teejayrn

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1. Please help setting up auditing tools

   teejayrn replied to teejayrn's topic in Quality Improvement

   Thank you sooooo much

2. Please help setting up auditing tools

   teejayrn posted a topic in Quality Improvement

   Hello, I just took a job in a 120bed Nursing home facility. They have no audit tools in place for quality indicators and I am going to have to develop my own. I would greatly appreciate if someone would point my in the right direction to view example...

3. Port Care question

   teejayrn replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Home Health

   We flush ours every month as well. Even if it is not being used for anything else.

4. How long is your average visit?

   teejayrn replied to kk2000's topic in Home Health

   I am an admission nurse and usually do 2-3 patients a day. If I do not have any admissions and I am doing certs, resump or discharges or any combination of them, it is about 4. We get paid for our documentation time as well. I have to go to the offic...

5. Average # of visits

   teejayrn replied to fourwacres's topic in Home Health

   Our point system is very similar to the one you decribed. Average points per week is 21-25 made out of a combination of visits, however, it only applies to the salaried staff and if we go 3 consecutive pay periods with out making our points we are au...

6. Moving to Mass in a Month

   teejayrn replied to teejayrn's topic in Massachusetts

   Thanks Kelli & Alex, I have heard a lot of good things about the Waltham area and I am very excited! I will look at the websites to the agencies you suggested because I like doing both adults and kids. A GPS is definately on my shopping list

7. Moving to Mass in a Month

   teejayrn replied to teejayrn's topic in Massachusetts

   Thanks! This helps a lot

8. Moving to Mass in a Month

   teejayrn replied to teejayrn's topic in Massachusetts

   Thanks so much, let me ask you about the weather? How far into the year does it snow there?

9. Moving to Mass in a Month

   teejayrn posted a topic in Massachusetts

   Hi all! I will be moving to Waltham Mass in a little under a month. Can anyone tell me anything about the city, anything you can tell me would be much appreciated as we will be like fish out of water, coming from an area that was ravaged by Hurricane...

10. Home Health agencies paying nurses per visit

    teejayrn replied to AnnemRN's topic in Home Health

    I have always favored salaried for the simple fact of having a steady paycheck but as stated, they do tend to work you to death. I have also been with agencies where nurses getting PPV were making twice as much as me for doing the same work I was doi...

11. AZ: Home-health providers penalized; 4 agencies cited for substandard care

    teejayrn replied to Nursing News's topic in Home Health

    This is a very interesting situation and I can say, I have come across the same instances many, many times. My suggestion is the get that monkey off your back! When I try repeatedly to get in touch with a patient or new referral, not only do I let th...

12. Calling all HH Nurses, roll call

    teejayrn replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Hi, I am a HH nurse and have been for 10 years. I have had every position from field nurse/case manager to administrator but elected to go back into the field because being with the patients is what I truly love, not all the confusion and chaos and u...

13. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    teejayrn replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    This applies to me too.