HHN2472

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1. Time with one Patient and Documentation

   HHN2472 replied to sinawahi's topic in Home Health

   For a routine visit there would be no way I could spend a full hour with my patient. I have sometimes 5 a day and have to drive upwards of 20 minutes to each one. I am not saying I haven't with the ones who like to talk, but most of my patients would...

2. Should I become a nurse? Thanks for all the help!

   HHN2472 replied to brookepee's topic in Pre-Nursing

   This is not the place to ask this question. A few of these nurses are over-worked, stressed, cynical and fearful of newbies stealing their job. Nursing is good. It is good money, there actually are jobs... everywhere. People just don't look hard eno...

3. Would you consider a company car a HIPAA violation

   HHN2472 posted a topic in Home Health

   I have never really thought about it until today when I had a SOC and the patient's family told me that the patient was embarrassed and afraid the neighbors would start asking questions with my car out in the driveway (which has the company logo on i...

4. What's in your nurse bag?

   HHN2472 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

   2 stethoscopes, a PT/INR machine, a glucose machine, pulse oximeter, thermometer, scissors, butterfly needles, lab tubes, gloves wound care supplies, vaccutainers, blood pressure cuff, santi-wipes, pens, pads, food, money, gas card, cell phone, map, ...

5. Blood Draws

   HHN2472 replied to jcarl12's topic in New Nurse

   I feel your pain. As a home health nurse I draw blood (in the patient's home no less, so no help) on a daily basis. I have gotten to where it is second nature, however if I can't get it, as much I fear they are going to be mad, I will fish for it. If...

6. this is why people still think there's a nursing shortage!

   HHN2472 replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

   Never heard the words "nursing shortage" before deciding on nursing school... Honestly, when I went to a MD visit, or to the ER with a broken this or that, or saw a nurse in the community 9 times out of 10 they looked rich. Bling rings, Yukon Denali,...

7. "So what is going on with them?" <-- Is that statement an invasion of privacy

   HHN2472 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Not sure where to put this, but I am looking for other health care professional opinions on the matter. I have noticed when making appointments for my patients that when I call the receptionist at MD offices she will always say... "So... what exactly...

8. Can you explain what exactly I was exposed to?

   HHN2472 replied to forgop's topic in General Nursing

   I never comment, but *** man? Meaning it leaked down the wall from a floor above and on through to the pizza oven through the pipes? I am so mind boggled as to how dialysis waste can get in Pizza first and second ****** ******* that is beyond gross t...

9. What will electronic charting do to all our man hours

   HHN2472 posted a topic in Home Health

   We are going to electronic charting in July of this year. We have several nurses in our office, but most of our time as RNs are spent charting and doing the OASIS which are so long and then we have 2 nurses designated to do record audits. When we go ...

10. Just wondering if other hospitals are doing this....

    HHN2472 replied to AMD88's topic in General Nursing

    Its been a while since I've been on the floor, but anyone who says vital signs are not time consuming must not have worked on the kind of floor I did with 5 patients at a time. NO WAY would I have time to make rounds to do vitals and blood sugars and...

11. What do you love/hate about home health nursing?

    HHN2472 replied to JJsMama79's topic in Home Health

    The loves: I work on a per-hour basis, so I really like that. I love my patients, and I love the autonomy, the ability to run an errand if need be, and the way that our office closes for bad weather because they care about us (where at the hospital, ...

12. Have you ever heard of a Home Health company hiring a nurse without a license

    HHN2472 posted a topic in Home Health

    I have a "friend" and by friend I mean she used to work with me way back before we were nurses who worked for a home health company that closed down unexpectedly. I keep asking her why she won't go to work again and she hem-haws around the subject. I...

13. Why did you decide to be a nurse?

    HHN2472 replied to rachel_fusion's topic in General Nursing

    I read the posts on this site of these poor men and women so woefully unhappy and I wonder... Are these people greedy? Do they have something going on in their lives that makes bashing the career they chose ease the pain? Do they really have such an ...

14. New RN, not interested in bedside nursing

    HHN2472 replied to nf87654's topic in New Nurse

    "OP, don't let ANYONE tell you what you are or to define you. Don't feel guilty for not doing what's not in your heart. I rather you stay out of the clinical floor, than to resent your job and for it to show in your quality of care. You can get...

15. Driving an hour to school there and back

    HHN2472 replied to SarahStoddard14's topic in General Students

    Don't know what to tell you I drove 45 minutes one way for 2 years and the clinicals were 75 miles away from my house and some were over 100. I just made it work. I had a then 3 year old at the time. It got easier the second year because we were in ...