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I suggest you go somewhere else. If the RN managers aren't willing to go out there and help by doing oasis admits and discharges and supervisory visits, then they are just using you to be more profitable so they can get bonuses.

I recently quit my home health job because the work load was crazy and they were basically expecting us to work off the clock. We also had call 24 hours a day for a week every other week. I have some paperwork that is not complete due to the extreme work load. They great majority is complete. They are asking for revisions on over 30 of my reports. (For a while I was trying to case manage 50 patients). The question I have is-Can they require me to do paperwork after I am gone? I have been working on finishing a few things but my last day is in 4 days and they are asking me to revise over 30 of my admission and discharge reports (which are actually complete, they just want me to make a lot of changes). First of all, that is my charting, why are they changing it? Second of all, I don't think I can get them all done. Can they force me to do this? The nurse who left before me said she worked for no pay for 2 weeks to get the paperwork done they requested her to revise. Have any of you been asked to do paperwork when you are no longer an employee? I don't think it's appropriate to be still accessing the client files after I am gone.

All of that is good to know. Thanks for letting me know what your experience was. I am officially now an employee of Pulse but still have a full time job. I'm hoping to pick up weekend shifts soon. My full time job is during the week only.

I work full time for Advantage Nursing in Columbia, Missouri. I wanted to pick up some extra PRN shifts so I started working for DaVinci Staffing here. Big mistake! I found DaVinci's recruiter to be unavailable by phone or email when I had questions. DaVinci also did not even have any available shifts in the town I live it. The recruiter lied to me and told me they had local assignments but the closest facility they actually had was 45 minutes away. What a waste! Anyway, does anyone have recommendations on a PRN agency in Missouri? I don't want to take more skills tests only to have an unprofessional recruiter. I'm going to go talk to Pulse Staffing tomorrow. Any advice appreciated.

I don't agree that salary is taboo. If salaries are secretive, it can lead to nurses being taken advantage of and paid low wages on management whim. Hourly employees should not have to hide their pay. Erin

Why would anyone become a nurse practitioner with these low salaries? The hospitals are stealing from Nurse Practitioners. My experience in working with NPs is they do everything a physician does except prescribe narcotics. Maybe we should consider medical school instead.

Lisa, I'd like to introduce you to our new Bariatric surgeon, Dr. McGrath.

This is a year old thread but wanted to put my 2 cents in. I graduated the same time (May 2014). My first job was at Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center in Fulton Missouri. The evening shift pay was $25 per hour and the night shift was $27 per hour. It really was not a good place to work for nurses in my opinion. The training was lacking and there are a couple of nurses that are bullies and there are things done there I thought were unethical. I ended up leaving after 4 months when they switched to 16 hour shifts. I would have left anyway, it just sped up the process. After that, I worked at Fulton State Hospital for $26 per hour for evening shift. The pay and benefits were great but they have mandatory hold overs constantly. If they don't have a nurse to come relieve you, you have to stay for 8 more hours. This happens constantly. I had to stay over several times. Even after you work for 16 hours, you still have to come in for your next regular shift. This place has significant issues with bullying, certain employees that don't do any work, sexual harrassment issues, etc. Boone Hospital still starts new grads at $19.50 as does MU Health Care. I found a job at The Neighborhoods by Tiger Place. It also starts new grads at $19.50 but they treat their employees really well. The only thing it's lacking is high pay. If you want any more details, inbox me. I want to help save others some aggravation.

Our facility just changed to mandatory 16 hour shifts with 2 12 hour shifts. After those three days I was absolutely exhausted to the point I wasn't sure I could drive home. I met with our DON to see if I could go back to 12 hour and 8 hour shifts and she said I could not, the new schedule is mandatory for all RNs. I gave them 30 days notice to switch to prn. Now they are taking me off the schedule and not giving me any new shifts. I'm worried I won't work at all. You are lucky you have an option to do this instead of it being mandatory. Let me know how it goes for you, I couldn't do it.