Jeanbean

Hello all! I work in a private practice office in which I am the only RN. There are several MA's and one LPN. My concern is that the MA's are referred to as "nurses". The patients often do not know that their "nurse" really isn't one. We all hav...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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?

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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.

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

I'm not an L&D nurse (but I wish I was)- I work in Urology. We use Cydex to sterilize our equipment. The fumes are pretty irritating and I'm wondering if anyone knows how dangerous this stuff is to work around during pregnancy? Thanks!!

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...

I work in a physician office that uses a monthly incentive program- there is a $ amt that is "at risk". You can earn anywhere from 75%-110% of this amt based on monthly evaluations and practice productivity. A large % is based on goals that we set ...

I think the pay for nurses is great. When I was younger I got a BA in history, and after graduating worked for a few years making $10/hr. Then I went back for an ADN and now make $18/hr. What other career can you make that much money with an associ...

Stick with it!!! I also went into nursing in my 30's and questioned the sanity of this decision several times during nursing school. Now that I am working I absolutely love it. Yes it is difficult, you must clean up poop and deal with extreme sadn...

As nurses, one of our responsibilities is patient education. As for the patients who smoke 2 packs a day but cannot afford meds, I think it should be the nurse's duty to speak to the pt about the dangers of smoking, and offer some suggestions on how...