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This is a very complex Question. personally I would like to know what some things cost to begin with. For example what is a reasonable cost for a visit to your Primary MD -vs- a specialist , cost for basic labs, x-ray, ct scans. It is difficult to get prices from institutions and the prices they give are tired up with the insurance industry. The free market can not work when we have a medical institution unwilling to free up information about pricing. I live in Fla. and mammograms are free to women but when I registered upon arrival for mine I was asked to give them a copay. Had I not know the law my wallet would have been opened. I have insurance coverage they will charge anyway. Morally we believe health care to be a right but business interest dictates . If this nation wants to lean toward universal Health care I would suggest they start by expanding preventative health care and walk in clinics and see if it brings down the cost of the emergency services draining the system. The problem is . No patients -No profits... I really don't know what the solution is,I'm just talking off the top of my head:bugeyes:

Thanks PMFB and Eric, Yes I am an RN . But I will contact the BON just to make sure there is no conflict. I'll post again if they say No but I see lots of business cards with LMT and Physical Therapist who are in the same distributorship that I want to be in. I would think that if there was a problem they would not be allowed to do so. It is for a nutritional product so I am not making any claims. But I would rather be safe than sorry and have a problem in the future. Thanks

I am considering an independent distributorship of a product that I find helpful . Do you think it is unwise of me to use my RN status behind my name when having the cards made. I am not making any claims of curative properties attached to this product and will denote on the card that I am an independent distributer. Any thoughts on this? Thank you

I live in south Florida and it is WAY useful to know Spanish. I am not fluent myself but know enough to get by. They even offer a class at the college here called Spanish for health care professionals. One of the hospitals here has phones that connect you to interpretors if the Pt. can not speak English. Spanish is much easier to learn than English . I went to central American and took classes. Guatemala has great language schools and family stays that are really cheap, fun and interesting. The best way to learn is by immersion. Good Luck and go for it....

I am a private contractor and work for nursing registry's and I have to have malpractice insurance or they do not give me any work. I have NSO and it cost me about $112.00 a yr. Chump change for the protection. I live in the land of litigation (Dade county Fl.) and can not imagine how a lawyer would know if you had insurance or not but with the amount of information floating around out there I guess there could be a way to get a great deal of personal information on someone if they wanted to. My big out of pocket expense is Health insurance. Single female, south Florida over 50. BCBS HMO. $421.00 a month. I could pay less if I had the PPO but then I'd have a $1,000 deductible. I figured it out and it really amounts to about the same. I know that in other areas of Fla it is much less. Other states ? I have no idea. If you have a family that you want under the same policy then I think out of pocket cost would be really high. For me as a single person I like paying for my own because I am not beholding to a job because of insurance.

What kind of insurance are you talking about? Health insurance?

CritterLover, I agree with you 100%. Thank you.

The orthotebb shoe reminds me of the earth shoe that was popular in the 70's where the heel is lower than the toes. Anybody remember the earth shoe? I had a pair and I loved them but that was when I was in my 20's and could dance all night in 3 inch heels. Dem dayz is done..... Now.... It's Feets don't fail me now. $250 for the anti cellulite shoe is a bit rich for my taste. I pay close to that for my yearly gym membership. Ah, But the shoe fix does sound nice... I'd love to know if it really works.

This is just my opinion but I wish hospital staff would wear BIG badges or name tags or pins or what ever identifying them selves as RN's LPN's, House keeping, whatever. I work at places where people come into the pt.'s room and have their hanging badges turned back wards so you can't even identify who they are. Not only do I think that the print should be BIG enough for the pt's to read . I think the person should identify themselves to the pt. every time they walk into the room . Example: Hello My name is xxxxx and I am your RN today. I say this because I work private duty and so many times people have just walked into the room and do not identify themselves at all to me or the pt. I always introduce myself and tell them my role but I feel awkward twisting my head into contortions trying to read someone's small print half back wards name badge. I really hate the badges that say the person's name in BIG print and then in little print under the name it will say nursing services. Guess I should buy a clue... OK . Thanks for lettin' me vent...

Annie, I would ask what they have in mind before giving them a rate. Is there travel involved? Find out all you can about the position before you talk numbers. Good Luck.

What amount of Skills updating or refresher courses do you think an RN who wants to return to Med -Surg floor practice needs? How many hours of refreshing do you think the employers will require? There is a Skills refresher at the college in my town that is 36hrs. There is also a refresher lecture that is 48 hours and a Clinical Practicum that is 72 hours. I have asked people at the college nursing dept. and was told that any one of these would meet the requirement but I'm not sure a 36 hour refresher would count as enough. Should I ask a potential employer what they think or should I just take the class,show up with the course completion letter and hope for the best?? I love to take all 3 but it is expensive and I need to work. Signed: Tryin' to do my foot work

You said in your thread that the person has Medicaid ( not Medicare )and private insurance. Maybe I am wrong but usually people with Medicaid are not in a position to have any other kind of insurance. If he has Medicare and private insurance then you would need to find out what his insurance covers as far as skilled nursing services. Did you try calling the insurance company? Bet you didn't get far. If he does have Medicare (not Medicaid) then only an agency with a provider number can send a nurse and then it is only to do a nursing function that is maybe a billable hour or 2 at best . Medicare also may pay for a Home Health Aide for maybe an hour or so to help with ADL's. Or PT,OT Speech Therapist. But the daily visits are only about 1 hour. That is all Medicare will pay for. I could be wrong about this but that is what I remember when working Medicare HH. Private insurance is tricky because they are all so different as to what they will pay and with Health care being what it is in this country it is my personal feeling that they are less than forthcoming with any information that will help you figure out what you or your client is entitled to. If you can find a nursing registry that works with insurance companies and call them then maybe you can work with them (after all you are giving them a referral) and they can bill for you and you can work the job. At least there is a better chance you will get paid. Maybe in Ohio you can get a provider # I don't know? But please let me know how this works out for you.. Smiles

I have also heard of Pro-biotic use in cases of c-diff. . I had a pt. with c-diff and the GI Doc ordered Saccharomyces Boulardii along with some other types of Lactobacillus. (Eat your yogurt) Anyhow, I also read the article in the GI magazine he had that said (basically in simple terms) the SB competes with the c-diff for intestinal wall membrane sites. Just thought you guys might find that interesting . I did. Have any of you run across this type of treatment.

Thank you so much for these resources. I need all the help I can get. I'm like the trapeze artist .... I've got only my little finger hanging on to the trapeze I am used to and will soon be in mid-air looking to pick that next trapeze with both hands. It's the mid-air stuff that's going to be so scary.....:bowingpur

Thank you so much for these resources. I need all the help I can get. I'm like the trapeze artist .... I've got only my little finger hanging on to the trapeze I am used to and will soon be in mid-air looking to pick that next trapeze with both hands. It's the mid-air stuff that's going to be so scary.....:bowingpur