livelaughlove09

livelaughlove09

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  1. Need help with job offers!!

    I would definitely clarify the on call responsibilities. If you will be case managing I see a future of assessments for you and not many routine visits. Will you be working with an LPN? In that case, and if your agency has a steady census and refer...
  2. Need help with job offers!!

    I wouldn't do salary home health unless your agency has an issue with census and referrals. There's a lot more to examine here, what is expected productivity? How far will you be traveling? Are there on call responsibilities? Do you case manage o...
  3. Overworked Home health RN

    1 RN for 350 patients is ludicrous. there is no way you can provide any type of quality care for those patients. Your agency is also probably not getting your LPN supervisory visits completed as required. Home Health is difficult to staff and kee...
  4. Nurses who hate patients - advice

    I'm afraid I'm too idealistic. I'm actually reeling and so irritated I want to jump out of my skin. Here's my situation... I want to spew all the information but of course you never know who's reading so I'll just be somewhat vague. I work on a bu...
  5. Home Health RNs: mileage reimbursement?

    Usually the mileage is not paid to the first patient and from the last patient to your house but everything is in between. That's odd. Mileage is a big deal, it adds up quickly, and is sometimes the only reimbursement you get for your time when you...
  6. Mercy SON Spring 2012 Hopefulls

    Hi there! I graduated from Mercy and was in the accelerated program. Mercy gets two thumbs up from me. They have a fantastic program with knowledgeable educators and give you every opportunity for success when you apply yourself. Accelerated stude...
  7. Where does the job end?

    That's a terrible shame the experience you had. I'm sorry for that. Not all agencies are like that. Good luck to you.
  8. Where does the job end?

    Same thing. Work all day, try to get all charting done in home and handle issues there but it can put you in a time crunch if you're carrying a full or overfull load. I myself would work 24/7 if I didn't have other responsibilities. Love the job. ...
  9. New to home health

    All this really depends on the agency. I never considered home health, in fact it was at the bottom (rock bottom) of my list of nursing jobs I was interested in doing. Surprise surprise! I love home health. I am paid per visit and there is never ...
  10. Do you have this problem too?

    I like to schedule with mine for their next visit as well, I just can't lock down a time with them unless day they're the closest ones to my house. I have a very large area and we get SOC's the day before so I never know until the night before after...
  11. Home Health RNs: mileage reimbursement?

    I shouldn't be giggling at this but I am. You'll get it in a second. You HAVE to be reimbursed mileage, and run run run if you don't. I actually bought a car to use for work (used...4w drive) because I didn't want to run up the mileage on my famil...
  12. Do you have this problem too?

    "if you have a better social life than I do, you're not homebound." :)
  13. Do you have this problem too?

    I have this problem sometimes. I'll tell you what I do. First let me say I am NOT the most organized person, but it can bite me sometimes, so i just keep it simple. I make my schedule for the next week late in the week (Thursday or Friday.) I alwa...
  14. Failed NCLEX with Kaplan..bummed

    Kaplan is supposed to give you a money back guarantee. At least they did when they pitched it to my school. I didn't personally use them, because they told me they didn't review content in the course I thought it was pointless.
  15. So we want to be respected as educated professionals?

    Then again, some of it could be the forum, because it just reformatted my last post.
  16. So we want to be respected as educated professionals?

    This irritates me to no end. Text speak? I don't even read. One of my pet peeves has always been misspelled words, or using the wrong form of a word (ie there, their, they're)Not sure why it bothers me so much, has since I was a child.
  17. What does the RN do all day?

    There's a huge difference between a dialysis unit in a hospital and an outpatient dialysis clinic. HUGE. When I was in nursing school and spent time in the dialysis unit it was very different than what I experienced when I was hired in a clinic. I...
  18. What does the RN do all day?

    Hahaha, all this brings back such horrible memories. I started in a dialysis clinic straight out of nursing school and it took me all of less than 3 months to figure out I better find another job quick before I became unemployable. Yes, you'll cert...
  19. How long to train an RN to be a tech?

    Amen. I'm new to dialysis, training, and have not had much experience with the machines and turnover. I can strip a machine, set one up, look over the alarms (tmp/art pressure for example) and do something about those, but I'm more concerned with t...
  20. Taking NCLEX RN in 3 hours!!!

    Good luck! I took mine today! Was not what I expected that's for sure!!
  21. Any Jobs in the Charlotte Area?

    If you have experience the job market doesn't seem bad here. New Grads are having a terrible time. Check out Carolinas Healthcare System, they're the larger of the employers. If you check their employment opportunities website you'll find lots of ...
  22. Is it just nurses or........

    Have to agree. I also have to say that I think it's comical that reading posts in the forums it irritates me that there are people screaming about BSN nurses being more intelligent, or costing more money, or being better prepared for entry level nur...
  23. There are part time RN programs. My school offers one that's 7 semesters total (but you're off in summer and they count that as a semester, so it's actually 5 going to classes), nights and weekends. Unfortunately I'm clear across the country from y...
  24. Hello everyone! I spent a day in the NICU as an observation experience during my pediatric rotation. I usually do patient care in clinical for peds on a progressive care unit with some pretty acute patients. I have enjoyed ALL of my clinical exper...
  25. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    And again, not bashing unions, I've been unionized in other occupations before, we just don't have unions for nurses here. The PP made generalized statements of their own about their lazy workforce (and I've gone back and read multiple threads on mu...