jmn126

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  1. Home health travelers in florida

    Hi everyone! Just wondering if anyone is doing home health travel nursing in Florida?
  2. Point system for FT

    Which agency do u work for? Certainly does not seem right, not ur fault they dont have the units during the week for u!
  3. travel time

    I am pay per visit, am i reading this correctly, is it a federal regualtion to pay for travel time????
  4. CHEST TUBES IN HOME

    I didnt know what the tube actually looked like either, so i googled it thank goodness for google!
  5. CHEST TUBES IN HOME

    I have had pts with the pleurex cath in for a longggggggg time, the dr has removed the sutures tho, as the cath has that end that it cant come out.
  6. Gulf coast of florida

    Considering relocating to the gulf coast if florida, looking like 45 min either side of tampa. anyone do HH in that general area? Any advise? thanks!!
  7. OASIS Certification Exam COS-C

    I am interested also, the class is never offered locally for me either, but can u tell me how u found the local testing center?
  8. Lab draws off PICC

    Ok, what am i doing wrong,,,,,,drawing labs off of a picc line, the same as i always have, but recently i have been getting called fprom the lab with the dreaded "spec has hemolized" , i get the spec to the lab within 30 min so i know its not that, t...
  9. Can you have a life AND do HH?

    I have been in HH 28 yrs, and my simple ans to this question is NO! If u cover all the bases this job is basically never ending, you r either finishing up today or preparing for tomorrow. I literally have about 2 hrs of free time a day, HH has evolv...
  10. SOC date and Recertification

    SOC date can not change unless the pt has been discharged. The date u get orders for your recert is the verbal order date, not a new SOC date, If this is new, which i doubt, we have not been doing it I have been in HH FOR 28 yrs and soc date is soc ...
  11. Discharge date

    Date of last visit is last week, date of discharge is the date u do the oasis, visit findings are based on the last vist
  12. start if care oasis time frames.

    I did 2 soc today, spent about 1 hr 15 min in the home, 1 hr 30 min on documentation and 30-40 min of travel, so usually 3 to 3.5 hrs per soc
  13. home health visit time frames

    Medicare requires taht a visit is a minimum of 30 min...if u are making 15 min visists u need to relook at that patient and question urself why u r seeing them! Perhaps discharge is in order. 15 min visits in r agency would not be tolerated.
  14. start if care oasis time frames.

    We are still,on a paper system, that being said , not including any travel time, it takes me 2.5 to 3 hrs to complete a SOC. and i have been doing this for more yrs than i choose to remember. Lol. Now i do. NOt get back very much for corrections
  15. HH is hard,,hard enough that to start out being PRN and no exp, is not a good mix. Working it full time it will take u about 6 months to say...i think i understand it. I would not advise PRN for someone with no HH exp