danarooo BSN, RN

danarooo has 13 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Home Health,ID/DD, Pediatrics.

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1. Ft. Worth Job Search

   danarooo replied to danarooo's topic in Texas

   Ugh. I figured I would likely have to go back to home health. The $$ is great but I’m tired of fighting traffic to see patients all day then come home exhausted with a ton of charting to do then calling the next days patients to confirm visits. It’s ...

2. Ft. Worth Job Search

   danarooo posted a topic in Texas

   I recently moved to Ft. Worth, I am an experienced RN. I realize this is a huge area but I did not realize it was going to be this difficult finding a position. Is anyone else finding this to be the case? I've updated my resume and researched the b...

3. I love home health but I miss my life

   danarooo replied to bfit262's topic in Home Health

   I don't have a life and I'm tired of it. I work all day, do as much charting as I can in the home and if I'm able I'll finish in my care right after the visit but unfortunately those days of having the time aren't frequent enough. If you have a big...

4. Feeling beat up in homecare

   danarooo replied to CalArmy's topic in Home Health

   HH can be very brutal. Document Document Document when a pt is demanding something that is not needed/unrealistic and the Doc says no. Patients in HH can be very manipulative at times, and as another person said often you get patients with other is...

5. Amedisys reviews for 2016??? Anybody?

   danarooo replied to casey_chloe87's topic in Home Health

   This is absolutely true. It very much depends on which location. The management in the office can make your job out in the field great or a daily nightmare. I've experienced both, if you don't have good Clinical Managers they will work you into th...

6. Amedisys reviews for 2016??? Anybody?

   danarooo replied to casey_chloe87's topic in Home Health

   Your experience in your new job may depend on a few things. HH can be great if you live in or close to the territory you will be managing, your caseload (# of patients you have) and the office requirements. Even in the same company some things will...

7. Leaving Bedside Nursing

   danarooo replied to Deebuzz's topic in Career Support

   I understand where you are coming from. I think that maybe some who read your post are focusing more on the venting then the valid frustrations your having. Your tired and overwhelmed and hitting a wall. The fact is that with the focus on ratings ...

8. Four month in. Ugh.

   danarooo replied to babynurse73's topic in Home Health

   I am a little over 4 months in and some days are great, others horrible. It does get better and I'm seeing small glimpses of this, what really gets me is we have an office full of nurse managers yet our office is the only one where the managers in t...

9. Burnt out and just getting started

   danarooo replied to danarooo's topic in Home Health

   Thank you all for the input, I really appreciate it. I feel that there is a combination of things happening. Some bad management, intake not gathering enough info for us -- I mean really --- taking a referral for a patient who doesn't have a pcp......

10. Burnt out and just getting started

    danarooo posted a topic in Home Health

    I am a new SOC nurse, and new to HH. I am already feeling extremely burnt out. I spend my day driving around hunting patients who about half the time won't answer their phone, don't want me to come until afternoon or aren't home and we have to make...

11. Hate Home health job

    danarooo replied to sistasoul's topic in Home Health

    I am a soc nurse and at my 2 mo'ish mark. I am coming home stressed and livid. On days their aren't SOC's (which I'm told isn't often but lately it has been) I get loaded up w/patient visits but I'm the last to know and the visits aren't given unti...

12. HH agency harassment after I quit!

    danarooo replied to tinybbynurse's topic in Home Health

    EXACTLY. Calling outside of normal business hours about something that HR or a day manager can call about with a vague statement like this is harassment. If there was really something they needed you to fix i.e. charting etc...they could leave you ...

13. New job-SOC nurse-NEED INFO

    danarooo replied to rdl2881's topic in Home Health

    I just started in HH and as a SOC nurse with no HH experience. I've been doing this for a little less than 2 months. This IS NOT a 8 to 5 job, many times I'm charting until 9pm and that is on ONE SOC because I'm new and this is a very LONG learning...

14. Is home health nursing considered safe? A little nervous....

    danarooo replied to x28y31's topic in Home Health

    I love it. I've been in some pretty bad neighborhoods but haven't been messed with because the neighbors know I'm the nurse and who I'm there to see. Just be smart about where you are and you should be fine. It's is an extremely bad area your agen...

15. Charting help

    danarooo replied to happymama's topic in Home Health

    Always "paint a picture" of your visit, including the continuing home bound status and the continuing need for homecare because Medicare is picky and they are always looking for a reason to say "nope, not gonna pay". Like another person said, ask t...