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1. On Call dilemma

   cherricka replied to AngiRN's topic in Home Health

   The on call nurse, who takes on call during the week from 4 pm to 8 am Monday to Saturday, gets a regular salary. Depending on the Position Grade of course. Within my own Position grade, that would mean between $54,171- $69610 a year

2. Can you live without Kidney's?

   cherricka posted a topic in Urology

   I am a home care nurse, and I have never run into this question before. I know of a close friend of the family that had one kidney removed because of cancer. He recently had some issues with a blockage in his ureter. Before he had his surgery, they t...

3. Do you ever miss working w/ other nurses?

   cherricka replied to RN1263's topic in Home Health

   I agree with the other posts. I do not miss the company of other nurses 90% of the time. I go to the office once a week or so, and get my fill of socialization then. I also am a preceptor, so I do get a welcome break of solitude once in a while. Man,...

4. in crisis mode...

   cherricka replied to tennesseeRN's topic in Home Health

   Answers to your questions. 1. I work part time, 20 hours (yeah right!) a week. I am expected to see twelve patients 2. I would say I average about 200 miles for three days work. We get something like a .25 point if you go over so many miles a day. I ...

5. Fingerstick Protimes

   cherricka replied to SWRN84's topic in Home Health

   Medicare will not reimburse an agency for a "lab only" visit (so I have been told). So this visit is combined with a regular visit. If I were to just draw labs, or just do a PT/INR, I would make it a non-billable visit. We also do not bill medicare f...

6. Everybody wants something for nothing...pt's trying to "clean up"

   cherricka replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

   No where in motorcycle mama's post, do I see her "bashing" anyone. I see that she is venting her frustration about situations that she has come across. Unfortunately, as a community health nurse (home care nurse) you see some people possibly at their...

7. Fingerstick Protimes

   cherricka replied to SWRN84's topic in Home Health

   Our company has just upgraded to the CoaguChek PT Test machine. This is much better than the older ones with the cuve (I think that is what those strips were called). You use a capillary tube, after you use a small lancet--thus needing much less bloo...

8. What is that word that I am looking for?

   cherricka replied to cherricka's topic in Home Health

   I know this is an old post, but I finally found the word I was looking for-Lipodermatosclerosis- This color change is due to a buildup of hemosiderin in the interstitial tissue as the RBCs that have leaked into the tissue break down. The fibrin cause...

9. Risk assessment tool-LTHHCP-rehospitalizations

   cherricka replied to cherricka's topic in Home Health

   Thank-you Karen, just what I was looking for. Cherricka

10. Risk assessment tool-LTHHCP-rehospitalizations

    cherricka posted a topic in Home Health

    I would like to ask if anyone has a risk assessment tool to use for their Long Term Home Health Care patients, to reduce the likelihood of re-hospitalizations. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Cherricka

11. Changing Careers at 29 - Am I Crazy?

    cherricka replied to PreNurseKirk's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I was 31 when I went back to school for my RN. Boy am I ever glad I did. I was just looking through my old pay stubs, and I have almost doubled my salary. I am a single Mom, and thought I could never do it, but with the help of my parents, the govern...

12. any other nurses feel workload is too much?!

    cherricka replied to LPN2RNmommy's topic in New Nurse

    I was an LPN before I became an RN for several years, and that included working as a charge nurse responsible for 40 patients at one time. When I went to go work at the hospital after getting my RN, I thought-hey what's 5 patients when I use to take ...

13. Agency LPNs doing IV Push

    cherricka replied to 2rntish's topic in Infusion

    In NY,at my hospital that I worked at, LPN's started IV's after they were certified. They can flush IV with NS each shift, and hang IV meds. They can monitor blood after the first 15 minutes, after a RN did the initial start. They do not do IV pushes...

14. Saunders: What in the world do I do now?

    cherricka replied to pasero's topic in NCLEX

    I used my local library, and checked out any NCLEX book they had with a CD. THe CD's come with "mini" explanations of the rational of the answers. It is the same format as the computerized NCLEX exam, so you get used to it. Practice, Practice Practic...

15. Saunders: What in the world do I do now?

    cherricka replied to pasero's topic in NCLEX

    When I took my Nclex exam, I only did the cd programs over and over for hours daily, even taking my computer to the beach and camping over the summer. I never looked at my nursing books. my computer at the test turned off after 75 questions, so I mus...