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indianahope

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  1. Changes to On Call Job Description

    I quit my job a little over a year ago for exactly the reasons you site in your post. I was with the company 10 years, and the last three were literally *#ll on earth. I kept thinking it would get better and I wanted it to get better.... but it jus...
  2. Changes to On Call Job Description

    Wow. I read every thread and have come to the conclusion that I am working for one of the bad ones. The comments about how we are degraded/demoralized really hit home. This is truly sad. I've been at it for ten years and kept hoping it would get ...
  3. Hitting The Wall

    We're now working about a 54 hour week, taking call 4-5 times in 6 weeks and doing admissions after hours on-call. It's getting rough. Been at this over 10 years and have never seen it like this. Wondering how long I can do it. If I'm not stayin...
  4. Dress code.....

    Just wondering about what other RN's working out in the field are wearing.....Street clothes/Lab jackets? Scrubs?
  5. pt. load for case managers

    They like us to cary 12, we've had as many as 14-16. We usually don't have to do our own admissions unless there is no other way. We also take call and sometimes do admissions on-call.
  6. Comp Update/CoPs

    Does anybody know what the new regs require regarding the timing of the every 15 day Comp Updates related to reporting in IDG? i.e. the Comp Update must be completed no earlier or later than x amount of days before an IDG, or it must be completed w...
  7. Rant About On Call

    This really gets me going..I've posted about this before. After almost 9 years, I think I've hit the wall. I work 40+ a week as case manager...take primary call 4 weekday nights and backup call 1 weekend day,then primary call 1 weekend night...... ...
  8. Loaded gun

    Patient keeps loaded gun in holster at side. Would you refuse to visit?
  9. New CoPs....

    I was talking to coworkers about the MAC requirement in the new COP's and was told there was no such requirement.... Does anybody know specifically where this is in the regs so I can quote it to them? Thanks. By the way, I'm only a nurse, not a man...
  10. On Call pay???

    What if you don't actually go out but do the work from home on the telephone? Are you paid for the time you spent on the phone and the time you spend charting?
  11. Pain Not Controlled With Dilaudid Pum

    In a similar case, we had good response with dilaudid/bupivicaine intrathecal....
  12. Hospice On Call Compensation Structure

    Well, we did ask about compensation above our beeper pay of $2.00/hr for any work we did on the telephone and received the response that any symptom management/triage/consultations...Anything done on the telephone was covered by our $2.00/hr beeper p...
  13. Burning out fast

    OP: I'm so glad you brought up this topic....I've been at it 7 years now and have done poorly at setting limits and am now also facing burnout. It's kind of crazy...we have had inservices about burnout and what to do to avoid it, but when we start...
  14. Hospice On Call Compensation Structure

    We have no on-call team but take turns. Weekdays on-call starts at 4:30pm to 8am. Sat or Sun call is 8-8 for 24 hours. We usually get 4 days through the week and 1 weekend day in a 6 week schedule plus we all have rotating assigned holidays to co...
  15. Fentora

    I had a patient on intrathecal hydromorphone who also had Fentora for BTP when she had maxed out her bolus doses. We used it to tide us through until she could get her implanted pump reprogrammed. It is expensive, and it did work. Her 2 complai...