RubyRN,CHPN

RubyRN,CHPN

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RubyRN,CHPN has 15 years experience.


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  1. Hospital-based HH company vs. national HH company

    I have worked for both a small private home health agency and a large hospital based agency. I have friends who have worked at the national "chain". I prefer the hospital based agency as your compensation is comparable with hospital work and it is ve...
  2. I sent you a PM so I hope you can open it. :)
  3. 2:21 pm by grntea 2:21 pm by grntea a member since apr '11 - from 'out in the country'. grntea has 'since florence was a probie' year(s) of nursing experience and specializes in 'legal, teaching, lcp, cm'. posts: 2,225 likes: 4,330 award...
  4. Long distance trials patient?

    There are compainies in the US that do specialize in alternate site clinical trials, meaning some of the collection of data and specimens is done at home vs. the actual study site but whether or not it is done when the study site exists in another co...
  5. do nurses get employer sponsored pensionplan?

    I once worked for a company with a Taft-Harltley Union plan that contributed a specific dollar amt. for each hour we worked and there were vesting years that followed. I stayed until I was vested 100 percent with no out of pocked contribution ever ma...
  6. New nurse..recently started home health. Being videotaped?

    We had a family whose spouse had a non functioning camera on top of one of the china cabinet. I spotted it and asked her if it was running during one of my intermittant visits because I needed to know and sweared I would never go back if it was on. H...
  7. A vet tech as a nurse ?

    Funny, I remember taking my cat with feline cardiomyapathy to a very exclusive expensive kitty cat cardiologist for care and having the vet tech or nurse as she called herself berate my plan of care for my cat because I was a RN and couldn't possibl...
  8. Keep this forum alive: Be an entrepreneur

    Medicare typically doesn't pay for assisted living care. ALF care is usually paid privately by the individual, LTC insurance and in some cases state Medicaid programs will cover it. Check with your state regulatory agency and see about getting licens...
  9. Contractual Nursing/Summit Health

    I am pondering something like this and have considered Summit, I think they pay more than Mollen. Because I work contractually and have other contract jobs that have timelines for scheduling, how much notice do they generally give you to cancel? I do...
  10. What money can get you.

    Its HIPAA and I smell a troll
  11. The LPN has a license and is responsible for her scope as it pertains to her license and her own individual practice. However in home health, you as the RN are responsible for the POC and that the LPN is following the POC . Therefore, if your plan of...
  12. tow admits=8 hours; two admits and a repeat visit=10 hours; two admits and a resumption of care in 11 hours, three admits is just about 12 hours. Anything more than that=JUST PLAIN CRAZY!
  13. Portable scanner

    Ditto..We do have scanned documents on a safety encrypted designated drive for our review only. Our EMR policy is for no personal peripherals on our computers with the exception of wireless mice only. Our discharge orders are obtained through intake ...
  14. Can this be a realistic business--need some input!

    Hi, this may be a little late as well but I sent you a private message.
  15. Mckesson software nightmare!

    - The print is so small I think I might go blind ***Have your computer personnel switch the font on your laptop to make your print bigger. It is possible. Some of our staff had also encountered this problem every patient has had adverse reactions # ...