paradiseboundRN

paradiseboundRN

Home Health, MS, Oncology, Case Manageme

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  1. Feeling so discouraged

    paradiseboundRN replied to tugirl12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Have you thought about Home Health care? It allows you to have more one -on-one with the patients and I found it to be a lot more rewarding. I hated my hospital job. There is a need for more nurses in...

  2. Home health oncology

    paradiseboundRN replied to timsalive's topic in Home Health

    After re-reading my first post, I don't think I answered your question. I want to add that in order to qualify for home care the patient needs to be home bound. Often times oncology patients are not...

  3. Safety of Nurses in Detroit?

    paradiseboundRN replied to nursingcanuk's topic in Home Health

    Safety wise, the areas to worry about are the City of Detroit and cities immediately bordering it (Highland Park, Oak Park, Hamtramck, etc). Some areas in Pontiac, Warren and Southfield can be a...

  4. Safety of Nurses in Detroit?

    paradiseboundRN replied to nursingcanuk's topic in Home Health

    I live about 30 miles NW of Detroit, but I grew up in Detroit. I didn't see patients in Detroit without security. The patients are not the problem, its the people hanging around the neighborhood and...

  5. WGU evaluated my transcipts and now I'm not sure I should choose them

    paradiseboundRN replied to paradiseboundRN's topic in Western Governors University

    It would be better to be taking the same classes, but he makes more money than nurses and he would make a terrible nurse! At least we'll be studying

  6. WGU RN to BSN. Starting 4/1/13 Anyone?

    paradiseboundRN replied to Karin RN's topic in Western Governors University

    Did you have any prereq to take? I have 4 if my appeal goes through. I'm worried the prereqs are going to make it take longer than 6 months. I hope the fact that I'm barely working and my kids are...

  7. Home health oncology

    paradiseboundRN replied to timsalive's topic in Home Health

    Every agency takes oncology cases. However, the hospital affiliated agencies probably get the most because the patients have been recently hospitalized and its easy to refer them to their own agency....

  8. WGU evaluated my transcipts and now I'm not sure I should choose them

    paradiseboundRN replied to paradiseboundRN's topic in Western Governors University

    I did look at other schools again after my credits were evaluated and it looks like WGU will be the best fit for me. I'm hoping that my appeal will get approved and I can start on April 1. BTW- my...

  9. WGU evaluated my transcipts and now I'm not sure I should choose them

    paradiseboundRN replied to paradiseboundRN's topic in Western Governors University

    Update on my appeal I did talk to my admit counselor and she wasn't thrilled about the appeal and explained that it will definitely put my start date off until May 1st. I was very insistent that I...

  10. Job market- ADN students being warned?

    paradiseboundRN replied to hope3456's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    In 1996, during the orientation before entering the nursing program, we were told that there wouldn't be hospital jobs when we graduated and we should plan on working in the community. Some of the...

  11. I got my first job!!! But I am worried...

    paradiseboundRN replied to Bunny99's topic in Home Health

    Is this for full time? How long will you be making $40,000, when you should be making

  12. Excited and Scared!!

    paradiseboundRN replied to Tiffany Alexander's topic in Home Health

    I have been part of this experience twice, and I'll be honest that it is a tough thing. The first time I did it, it was me, the owner of the company and a consultant working to get it going. The...

  13. Salary Help!!!!

    paradiseboundRN replied to Tiffany Alexander's topic in Home Health

    Its difficult without knowing where you live or how much experience you have. In Michigan, a DON with a small agency gets paid about 70,000-75,000/yr. You should look on the website salary.com, you...

  14. WGU evaluated my transcipts and now I'm not sure I should choose them

    paradiseboundRN replied to paradiseboundRN's topic in Western Governors University

    It looks like I'll have 4 extra classes also. It shouldn't be bad though considering I already took 2 of the nursing classes 10 years ago and I have taken Micro, just not the lab. The only ones I'm...

  15. WGU Transfer Evaluation Questions - RN-MSN Leadership Start 2/1/13

    paradiseboundRN replied to RNTC's topic in Western Governors University

    I've heard of others completing it in 6 months and that it my goal. I plan to put in 40-60 hrs week and go to work very

  16. WGU Transfer Evaluation Questions - RN-MSN Leadership Start 2/1/13

    paradiseboundRN replied to RNTC's topic in Western Governors University

    I'm supposed to start 4/1 also but I haven't paid yet for the same reasons. I have until March 22nd. I was waiting for the transcript and now I want to talk with my enrollment counselor about how to...

  17. WGU evaluated my transcipts and now I'm not sure I should choose them

    paradiseboundRN replied to paradiseboundRN's topic in Western Governors University

    I am going to appeal the health assessment and growth and development. It can't hurt to

  18. OASIS questions

    paradiseboundRN replied to tinyRN72's topic in Home Health

    Ohhh, I know the OASIS is a beast but your nurses need to learn it ASAP if they have Medicare patients. There is no right or wrong answer for many of the questions, its the nurses assessment of the...

  19. WGU Transfer Evaluation Questions - RN-MSN Leadership Start 2/1/13

    paradiseboundRN replied to RNTC's topic in Western Governors University

    I just received my transcripts and got the same results. The reason my micro was rejected was because I didn't have a lab. I want to appeal the health assessment course. I've been a home care nurse...

  20. WGU evaluated my transcipts and now I'm not sure I should choose them

    paradiseboundRN replied to paradiseboundRN's topic in Western Governors University

    What about the Health Assessment class? Is this

  21. New Grads Training in HHC

    paradiseboundRN replied to KarenJordan's topic in Home Health

    If you don't already have this book, you should get it. Tina Marelli: The Handbook of Home Health Standards: Quality, Documentation and Reimbursement.You could teach by the chapters in the

  22. Working for 2 agencies at the same time

    paradiseboundRN replied to tktjRN's topic in Home Health

    No reason you can't work for mutiple agencies. I worked for 3 for a short

  23. Resume Wording for Home Health

    paradiseboundRN replied to 84RN's topic in Home Health

    I've used a few different blurbs, If I want it short I write: Acts as a case manager while providing skilled nursing care for home health patients within this Medicare certified agency or the longer...

  24. Excessive documentation

    paradiseboundRN replied to suanniam4's topic in Home Health

    Hourly is the best, I agree. Working per visit doesn't pay extra when the visit takes longer or some other problem. However, they don't pay you less when a visit is short and the documentation is...

  25. OASIS questions

    paradiseboundRN replied to tinyRN72's topic in Home Health

    When one of the HHC agencies that I worked for was looking for a way to save money, I brought this "OASIS" for everyone issue up at a meeting. We were doing the OASIS for everyone including patients...