msteeleart

msteeleart specializes in Psych/med surg.

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1. Pt's home infested with bed bugs, fleas, etc..

   msteeleart replied to RN-DC's topic in Home Health

   I just quit as an RN home health case manager in June to go work at an office at an insurance company. I will not miss going into filthy, insect infested homes. There were many nights when I was...

2. Bait and Switch?

   msteeleart replied to Natkat's topic in Case Management

   I just left a job as an RN case manager/team leader in home health and I worked there for a little over 2 years. I learned a lot while I was there but that job is not for someone that wants to come...

3. Raises in Home Health nursing

   msteeleart replied to msteeleart's topic in Home Health

   Good for you for finding a decent place for home care. I am planning to leave home health and never looking back. Over the 2 years I worked there every RN meeting we had we had more work loaded on...

4. Raises in Home Health nursing

   msteeleart posted a topic in Home Health

   I am currently an RN case manager for a home health agency. Does anyone in home health ever get a raise? I have worked here for over 2 years and instead of a raise, we got a pay cut and the amount...

5. does dual FNP/PMHNP exist?

   msteeleart replied to Lanntis's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I am interested in the dual FNP/PMHNP certification

6. casemangers: do you call the md every recert?

   msteeleart replied to kembers's topic in Home Health

   A lot of the time when I call doctors for anything, they never call me back. The 485 is faxed to the doctor so they will know what is going when they sign the

7. New FNP Online Program - Bradley

   msteeleart replied to chatrsx's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Do you like it and how are the professors? Do they do Powerpoints and lectures or is it like a lot of schools that tell you to go read 100 pages and then write a paper? Are you glad you picked...

8. Have a MSN Ed. What now????

   msteeleart replied to mary1962's topic in General Nursing

   I am 47 years old, have an MSN in leadership and haven't been able to find a job that is any different than the jobs I could get with a BSN. I am going to apply to get a post master's certificate for...

9. New FNP Online Program - Bradley

   msteeleart replied to chatrsx's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Anyone that has started this program will you please give me some feedback on it? I am thinking about applying at

10. charting!!!! I am about to leave home health...

    msteeleart replied to principessaGG's topic in Home Health

    I feel the same way you do. We even had a pay cut and our documentation requirements have increased. I will be working in home health for 2 years in March and it just gets worse and worse. No...

11. Home health nursing now

    msteeleart replied to ronrandallgabiola's topic in Home Health

    I am an RN case manager and I have already had a pay cut. If I have over 25 visits a week, I only get paid LPN rate for those visits but we are required to do more work. The LPNs are allowed more...

12. Home Health Psych Nurse

    msteeleart replied to JerseyBSN's topic in Home Health

    I am a home health psych RN case manager but I also do medical stuff like wound care, picc lines, etc. I like the psych cases the best. You usually lock their meds in a lockbox and do daily or BID...

13. Gentiva job offer, but lots of bad reviews from nurses. What do I do?

    msteeleart replied to midnightrose8504's topic in Home Health

    I work in psych home health and I love it. Last week I had 40 visits but I have many patients in one building. We are required to do 25 visits per week but get paid for 40. The max patients the RN...

14. Do you rotate patients? HELP

    msteeleart replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Home Health

    I am an RN case manager doing psych home health. I don't call my patients ahead of time because they expect someone to come everyday to give them their meds. A lot of them have lock boxes we keep...

15. Pay per visit

    msteeleart replied to DennisGray's topic in Home Health

    Libby1987, I just interviewed for an RN case mgr position and they said a skilled nursing visit is $25. I thought that was low too. I also interviewed for another RN case mgr position and they pay...