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  1. spider bite wound care question

    Traveler replied to bebop1's topic in Home Health

    Brown Recluse bites can be nasty. Their venom has the same properties as pit viper snakes (copperheads, rattlesnakes, etc.) Their venom digests the tissue so you need to watch for this. I had a...

  2. Considering home health nursing

    Traveler replied to cydney7's topic in Home Health

    It sounds like you would love home health if you like interacting with the patients. You really use everything in nursing in home health. You are assessing not only meds, diseases, etc., but the whole...

  3. Considering home health nursing

    Traveler replied to cydney7's topic in Home Health

    You have some experience in med-surg and that is a good thing for home health. Many home health agencies want 5 years minimum nursing experience and one year hh experience. The only problem is, it's...

  4. Anyone from Chattanooga?

    Traveler replied to cdeefiesta's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I live about 2 hours NE of Chattanooga in the mountains and work about an hour NE of Chattanooga. The pay rate in Chattanooga is higher than in Knoxville. I work in home health. The agency that I...

  5. Made the Decision

    Traveler replied to zenman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for your reply. It sounds like it takes a long time. A friend of mine started at Vanderbilt (she has to go there four days a semester) in their ANP/GNP last fall. She will be done at the end of...

  6. Question about IV therapy in the home

    Traveler replied to nrsjen's topic in Home Health

    I don't know the answer to this. I would look and see if there is anything about it in the Florida nurse practice act. Regarding IVIG though. There is a pending case here about a patient who suffered...

  7. Skin breakdown...not sure what to do for it

    Traveler replied to bebop1's topic in Home Health

    Have you thought that this may be a yeast infection. If she has frequent uti's she is probably on lots of

  8. Home Health Nurse Bag--where can I buy?

    Traveler replied to Nursecathy123ca's topic in Home Health

    Hopkins medical supply sells bags as well. Often the agency will supply your bag with their logo on it. To hold wipes, alcohol pads, etc. I use one of those little freebie plastic zipper bags that...

  9. Vanderbilt for MSN?

    Traveler replied to jeepgirl's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    A good friend of mine is doing the ANP/GNP distance program at Vanderbilt. We are about a four hour drive from there. Because she has been a nurse for many years in a small community doing home...

  10. Made the Decision

    Traveler replied to zenman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have just requested information from UAB but maybe someone here can help me. I need a distance program because of where I live. From what I have seen they all require about the same number of...

  11. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    Traveler replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    danvet, You need to give yourself time getting used to home health. It's certainly not an area that all nurses like, and other nurses couldn't imagine going back to a facility- I am one. As you have...

  12. mileage reimbursement for home health visits

    Traveler replied to nikkitd's topic in Home Health

    Should and is are two different things. Most agencies don't pay the federal rate. If you itemize deductions you can take the difference in reimbursement and federal rate off on your taxes. Of course...

  13. Anp Program Online??

    Traveler replied to SthRNBelle's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have a good friend who is doing the ANP through Vanderbilt. Most of it is via distance and all of the clinicals are in our community that she arranges and gets approved. She does have to go about...

  14. mileage reimbursement for home health visits

    Traveler replied to nikkitd's topic in Home Health

    We just went up to 39 cents effective May 1st! The company I used to work for just increased theirs from 26 cents to 32 cents after four years with no increase. There is a big difference amongst...

  15. Home Health Aide Supervision Visits ONLY

    Traveler replied to Jolly's topic in Home Health

    Where I used to work we did a lot of VA HHA's and had to do RN supervisory visits. We also had some Tenncare patients that were HHA only and we did supervisory only every 14 days. Where I work now we...

  16. ANP, FNP-C, CNS-C, ABC123 What the heck do all those letters mean???

    Traveler replied to Pharmasuetical's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In the same general vein I have a question about which initials to use and in what order. I am an RN now and will have my BSN in a little less than a year. After that I plan on going for my FNP. So,...

  17. MD, DO, NP, DC, OD -- Who deserves the title PCP?

    Traveler replied to RMARTINNC's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A while back in this thread there was discussion about how the nursing model of care differs (or doesn't depending upon one's view). I recently came across an article that I had copied. I don't have...

  18. Gas prices are killing me, how much does your agency reimburse?

    Traveler replied to RN relief needed's topic in Home Health

    I believe the agency can pay whatever they choose for mileage. The last agency I worked for paid 26 cents when I started with them in Feb. 2001 and are still paying that! In 2001 gas prices were only...

  19. Mountain State Health Alliance and Covenant Health

    Traveler replied to helpinghands's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    That's too bad about your unexpected delay in your move. That's great that you have found a job in the ICU. Housing/land costs are soaring here too- like they are most places. We live in the mountains...

  20. What are the BEST and WORST States to practice as an NP?

    Traveler replied to Roland's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    From what I have seen, NP's are in great deman and, for the most part, are respected and highly utilized in rural SE Tennessee where I live. I think that in the rural areas where there is a shortage...

  21. FNP School

    Traveler replied to Spacklehead's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Cardiotrans- which school are you going

  22. RN to BSN Online

    Traveler replied to malsc1104's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am in week four of 208- trust me, it doesn't get any better. Since the classes are only 5 weeks long it makes it very hard for anything to sink in. This has been my hardest class so far. I have 209,...

  23. Graceland

    Traveler posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Does anyone know anything about Graceland? I am starting to look into where I want to earn my MSN/FNP after I finish my BSN next year and see that they offer a distance degree. Anyone with any...

  24. RN to BSN Online

    Traveler replied to malsc1104's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Patrick I am about where you are in the UoP program. I am set to graduate March 2006. I am stuck in math he** right now. I'll be very happy to get back to my nursing

  25. Graceland

    Traveler replied to Traveler's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Thank you all for your responses. Craig B I have some questions for you since you are in the program I am interested in. Do they have open enrollment or do they run on actual semesters? I think I saw...