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  1. National Standard Productivity

    GapRN replied to mukluk2's topic in Home Health

    federal law says 30+ hr/wk is full time and >40/wk is OT. It is industry standard to call HH nurses exempt employees but this is just fraud if you have any hourly pay, even if you are primarily...

  2. HELP! What do you think I should do, fellow HH nurses?

    GapRN replied to oceanmermaid05's topic in Home Health

    @oceanmermaid05 I would use that state hotline in the SOC

  3. Home care pay

    GapRN replied to LauraRn's topic in Home Health

    Federal law says they gotta pay for time worked (in your scenario) plus OT for > 40hr/week. In California OT is also for > 8hr/day. There's case law that found BECAUSE we get paid hourly for...

  4. Auditing nursing documentation

    GapRN posted a topic in Home Health

    I hope I'm not double posting here... I saw a couple pay check threads, but more for visiting nurses than office staff. My HHA hires new grads (including me 3 years ago) Our field staff document...

  5. Auditing nursing documentation

    GapRN replied to GapRN's topic in Home Health

    Re: caliotter3 I apologise if I seemed insulting. I would expect all nurses - LVN too. to know ADPIE. especially now that I have Googled "acronymns for nursing process" and only found ADPIE in the top...

  6. Auditing nursing documentation

    GapRN replied to GapRN's topic in Home Health

    we are a very small company. family business. We don't really have a Quality Improvement Manager. Our quality control involves (quartly?) check lists that are rushed through in a time-crunch panic. My...

  7. home health as new grad or wait it out?

    GapRN replied to eatsleeplove_nurse's topic in Home Health

    Feel free to wait it out... I hear the economy is better these days. But I hope you have free rent and a hobby to kill time with. I graduated '09 and spend the next 2 years handing in job applications...

  8. Advice please

    GapRN replied to LPN4life2004's topic in Home Health

    LOL. Have you been watching The Daily Show/Colbert Report lately? When they talk about gay marriage they say "the pro marriage people argue da-da-da-da-da, this-and-that, but the anti-mariage have an...

  9. Advice please

    GapRN replied to LPN4life2004's topic in Home Health

    well, this reminds me of my brief stay at a nursing home when a patient who was paying ~$350/day to stay there was peeing in his sink. No UTI, so this was sterile, if distasteful procedure. Many of...

  10. Accused of neglegence. victim of CYA at wound clinic?

    GapRN posted a topic in Home Health

    So i had a wound vac that got infected and there were two episodes that stick out in my mind. On one visit i dropped the foam after cutting it and the client said "whatever, go ahead and put it on" I...

  11. Advice please

    GapRN replied to LPN4life2004's topic in Home Health

    I am not sure i understand. Why is this a safety issue? Also, What sort of visit is this? Are you doing a 12 hour shift or is it just a quick assessment and

  12. Advice please

    GapRN replied to LPN4life2004's topic in Home Health

    Admittedly I'm a dude, so I can't totally relate. But it seems to me if they aren't touching YOU inappropriately, then it is none of your business. I mean, you are seeing SICK people right? Maybe they...

  13. Homebound Status

    GapRN replied to momsnurse1's topic in Home Health

    hmm. I like the idea of getting rid of it. But then, I was just reading a forum on HH fraud, so I am thinking there would have to be some sort of restrictions or all of a sudden every American over 65...

  14. Lets talk about $$$

    GapRN replied to russki1313's topic in Home Health

    until recently i was perdiem: 1. State (city would be nice) San jose, CA - HIGH cost of living, massive urban sprawl makes drive time crazy 2. Salary SOC - $65 generally works out to less than...

  15. problem in home health. mandated reporter issue?

    GapRN posted a topic in Home Health

    I am a home health RN, new to the field, and I just got a very disturbing call from my boss. I have been seeing a client with multiple problems (liver, ascites, HTN, DM 2 for 30 years, chronic pain,...

  16. problem in home health. mandated reporter issue?

    GapRN replied to GapRN's topic in Home Health

    I am not sure what the official classification of the facility is. My secretary called it an assisted living home. They are just a normal home converted to care for stable client's after SNF DC. I am...

  17. Who refers to home health? marketing

    GapRN posted a topic in Home Health

    Hello everyone! I have been an RN for 2 years and have not yet found a regular job. I have been "working" for a non-medical home health care agency for a 1.5 years now and they are not doing well. As...

  18. Is it me or just the nursing home I'm working in

    GapRN replied to soon2begrad2010's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am in a similar situation - just finished week 2 of orientation in LTC. first job. I am VERY thankful that they are training me as much as they are after reading horror stories on this site about...