Grasshopper11 replied to blexxer's topic in Hospice
Personally, I think we should just go salary with time and a half for overtime. Currently, we have to fill out logs for everything we do and turn them in to get paid.
I would like to know what Nurse Managers are thinking of doing to give Home Health RN's more downtime in the evening. Most of the RN's finish their 8 hour shift and then go home to document for 3 to 4 hours especially if they have starts of care. An...
I am a nurse for over 9 years and will be starting hospice nursing. I am hearing about nurses in Home Health going home and charting until all hours of the night. Is this the same in Hospice Nursing? I heard it was not because Hospice Nursing does...
Hi all! I am about to start home health soon. I see people documenting in the car, leaning on steering wheel, etc. There must be a more comfortable way, isn't there? Any tips and tricks? I have a SUV and was thinking of turning down 1/2 the back...
Grasshopper11 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Home Health
Did you ever have a situation or emergency in a home. You are by yourself so you can't call a "rapid response" or notify a charge nurse who is right there.
Grasshopper11 replied to tjcnurse2b's topic in Relations
Where I work, we have a really nice supervisor/charge nurse that is older. She is ready to quit but unfortunately she has a mortgage to pay. The twenty-somethings bully her to death just because she is older. It has been reported to management but...
Grasshopper11 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Geriatric
I work with a lot of twenty-somethings that are absolutely wonderful. I want to hug them everytime I work with them. I just gave you their ages to give you their background of being tweinty-something and no previous job.
We have two new twenty-somethings that just graduated a few months ago from nursing school who are our supervisors, yes-they are supervisors of nurses who have been nurses 8-10 years. All they do is complain for a full 8 hours, not exaggerating. They...
We have two new twenty-somethings that just graduated a few months ago from nursing school who are our supervisors, yes-they are supervisors of nurses who have been nurses 8-10 years. All they do is complain for a full 8 hours, not exaggerating. Th...
I actually like working in a place where all RN's wear one color and CNA's wear another. This way the staff and the patients know who is who. When I worked in a facility where anybody can wear anything, a patient told me that she was talking to "so...