I was just reading the posts under "What's Your Caseload Number?" and found that many agencies are requiring their nurses to do their record time WITHOUT pay!!
WHY is this happening to professional people? For the same reason a husband beats his wife! BECAUSE HE CAN!! There are too many wimps in this profession if this is actually happening. Nobody can be walked on until he lies down first!
Two solutions are given in the articles for those so abused. File a claim with your state labor relations board and also with the federal labor relations board. This is ILLEGAL!! Especially in such a time when R.N.'s are in demand because of such abuses, AND because the majority of income for home health agencies comes from Medicare.
Perhaps (MEANS: DO IT!!) you should point out to your management that such illegalities can result in the loss of ALL federal funding, spelled: M-E-D-I-C-A-R-E!! :nono:
Specializes in Med-Surg, I.C.U., C.C.U.,E.D., O.B., Ger.
Well, Jayjay, it looks like Canada will then beat us to the punch by all the nurses deciding to be independent contractors! That way, the greedy administrations making all the profits will be dancing to the tune of the nurses instead of the reverse, as it is now!
Eventually, someone is going to figure out that we nurses ARE worth our salt and we ARE going to get it!!
I left home health because I was not paid for travel time, paperwork time or office time which amounted to about 15 to 20 hours per week since our service area was 7 counties. I was hoping to get back into it but my boss at my current job said no employee can moonlight.
Specializes in Med-Surg, I.C.U., C.C.U.,E.D., O.B., Ger.
What a shame, Renerian, that good nurses get pushed out because of rotten administration. Home health has so many good points it's a shame the management games have to toss us all around.
I also agree with a post written a different day or in some nursing flyer that there is no "nursing shortage!" There are plenty of nurses! It's just that they leave when they are getting more misery from their jobs tha rewarding feelings and go into professions where they can be respected and paid for their worth.
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Maerzie
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Well, Jayjay, it looks like Canada will then beat us to the punch by all the nurses deciding to be independent contractors! That way, the greedy administrations making all the profits will be dancing to the tune of the nurses instead of the reverse, as it is now!
Eventually, someone is going to figure out that we nurses ARE worth our salt and we ARE going to get it!!