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There is a form that explains the definition of "Homebound" in the SOC packet. Read it from beginning to end. Keyword: "Taxing Effort" I make a special effort to explain this to our new clients. I would hate that someone did not leave their home and had a decrease in enjoyment in life because they feared losing their benefits. Not explaining this form correctly will create distress in the elderly and disabled.

Thanks for all the info Mudwoman. I am very interested in more discussions about this. The getting started part of this type of work may actually have more participants in the Nursing entrepreneur section. Nurses who do direct billing might chime in. Let me know if you get a thread started because I would love to participate.

My ex mother-in-law used an old recipe to make scalp balm. Tea tree oil, coco butter and Vaseline. People who burned their scalps with chemicals for hair straightening would buy it from her (20 years ago) No one ever reported a side effect to my knowledge. She purchased her TTO from a pharmacy though.

Olof, I wrote you a grand reply then my browser froze and I lost it anyway. I'll write short version of my previous post. Holistic nurses may integrate complementary/alternative modalities (CAM) into clinical practice to treat people’s physiological, psychological, and spiritual needs. Doing so does not negate the validity of conventional medical therapies, but serves to complement, broaden, and enrich the scope of nursing practice and to help individuals access their greatest healing potential. http://www.ahna.org/AboutUs/WhatisHolisticNursing/tabid/1165/Default.aspx a few ideas for nurses would be: "Chronic Pain Therapy" = This can be made into a holistic model. "Mielu Therapy" = Insurance pays for this mental health treatment and it is very broad. That could be anything that is relaxing. I would also like to add that I went to a lady in CA. 2 years ago that had a doctor write prescriptions but she got to do all the complementary stuff. The doctor was cool with it. The patients just paid cash. For a few hundred a month she provided a long list of treatments to complement the doctor's orders. She wasn't even a RN! She was giving me all kinds of nutritional advice and I must say, she really helped me with my digestive disorders by suggesting probiotics. She lost me at "The earth's axis is off" as the reason. If she had not made a comment like that I may have went back. Here is a list of types of holistic therapies I found: Acupressure Aromatherapy Ayurvedic Medicine Bach Flower Remedies beginning Svaroopa Yoga therapy Body-Mind Counseling Breath Work Chronic Pain Management Counseling /Psychotherapy Crystal/Gem Therapy Detoxification Dream Therapy Energy Work Essential Oils Guided Imagery guided meditation Herbology Holistic Nurse Consultant Intent Technique Interactive Imagery Jin Shin Do Acupressure Body-Mind Therapy life-style coaching Meditation Neuro-Linguistic Programming Nutritional Counseling Orthomolecular Medicine Reiki Relaxation Consulting Stress Management Therapuetic Touch Trigger Point/ Myotherapy Visualization Yoga Therapy

I'm from Kansas but I lived in Pasadena (old town) for 1 year, Santa Anna for 1 year where I got my LVN and I spent a few years in San Jose Ca. which is the south bay (where I got my ADN). I must say, I love the San Fernando Valley the best. My husband is a contractor so we were moving around. Hope to make North Texas our home!

Exactly! That is why my search for "Nursing Homes" was getting poor results. Thanks for the awesome keywords!

Hi, I am doing research to find every nursing home in my location here in the McKinney - Allen area. I am doing a search for "Nursing Homes." Not getting a good list. Does anyone know of a better keyword I could use? Maybe "Skilled Nursing" or "Rehab" Thanks! Em

Hello! I just moved from California. I have a special situation right now. I am a GN from an ADN program. I will be testing here for my California NCLEX RN. It will be a couple of months before I am eligible to work as a RN. I am seeking a comprehensive list of the Health Care Facilties (with contact info) that hire LVN's that also hire RNs in the North Dallas area 30 mile radius from Allen. I have the ability to do this research myself but if anyone here happens to have a list they would like to share I would be very appreciative. I am open to anything that can enrich me as a new grad. Also, I have been doing searches on maps.google and the yellow pages but there is so much fluff in there it is time consuming to weed out the irrelevant data. If anyone has any suggestions where I could seek out all these facilities I am open to suggestions. Just thought I would give this a shot to see if it produces anything. Thanks all! added: The list could be as simple as a list of Nursing homes or people who provide Hospice services.