nursemami4 replied to agardner2020's topic in Home Health
We just finished training on kinnser and I have to say it's user friendly. Will have to see how it goes along the way but so far cuts down lots of time doing oasis of nd nurse notes.
We also had no techs or cnas on any shift on on the telemetry unit I worked for. However it was 7-8 patients between an rn and lpn team. Still was hard to manage a safe shift but can be done. However I did resign from that job as I didn't feel it was...
nursemami4 replied to tiredmomof2's topic in Home Health
I have worked both as an lpn and now an rn in home health. The roles are different. The oasis packet is for the rns to fill out on admits, recerts, post hospital. You will not have to do this as an lpn. You will follow the orders on the 485s for eac...
nursemami4 replied to sukh :)'s topic in Home Health
I work for two companies as a field rn and get paid per visit. Below is the pay rates between the two. Hope it helps and best of luck. Skilled nurse visit $36/45 Admits $56/60 Recerts and post hospital $54/60 Weekends add $10 to any visit. On call $...
So its my first weekend on call although I've been in home health for 3 years, I was an lpn and now an RN. I work prn with two companies and am on call this weekend. Just curious to which kind of calls do you other nurses receive? How busy have you ...
nursemami4 replied to futurefotorn's topic in NCLEX
I used an older Hurst book with lectures, Kaplan 2013/2014, and Saunders cd. I liked Hurst for a great review of content and it does stick in your head. I liked Saunders cd with over 4000 questions better than my Kaplan book which had about 7-8 chapt...
nursemami4 replied to kharrie122807's topic in NCLEX
I took the NCLEX RN september 5th, had 265 questions and was on hold. My results were of hold because my fingerprints not scanned properly. I had to wait thurs till tues to find out I was sent to the CC page. Huge bummer but I also could not complain...
No I did not pass. I posted in another thread so sorry for not updating here as well. I did not prepare well and had near passing standard in all areas acording to the BON letter but not above to pass. I am using Kaplan and Hurst that a friend loaned...
Best of luck sweetie and try to stay positive. My results were on hold too. Took the exam on a Thursday, had 265 questions and got the unofficial results that Tuesday that I did fail. My results were on hold because my fingerprints could but be ver...