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  1. NJ nurses help! Need advice!

    rnrg replied to Ramonarudeau's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Hi there. I am an ADN RN in South nj. To answer your question, yes hospital based employment does tend to take BSN educated nurses over ADN. This is because we live in a highly saturated state that...

  2. Private Duty Nursing Almost Family

    rnrg replied to Anchappell1987's topic in Private Duty

    This is very case sensitive. It depends on your degree, and location of services provided. It also may fluctuate if the case is a private pay insurance or it is Medicaid. All over the country nurses...

  3. Assigned to a filthy home?

    rnrg replied to nursestace28's topic in Private Duty

    Man, this is so true. So sad, and so true. Very

  4. Entertaining pt

    rnrg replied to allyl's topic in Private Duty

    I completely understand what you are expressing. I have worked for multiple agencies, and so far my current agency was the only one to offer assistance with this. I reported my concerns to our office...

  5. Refusing a case in home care

    rnrg replied to Katesp91's topic in Private Duty

    Not true. You never have to accept a case if you are uncomfortable. And while many states are considered a hire at will state "can fire you for any reason, any time for any thing" you can still fight...

  6. Office staff issues

    rnrg replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    Hang strong. Call your higher ups and tell them what is going on. That or share your file with the closest next office for a while and stay on your cases, just deal with the through the grape vine...

  7. Parent Insists Nurse Brings Pt to the BR When SHE Uses It!

    rnrg replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in Private Duty

    YES pretty

  8. Should I Become a Home Health RN?

    rnrg replied to conurse2015's topic in Home Health

    Hi I do private duty nursing which is usually in shifts of 8, 12, 14 or 16 hours at a time. I make my own schedule and I currently make more money at an hourly rate higher than most of my nursing...

  9. How do you quit a case, and do you feel guilty for it?

    rnrg replied to nekozuki's topic in Private Duty

    I want to quit a case that my agency sgain, is begging me to stay on because I'm a high caliber nurse, and the bottom line is NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO DEAL WITH THE CHILD'S PARENTS. I texted my on call...

  10. night nurse can't sleep during the day!

    rnrg replied to keener's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly I'm not a night shift person either although I'm stick with it for now while I'm nursing a very severe back injury, it's very very quiet where I work. I'm now able to independently sleep...

  11. **venting**

    rnrg replied to bdbrdb's topic in Private Duty

    Wow I've worked ft in PDN for over 5 years for 3 separate agencies. I've moonlighted at times to kinda fill in the gaps in the beginning but have been steadily employed with one agency for over two...

  12. List the most frivolous complaints you've received

    rnrg replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

    You don't wear deodorant I prefer. I don't like the color of your hair. You keep the client area too clean and neglect the rest if the house. There are other kids to clean up after too. Don't tell...

  13. Rate of pay

    rnrg replied to angiegirl30's topic in Home Health

    Honestly it sounds to me like they are not paying you fairly. Are you a new nurse? Is this your first experience with home

  14. **venting**

    rnrg replied to bdbrdb's topic in Private Duty

    Im.the sole support of my family too. My partner has been unemployed for over 5 years. It's inexcusable and places so much stress on me. I work PDN all high acuity infants and neonates. My schedule is...

  15. Drug seeking- something to ponder

    rnrg replied to Nsg is an art's topic in Pain Management

    I too am a RN who suffers from chronic pain. Thank you for taking the time to post here. If u could ask one favor from you it would be to keep advocating for us, the chronic pain sufferers. The daily...

  16. side rail use in private duty homecare

    rnrg replied to Nursing.capps's topic in Private Duty

    Yes, the above is true, SR UP X4 is considered a restraint unless otherwise dictated for safety purposes IN A FACILITY. Home care is always different. In a pediatric environment we do not typically...

  17. How to phase in/out of Peds

    rnrg posted a topic in Pediatric

    Here's my question: If my primary focus has been PEDS do you have any advice about how to transition back into adult care? If you have only been employed working with adults any advice on how to...

  18. RN training pay at 10$/hr??

    rnrg replied to gotchills's topic in Private Duty

    I work for this office. It's AWESOME. I'm in the peds side. I can tell you, unless you are fully coded and able to work full-time at any shift this is the exact treatment you will get from most new...

  19. Sharing non specific clinical scenarios

    rnrg posted a topic in Private Duty

    So I know a lot of us post here looking for advice or opinions on clinical situations. The more I read about this the more dangerous I feel it is becoming. I've heard about many health care...

  20. Sharing non specific clinical scenarios

    rnrg replied to rnrg's topic in Private Duty

    Changing names and such is important but I can say I've heard stories of people loosing jobs even

  21. Second job?

    rnrg replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    I work 2 agencies. My primary agency typically never let's me go without hours. I also have a very large patient base. This way I can easily be reassigned if one of my regulars is hospitalized. I...

  22. Bipap s/t....like a vent case or not?

    rnrg replied to yogastudentRN's topic in Private Duty

    ^all of my agencies are similar in clinical when staffing assignments

  23. Why of why.....can nobody actually show up on time?

    rnrg replied to yogastudentRN's topic in Private Duty

    I think I just get upset when the crap nurses ruin it for the good ones. I love PDN. And babies. I hate when bad people ruin it for the good

  24. New to peds PDN

    rnrg replied to littlepeopleRNICU's topic in Private Duty

    ^SDALPN lol @ moving furniture. I always ask before I touch anything! After the PCG give the a ok, I happily rearrange non essential equipment to make better storage room.

  25. Home health care and nursing expected to grow 55% by 2020

    rnrg posted a topic in Private Duty

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