According to CMS, next year, providers (all forms) will be compensated depending on "satisfaction scores" that include everything from how quickly their phone call took to be answered to how smoothly did the check-out process go and EVERYTHING in bet...
Jules...we get between 250 and 300 depending on the number of calls. We don't have to go onsite. Most of our nursing homes allow us to do a 3 days phone order on narcs. Very few calls come from the patients which is why we started the calls, but n...
lhflanurseNP replied to JBMmom's topic in NP Students
Let your instructor know what you have tried and who has not contributed. This happened to me, and the ones who got the work done got the grade, the others received an incomplete and thus removed from the program.
lhflanurseNP replied to mrcleanscrubs's topic in NP
There are quite a few "concierge" practices that take cash only. Many solo practices are going this route as dealing with insurance is costing them more money than they are collecting. You almost need 1 staff person to deal with insurance only in y...
lhflanurseNP replied to Emergent's topic in Headlines
This happens ALL the time! Seems ANYONE who cares for patients are "nurses". Maybe some truth to "fake news". The problem is the headlines are MUCH more "grabbing" if it says "nurse" rather than "aide or assistant", or in this case "20-year old wo...
lhflanurseNP replied to FrankRN2017's topic in General Nursing
Just because someone is able to complete NP school and then pass boards does not make them independent thinkers. I have found many NPs that are VERY confident in their patient care and then I have known many who unfortunately for our profession...ar...
lhflanurseNP replied to VICKI714's topic in Student Assist
I am confused. If you are a nurse...why not talk to your nurse informatics person in IT? Unless your facility is not documenting electronically, you should have one.
lhflanurseNP replied to Santa Monica's topic in General Nursing
Classes can help, but are often expensive. When I was young, I was "forced" to learn English at a fast pace in order to avoid getting into fights that I did not provoke other than they could not "understand" me. To combat this, my parents encourage...
lhflanurseNP replied to popcrnlvr's topic in Student Assist
I have to agree...what is your understanding of Evidence Based Practice. I am sure there must have been SOMETHING covered in your class about this otherwise you would not have this assignment.
Have you been often criticized in the past for performance issues...outside of nursing. Were you, or did you feel, that you were not competent prior to becoming a nurse? If, as you state, you do fine when you are alone, then there are some other de...