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  1. Home health wages in Georgia

    berube replied to cbmosby's topic in General Nursing

    very close to what i am making in

  2. RUNNNNN!!

    berube replied to RNBeachGirl's topic in Home Health

    wish i had amanager like you!!! ours never ever make a visit to help out, they put anything that can't be covered onto the on call nurse at night, who is a nurse that has already worked her shift,!!!...

  3. No More Mileage Pay!

    berube replied to pcbnurse's topic in Home Health

    i know ours is "figured" into the per visit rate!! not happy, but not many jobs in the

  4. No More Mileage Pay!

    berube replied to pcbnurse's topic in Home Health

    gentiva just cut back on our gas reimbursement also, i believe we will be seeing them go to "no gas pay"

  5. vna

    berube replied to kimmyrae722's topic in Home Health

    some agencies do supply you with BP cuff and

  6. vna

    berube replied to kimmyrae722's topic in Home Health

    i would just recommend that before you buy any equipment on your own, check with the agency first,,,,we are only "allowed" to use company issued equipment like a pulse

  7. LPN's being on call

    berube replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Home Health

    one agency i worked for did have the LPN's take call, the RN on call sup had to back her up if there was an issue she could not handle, (SOC, IV, death),,,worked out well for

  8. OASIS/ salary expectations

    berube replied to onetiredmomma's topic in Home Health

    if you google "oasis chapter 3" you will find the latest oasis manual with the questions and

  9. What is your average case load for Home Health nurses?

    berube replied to allyira's topic in Home Health

    i guess we are lucky,,,our PT only cases are opened and maintained by

  10. What is your average case load for Home Health nurses?

    berube replied to allyira's topic in Home Health

    at our agency the RN carries a caseload of anywhere from 20 - 30 pts,,,,averaging 7-9 visits/daily, if we have any help we then can give up a visit or two otherwise we do it

  11. Case Manager/Field Rn Salary for New Grad

    berube replied to Gingilly's topic in Home Health

    did you say supervising 100 lvn's???? if that is correct i would run faster than i could, case load of 60 patients??? insane, unless i am reading that all incorrect. if not i will never complain about...

  12. RN Liaison with Gentiva offer. Advice 911!

    berube replied to CampbellSoupCan's topic in Home Health

    from my experience there are good and bad gentiva offices,,,i think i am working for one of the "bad" offices, no organization, no communication, nurses leaving for one reason or another, we have...

  13. Wages after being in the field for a while

    berube replied to dinah77's topic in Home Health

    HH in south carolina,, $27/hr with 35 years of experience!!!! i guess as long as i can pay the bills it is

  14. PT/INR Orders WHO can WRITE?

    berube replied to GJohn's topic in Home Health

    we use a pt/inr report form,,,results with current dose are faxed to MD, the MD office returns it with the bottom portion of the form filled out with dose change or "same dose" and the next lab, if it...

  15. Need help with my 485

    berube replied to redbird4058's topic in Home Health

    we are instrusted to write for example: 3wk1, 2wk2, 1wk2, 2month1 that pattern allows for the "skipped"

  16. From where do you start your mileage?

    berube replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Home Health

    the way i have always understood it was......30 miles from home to office,,home to first patient 45 miles...you can take 15

  17. HH background checks

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

    i agree with the above,,,1 week is the longest i have heard people

  18. hypoglycemics as PRNs

    berube replied to Sterlink's topic in Home Health

    i have had patients that have orders to take their med if sugar is over a number determined by MD,,,i would not include it on the med list as patient is not taking it at present.....i would have the...

  19. Getting Paid for Admissions that are Refused

    berube replied to LuLu2008's topic in Home Health

    we recently started getting paid $15.00 plus mileage for those visits! not much, but better than the nothing we have been

  20. problems using INRatio machine

    berube replied to spejsa's topic in Home Health

  21. RN On-call car plates/sign on cars

    berube replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    i want one of those

  22. Is putting 'BSN' on badge snobbish?

    berube replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    is it no wonder we can't get more people into the profession, look at all the disagreement over something that the bottome line is----WHAT WE DO, we all do the same thing in caring for patients,,,,if...

  23. Is putting 'BSN' on badge snobbish?

    berube replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    we all worked hard to get where we are,,,regardless of the type of school you went to there wasn't much you could do until you passed the boards!!! so to me, that is the only important title on your...

  24. Anyone use Ipads for OASIS?

    berube replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health

    ipad!!! wow!!! we are still on paper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what agency do you work

  25. lvn reporting to a case manager?

    berube replied to pear8's topic in Home Health

    we report to each other on a daily basis, RN to RN, if someone else sees your patient they follow up with a report to the case manager even if all is status