how does a skilled nursing facility make money?
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The patients or thier family pay the nursing facility to care for them.  Many recieve thier money from medicare.\n\nThen they have to keep all of thier costs under what they take in.
704368
My dear friend. dealing with money makes more money.  you can never compare accounting jobs with nursing services.  nurses are humanitarians in nature, getting a good nursing job will have to be a big huspital or setting up your own esterblishment, and that does not come easy.  but when you are an acountant, you can work anywhere including a huspital.\n\nMoreover, you can work elsewhere while you operate your own little business.  accounting experience help you to do more business than any other field.\n\nSO GO FOR ACCOUNTING AND MAKE PLENTY OF MONEY.
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There is always a fee... but some offer if you take a class with a nursing home you can get hired on after your classes then if you agree to a contract to work there a certain amount of time they might waive half of the class off and while your working there they give you a couple months to get certified through the state which means you will have to do a state test...i don't know how much it is for new york but in Oregon its 500 bucks
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$25 an hour is about $1000 a week.\nIt isn't too shabby. And there are a lot of things you can do with a nursing degree besides nursing.\nHere is Florida, there is a nurse practicioner who has here own office and sees patients and does physicals and writes prescriptions and charges $80 per patient.\nShe has a doctor she knows who has given her permission to use his name on her prescription pad and at least in Florida, it is perfectly legal for her to act as a doctor as far as seeing patients and writing prescriptions. She probably makes at least $600 a day. \nYou can also start a business where you send nurses into people's homes for in-hone nursing care.\nYou can also do something like working for a plastic surgeon as an after care nurse. And I always thought it would be fun to be an O.R. nurse.\nPlus, at least in this state, there is such a huge demand for nurses you would never be out of a job.\nI think if you enjoy what you are doing that is at least half the battle. Dont' give up on doing what you love because you think it won't pay enough. I made that mistake with interior design and have regretted it ever since. And it turns out I got bad info about it not paying much.\nWith a four year degree, making $25 an hour is a perfectly decent wage. And as I said there are lots of ways to make a lot more with that degree. Take a business class, one in marketing, if you can. It will open up new horizens for what you can do to get rich with a nursing degree.
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Okay nurses DO NOT make $100,000 a year unless they are Nurse practioners or Nurse anesthesists. Both require masters degrees. You aren't going to make more than $55,000 without a masters or without tons of experience.
345707
I worked in nursing homes for 10 yrs.It's almost the same as dealing with corpses sometimes.
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I know that several community colleges have those classes, including Wayne County CC and Washtenaw Community College.\n\nYou need to talk with a local nursing home and see what arragements that they have to train their people, and use the ideas that they give you.   Heck, you might end up making come contacts in that home which would give you a job later!\n\nIn addition, did you know that you get a full ride if you agree to work in a nursing facility that has mostly mediciad / medicare patients?
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go into nursing, it is a nursing home.
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Stay out of healthcare, and ESPECIALLY stay out of nursing.\n\nIf you want to make some money with less stress, consider Physical Therapy if you want to "touch" patients.\n\nIf you don't want to touch patients, consider pharmacy.\n\nIf you want to get spit on, pushed, shoved, sprayed with aids-infested blood, bile, vomit, feces, urine...be a nurse.
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Because nobody sells TV commerical time, and lots of tickets, and lots of merchandise for lots and lots of money based on the performance of nurses.\n\nThey do based on the performance of athletes,  a lot of $ is generated.\n\nSad, but true.
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i was a cert. nursing asst for almpst 20 years doing private duty for the elderly in their homes. you can go that route that way they get to have their privacy some of the time but have someone come visit on a daily or weekly basis, than you can still come off and on to visit see how things are going. i live in ohio now so differrent than florida but call home health agencies also they sometimes just have people like you letting them know if anyone needs the same thing ya know. also check paper an/or put an ad in the paper. under roomates. no matter what make sure you check them out background check etc, good luck
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You can read more about how they make money at: \nhttp://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising
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I don't think CNA's do that much lifting...It also depends where you are going to work at. Ive seen some CNA's in an old folks home help assist the patient with medicine, eating, bed position, etc...Ive also seen others do absolutely nothing lol..Ive never seen them lift patients or move them to other beds
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there is a huge need for nursing right now, and will be for years and years as the baby boomers begin to get older and require more healthcare.\n\nvisiting nurses make quite a lot of money and are usually able to set their own hours.\n\nhowever... you really may want to consider going straight for the RN... LPNs are treated really bad by doctors and RNs, and are a lot of times regarded as simply CNA's who can pass medicine. They are not allowed to make important decisions (i.e. sending a nursing home patient to the hospital) without consulting an RN or doctor) plus the pay is a lot better and isn't too much more schooling... you still have to take your written boards and clinical exams. you should really go all the way if your thinking of starting out. i know lots of LPN's who are trying to get their RN but it makes it difficult for them to go back to school while working, and the subject content is harder when they have experience that is working against what the teachers want to hear.\n\nif you are young and have the time and money to invest into it, go for the RN.\n\nnursing is very rewarding and honest work. and it is a field that is currently in deficit and is only going to grow. a lot of places (especially nursing homes) will pay for your education if you agree to work for them for i think three years after you graduate. you can work as an aide while you are in school (you have to do the aidework before you can become a nurse anyway)\n\n\n\nammendment: i think LPN starting pay is around $15 an hour... a friend of mine was an LPN at a private nursing home, and since hospice is a non-profit place they probably pay people a little less, but since most of it is traveling it may be more.. plan between 15-20 an hour\n\nRNs are around $25 an hour\n\ngood luck!
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Some assisted living facilities are offering twelve hour shifts. I've heard that some branches of hospitals, such as occupational health centers and places like that are adopting the twleve hour shifts too. I guess it all just depends on the facility.
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I know medicaid does my mom had it when she had some type of surgery and she is diabetic and handicapped.  Medicare might cover some of it, but they are more likely to cover it in a skilled nursing home.. On what the other person answered.  \n\nYou need to call her medicaid.. If you are the guardian for her for her care.  I would suggest calling them and seeing if they will cover it.  \n\nIf you take her to a nursing home(skilled) the people in the office will help you fill out all the information with you.  They did that with my husbands mother she has dementia.. alzhmiers and its bad.  It was a hard decision, but it was for her safety as well as ours. \n\nMedicaid and Medicare covers all of his mothers needs.
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Your state Health Department would have the answer to your question.  Your best bet would be to find the funding source first, and then determine the process from the guidelines set aside for that particular funding source(i.e. Medicaid, Waiver, Medicare, private insurance, etc).\nBeyond that, you should consider the benefits of exceeding the state mandated guidelines for the benefit of both staff and client.  Happier employees are easier to manage.