DriBak

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  1. problems using INRatio machine

    DriBak replied to spejsa's topic in Home Health

    Ditto on the

  2. $200,000 to travel to Iraq

    DriBak replied to Mantibob's topic in Travel

    Thanks Wolf, Haliburton as well as Xe (formerly BW) are hiring Nurse Pracs and PA's as well as EMT-P, did not see any openings for "plain" RN's. I am BSN prepared and will check with the Dept. of...

  3. $200,000 to travel to Iraq

    DriBak replied to Mantibob's topic in Travel

    I am ex-Infantry with combat experience and would like to find an assignment in Iraq or Afghanistan, I cannot find a link that is not hot linked to bogus sites or sires that want a fee, who is...

  4. Must know questions before accepting a HH RN Job

    DriBak replied to kirish34's topic in Home Health

    How is call handled, how am I paid, how much time am I supposed to spend on paperwork uncompensated

  5. Agency Getting Rid of Case Managers

    DriBak replied to rn9090's topic in Home Health

    We do

  6. So what's good about HH anyway?

    DriBak replied to WhoaNelly's topic in Home Health

    I love the flexibility and the pay, I don't love the HOURS of paper work or taking CALL, needless to say I am on my 14th year working in homecare with the same

  7. RN Health Coaching

    DriBak replied to lecavalier4's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    My employer just paid for 2 nurses to obtain their

  8. How to do skilled visits independently and bill Medicare

    DriBak replied to PeacefulHeart's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Any independents in Texas? What can I charge for ? Wound care, IV therapy? Anyone

  9. New To Home Health Please Help it's my 2nd wk

    DriBak replied to couponfan's topic in Home Health

    I have been doing home health for 14 years (same agency) and am overwhelmed daily. Get used to it. Make sure you are an outstanding time manager Good

  10. High tech visits?

    DriBak replied to spejsa's topic in Home Health

    For our agency these include, but are not limited to, : IV cases, VAC wound care, complex wound care

  11. Billing for CLIA waived Labs

    DriBak replied to homehealthguru's topic in Home Health

    What is the reimbursement rate for an INR/PROTIME done with a CoaguCheck or InRatio

  12. NP programs in Texas...

    DriBak replied to CrazyPremed's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Don't rule out Texas A&M Corpus Christi. I will be starting their FNP program this

  13. MSN Admission - NP/CNS

    DriBak replied to PsychiatricNP's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I got accepted 1 year after BSN, however, I have been a RN since

  14. ONLINR NP PROGRAM

    DriBak replied to zeik5411's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Texas A&M Corpus Christi I will be starting this

  15. What kind of car should I get?

    DriBak replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Home Health

    I use a King Cab Nissan Frontier truck. Keep the

  16. how many on computers

    DriBak replied to cookie102's topic in Home Health

    Have been in HH 13 years (same agency) have been on computers since 1999 I am on my 12th laptop and 4th program. We currently are using Carevoyant and I am not a fan. Does it beat paper,

  17. Interim

    DriBak replied to bonnie west's topic in Home Health

    Locally we get all their nurses who leave

  18. Pay per Visit

    DriBak replied to ittybittybabynurse's topic in Home Health

    33 bucks for a visit, 150 for a SOC+ a 20 dollar bonus if in 250/week call pay + per visit for anything you

  19. So overwhelmed..any advice?

    DriBak replied to Rachelks's topic in Home Health

    Been doing HH 13 years, have seen 18 in a day, our nurses average 10 daily

  20. Chemotherapy in the home

    DriBak replied to HmarieD's topic in Home Health

    Have had clients wear continuous pumps but nothing the agency started or stopped. Sounds

  21. What are your limitations as a homehealth nurse?

    DriBak replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in Home Health

    lamaze teacher needs to take a Xanax and chill, you are just like the 99.9% of typa A female nurses I work with. Many people on "house arrest" are able to be employed. I walked the dog and did the...

  22. Tracking devices?

    DriBak replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    My agency does not currently track us, although the point of care technology we use would certainly allow them to. A local chain ,Encompass, does track staff visits with their PDAs, I was told part of...

  23. What are your limitations as a homehealth nurse?

    DriBak replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in Home Health

    Let's see: I have walked the dog, been shocked while installing a ceiling fan light kit, installed a lock in a cabinet, installed hand held shower heads, repaired broken furniture and just this past...

  24. 485 Vital Sign parameters

    DriBak posted a topic in Home Health

    I am in Texas, if that matters. What are you nurses using as standard vital sign parameters (if

  25. Telemonitor/Telehealth question

    DriBak posted a topic in Home Health

    Anyone out there using telemonitors? We use the Honeywell/Hommed monitors. I would like to share stories, protocols, policy, pathways etc.. We have reached a plateau and need a