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  1. Considering a change to home health nursing

    Luv2care0907 replied to ccclady's topic in Home Health

    I am writing solely about being a bedside nurse in the hh setting. I am pretty convinced that it takes a special type of person to be consistently in a person's home for 40 hours a week taking care...

  2. Advice needed

    Luv2care0907 replied to erosa962's topic in Home Health

    I do work for an agency, yes. Where I live, this agency was the only place in medicine willing to give me a chance. I have submitted, conservatively, 100 applications to hospitals here and turned...

  3. What are the physical demands of the home health care nurse

    Luv2care0907 replied to peacetou's topic in Home Health

    That is a shame. It is so hard when you are in the home of somebody like that and you can't leave or get away from it. I have had two cases that were like that. One was the longest 8 hours I have...

  4. Advice needed

    Luv2care0907 replied to erosa962's topic in Home Health

    As far as the pay, it depends on whether your client has private insurance or Medicaid/Medicare. Private insurance pays well. The other does not. It takes a long time to establish yourself too. At...

  5. RN told she will now get LPN wages

    Luv2care0907 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Blackcat directed my attention to this thread. I thought I would share my story, but also, I am specifically looking to how to resolve this issue. I want to make the money that I deserve. I have...

  6. Government Investigation of Amedisys

    Luv2care0907 replied to sweetsugar's topic in Home Health

    When you start legislating medical care, you ruin good medical care for everyone. I happen to love my job or I wouldn't take the abusive wage cut I had to take to keep my job thanks to the...

  7. can you make a good living........

    Luv2care0907 replied to jurico's topic in Home Health

    One more thing, I am being paid LPN wages at this point because they are telling me that Medicaid says that an LPN can do the job I

  8. can you make a good living........

    Luv2care0907 replied to jurico's topic in Home Health

    I concur with this. I wanted to share something else about the health insurance. I was told that after working a month full time, I could apply for insurance. What they failed to tell me is that I...

  9. Advice needed

    Luv2care0907 replied to erosa962's topic in Home Health

    Are you a new grad or do you have some

  10. Career future for the home health nurse

    Luv2care0907 replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Home Health

    Thanks for sharing your experience. It is very educational for

  11. New grad, new to home health - overwelmed

    Luv2care0907 replied to okhhnurse's topic in Home Health

    I am sincerely amazed that an lpn is making $22/hour. I find the kind of work I do to be very low key at a certain point. I do not find it to be overly stressful except when the family is...

  12. Passed Nclex the 8th time!!!!!!

    Luv2care0907 replied to amazingaloha's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed the NCLEX twice. Once in 1980 and again in May of 2009 and both times with flying colors. I scored incredibly high scores my first go round and this time the computer shut down at 75...

  13. Passed Nclex the 8th time!!!!!!

    Luv2care0907 replied to amazingaloha's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations. I would appreciate if you would let us know when you are hired. Thanks so

  14. What are the physical demands of the home health care nurse

    Luv2care0907 replied to peacetou's topic in Home Health

    You can say that again. If there is one quality you need in HH, it is resourcefulness. I work with babies. So I typically don't do a lot of heavy lifting etc. But I did take care of a client for...

  15. What device works best?

    Luv2care0907 replied to twokidsmom,rn's topic in Home Health

    I love my iPad, but it doesn't have a feature for printing. You would have to transfer the document back to the computer for printing. I do like it better than a laptop. What a nice computer Apple...

  16. How long can till the blood is bad?

    Luv2care0907 replied to nursecher's topic in Home Health

    I would think it would also have a great deal to do with where you live. Where I live, those specimens would boil certain times of the year in the car.

  17. It cost me $59.25 just to apply for a job?

    Luv2care0907 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    I can't imagine doing something like that to someone

  18. Home health nurses and documentation problems - please help me understand.

    Luv2care0907 replied to nursetobeoneday's topic in Home Health

    I am amazed that there is someone out there working as a nurse for nothing because they don't care if they get paid. Are they running a charitable service? I find this very hard to believe. Unless...

  19. Home health nurses and documentation problems - please help me understand.

    Luv2care0907 replied to nursetobeoneday's topic in Home Health

    I am not sure how everyone else does things, but here it is up to the client to contact the DME to replace faulty equipment. The nurses do not do this, do not have access to the DME and it is...

  20. Taking temps on babies

    Luv2care0907 posted a topic in Home Health

    I have a question. I bought a skin digital thermometer. I'm sure you've seen them in various pharmacies. Exergen makes the one I have and it is supposed to be recommended by Harvard. I love it....

  21. Gaining weight in homehealth

    Luv2care0907 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health

    At one time, Vitamin Shoppe had the Muscle Milk Light on sale for $15.99 for a small case of 20 bars or so. If there isn't a Vitamin Shoppe in your home town, I suppose you could order online from...

  22. Gaining weight in homehealth

    Luv2care0907 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health

    I was looking for something with 10-15 gm protein and NashuaNutrition.com. I also like Muscle Milk Light bars. Be careful. Some of these protein bars are very

  23. Gaining weight in homehealth

    Luv2care0907 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health

    In December of last year, I weighed upwards of 200 pounds. Today, I weigh in the 150s. I have lost a good bit of that weight since doing HH. I have been doing Quick Weight Loss, the diet that Rush...

  24. Looking for guidance from a few HH vets.

    Luv2care0907 replied to eriksoln's topic in Home Health

    Wow. I wish I could have that kind of situation. My client ended up at the hospital for a few days and I called my agency to ask if I could pick up some days to fill in and the nice lady was curt...

  25. Looking for guidance from a few HH vets.

    Luv2care0907 replied to eriksoln's topic in Home Health

    I remember seeing this and then totally forgot. :) I live in South Florida. I've been a nurse for going on 11 years. My main experience was NICU. I have also done other pediatrics and