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I'm just curious if anyone else has worked pay per visit, at an hourly rate. I will be starting work at a new company today and they pay by the hour not the visit. I've asked around & no one's ever heard of this before.

Hi. I am an LPN currently living & working in northern Illinois. My husband & I are seriously considering relocating to Las Vegas within a year. I've checked out the requirements for transferring my license but haven't started the process yet...

I'm temporarily on hold with moving forward on this. This weather has my arms & back so sore from shoveling (snow blower wouldn't start) & I'm so frazzled from trying to drive to & from Chicago in this mess that I mainly just want to go l...

Christina, You ARE lucky!! My sister lives 2 hours from Vegas & has been trying to convince us for years to move by her. The problem has been worrying about income (she lives in a rural area where there don't seem to be ANY jobs for LPN's). But w...

Yes, I remember the summer from the year I lived in Vegas as a young teen! My classmates at school had to train me to not stay in the sun for longer than a few minutes at a time. Honestly though, not making light of the brutal summers you guys have,...

Thanks for the input. If we were able to leave Illinois NEXT year, then I'd only need to work full time for 2 years until my hubby can get his pension. But I'm really feeling self pity at the idea of having to spend even 1 more winter here!

Well, this thread has been very interesting & informative. I am an LPN living north of Chicago Illinois for the past 6 years. I raised my 2 children in Chicago. I can tell you for SURE that Chicago has changed over the decades I lived there! Talk...

Thank you too :) Now to research long distance interviews. Sigh.

Thanks! I wish we could go right now! Just got done shoveling (again!). High on Monday is supposed to be -5 F. I lived in Vegas for a year as a kid (early 70's) & wish we'd never left!

I can't get the link to post, but try to look up this article in Nursing 2000 March issue;" Better time management: A matter of perspective" by Sharon Cox, RN, MSN. It is not at all what the title led me to believe! I call it my "Just Say No" articl...

Good luck to you :) ..but please don't think as I did (& was told by many, many people) after completing over half of an RN program & dropping out due to my sons illness; The Practical Nursing Program will be "a breeze" for you." On day one w...

We once had a pt in a correctional facility who had a suture migrate to the surface. The poor guy was frantic that we come immediately & remove it while it was still visible, because it kept going back under the skin & no one would believe hi...

I actually had this happen to me, almost word for word, not 2 weeks ago! I said something similar to "Why don't you stop in & ask her?" These people (a couple) just repeated the question. So I repeated the suggestion to stop in & ask her.

I don't even know the best way to begin this. It is without a doubt the most bizarre nursing related thing I've ever heard. I have a "liked" face book page to a Native American page. The page generally consists of updates on the tribe that my father ...

Thanks so much for the excellent links. You guys are great. This site and feed back from other nurses makes it easier to deal with troubling things like this. I'm grateful you are here.

Thanks for the replies (& the correction too!). I didn't post the links because, well, I guess I was afraid of being accused of trying to "politicize" the situation. I know that this happened in 2006, but the man's brother was just recently speak...

Can you get orders for NP (WCC or WCON) to eval & Tx wound in his home? The one I often use bills under Medicare part B so there's no conflict with home care. They can usually perform sharp debridement if indicated. I once had an UNBELIEVABLY non...

It really is very sad how few people do this. Sadder still, I think, were the number of nurses & CNA's who mocked me when I did it. Several made statements in the room, with the patient, such as "Why do you always tell him what you're going to do...

I worked for a home health company (I won't name) where I was full time "salary". Minimum quota of 8 visits/ day but it was supposed to be ok because all of the visits were between 1 or 2 buildings. I once made 15 visits in 1 day. No overtime and ...

Wow. Your comment made me go back to a BAD time, 20 years ago when I almost lost my son (now age 28 & doing really well.) Also to when one of my closest friends lost her 3 year old grandson. Peds is a responsibility I could NEVER take on. When m...

TiddlGwink, my car is ABSOLUTELY "home healthed out" LOL! I just can't bring myself to look for any other work outside of home health! The mileage on my car & the cost of gas are really putting a lot of financial stress on me, but, right now I'm...

TiddlDwink, as an RN in home care you not only have to have strong clinical skills, the patience of a saint, great communication skills, but also be able to deal with completing a MOUNTAIN of paperwork AND have it completed & turned in within 24 ...

When I was in school we had to show proof of malpractice insurance, along with current CPR certification. I don't remember how much it was at a student rate. My current malpractice insurance as an LPN in Illinois was $107 for this year. It's through ...

Years back I had a military veteran as a home health patient. I saw him on a Monday & was told by the live in care giver that he'd been given an Rx for oral ABT at the ER over the weekend. (Dx Pneumonia @ ER, sent home w/ Rx) Pt's scripts were fi...

paradise, email me, [email protected] for an answer. I'm not going to post publically about my experience with ISC. It will be interesting to see if anyone else does though.