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    how to land a job after multiple firings.

    NurseCard posted a topic in General Nursing

    Advice anyone? Going out today to find yet another
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    how to land a job after multiple firings.

    NurseCard replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    You hit the nail on the head. I don't know why I keep getting fired. Well yes I do... I have a lot of ideas... I'm actually going for counseling starting tomorrow to address my
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    Fired again

    NurseCard replied to NurseCard's topic in Home Health

    I went to see a patient on a day that I had called in and said that I would not be coming in to the office. I called in because of the cold/wind chill and the roads. However I had a patient that I...
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    Louisville, KY Home Health

    NurseCard replied to Anewby's topic in Home Health

    I don't know anything about Caretenders but I do know this... please do not go into HH with the idea that it is easy. It is anything
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    Fired again

    NurseCard replied to NurseCard's topic in Home Health

    This was not a patient care issue... this was, I was told, a compliance
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    Fired again

    NurseCard replied to NurseCard's topic in Home Health

    Not sure if I should. Basically just trying to decide where to go from here. Very tired of nursing but was urged by a now former coworker not to give it up. Have a family to support. That's two...
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    Pt's home infested with bed bugs, fleas, etc..

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

    Whether or not I refuse a patient depends on the degree of infestation. I've been in several houses with bugs crawling around but I just go on about what I have to do. I had one patient that had a...
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    Thinking of moving from the hospital to home care

    NurseCard replied to daisyRN1's topic in Home Health

    There are days when I get SO tired of driving around all over the place. Dealing with smelly nasty houses... having the responsibility of being the only nurse seeing this patient or that patient......
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    Just beginning

    NurseCard replied to eaus's topic in Home Health

    We have a policy in our office that we do not go into any of the more dangerous neighborhoods for visits after certain hours. During the day? Secure your vehicle. Keep your head held high and have...
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    Have you ever cried in front of the relatives?

    NurseCard replied to Purple_roses's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I honestly cannot say that I've ever cried in front of a family, patient, etc... I think I've come very close a time or two but no I've never truly cried like that. I have always tried to remain...
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    Joint Commission had me for lunch.

    NurseCard replied to VAC's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would HATE to be a state surveyor. Could not do that job,
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    Is Job Hopping the Norm for Nurses?

    NurseCard replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yeah... all I want to do at this point is be an illustrator for children's books and magazines and such. But like you say, gotta pay the bills. I'm doing home health right now and I actually love...
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    Is Job Hopping the Norm for Nurses?

    NurseCard replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've been a job hopper. I stayed at my first nursing job for seven years altogether. Left that job in 2006 and since that time I've had seven different jobs. I've left all of those jobs for...
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    Professional Edge Nursing anyone know about them?

    NurseCard replied to dblpn's topic in Home Health

    So could I conceivably land a full time visiting job with benefits through this company? A job in which i would set my own
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    Can a patient be forced to diet?

    NurseCard replied to mothersmart's topic in Home Health

    If the staff at the group home has orders to only give the patient a certain diet then they are going to follow those orders. The patient probably doesn't have much family coming in and bringing him...
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    Professional Edge Nursing anyone know about them?

    NurseCard replied to dblpn's topic in Home Health

    I mean, the website makes it sound more like a staffing
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    Professional Edge Nursing anyone know about them?

    NurseCard replied to dblpn's topic in Home Health

    I am intrigued by this and would like to know and understand more. The website doesn't give enough
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    Withholding Pay

    NurseCard replied to Tigerlily8's topic in Home Health

    Yes, if paperwork is not completed and sent through, I don't get paid for the visit. The email issue that you describe is pretty dumb. One of the reasons I quit my first hospital job is because the...
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    I've been a nurse since.....(fill in the blank)

    NurseCard replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've been a nurse since before Daisy my cat was born. I've been a nurse since before my favorite team went to the Final Four in '05. I've been a nurse since before smart phones. Before Obama was...
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    I used to love home health..

    NurseCard replied to decadespast's topic in Home Health

    Sounds an awful lot like where I work, which is why I'm getting the heck up out of
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    I quit my Home Health Nursing job!

    NurseCard replied to pcbnurse's topic in Home Health

    I really wish I could quit my job. Unfortunately I'm the breadwinner. I feel like my choice at this point is: keep living like this, because it really has become my whole life... or go back to...
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    How long have you been at your current facility?

    NurseCard replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    Almost 11 months. I've been a nurse for 11 years and have worked for about 8 companies so I'm a chronic job hopper... not always by choice unfortunately. I'm very hopeful that in the next few weeks...
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    leaving HH... am I doing the right thing?

    NurseCard posted a topic in Home Health

    I've read so much about people in here who love HH so much... heck I work with people who love HH... I loved it at first too, but in almost a year that has really changed. I am required to see at...
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    Time spent on charting

    NurseCard replied to traylee's topic in Home Health

    Wow my day generally consists of 7 to 8 visits, usually at least two of them are oasis visits, one of them may be a SOC. A SOC does not bring my visit number down. Whomever works for the company...
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    Declining new patient soc

    NurseCard replied to MM008's topic in Home Health

    You did the right thing. Kudos to you. I don't envy you. One good thing about my HH agency is that we do not see peds and I am