Grasshopper11

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1. Thinking of leaving hospice

   Grasshopper11 replied to NurseStephy80's topic in Hospice

   The hospice I work for is Monday to Friday only for Case Managers with 4 weeks vacation. We have evening and weekend dedicated staffing.

2. hourly pay?

   Grasshopper11 replied to blexxer's topic in Hospice

   Personally, I think we should just go salary with time and a half for overtime. Currently, we have to fill out logs for everything we do and turn them in to get paid.

3. Down time

   Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Management

   I would like to know what Nurse Managers are thinking of doing to give Home Health RN's more downtime in the evening. Most of the RN's finish their 8 hour shift and then go home to document for 3 to 4 hours especially if they have starts of care. An...

4. Charting until midnight?

   Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Hospice

   I am a nurse for over 9 years and will be starting hospice nursing. I am hearing about nurses in Home Health going home and charting until all hours of the night. Is this the same in Hospice Nursing? I heard it was not because Hospice Nursing does...

5. Documenting in car

   Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Home Health

   Hi all! I am about to start home health soon. I see people documenting in the car, leaning on steering wheel, etc. There must be a more comfortable way, isn't there? Any tips and tricks? I have a SUV and was thinking of turning down 1/2 the back...

6. Night shift alterative hours poll

   Grasshopper11 replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in General Nursing

   I work dayshift but I would love 11a-11p. Too bad you don't work where I work. We could "team up"!

7. VNA/Home health pros and cons

   Grasshopper11 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Home Health

   Thank you. I could just imagine being in someone's home and looking like an idiot because I can't do something and I have no back up.

8. VNA/Home health pros and cons

   Grasshopper11 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Home Health

   Did you ever have a situation or emergency in a home. You are by yourself so you can't call a "rapid response" or notify a charge nurse who is right there.

9. VNA/Home health pros and cons

   Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Home Health

   I've done Med/surg, LTC, Rehab and now I am thinking of changing to Home Health. I just wanted to find out the pros and cons of this line of work.

10. Where are all the "older" nurses?

    Grasshopper11 replied to tjcnurse2b's topic in Relations

    Where I work, we have a really nice supervisor/charge nurse that is older. She is ready to quit but unfortunately she has a mortgage to pay. The twenty-somethings bully her to death just because she is older. It has been reported to management but...

11. Back talk

    Grasshopper11 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Geriatric

    I work with a lot of twenty-somethings that are absolutely wonderful. I want to hug them everytime I work with them. I just gave you their ages to give you their background of being tweinty-something and no previous job.

12. Back talk

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Geriatric

    We have two new twenty-somethings that just graduated a few months ago from nursing school who are our supervisors, yes-they are supervisors of nurses who have been nurses 8-10 years. All they do is complain for a full 8 hours, not exaggerating. They...

13. When to ship pt out to hospital? WWYD?

    Grasshopper11 replied to tsm007's topic in Geriatric

    I would have shipped both out. Good decisions on your part. Better safe than sorry!

14. Back talk

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in LTAC

    We have two new twenty-somethings that just graduated a few months ago from nursing school who are our supervisors, yes-they are supervisors of nurses who have been nurses 8-10 years. All they do is complain for a full 8 hours, not exaggerating. Th...

15. If you don't have a uniform...

    Grasshopper11 replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I actually like working in a place where all RN's wear one color and CNA's wear another. This way the staff and the patients know who is who. When I worked in a facility where anybody can wear anything, a patient told me that she was talking to "so...