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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...

  16. Night Shift For Newbies

    hawkfdc replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    The bright side of night shift-the marathon of a 12 hour shift is a pleasant jog most of the time, instead of the 6 hour morning sprint then the 5 hour afternoon sprint broekn up only by the 30 minute...

  17. Christmas Eve in Home Care

    hawkfdc posted a topic in Home Health

    So I have a VA patient that I've been seeing since July 30, non healing sacral and hip wound. Admission weight was 94 lbs. After months of antibiotic theray which would make the patient sicker and...

  18. Why HH nurses quit

    hawkfdc replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in Home Health

    I have been doing home health now for 6 months and I love it. YEs, when I had 18 patients the case management felt overwhelming but I have a good support system, and my learning curve has been long...

  19. Full Moon Friday

    hawkfdc posted a topic in Home Health

    Wow, what a day yesterday. I typically try to pull most of my visits to M, T, W, Th and have an easy day on Friday with just a few visits. But my husband and daughter both ended up with the flu on...

  20. Full Moon Friday

    hawkfdc replied to hawkfdc's topic in Home Health

    I finally got on the road about 11 am, done by 6 pm. Depending on what I have to do, I'm usually done by 3 each

  21. This is like going to war...

    hawkfdc replied to Getreal2011's topic in General Students

    Ok, gotta jump in here..... Don't take it personally. You have to look at it from the side of the nurse on the floor. The job is a "hit the floor at 7 am and run like mad for at least the first 6...

  22. FSCJ Fall 2010 ACCEPTED

    hawkfdc replied to MLTinJAX's topic in Florida Nursing

    Tasteful clothing, as long as the shorts are not too short and the tank top isn't 4 sizes too small, its ok. But its also cold in the

  23. FSCJ Fall 2010 ACCEPTED

    hawkfdc replied to MLTinJAX's topic in Florida Nursing

    For starters, take a deep breath and relax....you're not going to spend the next 16 months reading everything. There's just not enough hours in the day. FOr success on the tests (besides dosage...

  24. RUNNNNN!!

    hawkfdc replied to RNBeachGirl's topic in Home Health

    I discussed with my company owner the other day about going full time, but I think I'm going to stay PRN. I pull a full schedule but as PRN I can say no at any

  25. Tired of ppl who says that you are not a real nurse cause you dont work in a hospital

    hawkfdc replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I'm not a real nurse. Since I'm not a real nurse I won't be able to go out today and draw labs and change the dressings on the stage IV sacral wound, insert a Foley catheter and change another...