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  1. Paycheck mailed late

    LaRN replied to rella23's topic in Home Health

    go pick your check up on

  2. Written up for false documentation...

    LaRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    your supervisor must have zero to do if she's following you around checking up on you. they usually try to get their bluff in on the new nurses......just go with the flow and don't stress it. any...

  3. Salary for home healthcare nursing

    LaRN replied to NJRN33's topic in Home Health

    Even if you did, that's okay, as long as you do a good

  4. Issues with therapists/social workers on the unit? (Long)

    LaRN replied to can'twait2B1's topic in Psychiatric

    lol oh so true. There are some wonderful social workers out there, but there are some that have more personality disorders than a stack of DSM's. To the original poster, that silly social worker...

  5. shaken about psychotic patient incident last night.. very long..

    LaRN replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

    Inthesky, Its usually very disturbing to the person witnessing something like this for the first time, and you just need a little more time to observe the abnormal behaviors. Learning the ropes of a...

  6. Not giving PRN's even though they are ordered?

    LaRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Psychiatric

    Every place I've worked has had at least one nurse like this, they are everywhere, and they are ignorant. In addition to looking at her like she's stupid, tell her "It's a doctor's order. I have to...

  7. Such a bad rap

    LaRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Psychiatric

    with proper education and strict adherence to best practices, (never letting your guard down and paying attention to changes in pt's mood and behavior), injuries are rare, and minor if they do

  8. Help, new unorganized behavioral unit!!!!

    LaRN replied to AlleeBooRN's topic in Psychiatric

    This is how the cracks that patients fall into are made, a tragedy waiting to happen. Insist that your aides monitor the pts the way they are supposed to, and do NOT trust them to do so. Follow up...

  9. Fired recently - REALLY need advice!!!

    LaRN replied to WhoaNelly's topic in General Nursing

    HIGH FIVE! So true. Many times I've seen supervisors fire good nurses and praise the ones who aren't safe enough to work at a sno cone stand, simply because of a preference or conflict of...

  10. so many suicides

    LaRN replied to MADHAT6's topic in Psychiatric

    Although it's possible that his problems are related to his home life, it's also very possible that he has severe mental illness. The automatic assumption that bad parenting is to blame can result in...

  11. Pregnant and starting as a psych nurse.

    LaRN replied to mepy's topic in Psychiatric

    Not sure if your facility is a true psych setting, but in most of them, injuries to unborn children are avoided like the plague. If my supervisor found out a nurse was working while pregnant, her hair...

  12. Medicare Probe

    LaRN replied to PeacePisceRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am not the officianada on the matter, but this is just what I remember. I may be wrong or outdated in my thinking: I'm not sure if things are the same in hospice medicare reviews, but in home...

  13. Hospice On Call Compensation Structure

    LaRN replied to Katillac's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    why is it that hospice is the only branch of healthcare that can get away with making nurses work for free or hardly nothing. try asking a hospital or nursing home nurse to donate her hours

  14. Medicare Probe

    LaRN replied to PeacePisceRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Originally Posted by req_read "Using hospice for something other than what it was intended damages hospice in the long run." well the nsg homes use us for supplies. and speaking of supplies, here...

  15. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    LaRN replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    I was an LPN before becoming an RN. In LPN school we had to wear those nursing caps, and we secured them in place with bobby pins. I was giving a bed bath to a patient that was basically comatose. My...

  16. The weird part of hh

    LaRN replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    I hear you on this one. Things like this were so commonplace, it got to the point if I noted a problem that needed intervention I would say to the patient "look you got a problem, and it's YOUR...

  17. I've had it!!! Need to vent again

    LaRN replied to MzSuziQ64's topic in Home Health

    Every time your management gives you an assignment that is unfair or illegal, you can thank another nurse. Thank her because at one time she did it for them without saying a word and now they expect...

  18. prn home health RN

    LaRN replied to travel6's topic in Home Health

    No work should be uncompensated period. We have federal employment laws and this type of practice is discussed. The type of work done in home health per visit or prn is called "piece"

  19. Private Duty Annoyances

    LaRN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Private Duty

    PC or not, the family sounds like trash. Period. Sometimes when people are asking you for the impossible, it's best not to give excuses or reasons, because you can't reason with people like this....

  20. I've had it!!! Need to vent again

    LaRN replied to MzSuziQ64's topic in Home Health

    Mrssuzi it sounds as though you are being ran into the ground. Why is it that home health companies can get away with making nurses work overtime without being compensated? Nowhere anywhere do you see...

  21. I've had it!!! Need to vent again

    LaRN replied to MzSuziQ64's topic in Home Health

    5 soc's and 7 visits? are you pay per visit or hourly, and do they pay

  22. I.C. and Glove use

    LaRN replied to Rizpah's topic in Home Health

    yes they are awkward, mostly because the gloves most places use are cheap and hang off due to serious misfit. I'm sorry, I can't start an I.V. with a freddy krooger

  23. Private Duty Annoyances

    LaRN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Private Duty

    Unfortunately agencies tell the patients and families what they WANT to hear. Why? because they aren't the ones that have to deliver the promises they give. But you do. It should be carved into their...

  24. Be careful where you sit!

    LaRN replied to Sharlyn's topic in Home Health

    Renerian so have I!! infact, when I saw the title to this thread that's exactly what I thought of. Phewf, it makes for a really long day when you feel like you reek of pee. reminds me, I need to put...

  25. New to home health, next to nothing for orientation...vent

    LaRN replied to everthesame's topic in Home Health

    Make sure if you work for a salary that you put a "cap" on the amount of visits you are expected to do per week. If you go over the cap then you should be paid for those additional visits or hours...