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  1. "Fee Basis" Exemption for Home Health Nurses

    IndianaHH replied to sweetsugar's topic in Home Health

    The pay per visit plan is currently being challenged in court. In Ohio a judge has stated there is enough evidence to okay a filing. Also in Georgia, a class action suit involving a VERY well known...

  2. Need Advice-Agency LVN renting room from Family

    IndianaHH replied to maryen's topic in Home Health

    There has been no absolute evidence of "some sort of barter arrangement" nor of "being on call 24/7".. this is all speculation. Has anyone bothered to question if this nurse had lived here before this...

  3. Need Advice-Agency LVN renting room from Family

    IndianaHH replied to maryen's topic in Home Health

    Hmm.. is this nurse actually caring for this patient? If not, then to speculate that the room/price of the room "was gained soley through the relationship between the pt and nurse" is out of line. To...

  4. HELP! Is this ethical or even legal??

    IndianaHH posted a topic in Home Health

    I need some opinions if this sounds perhaps not in sync with labor laws. The home agency changed from an hourly to per visit pay last wk. as the agency admitted to "do away with overtime". Routine...

  5. Transferring RN license to Colorado...I've a misdeameanor!

    IndianaHH posted a topic in Colorado Nursing

    Has anyone dealt with the Colorado BON in having a non compact state license (IN) transferred to Colorado? I've read the online app... Im a bit concerned as in 07 I plead bargained to a misdeameanor...

  6. HELP! Is this ethical or even legal??

    IndianaHH replied to IndianaHH's topic in Home Health

    And how was the response to

  7. HELP! Is this ethical or even legal??

    IndianaHH replied to IndianaHH's topic in Home Health

    I agree...a union of like minded nurses needs to build strength. Do I think the average nurse/single parent who chose homehealth for its scheduling flexibility will rock her boat (even as it springs a...

  8. HELP! Is this ethical or even legal??

    IndianaHH replied to IndianaHH's topic in Home Health

    It would take soldiarity within the nursing profession. Will never

  9. "Fee Basis" Exemption for Home Health Nurses

    IndianaHH replied to sweetsugar's topic in Home Health

    Thank you for providing the answer to how this baloney started. Yep..we were told we were not exempt...no overtime. I argree to do only 6 schedule visits a day. No more. Unless I'm on call and I have...

  10. resigned did'nt get my unused vacation time in check

    IndianaHH replied to irish123's topic in General Nursing

    Wow!! Am I glad to trip over this posting! The hh agency just started a pay per visit policy from an hourly wage program to "stop any overtime pay". The agency stated that the pay per visit would...

  11. resigned did'nt get my unused vacation time in check

    IndianaHH replied to irish123's topic in General Nursing

    I don't suppose you could ID the penny pinching company....sounds like the one I want to

  12. Pay per visit rates....what is the usual

    IndianaHH replied to IndianaHH's topic in Home Health

    Yeah.. I inquired about the point system....."we're working on it"....my immediate thought was Bull..... its a job... and I've one foot out the door....so Im getting serious about following what I...

  13. forced overtime??

    IndianaHH replied to behindthedoor's topic in Home Health

    Good Evening Ladies... Yep.. the forced overtime.....off the clock. I have been guilty of working on my laptop on my weekend off because I didn't want to hear the lecture on "you need to watch the...

  14. How do I get involved in Alternative/Holistic nursing?

    IndianaHH replied to Sarah27's topic in Holistic

    Im currently studying Healing Touch, which is a nursing modality recognised by the Holistic Nurses and proven many times over. I, too, have been disheartened by the changes in "healthcare". I don't...

  15. forced overtime??

    IndianaHH replied to behindthedoor's topic in Home Health

    Oh boy! the agency I work for is implimenting a "no overtime pay" , pay per visit policy at months end. The expected visits per day is 6. Its not qualified as SOC, ROC or routine.. just number of...

  16. Forced to Quit My Job To Follow My Dreams

    IndianaHH replied to Queenqmw's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! How timely is your post! I'm sitting here debating with myself as it its time to tell the HH job that has me working 10-12 hrs dly, and using my weekends to get caught up on the charting to take...

  17. Dilema: Hourly or Per Visit

    IndianaHH replied to ernursechic's topic in Home Health

    My agency is currently doing away with the hourly to per per visit., with no consideration for travel time between pts. Currrenty the min pt visits per day is 6. Doesn't sound bad until one figures my...

  18. Homehealth Companies Gentiva / Amedysis

    IndianaHH posted a topic in Home Health

    I've been in Homehealth since 2003, in the Midwest. My children are grown, out of the house, living their own lives Its time I work on my dream to move west, Colorado, maybe New Mexico. I've been...

  19. Homehealth Companies Gentiva / Amedysis

    IndianaHH replied to IndianaHH's topic in Home Health

    Thank you all for you responses. Amedysis is rumored to be opening an office here, which I am nervous about. I work for a state non for profit; and referrals have been off for many months. Gentivia...

  20. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

    IndianaHH replied to Brian's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Read the fine print of the flu vaccine insert package. BOTH the seasonal flu vaccine, and nasal mist have the H1N1 component in the vaccine. Strange, that no one in the media or govn't agencies has...

  21. Rural nursing - who is hiring? Training/orientation process??

    IndianaHH replied to smn2010's topic in Rural

    I've been in healthcare, (nurse's aide, ER tech, CRTT, LPN, and RN)over the course of 30 yrs. Currently in my 6 yr of homehealth, which,depending on the day is a mixed bag of ER/Med/Surg experiences....

  22. Rural nursing - who is hiring? Training/orientation process??

    IndianaHH replied to smn2010's topic in Rural

    THAT is probably what my friends were referring to as the other didn't make a great deal of sense. Have you worked in IHS? Would you recommend any particular state, area over another? Does IHS have...

  23. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    IndianaHH replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    An inmate from the local jail arrived complaining of severe abd pain and rectal bleeding into our er. Abdominal xrays were taken. Within minutes of the xrays finishing developing we heard the tech let...

  24. Rural nursing - who is hiring? Training/orientation process??

    IndianaHH replied to smn2010's topic in Rural

    I've been interested in the rural nursing for quite a bit of time, have even discussed with a few of my Native American friends the possibility of IHS. A few have warned against it though as I am not...

  25. No Patients!

    IndianaHH replied to nkochrn's topic in Rural

    Where in the world are