice dictation for the narrative parts of my documentation on my ipad or iphone in between visits.

8. Pt's home infested with bed bugs, fleas, etc..

   Suninmyheart replied to RN-DC's topic in Home Health

   I could not refuse providing care to my patient whose home is infested. In hospice, because I have been willing to just deal with it, was able to get a patient out of truly deplorable conditions and into a safe clean place where she was able to die i...

9. Home Health RN Pay Per Visit HELP

   Suninmyheart replied to nolanurse504's topic in Home Health

   Live in San Diego. SOC $100 RV $65 .40 cents a mile Lots of drive time. It often takes me 30-45 minutes of driving between patients. This drains my average pay. I average about 30 an hour. Not good for SoCal.

10. Guess what I am doing on this lovely day?

    Suninmyheart replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    I enter my clinical data during the visit - things like vitals, appetite, heart, lungs etc. Our software is online so I often use my iphone to enter the data right into the chart. Then I dictate the narrative into my phone right after the visit or en...

11. How Does an RN make more in Sacramento than San Diego????

    Suninmyheart replied to Scarpydooooo's topic in California

    Makes me want to move to Sacramento. I live in SD and have been making 72K a year in non-profit Hospice which equals about 38 an hour.

12. computer charting is killing my career

    Suninmyheart replied to Sterlink's topic in Home Health

    In hospice I tried to create a flow to the actual visit and assessment to match how the assessment charting was set up. But of course that would not always work because visits with patients are unique and certainly not cookie-cutter. Most importantly...

13. Recommended Reading for Hospice Nurses

    Suninmyheart replied to introspectiveRN's topic in Hospice

    Thank you everyone. I have made a list of the many resources here and am excited to get started reading. I went into nursing with Hospice as a main interest and now after 2.5 years of acute care experience I have just been offered a job with an amazi...

14. Does it matter where you get your ADN to get a job?

    Suninmyheart replied to fianne's topic in Minnesota

    Doesn't really matter on paper but personally I wonder if some community colleges get poorer clinical opportunites? Academically my school was rigorous but the clinicals were lame and I did not feel very prepared clinically compared to some other nu...

15. Day in the life of a hospice nurse

    Suninmyheart replied to FirstYear2005's topic in Hospice

    I am so excited. I have an interview with a wonderful Hospice Agency in two days. I now have 2 1/2 years experience on a cardiac progressive care unit in a major hospital and I am ready to make a move toward where my heart and passion really lie. I ...