balistic

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1. Caring for a Home Health Patient in my home?

   balistic replied to Mojotown's topic in General Nursing

   Please don't do this, especially if you work for a home health company.

2. Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

   balistic replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

   FYI, starting in January, Medicare advantage plans are going to have a non-skilled in home benefit like Medicaid (homemaker, aide, etc).

3. Anyone Knowledgeable Here About Medicare/Insurance?

   balistic replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

   It seems like she is going to have to sell her house and use that money for her care. Hopefully this will give her money for an ALF. If her husband was a veteran, she may qualify for some financial assistance once in an ALF, as well. Agree with othe...

4. What nursing specialty has the best work life balance?

   balistic replied to dianearc's topic in General Nursing

   I work from my home (telecommute) and do utilization management. Basically you can do pre-certifications for services, work on appeals, etc. No patient care, just reviewing charts!

5. What nursing specialty has the best work life balance?

   balistic replied to dianearc's topic in General Nursing

   I work M-F, from home, UM. I usually start at 7 and work til 330. Some of us don't start until later if that's what they choose. We can work more than 8 hours if we want to leave early another day and just flex our schedule as we need. No weekends or...

6. Patients & Pet Peeves

   balistic replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

   Psych nurse here- it's called pressured speech. Usually a symptom of bipolar, schizoaffective, or some other psych issue. Fun fun!

7. Thinking about accepting HH job-questions

   balistic replied to Lindah52's topic in Home Health

   You can use a phone specifically for work- turn off after hours and instruct the patient to call the agency always instead of your personal cell. Yes, you will have to do do visits after dark and answer call at all hours when you are on call.