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  1. Breast pumping in the car ?

    Hello! Returning from maternity leave in 2.5 weeks will be pumping in the car 3 x per day for other moms that did this how did you ensure hygeine? im thinking of buying a lab coat and wearing it in home so as not to contaminate clothinf. Or should i ...
  2. Pay per visit rates

    Wow thats horrible i talked to a recruiter in LA today and it was pay per visit system and I calculated an hourly and it would be almost half of what i make here in northern california! I love home health but not that much! Id try to find a differen...
  3. Yes I am I am paid for hours worked but i need to meet productivity expectations I know a lot of places do pay per visit but you can calculate an hourly based off average visits per day and time worked a day, then compare it to other jobs in your are...
  4. Advice for floor nurse moving to home health

    Pay is less but there is more flexibility, less weekends, shorter hours. You have more of a normal schedule. If you do hH a long time and want to re enter hospital it could be tricky because hospitals want recent experience. When I switched to hh I k...
  5. We are hourly and get paid for all the hours we work. Ive never heard of salary for HH before. Generally, in my area, HH nurses make 20-25% less than hospital workers, so if you compre your income to the average hospital nurse in your area, if it is...
  6. UCSF Per Diem Commute From SoCal...

    I did PD there but years ago at that time the minimum was 4 12’s a month and I think you still had a weekend requirement too.
  7. SFGH Birth Center Preceptorship

    Go to sfdph.org for employment opportunities. I dont know what its like to work there but if you want to work in l&d its a good idea to precept where there are job openings because you will have a better chance of getting hired. It can be hard to...
  8. Medicare Diagnosis Changes

    Except for when patients actually do qualify... Should patients suffer and take the hit for fraudulent agencies? Not fair in my opinion...isnt that why they have follow up evaluations and dc if no further decline?
  9. Medicare Diagnosis Changes

    http://www.change.org/petitions/president-obama-re-instate-medicare-hospice-benefits-of-failure-to-thrive-and-debility
  10. Medicare Diagnosis Changes

    I am in a hh transitional program. Who is organizing a protest/petition/mass letter? Can we get this started here? Interested? I am... Who would we send it to? Cms? Local govt? I seem to recall either texas or florida getting hospice benefit cancella...
  11. LMSW considering nursing school.

    I think since you just got the MSW, you should work a little bit in that field and then reconsider. 10 years ago, I was deciding between nursing and social work. I chose nursing work because I liked that it was more hands on, and (a little) less pap...
  12. Nursing carrer

    Nursing requires basic critical thinking and writing learned in english and philosophy classes. It also requires science and mathematics capabilities, usually including statistics, chemistry, biology, physiology, and microbiology. If you have a hard ...
  13. the ability to have empathy in moments of extreme stress the ability to find humor in sad, scary, or gross things so you can stay sane the ability to be confident, standing up for yourself and for your patients even if you are scared the ability to s...
  14. Hello fellow nurses, I am a home care nurse in California. I have always been interested in public health, but as of 2008 budget cuts, that is no longer an option for me. I have been thinking of a career change. Activism is very interesting to me. I ...
  15. how can i stay focused?

    hi, im relatively new to home health and have been having a hard time staying focused on my role as an RN in situations when a patient has complex psychosocial issues, for example, pt. needs a higher level of care, or has anxiety/psych issues with n...