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  1. Is 53k for school worth it?

    RN1263 replied to Dragonsmack's topic in General Nursing

    I would not pay 53K for nursing school and you will take a pay cut in nursing from what you are currently making for the first several years depending on your area/location. If you owe 53K for school...

  2. BiPolar on Texas SSDI and want to work

    RN1263 replied to phlox's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    It's been a few mos since the last post to this thread, but maybe I can help somewhat....... I have multiple sclerosis, sz disorder and Bipolar II..... I was on SSDI for many yrs for my MS and then...

  3. Anyone NOT case managing???

    RN1263 posted a topic in Home Health

    My first home health agency didn't have the field nurses case manage and I loved it, then I switched agency's and had to case manage and couldn't handle it. I became the admissions nurse for awhile...

  4. Agency Getting Rid of Case Managers

    RN1263 replied to rn9090's topic in Home Health

    My first HH job was this way....CM's were in the office and had ultimate responsibility for client, but field nurses did the visits and had to make sure everything was done when they saw patient (MD...

  5. Burned Out?

    RN1263 replied to prettygirllpn's topic in Home Health

    yogalover 47, I can't believe the nerve of your agency thinking that your schedule was even somewhat okay, that burns my britches for you! you were/are doing the work of two people.....did you realize...

  6. Is it possible to do home health after being out of nursing??

    RN1263 replied to bakermama's topic in Home Health

    I absolutely agree with

  7. Is starting out your nursing career with HH a good idea?

    RN1263 replied to Riverhopper's topic in Home Health

    I work as a home health RN and I only had 2 mos of med/surg and 1 mos of psych hosp. experience, been doing HH now for 1 1/2 yrs and i can tell you that yes I could get a med/surg hosp job now if I...

  8. POLL: Experience required for HH?

    RN1263 replied to LittleWing21's topic in Home Health

    B. 6-12 mos. I had 2 mos med/surg, 1 mos psych and several yrs of E.M.T. experience (yrs ago). for me it worked out just fine and I've been doing home health for 1 1/2 yrs

  9. Do you like team nursing?

    RN1263 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm still a student (one semester to go), but there are hospitals in my area w/ & w/out team nursing. Should I stay away from the ones w/ team nursing?...Opinions?....The good & the

  10. I dont want to do this anymore!!!

    RN1263 replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    I never wanted to do floor nursing in school...frankly i hated it!!!! Well, I now do home health nursing and like it. Yes, it's a different animal all together with it's own stresses, but nothing like...

  11. Am I the only HH nurse paid hourly?

    RN1263 replied to Eleven011's topic in Home Health

    Well, I got the salary HH job offered to me and I gladly took it!....They pay 50 cents per mile and give a company cell phone along with some other perks my present company doesn't

  12. Cell Phones in the work place

    RN1263 replied to cpacia124's topic in Home Health

    Well, .......I'm a HH RN and unfortunately meds were very hard for me in school (remembering side effects, ya-da, ya-da) and I have the advantage of being able to carry a med book in my bag thank...

  13. Am I the only HH nurse paid hourly?

    RN1263 replied to Eleven011's topic in Home Health

    No, I'm not an office nurse I do home visits. Most HH agencies in my area are "per visit", but like I said where I work is hourly and the one I'm interviewing with is salary (so I hear), but yeh all...

  14. Am I the only HH nurse paid hourly?

    RN1263 replied to Eleven011's topic in Home Health

    I am paid hourly....If you have 3 clients you don't get 8 hours obviously, you go home afterward. They've been real slow for about 6 weeks now and I can't pay my bills! I'm interviewing wed. for a...

  15. Multiple Sclerosis

    RN1263 replied to kmrmom42's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    You need that MRI and a good neurologist. Even when I had demyelination/lesions on MRI, symptoms and a positive spinal tap my neuro STILL tried to rule out all other possibilities and had me see...

  16. Multiple Sclerosis

    RN1263 replied to kmrmom42's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi everyone, I haven't posted here in awhile. I've had MS since 1991 and have had many struggles but went to school in 2004 for registered nurse and have been licensed for 1 1/2 yrs. -What I've...

  17. Frustrated with my agency!!!!!!!!!

    RN1263 replied to raebabelvn's topic in Home Health

    LPN's are not allowed to do SOC, D/C, recerts or ASV's at my home care agency. I believe it's because their not allowed by law in my state. We have 2 LPN's but they can only do regular

  18. Is home health really better than working in a hospital??

    RN1263 replied to LadyAries0021's topic in Home Health

    AAAHHHH, I quit my "big mistake" job.....and went back to my home health job. They already hired someone, but took me back

  19. Is home health really better than working in a hospital??

    RN1263 replied to LadyAries0021's topic in Home Health

    Well, I left my job in HH for better pay on a subacute unit....let's just say it was a BIG mistake.....for all of the reasons everyone else has already

  20. Oasis help!!!!!!!!!

    RN1263 replied to mina123's topic in Home Health

    well, what's even more fun...."not".....is the ICD-9 coding for the diagnosis on oasis. I'm not a darn coder, but I am now I

  21. Any Cleveland Clinic Nurses out there

    RN1263 replied to Nursie2k6`'s topic in Ohio Nursing

    Personally......I am sick to death about the cleveland clinic monopolizing the hospitals in the cleveland area. One of the reasons I can't stand it is.......I smoke. Yes, I know I shouldn't ya-da,...

  22. The weird part of hh

    RN1263 replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    I've been doing home health for 4 mos. and it's really been a roller coaster ride trying to figure out what clients want or expect from me..... Yes, 60% act as if I "demanded" to come into their...

  23. Is home health hard?

    RN1263 replied to chill598's topic in Home Health

    I graduated in May and started working in July. I've been doing home health for 6 weeks now. I spent 2 weeks in E.R., one month in Psych and two 1/2 mos. in Med/Surg..... ....I'm doing good in home...

  24. If you leave a home d/t intimidating or uncooperative behavior is that abandonment?

    RN1263 posted a topic in Home Health

    I'm wondering about abandonment laws concerning home health visits (not private duty or case managment). This week I encountered two homes that I feel I should have left, but didn't thinking it may...

  25. is psych "alot" less physically demanding than med/surg?

    RN1263 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    need honest opinions... i'm in nursing school and my med/surg rotation is killing me (i have multiple sclerosis)......my body is screaming in pain at the end of 4 hours! ...is psych nursing also...