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  1. Homehealth Companies Gentiva / Amedysis

    luvdaisy replied to IndianaHH's topic in Home Health

    I worked for Amedisys for 3 years and would not work for them again. They only care about how much money they are going to make off of the RN filling out the OASIS. The PT's and RN's were constantly...

  2. Anyone know starting pay for HH nurse in TN?

    luvdaisy replied to mom2zcc's topic in General Nursing

    Stay away from

  3. Jobs in Johnson City, TN area

    luvdaisy replied to KimT08's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Did you apply at Gentiva? They called a friend of mine about 2 weeks ago offering her a job for the Elizabethton area. She had to turn it down because she had already accepted another job at MSHA....

  4. Jobs in Johnson City, TN area

    luvdaisy replied to KimT08's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Have you checked the VA in Johnson City to see if they are hiring? I know they have a wound care clinic. Also, home health might be an option with your wound care background. I am sure you would be a...

  5. May be moving to Tennessee, recommended L&D to work for?

    luvdaisy replied to jenrninmi's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I live in the eastern most part of the state. Elizabethton is a smaller town with a small hospital called Sycamore Shoals Hospital. You can find out about this hospital and the numerous others it is...

  6. No longer homebound

    luvdaisy replied to AnnemRN's topic in Home Health

    Was this last visit going to be the 5th visit? I just recently quit home health and this is one issue that drove me crazy. No matter what, we were pushed to get 5 visits so we would be paid the full...

  7. Amedisys

    luvdaisy replied to esrun00's topic in Home Health

    I worked for Amedisys for 3 years and just recently started another job. I am so thankful that I am not there anymore. I was seeing 10-12 patients at least 3 days a week and the other days it was...

  8. what is your oasis deadline

    luvdaisy replied to cny4rn's topic in Home Health

    We are supposed to have all paperwork transmitted by the next morning at 10:00. If, however, we have a day with several OASIS they will give us an extra day. If we are ever over 2 days late then they...

  9. How many days a week do u work? Please need help

    luvdaisy replied to deniseS's topic in Home Health

    I should have added that I still love my job and that even though I am tired and a tad bit irritable by the end of the 12 days, I still cant see myself doing anything else. Dont let this discourage...

  10. How many days a week do u work? Please need help

    luvdaisy replied to deniseS's topic in Home Health

    This is pretty much how it is where I work. This is my weekend so by the time Friday gets here, it will be 12 days in a row. I have done 22 days in a row before when we were short on nurses and the...

  11. What is the nicest thing a patient has ever said to you?

    luvdaisy replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    "I wish I could adopt you as a

  12. Is 44 cents per mile good?

    luvdaisy replied to deniseS's topic in Home Health

    I get 37 cents a mile so yep I would be happy with 44 cents a

  13. What area's of nursing should i be looking into?

    luvdaisy replied to 2bnpcout's topic in General Nursing

    I do home health and spend a lot of time in my car driving between patients. You could stop and eat somewhere or eat in your car while driving to the next patient. It is pretty

  14. Does the nurse on call always seem to be the one who gets sick over the weekend?

    luvdaisy replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

    It happens all the time with one nurse in particular. It infuriates me.:angryfire She also usually just goes ahead and calls in on Friday so her Friday patients get pushed to the

  15. Crazy Thing Pts Say or Do

    luvdaisy replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    "I am allergic to Lortab 5 but the 10's are

  16. Wound Care--"It itches!" Patient scratches around wound

    luvdaisy replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in home health and we love unna boots and use them often for venous stasis ulcers. We usually put a debrider like aquacel to the wound bed and then wrap the leg with an unna boot and cover...

  17. Fainting in Surgery Clinical...

    luvdaisy replied to TsavarenaRN's topic in General Students

    I fainted and hit my face on a table and then the back of my head on the floor. My instructor wheeled me down to the ER where I got a CT scan. I was fine except for a swollen lip. Yeah, I was...

  18. Would you ever be a doctor?

    luvdaisy replied to arizonanurse's topic in General Nursing

    If I had a dollar for every time I have been asked if I was going to go back to school to be a doctor, I wouldnt need to the scholarship Heck, I could quit my nursing job...but I wouldnt..............

  19. Wiping Butt...

    luvdaisy replied to Chicagoan's topic in General Nursing

  20. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    luvdaisy replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    17 when I started right out of HS. 21 when I

  21. Home Health

    luvdaisy replied to krocks0610's topic in Home Health

    I recommend Home Health to any nurse that I meet that is thinking about changing jobs. I love it. I normally see 30-40 patients a week. I may be doing anything from giving a B12 shot or drawing...

  22. Beautiful TN (where to live)

    luvdaisy replied to sugabuga's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    The area in Carter county (Elizabethton) around Watauga Lake is

  23. Hhabn

    luvdaisy replied to PattiRN's topic in Home Health

    That is our motto to, we must work for the same company. My office is completely confused on it. The teleconference didnt help us understand at all. They need to make a chart or something of...

  24. Weekly Client Requirements?

    luvdaisy replied to HealinghandsRN's topic in Home Health

    I have worked for home health for 1 1/2 years. I case manage 40-50 patients in a certain territory that our office covers. Another RN takes care of the other territory. I like it because I know what...

  25. Scared about ER clinical rotation

    luvdaisy replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Emergency

    I was so nervous when I first started clinical in the ER. I have to say that the nicest nurses were in the ER. I was assigned to one preceptor, who was wonderful, but all of the nurses would come...