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  1. Anyone gone through the new survey process?

    youngheartoldhead replied to salvadordolly's topic in Home Health

    this may help some. http://www.selectdata.com/the-new-survey-protocols-are-you-ready-or-how-did-you-do/ also you can google: home health care guidelines for surveyors a few things i can remember are...

  2. Interview Attire

    youngheartoldhead replied to green34's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    exactly, i've worked in a place where applicants have come in wearing their very best attire, and the office staff made jokes about it.....and wondered if the person was applying for a nursing job or...

  3. Fraudulent visits - yes I brought it up!

    youngheartoldhead replied to salvadordolly's topic in Home Health

    I don't think there is any limit written in stone on the max number of visits a nurse can make in one day, but 26 has to be way over the limit. Your administrator is obviously not going to do...

  4. Fraudulent visits - yes I brought it up!

    youngheartoldhead replied to salvadordolly's topic in Home Health

    i missed the part about 26 visits. 26 visits???

  5. Fraudulent visits - yes I brought it up!

    youngheartoldhead replied to salvadordolly's topic in Home Health

    maybe there is nothing to rat her out for. and what on earth are you asking these

  6. Can I get fired from signing the MARS a night before my next shift

    youngheartoldhead replied to pinkdustmagic28's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i would have said

  7. Home Health-The good, The bad, and I'm getting out.

    youngheartoldhead replied to lsvalliant's topic in Home Health

    the problem with home care, whether its hospice or home health, that field attracts ***** in the management position. sorry, just no other way to put

  8. Homebound Status

    youngheartoldhead replied to momsnurse1's topic in Home Health

    Yeah !! home health advocates would love that........however, the government wouldn't like it because it would triple their medicare spending, which is already through the

  9. Home Health-The good, The bad, and I'm getting out.

    youngheartoldhead replied to lsvalliant's topic in Home Health

    I read this and couldn't help but laugh....I'm laughing to keep from crying actually........ugh.....I feel your pain. many times i have had a rough day in addition to being behind in paperwork due to...

  10. Anyone gone through the new survey process?

    youngheartoldhead replied to salvadordolly's topic in Home Health

    Yes we had ours a couple weeks ago. They made sure all field staff stayed in the FIELD. and when they did come to the office they were told to do what they had to do and go away.......and stay away...

  11. Southern Care Hospice

    youngheartoldhead replied to Bumashes's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    If the hospice you are asking about is "Southerncare" then you may want to do a google search using the terms "Southerncare", "24.7 million" and

  12. 10 months in hospice and already feeling burned out...

    youngheartoldhead replied to Cowboys_RN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    lol!! Monkey, I feel the same way. when people start going on and on in our meetings I just want to say TIMES UP!! Time is valuable these days -- every second counts and I'm getting MORE and MORE...

  13. Should Patient be Revoked???

    youngheartoldhead replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    From the Office of Inspector General http://oig.hhs.gov/authorities/docs/hospicx.pdf From page 5 of the document: "The OIG has also been alerted to improper utilization of services that occurs...

  14. RN Case Manager "characteristics"

    youngheartoldhead replied to deecee474's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The ability to refrain from spouting off at co workers, associates, physicians and sometimes testy family members. The ability to "pick" your battles. The ability to listen to the whole story before...

  15. Recommended Reading for Hospice Nurses

    youngheartoldhead replied to introspectiveRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    about using certain terms to describe death, (ie:End of Life) there is nothing wrong with using exact terms. Having untimely lost my husband years ago, I can tell you that people experiencing loss...

  16. Is this legal???

    youngheartoldhead replied to kajunscrap's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Mandatory evacuation means exactly what it says "mandatory". Evacuating eight patients is NOT considered a very difficult task especially when plenty of time and warning was given. Did these people...

  17. Vitas Experience?

    youngheartoldhead replied to Wren's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hal_Dol, It's so good to hear from someone out there who loves their job! With the current healthcare situation and all too frequent poor treatment of nurses, it gives us hope that there are still a...

  18. Hospice On Call Compensation Structure

    youngheartoldhead replied to Katillac's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    just because a nurse is salaried doesn't mean she is exempt from overtime. If she is being paid an hourly rate (example: a monthly salary is $800, but on your paystub it states $5.00 per hour). If you...

  19. Hospice On Call Compensation Structure

    youngheartoldhead replied to Katillac's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Agencies that don't properly compensate their nurses for doing on call visits (or don't pay them at all!) encourage poor care. When a nurse has a busy on call, with visits and numerous phone calls...

  20. Beginning RN Salary in Louisiana

    youngheartoldhead replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    mzjones you can get a better deal than that. My daughter is an R.N. working in alexandria, and your base pay needs to be closer to $21 per hour, even if you are a new or recent grad. Even with 6...