uahrn915

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1. What do you get for over time?

   uahrn915 replied to duggram's topic in Travel

   Your getting hosed and a half. My first assignment is in California and it is anything over 8 each day gets time+a half. Jeff

2. Handling On Call

   uahrn915 replied to CaringRN1234's topic in Hospice

   I work as a Clinical Director in a hospice in Alabama. Medicare/Medicaid are very clear when it comes to the on-call nurse. Have your non-clinical staff look at those regulations from your state's Medicaid website or PalmettoGBA so that what they are...

3. Hospice Charting and Recertifications

   uahrn915 replied to abcwood's topic in Hospice

   Sounds more like "stretching the truth". I agree with Mystery. A hard recert is a discharge. If the powers that be are pushing to recert and you feel the pt is inappropriate, ask that the patient be reassigned to another case manager. If that line o...

4. Palliative/Full code

   uahrn915 replied to Nursebarebari's topic in Hospice

   There are many patients full code but many times this is due to lack of knowledge on the patient's part or the family's part. Counseling for the patient and family together on admission or on the initial case manager's visit should include this hard ...

5. Interview questions and Red Flags for Hospice

   uahrn915 replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Hospice

   I know this is late, but someone else may be looking for help on their upcoming interview and I just finished responding to a similar private message. Copied my reply and thought I would copy/paste them over. Maybe someone will benefit. The most impo...

6. I need a travel buddy!

   uahrn915 replied to rnWinn's topic in Travel

   I too am going on my first assignment in a couple of weeks. It is very scary and you just don't know who to trust. Would love to meet any fellow travel nurses in Long Beach/Southern Cali area. I start 9/24/07 and finish @ Christmas. Send me a message...

7. Going Down With The Ship...Advice?

   uahrn915 replied to tencat's topic in Hospice

   tencat I wish I could come help you. My ship is going down for the opposite reason, marketing is not bringing in the patients. Of course the owners blame that on the clinical side because we don't admit all of the referrals. But when the lady is driv...

8. HELP! Hospice Nurses! How Many Patients Do You Have?

   uahrn915 replied to tencat's topic in Hospice

   I work as a Clinical Director for a hospice in Alabama. Our nurses are capped at 12 patients. If everyone is full we hire another nurse and I see patients until new nurse takes over. The advice about organization is the best. It can seem overwhelming...

9. No ativan for hospice patients

   uahrn915 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Hospice

   Many elderly pts are knocked for a loop by pain meds/anxiety meds, but if they are truly appropriate hospice pts, you don't want to see them with RR >30. Use that PRN med and have the standing order to increase dose by 50% PRN when you really need...

10. Considering Travel Nursing Job.....HELP!

    uahrn915 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My career is going up but the company is quickly sinking and have decided to do travel hospice nursing. There are so many companies out there and they all seem about the same on the surface. Please post what worked/didn't work for you in your travel ...