London Turtle

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1. Advice Please!!!!!!!!

   London Turtle replied to nursejennie76's topic in Home Health

   So help me out here. Division of Aging (or Division of Health and Senior Services) as it is now called in my state; is aware. Perhaps this is not the same as APS. I don't know. I have always been told to hotline circumstances like these to DHSS. And ...

2. Advice Please!!!!!!!!

   London Turtle replied to nursejennie76's topic in Home Health

   I have been in numerous homes that are so filthy and disgusting. The smell is so intense, that I can smell it on me after i leave, and so I try to get home and shower, but that's not always possible. Some homes the roaches are so bad I'm sure that I ...

3. Injections- still pull back?

   London Turtle replied to angelbyte's topic in General Nursing

   Scooter, thankyou for your reply

4. Injections- still pull back?

   London Turtle replied to angelbyte's topic in General Nursing

   I always wonder if i could see the blood when I pull back on a B-12 injection since the B-12 is red, any comments or experiances with this??

5. Injections- still pull back?

   London Turtle replied to angelbyte's topic in General Nursing

   I had a patient who went into insulin shock when he gave himself an injection, and the insulin went into a blood vessel

6. In Home Nursing

   London Turtle replied to London Turtle's topic in Home Health

   Thanks for your reply, Renerian. It goes on and on....... Would still like to hear from any other nurses who do In Home HH.

7. could someone explain pay per visit and why agencies are doing this?

   London Turtle replied to nursesearl's topic in Home Health

   I SO agree w/ you. But the majority of nurses I talk to like the per visit pay and I can only figure their patients are close together or they work real fast. I think per visit pay encourages sloppy nursing. If your hurrying, watching the clock your ...

8. could someone explain pay per visit and why agencies are doing this?

   London Turtle replied to nursesearl's topic in Home Health

   I make my own schedule. And plan my visits so I'm not going any farther than i have to. But there are always exceptions, and I've spoken to my supervisor anytime I have to go out of my way, I'm denied for any extra pay. I have asked frequently, but a...

9. purple pee

   London Turtle replied to blue heron's topic in Urology

   I have a patient (home health) that reported to me twice some time ago that her urine was black. 2 separate episodes and none since, I never heard of this and the Doc didn't seemed concerned. She had no catheter. And I never saw it. She's not one to ...

10. In Home Nursing

    London Turtle posted a topic in Home Health

    In Missouri, we have In Home nursing: Nurse visits that are authorized by Senior Services, funded by Medicaid. The visits are supposed to be maintence type nursing ie: Med set ups, Insulin set ups, VS, Nail care, Labs, Monitor skin condition. We are...

11. Non smoker working in a smoker's home

    London Turtle replied to vermonthiker's topic in Home Health

    I've worked in home health a long time and never have I minded the smoked up atmosphere near as much as the filth, the roaches, bed bugs, and other creepy crawleys. I also don't like dogs that jump on you or a patient that has to have a dog in their ...

12. could someone explain pay per visit and why agencies are doing this?

    London Turtle replied to nursesearl's topic in Home Health

    Our company started pay per visit about a year ago. I don't like it because I cover a 4 county area. And these counties are large. If all my patients were fairly close together it would be great, but because they are mostly far apart from each other,...