50kn

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1. Will you quit this SNF? (it's hard to work at SNF infrequently as a Per-Diem)

   50kn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I have been working for this SNF as a per-diem RN for about a little more than a year. This SNF schedule me to work only once in 1-2 months, I have worked there only several times so far even though I...

2. What is the difference between travel nursing and local per-diem contracts?

   50kn posted a topic in Agency Nurses

   Are they different because travel nurses go to a hospital at other state but local per-diem nurses go to a hospital more close to their area? Or does the main difference have to do with a time period?...

3. Hospice Private Duty?

   50kn posted a topic in Private Duty

   What are your primary skills you use when you work with hospice patient? I was asked from my agency if I want to work for a hospice patient (private duty night shift). When I asked to my agency if I...

4. I saw a huge cockroach at my patient's house

   50kn replied to 50kn's topic in Private Duty

   i think so too, probably nobody wants to go to the house. as i saw the medical record when i went to the house last time, previously several lvn had worked with the patient, but after 2- 4 days every...

5. I saw a huge cockroach at my patient's house

   50kn posted a topic in Private Duty

   i was assigned this private duty case (night shift) ---the patient is a 5 months baby. my company said that the case is lvn case and pays only at lvn rate. i am an rn but other patient's houses are...

6. How can I get a nursing evaluation from current employer?

   50kn replied to 50kn's topic in Home Health

   thank you caliotter3 for your response. i agree. i want my prospective employer to just call my current employer to do an employment reference over the phone.…j i called my current employer (owner)...

7. How can I get a nursing evaluation from current employer?

   50kn posted a topic in Home Health

   I have been sorting for this home health company for more than 6months as per-dime. But because i wanted more shifts I recently applied for several other places. I got a phone call from one place....

8. How much information of a patient does your agency give you before you accept a case?

   50kn posted a topic in Private Duty

   regarding a private duty's case...., my agency tells me a patient's address and shift & days of a week i work and asks if i can do the case. they don't give me any other information such as age of...

9. 2 home health companies has totally different RN pay rate.

   50kn posted a topic in Home Health

   i had an interview with 2 homehealth agency (a & b) in so ca area. both of them use paper documentation. a agency said that soc $75 per visit and rn follow-up visit $55 per visit. but a...

10. Do you visit a patent without knowing anything about the patient's condition?

    50kn replied to 50kn's topic in Home Health

    thank you caliotter3 and susan317 for the information!!! now i understand that home safety assessment should include physical assessment (temp, bp, lung sound etc.), adls assessment, environmental...

11. Do you visit a patent without knowing anything about the patient's condition?

    50kn posted a topic in Home Health

    i had an interview with this home health company a couple of months ago but i haven't been given any orientation so far. they suddenly called today and asked me if i could do home safety assessment...

12. What supplies would not leave home without?

    50kn replied to alabamagrad's topic in Home Health

    Does your company reimburse you for the expenses? Or nurses are supposed to prepare all suppllies on their

13. Is submitting W-2 and pay stubs to prospective employer common?

    50kn replied to 50kn's topic in Home Health

    the w2 form that the agency wants me to send is 2007’s and 2006’s, about several years ago’s:). after i quit these hospitals i have worked for a few different places until now. when i was hired...

14. Is submitting W-2 and pay stubs to prospective employer common?

    50kn replied to 50kn's topic in Home Health

    thank you, caliotter3, justbeachynurse as a matter of fact, for some reason, i am also kind of reluctant to submit w2 forms & pay stubs to them because i don’t know if they can really hire me...

15. Is submitting W-2 and pay stubs to prospective employer common?

    50kn posted a topic in Home Health

    i had an interview with this home health agency about 2 weeks ago. they called me yesterday and said that they have trouble getting references from my past hospitals that i worked for. they said that...