Jeanbean

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1. new to home health-do you like it?

   Jeanbean replied to Jeanbean's topic in Home Health

   Beta, I agree with you 100%. I was in home health for about 7 months, then left when I had a baby and am now a stay-home-mom. I would have left home health sooner had I not been pregnant and knowing that I was quitting soon. My employers had great co...

2. MA's being used as "nurses"

   Jeanbean replied to Jeanbean's topic in Ambulatory

   Part of the reason I left the office I was in was that I was also training MA's to do things out of their scope and was told that they were doing it under the MD's license, not mine. I didn't want to risk being involved in a lawsuit, couldn't stand b...

3. MA's being used as "nurses"

   Jeanbean replied to Jeanbean's topic in Ambulatory

   To answer the question of what is the problem since an MA may have the same amount of education: the difference is what was studied. Being in MA school for 4 years doesn't make you a nurse, just as my 8 years of college (I have degrees in History an...

4. Drug Reps and samples

   Jeanbean replied to Jeansky's topic in Ambulatory

   The office I used to work in would let one rep in the back office at a time. If another showed up they had to wait in the waiting room (the receptionist controlled the flow). There was an MA assigned to accept samples, talk with reps and contact them...

5. Office Nurses' Salaries

   Jeanbean replied to KarenS's topic in Ambulatory

   Hi- I used to work for a physican office and made $18/hr (RN). The MA's and LPN's made $11/hr but we all had same job duties and responsibilities- go figure!

6. How does PPS work?

   Jeanbean posted a topic in Home Health

   I keep hearing about PPS but I'm not familiar with it- how does it work and how will it change the face of HH nursing?

7. questions about home health

   Jeanbean replied to angelaADSN's topic in Home Health

   I agree that some hospital experience is essential. I've only been in home health for 3 months, and don't have hospital experience. As a result, I sometimes feel overwhelmed and underqualified. I am lucky to be working with very supportive nurses th...

8. I definitely not recommend nursing.

   Jeanbean replied to tremmi's topic in Career Support

   I'm sorry to hear that you're so frustrated. I was very frustrated so I changed jobs and just started a new job as a home health nurse 1 month ago. I love it- I get lots of one-on-one time w/ pts and a lot of what I do is teaching. The pay varies day...

9. Patient care vs. making $ for the docs.

   Jeanbean posted a topic in Ambulatory

   Has anyone else in private offices run into this problem? My office recently had a big meeting (run by a non-nurse office manager) about how to improve "productivity". For almost an hour the issue of how to make more money was discussed. Finally a...

10. Would you feel safe being a patient at your hospital or medical facility?

    Jeanbean replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work in a hospital but did all of my rotations in school at the same hospital (I just graduated 1 year ago). There are certain nurses I would trust with my life, however there were a few who I wouldn't let touch me or a family member. If I ...

11. "Just a nurse?"

    Jeanbean replied to KKRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree that many people do not realize that nurses have so many skills and a broad knowlege base. My mother-in-law is a prime example. Her experience with nurses is watching them "sit there filing their nails and making a lot of money". S...

12. nursing salaries

    Jeanbean replied to natbrat's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in a physician office and make $18/hr. Pretty low cost of living here too (Oregon). I checked into the local hospital rates and new nurses start at $18-20/hr for med/surg.

13. LPN pay

    Jeanbean replied to adireen's topic in General Nursing

    LPN's in my office make $11/hr. At the hospital they make a bit more- this is in central OR.

14. new to home health-do you like it?

    Jeanbean posted a topic in Home Health

    I was just offered a job in home health- I'm going to accept but I have some questions. Do you like it? What do you not like about it? How is the pay? How hard is it to get time off? The place I'm going to work for pays by the visit and leaves it up ...

15. MA's being used as "nurses"

    Jeanbean replied to Jeanbean's topic in Ambulatory

    Thanks for the responses- I'm glad I'm not the only person dealing with this- I'm also glad that MA's are somewhat limited in their duties. They are not limited at my office at all- they do phone triage, cath pts, change sp tubes, instill intravesic...