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What has been your experience with companies who end their memos with "your cooperation would be greatly appreciated" vs "failure to comply will result in the necessary disciplnary action up to an including termination"? Just curious.

MGA assigned a child to me that didn't really need skilled nursing. When that assignment came to an end THEY WOULDN'T PLACE ME because I really had not been doing any real nursing and even they questioned my skills. I have since moved on to a very rewarding position elsewhere. This was their patient they approved for DDD.

I worked for MGA for four years. It won't be a waste of time for you as long as you get a patient that truly needs skilled nursing. They have done and will finagle paperwork to get a child who otherwise has no need for skilled nursing qualified for skilled nursing under DDD. This will hurt your resume and your skills especially when interviewing for the job you really want and they ask you what you did for that child. If no skilled nursing was involved, just toileting, feeding (not G-tube though G-tubes alone don't qualify a child for SN), and ambulating your resume will be hurt. Sooooo, BE VERY PICKY AS TO WHAT ASSIGNMENTS YOU ACCEPT!

They are disorganized and are basically a call center run my non medically trained business graduates with two or three RNs to case manage and supervise. Don't expect them to understand why you won't perform some task with a patient if you feel it is unsafe or outside of your scope, they are all about keeping the families happy at all costs. I was there almost 4 years. The plus is that you can state when you are available to work. They do hire a lot of new grads at a lower wage and can't seem to find work for the experienced nurses brought in at a slightly higher wage. They bragged about being the only company not cutting wages, but I truly think this was their way of making cuts under the carpet.

You will have long days at Amedysis. The paperwork is endless even for LPNs. by the time you get paid for 5 to 8 visits at $30 or so a visit you will give up even more time taking calls from doctors, documenting, and calling patients in your evenings. You will not be adequately reimbursed for gas or travel. You will find you will be getting more bang for your buck in wages vs time spent working at a LTC facility. It isn't merely in and out on the visits. It's not that simple with Amedysis.

YES! They will send you out on pts that in any other logically run business would be no less than a two person assist. Pts with severe ataxia, hemiparesis and hemiplegia. You will be required to ambulate these patients by yourself, and get these patients into and out regular showers and tubs that have not been equipted with proper safety devices. Management does not care that this is dangerous, only that they can bill for the visit.

I have paid vacation time on the books, but if I want to take it I have to make up the hours. So, I have 40 hours PTO on the books, I work Mon - Fri second shift. When I submitted a request to use my time I had to work a comprable number of consecutive weekends (Sat and Sun) in order for them to approve me taking my earned PTO. PTO is a benefit of employment. We gave up $2/hr pay in order to be eligable for these "benefits" we have to earn by working extra. Go figure that one out! We are checking the state's labor laws for the legality of this fine piece of BS!