KateRN1

KateRN1

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  1. What is the point of Medicare?

    KateRN1 replied to chiuli's topic in General Nursing

    Would love to know where you found this. I've been a home health nurse for years and have never run into a limit of 35 hours per week for Medicare-paid home health care. Medicare pays home health a...

  2. HD catheters

    KateRN1 replied to iluvmonk's topic in General Nursing

    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! DO NOT EVER TOUCH THAT HD CATHETER UNLESS YOU ARE HOOKING THEM UP TO THE MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (sorry, I get a bit touchy on this subject) Seriously, if you have to...

  3. What is the point of Medicare?

    KateRN1 replied to chiuli's topic in General Nursing

    Generally your employer-provided insurance goes away. Many Medicare recipients pay out of pocket for a Medicare supplement that covers part of the costs that Medicare doesn't pay as well as for the...

  4. Have any of you gone straight into home health or ONLY had home health experience?

    KateRN1 replied to efda3's topic in Home Health

    As a home health nurse and clinical supervisor, I would advise you to steer clear of home health, at least the Medicare-paid, intermittent kind. Private duty home health where you are with a stable...

  5. how do i know when someone is ready for discharge?

    KateRN1 replied to pear8's topic in Home Health

    With home health, you need to be constantly referring to your 485 plan of care which contains your interventions and goals. Patients are ready for discharge when all interventions have been carried...

  6. Rode up on first accident outside of hospital....

    KateRN1 replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Call me an idiot, but I always stop if there are no other responders on the scene. Just a couple of weekends ago, I had the unfortunate experience of witnessing a 2-year-old and his father struck by...

  7. What's your favorite lip product for work?

    KateRN1 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    A vote for Burt's Bees Lip Shimmers. I like the Peony color, it's a beigy pink that is great with most everything, and neutral enough for folks with warmer undertones. I also like the Caramel and...

  8. The Home Care Dialysis Patient

    KateRN1 replied to Twink's topic in Home Health

    I am also a former dialysis nurse now in home care, not a combination I see very often--welcome! Because dialysis is a Medicare covered benefit, home care nurses generally do not address dialysis...

  9. Amedisys

    KateRN1 replied to KateRN1's topic in Home Health

    That's exactly what I thought when the recruiter contacted me. I lived to regret it although I learned a

  10. Weekend/Baylor Home Health Nurse question

    KateRN1 replied to Marshall1's topic in Home Health

    30 units does not mean 30 visits. The Baylor usually does the SOCs on the weekend, any ROCs that are unscheduled or discharge over the weekend, and of course the routine and prn weekend visits. Our...

  11. Weekend/Baylor Home Health Nurse question

    KateRN1 replied to Marshall1's topic in Home Health

    Our Baylor position is Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It's a salaried and benefitted position and the Baylor has the option of picking up extra cases during the week as well. The hours are generally...

  12. Getting approved for a home loan working home health

    KateRN1 replied to lizzyberry's topic in Home Health

    Time on the job generally matters more to a lender than what area of health care you work in. If you're just going through a divorce and accustomed to budgeting two incomes, you might consider...

  13. Amedisys

    KateRN1 replied to KateRN1's topic in Home Health

    I also worked for First American in the early 90's and can tell you that the experiences were eerily

  14. A bad day in home health...

    KateRN1 replied to CFitzRN's topic in Nurse Management

    I think I'll get a Magic 8 Ball. Can't be any worse than current method of "hire anyone who comes to the

  15. Considering a change to home health nursing

    KateRN1 replied to ccclady's topic in Home Health

    Just to clear up a few points, although most is spot on. Medicare and Medicaid are completely different payers and the rules are very different for each. OASIS-C is not always a requirement for...

  16. Considering a change to home health nursing

    KateRN1 replied to ccclady's topic in Home Health

    Caliotter's description of shift work (private duty, extended care, whatever-you-want-to-call-it) is spot on. However, I would not recommend a supervisory capacity in any home care agency when you...

  17. A bad day in home health...

    KateRN1 replied to CFitzRN's topic in Nurse Management

    I know how hard it is, I struggle with it, too. I will give people chance after to chance to prove themselves good, only to be disappointed and ultimately have to write them up or ask for...

  18. RN jobs outside of bedside nursing

    KateRN1 replied to OliveRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    Consider home health, it's still patient care, but more geared toward patient education and you only deal with one patient at a time. Come check us out in the home health

  19. experienced peds nurse but no peds jobs in Jax

    KateRN1 replied to hollyrn08's topic in Florida Nursing

    Interim, Integrity, and PSA will be your best bets for private duty, although the pay is abysmally low. However, the networking opportunities may net you the contacts to get hired at one of the...

  20. Full Moon Friday

    KateRN1 replied to hawkfdc's topic in Home Health

    Not as bad as yours, but 15 referrals on Friday afternoon that all have to be staffed on the weekend and no on-call

  21. Do they pay for missed visits?

    KateRN1 replied to caryrey02's topic in Home Health

    Depends on the agency. We don't pay for missed visits that the clinician knew about ahead of time, but if the clinician does a drive by only to discover the patient not at home, then we give a...

  22. Question on supplies?

    KateRN1 replied to Filter188's topic in Home Health

    The infusion company is required to provide all supplies directly related to the IV therapy. Call the company and ask for

  23. a video to share: what I leaRNed

    KateRN1 replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    I liked the video, but am I the only person who gets tired of only seeing hospital nurses represented? Nurses work in so many different areas, yet only hospital nursing is represented by videos such...

  24. RN interview for my nursing class...

    KateRN1 replied to allie_mae's topic in General Nursing

    1. What kind of education or training did you undergo for your nurses career? I started with an ASN then completed a BSN, plus Certification as an OASIS Specialist (COS-C) and case management. 2. Why...

  25. RNs opening cases, LPNs making all revisits?

    KateRN1 replied to HealthyNurse's topic in Home Health

    Yes, I am currently a manager but have many years under my belt and still see patients as a field nurse. I have worked where the cases are managed by the office, I've done primary nursing, team...