ArwenEvenstar

ArwenEvenstar

med-surg, teaching, cardiac, priv. duty

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  1. Private duty nursing??

    ArwenEvenstar posted a topic in Private Duty

    I have been a hospital staff nurse (RN) for 14 years and I am VERY burned out. I need to get into a new area of nursing and i am considering several options. (such as home health, utilization...

  2. I'm a nurse. Not a housekeeper!

    ArwenEvenstar replied to EpiattIPNurse's topic in Private Duty

    Yeah! Private duty (through agency) is low pay nursing around here too. I'm a RN. I took a 40% pay cut from the hospital when I made the switch. And, at the hospital I was at, you always got a yearly...

  3. Finding RNs

    ArwenEvenstar replied to WI_home_RN's topic in Private Duty

    Although it was through agency, when I resigned the high tech vent case I worked - they had a very hard time replacing me. Maybe it is the vent aspect. Vents scare some nurses. But I agree with...

  4. Maxim to Pay $150 Million Fine for Fraud

    ArwenEvenstar replied to KateRN1's topic in Home Health

    I thought the FBI article was the best....

  5. Maxin nsg per diem

    ArwenEvenstar replied to rdsxfnrn's topic in Private Duty

    Maxim update, straight from the FBI:...

  6. Is there a national private duty agency that you would reccomend?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to TwilightRNurse's topic in Private Duty

    Latest news on Maxim from the FBI:...

  7. Ridiculous "House Rules"

    ArwenEvenstar replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Home Health

    The video monitoring is out of hand, but I agree with ventmommy. Some of the rules are no doubt due to nurses who did stupid or inconsiderate things. Personally, I have had many people live with me...

  8. Is there a national private duty agency that you would reccomend?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to TwilightRNurse's topic in Private Duty

    Yes, it seems that some of the threads about Maxim have disappeared...at least the ones that voice honest concerns about the problems with Maxim. If I say anything negative, this may too disappear!...

  9. Maxin nsg per diem

    ArwenEvenstar replied to rdsxfnrn's topic in Private Duty

    I may have discovered the reason this thread has not disappeared (yet at least!). The title of the thread is mis-spelled as "Maxin". So maybe it is evading some searches by the powers that be. Maybe...

  10. Maxin nsg per diem

    ArwenEvenstar replied to rdsxfnrn's topic in Private Duty

    If I did not work for Maxim myself for 2 yrs, I would have a hard time believing this! But I did, so i do!! I was "harassed" by Maxim too. For example, they would call me MULTIPLE times about the SAME...

  11. When to let client and agency know you're pregnant

    ArwenEvenstar replied to luvtwilight's topic in Private Duty

    Maybe I'd still be doing private duty (and still be a nurse!) if I'd had an agency like this! How awesome they planned ahead, trained other staff, and took other measures to ensure you were properly...

  12. Do you "friend" your pts on Facebook???

    ArwenEvenstar replied to CrazyGoonRN's topic in Private Duty

    No, no, no!!!!!! That is my strong opinion. Your gut hesitation is right! One of the big problems I encountered with private duty was nurses who lacked a professional boundary between themselves and...

  13. Liar Liar pants on fire!!!!

    ArwenEvenstar replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Kyasi, your perspective is great because you are a nurse and you are in charge. That is how it should be. It makes sense. As I've mentioned before, I hope your nurses really appreciate you and your...

  14. Getting a raise in private duty nursing?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    yep! I recently ran into the family of a case I used to work through Maxim, and they had been without a nurse for over a month! Unable to staff a case for that long?! Maxim digs their own grave!! And...

  15. Getting a raise in private duty nursing?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    A raise?!?! hahahahaha!!! I never got one in my 4 plus yrs of private duty - through 2 agencies. The first agency (a nice mom and pop agency) said they already were paying me the most they could....

  16. Are your wages comparable to the hospitals in your area?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to lsvalliant's topic in Private Duty

    Big pay difference here!! Like not_a_hat_person, I also took a pay cut of about 33% from hospital to private duty. And the discrepancy only got worse with time. I got a small pay raise every year at...

  17. fairly new grad in private-duty nursing, question about orientation

    ArwenEvenstar replied to elizabethgrad09's topic in Private Duty

    My first agency...a "mom and pop" one...a new nurse on a case would always orient by working a shift or shifts with another nurse on the case. If it was an easier case, the orientation might just be...

  18. Liar Liar pants on fire!!!!

    ArwenEvenstar replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    i take it you are independent and not through an agency since you say there is no supervisor. yes, this is tough - even if you have a supervisor. i once resigned a case (through an agency) because of...

  19. Liar Liar pants on fire!!!!

    ArwenEvenstar replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    My last agency was not always forthright either. Kyasi, I too wondered at first why they would waste the company's time and money in the hiring process if they did not have the hours/locations/case...

  20. It cost me $59.25 just to apply for a job?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    I think you were referring to my post. The little private agency I worked for. On Nurse's Day each year the nurses got $50 Bath and Body Work gift cards! I was shocked by that!! (Used to getting...

  21. What are the home care policies?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to grateful2010's topic in Private Duty

    It is really sad that agencies don't provide in-service training on " professional boundaries" in the home. It is really needed, because too many nurses seem to lack common sense and professionalism...

  22. fed up with the families

    ArwenEvenstar replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Private Duty

    I got similar comments from one mother about how much money we make!! Yeah right! Private duty nursing was the lowest paid nursing job I ever had. I think one "problem" is the paperwork the family...

  23. Can you be on medicaid and blue cross?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Before private duty, I always thought medicaid was for poor people. Then I worked a medicaid case in a huge, half-million dollar, luxury home (in the southeast, this amt of $ buys a very nice home)....

  24. It cost me $59.25 just to apply for a job?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Yes, I had to pay for this stuff when I applied to a privately owned (not a "chain" or whatever like PSA or Maxim, etc) home care agency. However, I had already been interviewed and was told the job...

  25. Was I wrong?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to feisty_lpn's topic in Home Health

    OP - no, you were not wrong! Some of these families... Even sadder that the agency did not back you. Nurses are not there to do dishes/laundry for entire family! Or care for other children! I can't...