lsvalliant

lsvalliant

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  1. Do home health (visiting) nurses usually work on holidays?

    lsvalliant posted a topic in Home Health

    hi all, I have been doing home health visits for about a year now sporatically for a staffing company, however I just took a full-time position as a visiting nurse. This position is 8am-4pm,...

  2. BSN only hospitals

    lsvalliant replied to luckystarRN's topic in General Nursing

    So I was subbing as a school nurse in PA for the past two weeks mainly as a favor to my agency cuz it paid crap... I have an ADN degree btw... When they put in for an emergency school nurse...

  3. Do home health (visiting) nurses usually work on holidays?

    lsvalliant replied to lsvalliant's topic in Home Health

    I would think so. Patients who need care or admits obviously would be seen on a holiday. I was just curious if it's an on call nurse who takes all the patients or if it's common to only see the...

  4. BSN only hospitals

    lsvalliant replied to luckystarRN's topic in General Nursing

    LAVC. its funny because i couldn't even get an interview at UCLA even tho i was top of my class and cnsa pres but they were hiring up all of santa monica's new grads. i think certain hosptals may have...

  5. PSA Healthcare

    lsvalliant replied to goodstudentnowRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    It's possible that laundry and/or cleaning might be on your careplan. Don't be surprised. Check out the private duty forum because there is a discussion on this over there

  6. Which schedule would use choose?

    lsvalliant replied to Gratefulprn's topic in General Nursing

    Lol. NO. This person is an extremely lucky individual. Unless your and L&D nurse or in Critical care u can write your own ticket. Otherwise a new nurse in this economy sometimes has to relocate...

  7. Which schedule would use choose?

    lsvalliant replied to Gratefulprn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the only one that would pick the second one. lol You couldn't pay me enough to go back on the floor at a hospital. Too much drama and running your ass off. Worked at clinics and loved them. Go...

  8. If you make over 100k/year as a nurse

    lsvalliant replied to amie1169's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a new grad I worked at a big hospital in LA. My goal was to make 100k right outa the gate. After a year of contant acid reflux and aging myself about 5.. I figured out that it wasn't...

  9. BSN only hospitals

    lsvalliant replied to luckystarRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nah, Cedars picks up nearly half of all the new grads from my school (an ADN

  10. Anyone heard of nightingale or aspire home healthcare

    lsvalliant replied to lsvalliant's topic in Home Health

    This one is nationwide and is a top 500 HH company. I'm doing an interview in a completely different city (via teleconference) on the east coast for a position in California. Their main office is...

  11. School nurses working at summer camp?

    lsvalliant replied to KrystinaRN's topic in Camp

    I work for an agency who has staffed me in both the camp nurse and school nurse roles. I loved camp nursing and worked for the salvation army. Normally I think it pays about 6500 for six weeks, but...

  12. Am i burned out?

    lsvalliant replied to SchoolNurseBSN's topic in School

    Clearly there is a need for school nurses. There are still diabetic patients, asthmatics, and po meds in school and yes the occasional emergency. I do however think that requiring a BSN (in some...

  13. Is OASIS really hard to figure out?

    lsvalliant posted a topic in Home Health

    I have been doing HH visits for about a year now through an agency that staffs local HH companies when their short. I've never done an admission, but I've looked at the paperwork for OASIS. The most...

  14. I'm a nurse. Not a housekeeper!

    lsvalliant replied to EpiattIPNurse's topic in Private Duty

    Of course I dont want my patient to get sick. I meant I'm not doing the cleaning to benefit the parents. Surprisingly, no one in the house was really getting sick except for me. I think their just...

  15. Am i burned out?

    lsvalliant replied to SchoolNurseBSN's topic in School

    HMMM its the middle of the school day everywhere in the US and your on allnurses.com typing away. Maybe you have more free time than you

  16. Am i burned out?

    lsvalliant replied to SchoolNurseBSN's topic in School

    yawn:zzzzz:zzzzz

  17. Will going agency now screw my resume/career forever?

    lsvalliant replied to gigglymo's topic in Agency Nurses

    I love agency and I find enough work with two of them to keep me pretty busy. I agree with the above poster who said keep a per diem (regular job). I have a per diem job on the weekend and do my...

  18. I'm a nurse. Not a housekeeper!

    lsvalliant replied to EpiattIPNurse's topic in Private Duty

    I used to do my patients laundry because he would soil several outfits a day with his short bowel sydrome. Sometimes I would clean the area that I was sitting in just for peace of mind because the...

  19. Maximum number daily visits

    lsvalliant replied to Isabelle49's topic in Home Health

    HaHa sorry I read your post wrong. The HH nurses I know take usually 8 max. I dont know how anyone would do over 10. Thats seems like too

  20. Maximum number daily visits

    lsvalliant replied to Isabelle49's topic in Home Health

    Thanks Caliotter. I dont think its going to be very many at first. The recruiter told me he turns down about four referals per week but if he had an RN willing to do intermittant visits he would...

  21. Is OASIS really hard to figure out?

    lsvalliant replied to lsvalliant's topic in Home Health

    Thank you for your replies. I really would like to attend one of those seminars before I have to start doing admits. What is the best way to find

  22. Maximum number daily visits

    lsvalliant replied to Isabelle49's topic in Home Health

    Hey Isabelle, Just out of curiosity, what type of patients do you see for Maxim? I was talking to a recruiter today who wants to give me all of his new referrals. I was really calling about peds...

  23. Am i burned out?

    lsvalliant replied to SchoolNurseBSN's topic in School

    Purple Scrubs, I do all of those things mentioned in your above post and the half day of training I had from the regular school nurse was sufficient to learn the entire job. I am not a sub for a day,...

  24. Am i burned out?

    lsvalliant replied to SchoolNurseBSN's topic in School

    YAWN. I'm an agency nurse (actually working right now) and have been substitute elementary school nurse for someone on maternity leave for about a week. Out of all my experiences this has to be the...

  25. Maxim to Pay $150 Million Fine for Fraud

    lsvalliant replied to KateRN1's topic in Home Health

    Wow!!... and they dominate the market in san Diego for peds private duty,