berube

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1. Homehealth homecare homebase

   berube replied to Ohiorn42007's topic in Home Health

   My agency just this week, is transitioning to HCHB , we have had the training, it is very different than what we were doing, but wither im missing something or it will be pretty easy, of course i wasnt with a patient, which will be totally different ...

2. New to HH: traditional vs Hospice

   berube replied to bluenurse10's topic in Home Health

   I am in SC been at kindred 10+ yrs, our managemnt is horrible, now could be the branch here, .. money focused, and no none of us ever do enough, they have people woth documentation out 2 weeks and never say a word to them, i just do mynjob and stay u...

3. New to HH: traditional vs Hospice

   berube replied to bluenurse10's topic in Home Health

   Kindred will run you to the ground, awful managment. Company is a decent one, decent benefits, but managment is enough to make u ill

4. Can you squeeze all your patients in M/W/F?

   berube replied to Avill's topic in Home Health

   What would ur plan be if u had a patient that had to be seen on an alternate day if they will not cover it for you?

5. Big med error and communication breakdown

   berube replied to Zippy83's topic in Home Health

   Was the bag REALLY empty or looked empty cuz CADD beeps when empty!

6. Discharge/recert

   berube replied to RN416's topic in Home Health

   We are TOLD, that unless they are no longer homeboud we MUST recert, no longer can we use our clincal judgement, very sad

7. OASIS quandry

   berube replied to bbritton_64's topic in Home Health

   I work for a very large HH company, actually they have their hand in almost every aspect of medical care i also have done HH sonce 1986, and what they want u to do, is, answer the questions of SOC that will make the lt look the sickest, i totally und...

8. Working 12-14 hour days, am burning out.......

   berube replied to tulsanurse1's topic in Home Health

   you know it funny,,,the door swings both ways, i am currently working in the office, have been in the field 25 yrs, so i have not forgotten what it is like! i have a new orientee, no HH experience is is furious after day one that she is not in the fi...

9. Government Investigation of Amedisys

   berube replied to sweetsugar's topic in Home Health

   an;yone know how much the fine is for these agencies,,,,gentiva just announced "cutbacks", can't help but think it has to do with this fine.

10. Home Health Nurses, how many opens and visits do you have a week?

    berube replied to owleyes's topic in Home Health

    on a typical day i will see 8 (units),,a soc, roc and recert might be in the mix, i can handle up to 9....i think it is unfair to say that those seeing that many patients are not providing quality care! i have seen nurses see 3 in an 8 hr day and acc...

11. Am I asking too many questions?

    berube replied to Mandy LVN's topic in Home Health

    Love it when new nurses ask questions, shows they are listening and want to learn.

12. Ideal New Hire

    berube replied to KateRN1's topic in Home Health

    I'd be happy if the new nurse would at least show up on time every day! we have them rolling in anytime the choose even after they have been told 8am! just can't win

13. Any experience as Manager of Clinical Practice @ Gentiva?

    berube replied to NurseRoRo's topic in Home Health

    i work for gentiva tho not in a management position, i have worked HH for 20 plus yrs and now at gentiva for going on 4 yrs.....i like gentiva....they hold the clinicians to a "higher level", my manager is wonderful , she treats me like a professiona...

14. New Grad RN considering moving to SC, advice?

    berube replied to tashacorinne's topic in South Carolina

    which are of SC are you interested in?

15. how to write qow frequency for medicare

    berube replied to terlyn's topic in Home Health

    like Kate said, plot it out first on calendar, we typically write 3month2,,,depending on how it fits on the calendar