fsudmbRN ASN

fsudmbRN has 15 years experience as a ASN and specializes in RN, Staff Developer, ADON.

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1. Help with salary as Home Health nurse

   fsudmbRN replied to cadela0713's topic in Home Health

   Depends on what type of home health you are doing. Private duty home health typically pays less. I was being offered $20 an hour as an RN with 10 years experience. I did do skilled home health where I made $36 a visit for approximately 30 minute visi...

2. ADON at SNF vs ACUTe

   fsudmbRN replied to Lina Jhon's topic in LTC Directors

   It depends on what you want your future to look like! I have worked in both an acute care and SNF for many years. I took the acute care position mainly because I didn't want to work 5 days a week, but I quickly learned that I missed my little old peo...

3. Worst Nursing Scrub Color Worn?

   fsudmbRN replied to RNliveoak's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Black... because I feel like a bringer of death! Black is a funeral color! ha ha

4. Spouse of nurse

   fsudmbRN replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

   My husband has ALWAYS been the one to make less money in our marriage.... and I have never hounded him to "make more." If anything, I have contribute in non-financial ways. He typically takes off work and goes and gets the kiddos should they need to ...

5. Can I be a nurse without majoring in BSN?

   fsudmbRN replied to 4pplepie99's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I have a very similar story! I went and got my BA in Secondary English Education. Taught awful high schools for a few years (?). Figured out it wasnt what I wanted. Went with my horrible GPA (C's equal degree) and registered for nursing school at my ...

6. Car Stock Storage

   fsudmbRN replied to fsudmbRN's topic in Home Health

   I honestly have a rather large car stock. It fills a large tote and maybe half another one. It has everything from cath supplies, a few IV things, basic wound care supplies, even some wound vac supplies. My agency allows us to order supplies and have...

7. Home health per hour or per visit?

   fsudmbRN replied to ghost_'s topic in Home Health

   Would your pay per hour only be during visit times???

8. Car Stock Storage

   fsudmbRN posted a topic in Home Health

   For those lucky enough to be able to carry around a large car stock supply, what do you use to store it in your car??? I have a Hyundai Sonata.... so large truck space, but I cant use the drawers that I once used because they are too tall.

9. EVV (Electronic Visit Verification) experience?

   fsudmbRN replied to BarrelOfMonkeys's topic in Home Health

   I am sure it is already being done by our tablets and that is why they havent said anything to us at my agency.

10. GTube feeds at home

    fsudmbRN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Home Health

    I always use the check for placement using the "listen for the gurgle...."

11. Home health RN vs Case Manager RN??

    fsudmbRN replied to aprilj90's topic in Home Health

    I am a case manager for home health. I have an area that I "manage" and make sure that the patient has everything they need. The majority of the RN's who work in my agency are all case managers and then we have a few RN's who are basically our admiss...

12. Cigarette Smoke in the Home

    fsudmbRN replied to DallasRN's topic in Home Health

    My agency won't allow me to refuse a visit, so I wear a mask in those homes. In addition, I ask that they not smoke while I am in the home. If they refuse, I tell them that I am sorry, but I have to leave their home.

13. RN Home Health

    fsudmbRN replied to Cfeucht's topic in Home Health

    I think we get $7

14. Home Health and expectations

    fsudmbRN replied to BrianLee73's topic in Home Health

    Sometimes they will say anything to get some people to leave. I have heard a patient speaking on the phone and tell a patient literally that. That we would be out every four hours for an infusion......

15. National Standard Productivity

    fsudmbRN replied to mukluk2's topic in Home Health

    I am PPV and we have the same basic rubric as Kaisu.... SOC- 2 units, ROCs, recert, and DC's are 1.5, routine visits are 1. Any visit over 90 minutes are 1.5. We dont get units for miles though... we get paid for each mile. Full time for us is 30 uni...