hawkfdc

hawkfdc has 9 years experience.

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1. Starting own home health care company in florida

   hawkfdc replied to LaraHeartsRN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

   Its possible there is a moratorium on new home care agencies, meaning the state is not allowing new agencies to be

2. Home Health Jobs in Georgia salaries

   hawkfdc replied to CaliHHRN's topic in Home Health

   $35 per visit, $80 for SOC typically. If you take salary then around $60000 but be prepared for 30 points per week. Each visit is a point, a SOC (admission) should count for two points. Mileage is a...

3. Hurricane Irma

   hawkfdc replied to GetBackToClassRN's topic in School

   fastaff.com was the agency looking for nurses for Harvey. I have not seen anything for Irma but I know they'll be

4. Say what...?

   hawkfdc replied to kidzcare's topic in School

   How interesting that this conversation is here today. I don't necessarily have teachers sending me kids at the end of the day but they do question my clinical judgement which flips me out. I'm in a...

5. Question for Florida School Nurses

   hawkfdc replied to AutumnDraidean's topic in School

   https://www.flshots.com/ but its not as simple as imputing information. I think you must have

6. Nurses fired for refusing flu vaccine

   hawkfdc replied to BrandybunsRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

   There comes a time in everyone's life where enough is enough. I reached mine about two and a half months ago and I left direct patient care because I was tired of being force fed CMS regulatory kool...

7. Medicare fines over hospitals' readmitted patients to begin on Monday Oct 1,2012

   hawkfdc replied to kcmylorn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I'm a home health RN for another week or so (getting the he** out of healthcare). This readmit thing is getting bad. The reality for those of you in bedside nursing and PCP offices is that I can...

8. Obamacare Survives, Supreme Court Rescues 'Big Health'

   hawkfdc replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   "Well, if you refuse to obtain health insurance, you SHOULD be penalized. How is it your constitutional right to be irresponsible? The greater good of the society overrides individual rights." I don't...

9. Obamacare Survives, Supreme Court Rescues 'Big Health'

   hawkfdc replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   "well, if you refuse to obtain health insurance, you should be penalized. how is it your constitutional right to be irresponsible? the greater good of the society overrides individual rights." i...

10. Obamacare Survives, Supreme Court Rescues 'Big Health'

    hawkfdc replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Throwing my $0.02 in..... Although called the Affordable Care Act it is anything but. Private insurance companies are licking their chops to increase premiums to cover the required preventative care....

11. New nice car

    hawkfdc replied to tinderbox's topic in Home Health

    Um yeah, I wouldn't buy a new care in home health. I did somewhere around 38000 miles per year in the last two years in home health. I wouldn't take a new car financial hit (let someone else take...

12. Considering a move to HH...

    hawkfdc replied to QTBabyNurse's topic in Home Health

    Its hard to determine what the hourly rate works out to because like the other posts said, we bring our paperwork home with us-sit in front of the tv and write out nursing notes. But if you are...

13. Why do you like home care? What are the advantages?

    hawkfdc replied to smartandgrit's topic in Home Health

    It wasn't the small batteries I was talking about, it was the dead car battery . Oh well issue resolved $140

14. Why do you like home care? What are the advantages?

    hawkfdc replied to smartandgrit's topic in Home Health

    And another thing....you have to be prepared for those unexpected things like dead batteries....kinda like what just happened to

15. Why do you like home care? What are the advantages?

    hawkfdc replied to smartandgrit's topic in Home Health

    I made the transition to home health nearly a year ago and am so glad I did. Enchantment basically summed it all up. If you are organized, like to drive and can not let things bother you too much...