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1. Nurses with BSN - necessary?

   lroche replied to lroche's topic in Home Health

   The reason BSN nurses are preferred is because they do have the community health education part of their program. Another reason is the autonomous way RN's work in home care. BSN nurses tend to have better critical thinking skills and can work auto...

2. Utilization of LPN's at Certified HHA

   lroche posted a topic in Home Health

   I am the Director of Nursing for a Certified Home Health Agency. Prior to this year we had all RN staff. I have two LPN's that work for me. I have limited their duties in the field because use of LPN's is new here in rural NYS. I have knowledgeabl...

3. Nurses with BSN - necessary?

   lroche posted a topic in Home Health

   I am a Director of Nursing. I only have one BSN degree nurse that works for me. Do you think nurses with a BSN is necessary in Home Care or in any nursing field? What do you think are the advantages of having BSN nurses on staff?

4. What's your caseload number and daily quota?

   lroche replied to PattiRN's topic in Home Health

   I am the Director of Nursing for a rural home health agency. Our case loads are between 20 and 25, but they seem to be going up. The RN's see between 5 and 6 patients per day and let me tell you - that's too many. We have had a recent flurry of ac...