HisTreasure

HisTreasure BSN, RN

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  1. Peds ER Tech job

    HisTreasure replied to live4rachael's topic in Emergency

    Congrats LiveZen on graduation and new job! Good luck on the boards! To OP, no worries. You'll get a great tech job elsewhere, trust me. Male caregivers are

  2. Financial Aid and Presidental Scholarship

    HisTreasure replied to BetterMeRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I submitted my FAFSA and my EFC is 0 thanks to my husband being laid off currently and other circumstances. Excelsior sent me an email saying I would be considered for scholarships and to check on...

  3. Whoohooo finally got my GA license!

    HisTreasure replied to KellyCCRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Yes, ma'am! Dancing, yeah... that's it... takes priority over many, many things.

  4. Whoohooo finally got my GA license!

    HisTreasure replied to KellyCCRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Do a little dance, make a little love, get down as an RN tonight!!!!!!

  5. Yay for me. I past HD1!!

    HisTreasure replied to RNFinally12's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Congrats! It's the first of many success on your path to professional

  6. pay scale for medical assistants?

    HisTreasure replied to darla80's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Really?

  7. LPN Gets No Respect

    HisTreasure replied to Angela.RN2B's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I will tell my story. I was at a very prominent technical university for my PA about a year and a half ago. I was within months of being able to sit my RN boards but I had to withdraw to due financial...

  8. When Does LPN Nursing School clinicals REALLY start??

    HisTreasure replied to JustaMSBoi's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I graduated in 2005 from a full year program. We started in August but spent M-F 8-2:30 on bookwork (NANDA, care plans, med terms, intro to pharm), A&P 1 and 2, microbiology and lab sims. We hit...

  9. ADN to NP... how?

    HisTreasure replied to timewood's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am looking into it as well as soon as I'm done with my ADN. It's an excellent program; my mentor graduated from Frontier in 2007, and she is a phenomenal provider and has a wide range of knowledge...

  10. accepted lpn correctional job

    HisTreasure replied to heathert_kc's topic in Correctional

    In most states LPNs are under the supervision of an RN at all times, even if s/he is a house RN or a remote worker overseeing 1-2

  11. Does anyone go to school with their client?

    HisTreasure replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks for all the replies. I wanted to update my thread. I accepted the job and I have been with the patient for five months. I do not do anything academic, I am just there for medical as he has a 1...

  12. How do you find your patients/clients?

    HisTreasure replied to SandBetweenMyToes's topic in Private Duty

    It's always wise to have your own liability insurance no matter where you are working . You keep track of all business expenses; mileage, supplies (if you provide any yourself, such as special...

  13. How do you find your patients/clients?

    HisTreasure replied to SandBetweenMyToes's topic in Private Duty

    Private duty pays more in my experience. For NYS, where I am, I can make $22.41 for a low tech Medicaid paid case. A high tech is $25.93. Pediatric medically fragile cases have a 30% enhancement. It...

  14. How do you find your patients/clients?

    HisTreasure replied to SandBetweenMyToes's topic in Private Duty

    I work for an agency currently but I am also an independent nurse and I bill Medicaid directly for one of my clients. I get my independent cases through word of mouth, although lately I have been on...

  15. Private duty nursing??

    HisTreasure replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in Private Duty

    Around here you will see more adults with PDNs than peds. The reason is most agencies have in-house hospital reps to start the private cases before the families have a chance to explore the private...

  16. How many patients prefer no scrubs

    HisTreasure replied to hotmama2be's topic in Home Health

    We are supposed to wear street clothes out in the field. I haven't had it mentioned that we COULDN'T wear scrubs but nowhere in the policies is it mentioned that we are to wear scrubs. Our "uniform"...

  17. Home Health/Hospice Software

    HisTreasure replied to dgd123's topic in Home Health

    We use McKesson. I like

  18. Pay rates/mileage

    HisTreasure replied to bill4745's topic in Home Health

    Government mileage rates here as

  19. Am I the only HH nurse paid hourly?

    HisTreasure replied to Eleven011's topic in Home Health

    We are paid hourly. This is a new agency I just got on with (2nd day of orientation just completed!) but we get an hourly pay no matter full-, part- time, or per diem. We do computerized charting that...

  20. Are you afraid of blood?

    HisTreasure posted a topic in General Nursing

    A friend of a friend called today to find out if it was possible to be a nurse or medical assistant with a fear of blood. Apparently, yesterday in class (she's going to school for medical assisting)...

  21. OMG, we were being raped over pay!

    HisTreasure posted a topic in Private Duty

    In case the title didn't give it away, this is a vent. I was doing private duty through an agency even though I have my Medicaid number and can bill Medicaid directly. One of my families got sick of...

  22. Medical This or That

    HisTreasure posted a topic in General Nursing

    Time for a game! This one is easy. It's a variation on a game seen on many forums. Basically you must choose any two conditions, diseases, or procedures and the person under you chooses which they...

  23. How much waste do you see?

    HisTreasure replied to PiPhi2004's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read all eight pages, so please excuse me if I am being redundant. I will read them when I am done. Personally, I think it is wasteful for someone to sit through an Ethics class that they...

  24. Medical This or That

    HisTreasure replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    Colostomy. Mastectomy or bilateral knee

  25. Most Humorous Call-In Excuses

    HisTreasure replied to jeffrey_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I had a nurse call in to tell me she that she wouldn't be in because was miscarrying a baby and was on her way to the hospital....only to find out later she had had an emergency hysterectomy sometime...