MindyTX

MindyTX has 32 years experience and specializes in Neuro, cath lab, ICU, Home Health.

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1. if you had to do it all over again, what profession would u choose?

   MindyTX replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

   On bad days I would volunteer to be a Wal-Mart greeter. On mediocre days, antiques dealer, write children's books, do voices over's for the Meerkat show or maybe a mechanical engineer. On good days, there is nothing like the thrill of being a nurse.

2. Case Manager Pay

   MindyTX replied to Pooksmom1996's topic in Home Health

   Hey cathrn64, I also struggle with the small screen and print. Our agency added a device called "red fly". It looks like a small laptop but it is actually just a screen and keyboard. It is lightweight and connects to the PDA via a cord. Easy to take ...

3. Leaving an agency, giving report

   MindyTX replied to spejsa's topic in Home Health

   Could not have said it better. Never forget your primary responsibility to do no harm regardless of the circumstances, fair or not fair.

4. Start of care orders

   MindyTX replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

   Your explanation is exactly correct. the Verbal SOC date has nothing to do with coordinating care with the physician at the SOC visit. It only gives us the ability to evaluate the patient. Even if we had very specific orders and frequency when the re...

5. Home Care Fraud - How to escape.

   MindyTX replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

   Thank you for your courage in reporting fraud. We should never be indifferent to fraud and keep quite. Guess what kids, this is your and my money and our future healthcare insurance when we are elderly. Even if it is the agency that pays us and can m...

6. Home Health RN should Unionize and Strike

   MindyTX replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in Home Health

   RN's tend to become technicians if they work in hospitals for any period of time. We forget quickly that our primary responsibility is assessing care needs, developing a plan for the team to follow, supervision of the plan and evaluation of care. Med...

7. Home health nurses and documentation problems - please help me understand.

   MindyTX replied to nursetobeoneday's topic in Home Health

   Timely documentation works only if your agency's leadership enforces policy consistently. If you are fulltime at our agency and do not get documentation completed in 24 hours you are suspended without pay until documentation is in. If this happens 3 ...