How long does it usually take you to do one routine medicare visit? I usually spent 1 hour with the patient and 45 minutes to do documentation if there is nothing special.
I have a patient who was supposed to pick up her medication at the pharmacy one week ago after I ordered it by the MD. Today at my visit she still didn't pick it up. She already run out of his Bp meds. She is a medicare patient. Am I suppose to disch...
sinawahi replied to sinawahi's topic in Home Health
Crackers help me a lot. Since mid-last week I feel a little better. Still nauseated and always hungry but ok. I am also very tired, never have been that tired in my life, and I started to get very emotional with everything also with work issues. W...
sinawahi replied to sinawahi's topic in Home Health
Thanks for the tip Kyasi. I found out the hard way not to take the vitamin on a empty stomach. Now I take it after work :). I still didn't tell my boss and try not to until I get my first picture and a heart beat. Shondacat517, sometimes Ginger ale ...
A week ago I found out I am 6 weeks pregnant. I am very exited and happy but I am soo nauseated. I don't know how to survive my working day's. Every time a go in a home to do a visit, I pray that I will not vomit. Scarred to take a shift work lon...
sinawahi replied to Jasminecol17's topic in Home Health
That was really interesting to hear how other home health nurses organize themselves. My agency does not allow me to take patient's information out of the office because of Hippa. So what I do is I initial the pt name on a handwritten paper and write...
I am totally scared to give out medication. I don't want to give out something which I don't know exactly, but how can I ever remember all the side effects, interactions and dosages. Just hope that it will get better after a while and my future boss...
As a new RN, do you look up every medication for their side effect, interaction and dosage size...before giving it? I am just wondering how other nurses handle the situation of having no time but still want to work save. I am a international nurse ...
Thanks so much for the answers. I think what I will do now is, I will go to the hospital tomorrow to get the teaching and to give support to my friend. I will let him know that I will not administer the medication and that he will have to do it by h...
They are teaching him at the hospital tomorrow how to administer the antibiotics by himself at home. The dressing change will be done in the hospital. So there will be no visit from a home care nurse at all. He also told me that he signed a form tha...
What happened is, a friend needs antibiotics though a picc line. Since he does not has a insurance, he asked me if I could do this to save him money. I am a new grad RN and really unsure if I am allowed to do this. Would you do this or better not?
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sinawahi replied to sinawahi's topic in International
Thanks for the tip, I will do that. My education was quite different, but I think I will figure that out hopefully. Didn't know each state documentation laws are different. Where can I look that up online, Board of Nursing?