St_Claire replied to Sterlink's topic in Home Health
I keep the laptop on my lap and go through the OASIS then the care plan. I put the laptop in my bag and do my assessment making notes in my notebook, I also note what I taught, issues, etc. then when I get to my car I do the nursing note and put in t...
St_Claire replied to KaeliF's topic in Home Health
Yes. It will require time management skills but it is doable. You will need a back up plan for those days it doesn't work. I would suggest being honest with your employer about your availability.
St_Claire replied to Marianna Estelle's topic in Home Health
I work hourly so I'm paid for all hours the same including time I spend doing paperwork. Travel is from your house to the patient then subtract the miles from your house to the office. It sounds counter intuitive but if your first patient is a mile f...
St_Claire replied to BabaLouRN's topic in Home Health
My message is intentionally long and I speak slowly so it takes forever to get through my message: Hi This is Kym Last Name at Best Home Health & Hospice. If this is an emergency please hang up and dial 911. If you are calling between the hours o...
St_Claire replied to sukari79's topic in Home Health
All of that sounds very unprofessional. I would not be comfortable putting my license on the line. My company pays for everything: mileage, mi-fi, cell phone, laptop, and .55 per mile.
St_Claire replied to notyetnurse's topic in Home Health
I disagree with awheat. When a home health company hires a newly licensed nurse they accept the responsibility to train them, the same way any facility or hospital does. What you want to do is ask about the training. How long will they let you do rid...
St_Claire replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality
Okay, everyone chant with me: Vast is the robe of liberation A formless field of benefaction I wear the Tathagata's teaching Saving all sentient beings. (Chant the above three times in a monotone; once for Buddha, once for Sangha, and once for the D...
St_Claire replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality
As a Buddhist I do not believe in hope the way you define it here. Hope means I am looking to the future for my happiness instead of being present in this moment (and this one...and this one...) therefore holding hope out to me is meaningless to me a...