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  1. DON, Supervisor Medicare Certified Agency

    erroridiot posted a topic in Home Health

    It seems that the only full time jobs around in Medicare Certified Home Health Agencies in my area are DON or Clinical Supervisor positions. These jobs are like revolving doors in most of the...

  2. DON, Supervisor Medicare Certified Agency

    erroridiot replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

    Thank you. Sorry to say, but that is the SHORT list........................... You never know what lurks behind the doors of a Medicare cert home health

  3. DON, Supervisor Medicare Certified Agency

    erroridiot replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

    Here are some questions I would ask my potential employer and myself before even considering the job: Can you identify a skilled payable visit including overutilization of therapy? Can you teach the...

  4. Have you ever felt unsafe while in HH?

    erroridiot replied to Poi Dog's topic in Home Health

    I am so sorry. I hope you quit too. This just goes to show the "value" of a nurse to some of these

  5. Have you ever felt unsafe while in HH?

    erroridiot replied to Poi Dog's topic in Home Health

    I was once told to go discharge a patient because it was not safe for the PT to go back there. I had been notifying the agency after every visit of gambling, prostitution, drugs, ETOH, etc. in the...

  6. Home Health Care agencies

    erroridiot replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in Home Health

    I have found mom and pop to be the absolute worst agencies to work for. They close frequently and the paychecks can bounce sky high not to mention lots of problems getting referrals, following rules...

  7. Have you ever felt unsafe while in HH?

    erroridiot replied to Poi Dog's topic in Home Health

    Of course I have felt "unsafe". Let's take for example a patient answers the door holding a wooden hanger and says come in and proceeds to beat the crap out of another family member with the hanger....

  8. Company not paying for mandatory inservices

    erroridiot replied to erinp88's topic in General Nursing

    There is a lot of this going around. I just received an email stating I must report to the office to complete "inservices and quizzes" by Tuesday. There is no mention of pay for the time and the...

  9. How to get stool smell off of your hands?

    erroridiot replied to mickjordmoll's topic in General Nursing

    Vicks VapoRub I don't know if I spelled this right. Some odors are so bad they just soak into everything in the

  10. Smelly Body Wipes

    erroridiot replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    What is the name of the wipes? What company is listed on the label? What kind of hospital would waste money on nasty smelling wipes? Is there a phone number for the company that makes them? You...

  11. What are the chances of being fired as a nurse?

    erroridiot replied to Crystal112's topic in General Nursing

    You can actually be fired for doing the right

  12. Home Health...Can I do it? HELP

    erroridiot replied to shortsuzy87's topic in Home Health

    There are a variety of stressful factors in home care. Just for example, one of the agencies I work for told me today that the paychecks did not arrive and the owner of the agency is not available...

  13. Clinical Coordinator

    erroridiot replied to chiquiraveloski's topic in Nursing Career

    Middle management is one of the most frequently advertised positions. Sometimes middle management positions are more plentiful than staff nurse positions. There is a reason for this. If it doesn't...

  14. Home Care Fraud - How to escape.

    erroridiot replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

    Sometimes you just do not know until you are working there, unless you know someone who is familiar with or works with the agency. You just don't know what lurks inside of the HHA these days. I can...

  15. I'm a job hopper.... HELP!

    erroridiot replied to NurseCard's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You are not a job hopper. Nursing and healthcare in general make it impossible to stay in some of these situations. If you manage to stay in a difficult situation for a year and a half, that says...

  16. Home Health Co using illegal procedures

    erroridiot replied to nickolasj80's topic in Nursing Career

    First of all, this is not at all unusual in home health care. The system was designed for easy fraud and a good percentage of USA Medicare dollars leave the country due to this type of agency. If...

  17. Direct Hire recruitment agencies

    erroridiot replied to LPN_2005/RN_10's topic in General Nursing

    These agencies or recruiters can vary in quality. They are still active. Due to the economy and job market, some may be recruiting for "difficult to fill" positions, so it pays to take a very close...

  18. Home Care Fraud - How to escape.

    erroridiot replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

    Having knowledge of certain things that happen turns a person into a candidate for the witness protection program. All of these incidents are disturbing to say the

  19. Home Care Fraud - How to escape.

    erroridiot replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

    In some areas of the country, if you don't enable, you don't eat - or worse yet become homeless and if you report fraud, you will be

  20. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    erroridiot replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Observed that more than one nurse on a unit cleaning trach tubes with "Periwash", wiping it off with toilet paper or a paper towel and put it back in and turned off humidifiers or left them empty for...

  21. What does "contingent" mean?

    erroridiot replied to MsPebbles's topic in General Nursing

    Contingent means work that other nurses do not want, when they do not want it and where they do not want it. It also means that the person taking the "contingent" job is treated like a disposable...

  22. feeling low, need encouragment...

    erroridiot replied to bernikitty's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have access to a Social Worker who can assist you with some of these issues? If you don't, you may be able to access some assistance by calling your local United Way, County Health Department,...

  23. Leaving after 8 months...bad?

    erroridiot replied to SlightlyMental_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You are right about the grass! There are some crazy people out there and their families are crazy

  24. Leaving after 8 months...bad?

    erroridiot replied to SlightlyMental_RN's topic in General Nursing

    If this is private duty home care, please be careful about your need for income. When that one patient goes to the hospital, or the insurance company pulls the plug on funds as they do now and then,...

  25. Home Care Fraud - How to escape.

    erroridiot replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

    Those numbers are used to "fire" employees. That is all they are