Cattitude

Cattitude

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  1. Hospital based agency

    Cattitude replied to Cattitude's topic in Home Health

    I, personally am not. We have separate Liason coordinators that do that job inside the hospital. They review charts and then refer pt's to home care. Where I live there are many agencies so the...

  2. Co-worker stole my ID

    Cattitude replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I'm puzzled. I thought ot was just me, that I was missing some secret code Thanks for the ongoing support Miss Angels. You have a compassionate

  3. Co-worker stole my ID

    Cattitude replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    The poster who Tazzi was responding to has made it quite clear in many posts his disdain and disgust for recovering nurses. So when pushed, we pushed back and that's what Tazzi did. I back her as I...

  4. What do you think

    Cattitude replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    SaderNurse I am with you. I have a high proportion of HIV patients on my caseload by choice. I enjoy working with this population and many do not. Why? They are biased against because of their...

  5. Visit quotas and safe care

    Cattitude replied to sk8rmom's topic in Home Health

    I would never attempt to do that many visits in an 8 hr day. Our expected amount is 5, sometimes I do 6 and never , ever more than 7. 7 is actually unusual. Average is

  6. Question: Working in hh....

    Cattitude replied to Shantae's topic in Home Health

    Yes. I work for a hospital based agency and it's union so we get all the same bennies. I got to choose from about 7 different medical plans. I took Empire BCBS. I pay $15 co pay for Dr. visits....

  7. Co-worker stole my ID

    Cattitude replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for the support! It means a lot for us in recovery. Many people do struggle with the belief of addiction as being a disease. They want to believe that an addict can "stop anytime...

  8. Co-worker stole my ID

    Cattitude replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    You're mine too :kiss !!! Any one of us that has the guts to post deserves a ... Kudos to you and

  9. Co-worker stole my ID

    Cattitude replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Well any nurse that thinks it's going to be easy OR cheap is going to be shocked. It usually entails at least 2 years of committments. That means random urine tests, worksite monitoring, written...

  10. Co-worker stole my ID

    Cattitude replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you and glad to see you posting! No you are not alone my sister nurse in recovery. As said already, there are so many of "us" out there it's mind boggling. If anyone thinks the solution...

  11. Co-worker stole my ID

    Cattitude replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Nicely said Tazzi. I often say "Would you blame an Alzheimer's pt for things they say". NO because they have a disease! But it's painfully obvious that many health professionals still do not...

  12. Co-worker stole my ID

    Cattitude replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry about my initial response. I thought we were linked into the other thread. Apparently not. If you can find your way back into "Various Nursing Topics" then to the Nurses who are Drug Addicts...

  13. Co-worker stole my ID

    Cattitude replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    You forgot to add burning at the

  14. Co-worker stole my ID

    Cattitude replied to rmelvin's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry this happened to you. Please read through this thread and you may learn more about the strong pull and disease of addiction. I can't speak for your coworker but generally speaking, addicts...

  15. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    Cattitude replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thank you! I am just writing from my heart and it took a long time to get where I am. I would love to one day be an integral part of the change in dealing with addicted nurses and also educationg...

  16. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    Cattitude replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I thank you for your honesty. Yes the above is part of the addiction. You don't really KNOW unless you are experiencing that unrelenting compulsion. No nurse WANTS to steal or shortchange her...

  17. cell phone calls while driving

    Cattitude replied to BabaLouRN's topic in Home Health

    I'm with you on this. I love Bluetooth. There is no comparison with the regular hands free earpiece. the sound quality is so much better with Bluetooth and its so much easier with voice dialing...

  18. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    Cattitude replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hearing that a nurse killed herself fills me with complete sadness. I ask you Pebbles and KM also and anyone else that has been hurt or affected on the job and does not trust or ever want to work with...

  19. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    Cattitude replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    KM I don't think anyone was trying to twist words around and this is definitely a sensitive subject. It's understandeable that you have been hurt by this in the past. Many times nurses in recovery do...

  20. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    Cattitude replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You make very good points and I completely agree with you when you say "you never know what will happen in your life". How true that is. None of us in recovery ever planned to become addicts. It...

  21. Baba Lou RN

    Cattitude replied to BabaLouRN's topic in Home Health

    I guess you could kind of say I work on a salary. BUT, if I ever see a pt. after 5, I will get paid extra. I do charting at night sometimes but that is only because I finish early and don't do it...

  22. HOME HEALTH...Positives and Negatives

    Cattitude replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    Positives: Flex schedule No weekends, no nights, no holidays, no on call Getting to really know my patients, most are like family to me....

  23. Discouraged

    Cattitude replied to KAW1962's topic in Home Health

    Great thing about HH- flexible hrs, time off, less taxing physical work. Bad thing- Lots and lots of charting!!! We also went to laptops and that makes the charting lengthier. I often finish my day...

  24. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    Cattitude replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm so sorry for your

  25. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    Cattitude replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I completely agree. I belive it's been asked before and denied. i think TPTB think it will become an area where too much medical/legal info is asked but that's why there are mods just like in all...