DennisGray

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I currently work as a behavioral health nurse and considering doing my NP in psych, but not sure if I want to shell out the 35-50K to do it. I think this area of nursing gets little credit or acknowledgment as a nurse. It seems the med/surge nurses look down on us and it's unfortunate because this is the one area of nursing where we have the opportunity to have some 1-1 time with our patients and show a genuine interest in their well-being unlike nursing homes where I was used to spending just enough time with the patient to shove the medications in their mouth, and that was about the extent of our 1-1 time.

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  1. Pay per visit

    DennisGray replied to DennisGray's topic in Home Health

    Exactly. The company I worked for was contracted by a home health company to come in and basically just pass meds. They needed RN's as case managers for recerts and plan of care development. Got plenty of stories of the power struggles between bot...

  2. Pay per visit

    DennisGray replied to DennisGray's topic in Home Health

    Yes, billing had to reflect a minimum of 15min/patient.

  3. Pay per visit

    DennisGray replied to DennisGray's topic in Home Health

    Billing had to reflect a minimum of 15 min/patient.

  4. Pay per visit

    DennisGray replied to DennisGray's topic in Home Health

    It is easy to wrap around. 4 house within several streets of each other. 3 houses with 4 patients, 1 house with 1 patient. 13 visits for morning med pass, 13 visits in the evening for med pass. So, that's 26 visits per day. I worked 2.5 days whi...

  5. PMHNP

    DennisGray posted a topic in NP Students

    I've been giving some serious thought of becoming PMHNP. Looking for some advice right now. I have only been a nurse for about a year and a half and I am now in my mid-forties. Instinctively I feel like this is an area of nursing that I am built f...

  6. Pay per visit

    DennisGray posted a topic in Home Health

    I am from Ohio and was wondering if anyone out there is familiar with any pay per visit agencies that service the Zanesville, Newark, Dover, New Philadelphia or Coshocton areas? I do not mind driving a bit because I used to do work for a home healt...