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 doesn't in fact have a nursing shortage. I decided t...
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 are paid different rates for different reasons. I s...
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 manager and she was able to locate a few age appro...
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 it if you want. Better yet, start looking for a BE...
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 talk. I'm going through a similar issue. Never had is...
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 friends who work in facilities or hospitals.
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 tonight and told them I've just experienced the stra...
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 during the day time but I have had to train my sleep c...
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 years now and there is NEVER a shortage if work for ...
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 anyone we have fleas or bed bugs. Your fired becaus...
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 off the wall. I work all three shifts, and I'm co...
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 battle of pain, the lost quality of life, the fear...
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 have pediatric cribs, we use regular non drop side...
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 transition into PEDS? Any Ideas welcome :-)
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 grad positions. You have to FIGHT for work in ou...
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 professionals trolling these sites watching for providers ...
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 have 5 classes left to obtain BSN-RN. After that I p...
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. Lol!