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1. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

   homecaresurvivor replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   I know this is a realllly old post, but thought I'd just add that there is a town here in Michigan named "Saline" and it's pronounced "Suh-Leen". When I started nursing school, I couldn't figure out why everyone was pronouncing it "Say-lean!"

2. So is there really a nursing shortage?

   homecaresurvivor replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

   Those very same things existed 32 years ago when I first became an RN, working in a major teaching hospital. I think the difference might be that we had a much lower rate of turnover. Job hopping certainly wasn't as common then, and as some other p...

3. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   homecaresurvivor replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   "Chart throwing by a doctor. " Yes, I had a resident throw a chart at ME! I reported it to the evening supervisor, who politely told me that Dr's could "be like that sometimes." Arrrrgh...

4. Question on home health

   homecaresurvivor replied to ddeckerlvn's topic in Home Health

   Leave! This is completely unreasonable. First of all, why does she insist you start at 8 and end by 2? The great part of home care is being able to set your own schedule, within some limits. I turn in my schedule (which I create) to the office wee...

5. Does anyone get paid hourly any more in home health?

   homecaresurvivor posted a topic in Home Health

   I'm wondering if anyone out there still gets paid by the hour in home health care any longer? (I'm referring to intermittent home care.) I got paid hourly the first 15 years I did home care, but when I moved back to my home state about 10 years ago...

6. Laptops in Home Health

   homecaresurvivor replied to jstuckey's topic in Home Health

   I have similar issues with the laptops provided by my employer. Mine is constantly overheating, freezing up, and losing charge quickly. Others at work have the same problems with theirs. I have had my current laptop for about 5 years now, and have a...

7. Co. states Independent contractors are to self provide own ppe is this against Osha reg's?

   homecaresurvivor replied to gallbladder's topic in Home Health

   I'm not so familiar with how OSHA requirements impact work done as an independent contractor. My only experience with that is as a freelance writer, and not much PPE is required while sitting at my laptop at home! However, whether or not the compan...

8. Is this illegal?

   homecaresurvivor replied to Taratoes's topic in Home Health

   There's nothing illegal nor unethical about your living close to a patient. I live in a very small town, and if we get referrals up this way, I usually take the patient. What happens is that I've probably been the home care nurse at some time or ot...

9. Feel Cheated by Pay Per Visit

   homecaresurvivor replied to homecaresurvivor's topic in Home Health

   I rarely go out to a house without a phone confirmation. This gentleman was getting daily visits, this had never happened before, and he knew someone was coming this weekend, as we had the previous 2 weekends. If I hadn't shown up, and he had been ...

10. Feel Cheated by Pay Per Visit

    homecaresurvivor posted a topic in Home Health

    I'm feeling a need to vent! First let me say I've been a home health RN for over 23 years; I know the field inside and out, so anything I'm feeling right now is not because I'm new and need to get used to this area of practice. It seems like in the ...

11. Would you do it all again?

    homecaresurvivor replied to wooten3955's topic in General Nursing

    Would I do it again? Oh hell no. After 30 years as an RN, I'm finally in a position financially and otherwise to pursue something else, and I feel as though I've been set free.

12. Employee Safety Training - Animal Bites

    homecaresurvivor replied to OldDude's topic in Home Health

    Wow--that's a lot of injuries. In my over 20 years in home care, I've never had a single bite or nip. There were a couple of dogs I insisted be locked up or put outside while I was there because of their behavior, but overwhelmingly, the animals I'...

13. On Call

    homecaresurvivor replied to 0707RN's topic in Home Health

    I've never worked for a home health agency that didn't pay me for being on-call, so in my experience your situation is unusual. In addition, in the companies where I've been paid per visit, I've gotten some additional pay for night/weekend visits. ...

14. Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

    homecaresurvivor replied to RNDave's topic in Professionalism

    The evidence? Positions are advertised that go unfilled. It doesn't matter why. The need is there, jobs are available, but there aren't enough nurses applying to fill them. There's a big difference between a hospital hiring inadequate numbers of s...

15. Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

    homecaresurvivor replied to RNDave's topic in Professionalism

    There IS a shortage of home care RNs, but these positions are not typically considered entry level jobs. The few times I've seen a new RN get employed as a field nurse, they have really struggled. I've been an RN for 31 years, have practiced in home...