emmybear2005

You would think, but I guess it is like the for profit nursing homes. They somehow make money, I've worked for them for 18 yrs & they have expanded over the years. But other companies have gone under, hard population to serve & to meet the regs. Hopefully they'll still be going strong for another 18 yrs:D

I work for a group home that is run by a Private for profit company. We have 7+ clients & we are labeled as an ICF/MR setting. The only ones that live there are the clients. We then have round the clock care w/ nurses & direct care. The company owns several group homes around the area, and down around a major city. We are federally & state funded. We are regulated by the state & have a yearly licensing inspection. Similar to a Nursing Home, but not on that scale. Our clients have MA, state health care card & get a small amt of money from social security. With the 7+ people we have a nurse on duty for 24 hrs a day, LPN's, with an RN contracted for 10hrs a month to oversee the LPN's. Also have access to a DR. 24/7. Then we have direct care workers (like a cna) for 2nd & 3rd shift. Usually 1-2 nurses on 2nd, 1 on 3rd. 4-5 direct care staff on 2nd & 2 on 3rd, & 2 more showing up for am care & to get them off to "work". All of our clients are wheelchair dependant & medically needy w/ a siezure disorder being a primary concern. In our area alot of nurses work for biyoda(sp?) and work in a private home setting taking care of a medically needy child, which for the family is primarily a foster child. Some homes have 2 or 3 children in the home & they tend to qualify for 24 hr nursing care. Foster care for medically needy is always needed & I imagine that could be an area to look into. I worked at a home once that was set up & approved to be a group home for 8 to 12 foster children at a time, touchy situation there. On the news awhile back I saw that in Arizona they were trying out a new home setting for the "new nursing homes of the future". They had elderly folks who needed the nursing home setting living in homes with a few other residents. Probably no more then 10. All had there own rooms, but for the rest I am not sure. They did say that the house had less cna's then a nursing home but they did tend to stay longer & an LPN was always on duty, but the RN worked for whoever owned the homes & went around to all the "homes" to keep an eye on them. Interesting to get in on that. I hope this helps.

Does MR mean you work in medical records? No I work in a group home with Mentally/Physically challenged clients, formally mental retardation. As for an ER nurse being busy or not, I didn't mean to imply that this is how ALL ER nurses are. The nurse we had that night left the room, sat at a desk & resumed her solitaire game- I WATCHED her do it. I live in a rural area & we were 1 of 2 people in the ER that night- I could see every ER room in there. Only 1 other curtain was pulled shut & no one had been in the waiting room when we arrived or came in as we waited- nor did an ambulance come in. We were only there for about two hours. I was not complaining about anything regarding the ER nurse or the care my daughter received. I was just saying that I was guilty of getting things for myself/family. I realize that ER nurses are busy, all nurses are busy, that you can possibly get busy pretty darn quick. I don't even care if you play games all night long- as long as the patient is getting what they need when they need it, or as reasonable as possible. This a small hospital, and most traumas get sent to a larger hospital about 15 miles away. For the most part you get excellant care in this ER, they are very friendly & helpful, and nice & kind. I don't know what this nurses problem was or if she had one at all- she was nice with my daughter & spoke to my daughter when asking questions about her complaint, it just seemed like she couldn't have been bothered with getting her a blanket. But I have been to that ER so often with clients that I knew where to go to get a blanket, it was no big deal- No need to read me the riot act! I apologize for offending anyone.

"when they start helping themselves to blankets" Ok I'm guilty of this- just did it Friday when I took my daughter to the ER. She was laying on a litter, visably shivering, & the nurse gave her a SHEET. I asked for a blanket, nurse disappeared, n did not come back. So I got her a blanket! The nurse was sitting @ a computer playing a game! I told her to add it to my bill.

I went for a job interview & was asked if they may contact my present employer. I was honest & said yes, but that my current employer would only say that yes I was employed there. The HR person said that the most ANY employer could tell a prosepective employer was that yes or no I worked there, and yes or no if they would rehire me. I also told him that they would probably say no on the rehiring- I have a mouth and am not afraid to use it. They called present employer, & told him exactly what I said they would- I got offered the job!:)

I went thru biotherapy- which I believe was the immunotherapy minus the chemo. I went thru a year of Interferon. Another one is interleuken. I went the thru the interferon to start my cells fighting malignant metastatic melanoma. My oncologist called it biotherapy, very hard to get people to understand that it was not chemotherapy.

The department of welfare should be able to help. Most group homes are owned by just a few companies, if u know the names of the companies in ur area u could call them. I work for a group home & we do dress in street clothes and don't advertise the company name as it isn't "normal". "Normal" people don't have company names, logos on their cars, & street clothes because "normal" people don't have aids/nurses living with them. But this is abuse & needs to be reported. All MR clients are in the state system & so are the group homes- CLA's (communty living arrangement) n ICF's (intermediate care facility) they are licensed by the state & inspected regularly. Dept of Health would also be of some help

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the tech with the degree went to school for 2 years, where as the tech just did on the job training. there isn't a difference in pay. my 19 yr old daughter is a pharm tech n has been since she was 17. she makes 8 bucks an hr here in central pa. she is a nationally certified tech as well as a cvs certified tech, with some other certifications from cvs. she did like her job so much she is now in college to be a pharmacist. which does pay really well. if u get in w/a chain pharmacy, they will train you & they may pay for u to take ur national cert test. but if u are looking to be the primary bread winner with this job, not gonna be easy. and don't waste ur money on the schooling, most chains will train u their way.

The LPN Center used to be known as Danville Area SD School of Nursing, that had been around for a very long time- based in Washingtonville. I went to that program back in 1995-96. Since then I have worked as an LPN in a group home. It was a good program, & I had friend graduate from the new place n liked it. If u could- look into RN schools. Geisinger has a certificate program, Penn Collage- Williamsport, and LCCC(Luzerne County Community College) had a campus in Berwick both of those are Assosiciates degrees I can't tell u what Bloomsburg pays their LPN's- or if they even hire LPN's anymore. I do know that Geisinger does not pay their LPN's well- about 11-13 dollars an hr to start. LTC pays better. And Geisinger runs hot & cold about LPN's- some years they hire LPN's like nobodies business, a yr later they are laying them off. Also in Bloomsburg is Bayada- home care pediatrics, but they have positions all over the place. Primarily 1 on 1 cases in homes. Hope this helps u a little:p

Yep thats how they have been doing it lately. We are a small ICF for MR about 15 employees presently- usually 25 or better. We all have set schedules w/a contract we signed. I am supposed to work 37 hrs a week 4 days each week. Our problem is we cannot get help so we are very short staffed, so now we suffer w/schedules. An example is this coming week I asked for time off on Friday Saturday Sunday & Monday. I got Saturday & Sunday off, work till 8 am on Friday & I don't know about Monday yet. I told them I was going away for a 1st anniversary celebration so they took me off the schedule for Friday evening & put me on the schedule for Thursday overnight (yes I agreed to that so I could have the rest of Friday off.) I just wanted to know if the were required by law to post a schedule so many days in advance or not?

I was just wondering how far in advance is an employer required to post schedules? My employer post them on Friday- for the following week. It is driving us nuts because we cannot make appts & plan vacations cause we never know what we are working. Yes we have all signed contracts w/set schedules but we are so short (not short- tight) that we are all working alot of xtra hours. We have reached a point where they are no longer asking us- just scheduling us. I changed positions from 40 hr flex to a set schedule to avoid this problem. Have yet to work my new schedule, they just schedule me where ever & now pay me a dollar less an hour!:angryfire So if someone knows if they are legally required to post a schedule like 2 weeks in advance or some time frame it would be appreciated.

Hi everyone. Just wanted to know what all classes were needed b4 you start your Nursing Concepts at Excelsior? I know A & P, Microbiology, and Psych. But what other ones? A group of nurses where I work are all gonna go through the program together- but no one knows what pre reqs you need. Some of us have college classes, some of us have none so knowing what exactly is needed would be helpful! Thanks

Hi, I'm new to this site and had a few questions about EC. First, I've checked the site and costs- not exactly sure I understand how that works. It tells the price for exams- NRSG Concepts 1 thru 7 cost 215.00 each. Is that correct? And then the other exams range from 165 to 255. I do not have to take courses- just the exams? And can I take NRSG Concepts 1 & 2 b4 I enroll at Excelsior? Or do I need to enroll? I only need like 4 basic ed classes, if the other classes I've had transfer. Then I pay for the CPNE, and the graduation costs? Even if I don't go to the graduation? And also pay the yearly students fee? I'm trying to find a rough estimate of the costs, before I start to sign agreements, and pay enrollment fees. Any help would be appreciated!:wink2: