nurse5448

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1. amedisys

   nurse5448 replied to polarisskye's topic in Florida

   Travel nurses sometimes get beat to death with overload, our travel nurses would be up until 2:00 am. FYI

2. amedisys

   nurse5448 replied to polarisskye's topic in Florida

   I'm sorry, I don't. Talking to other nurses in your area will give you a good well rounded view of the companies there. Something I didn't do before going into this HH company. But on the agencies I loved, other nurses spoke well of. Ask if you c...

3. Anyone in CA about to start LVN Program?

   nurse5448 replied to Lw2381's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I think that something to consider is the schools passing rates which you can find on the Calif State board for LVNs. If the passing rates are low, you can bet that school is having problems. I'd think twice about dropping $18,000 (seems to be the av...

4. Calling all HH Nurses, roll call

   nurse5448 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

   Laptops don't always make the job easier. The company I worked for required the same paperwork along with the work done on a laptop. This wasn't transitional and temporary, it was what they really wanted. In the end, I worked more hours and got pa...

5. Home Health/Hospice Visit Pay by Location

   nurse5448 replied to toonchild's topic in Home Health

   A lot of nurses in our office in the south western part of the US couldn't find the good in Amedisys either. A lot jumped ship, within the same time frame. The reimbursement both in the per visit and mileage is poor. Amedisys dropped the mileage reim...

6. amedisys

   nurse5448 replied to polarisskye's topic in Florida

   BEWARE of those per visit offers! You will end up working a whole lot of extra hours outside of the housecall with redundant paperwork and not getting paid because it falls under the "per visit pay". I figured out my pay at an average of $15 an hour ...

7. pay per visit

   nurse5448 replied to nurse7878's topic in General Nursing

   BEWARE of those per visit offers! You will end up working a whole lot of extra hours outside of the housecall with redundant paperwork and not getting paid because it falls under the "per visit pay". I figured out my pay at an average of $15 an hou...