jlmanzano13

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1. Should I tell my boss that I work weekends for another HH agency?

   jlmanzano13 replied to jlmanzano13's topic in Home Health

   I work full-time Mon-Fri 8-5 at the other agency, but you're right, as long as it doesn't interfere with my full-time job.

2. Should I tell my boss that I work weekends for another HH agency?

   jlmanzano13 posted a topic in Home Health

   I been with this home health agency for 9 years, secretary to LVN. I just got my license a month ago. I do QA work including coding of the recerts. I asked my boss if I can see 1 or 2 patients on the weekends. He said he would think about it and...

3. Showing Improvement?

   jlmanzano13 replied to 84RN's topic in Home Health

   I work for a home care agency, and yes sometimes it seems like they want miracles to happen. Patients that we take under home health services need to actually have a need for skilled nursing visits like a wound, unstable BGL's, unstable B/P, etc... ...

4. New Grad and Home Health position

   jlmanzano13 replied to vietpinoy_nurse's topic in Home Health

   I'm an LVN, officially received my license on 01/06, and I too also finally got a job offer for a home health agency doing part time visits on the weekends after applying to several home health agencies. Most agencies in California require at least ...

5. Tracking

   jlmanzano13 replied to combray7494's topic in Home Health

   For keeping track of hospitalizations, two people are assigned to manage any patients admitted to the hospital. A list of patients hospitalized are kept in excel form which looks like this. PATIENT NAME/FACILITY WITH PHONE#'S/ADMIT DATE/DISCIPLINES ...

6. What is your current LPN salary

   jlmanzano13 replied to Vicky Laursen's topic in LPN/LVN

   california =)

7. What is your current LPN salary

   jlmanzano13 replied to Vicky Laursen's topic in LPN/LVN

   california

8. Visit Pattern Frequency

   jlmanzano13 replied to eschneider's topic in Home Health

   we normally use "qd x "x" amount of days if there is a need for consecutive visits - daily injections x 4 days, or daily IV x 4 days

9. Administrator

   jlmanzano13 replied to jenclaire's topic in Home Health

   soc consists of: forms to be signed or filled out by patient/cg: consent form medicare payor screening form emergency plan form route sheet (end of visit) Sn paperwork: SOC OASIS md order - to state frequency and orders medication list abn form (...

10. Visit Pattern Frequency

    jlmanzano13 replied to eschneider's topic in Home Health

    I work for a home care agency as an LVN. I code the recerts and QA the charts, and make corrections for the nurses. Regarding the frequency, missed visits, and reporting to MD. If a frequency is given 1wk5, visit are 1 visit per week for 5 weeks. If...

11. First time doing home visit ; New Grad LVN

    jlmanzano13 replied to jlmanzano13's topic in Home Health

    Thank you, it makes me feel much better, I am scheduled to see 2-3 other patients, wound care, insulin, colostomy... and will schedule more (trying not to overwhelm myself). I have nurses here who are ok with me tagging along to observe the home hea...

12. First time doing home visit ; New Grad LVN

    jlmanzano13 replied to jlmanzano13's topic in Home Health

    thanks for the information, so the next question is, are there any nurses out there who went straight into home health, despite the 1 year minimum clinical experience?

13. First time doing home visit ; New Grad LVN

    jlmanzano13 posted a topic in Home Health

    I am a new LVN, but working in the home health field for 9 years in the office coding, developing plan of treatments, auditing charts, staffing, etc... I finally got the opportunity to do a visit with one of the RN's. Patient needed a Coumadin chec...

14. case manager for large insurance company - clinical experience required?

    jlmanzano13 replied to jlmanzano13's topic in LPN/LVN

    Yes I did note "clinical experience provided by my college". I even noted "observed catheter insertion"... HR manager told me that if the interviewer called me then she must think I meet minimum requirements and the fact that she gets at least a hu...

15. What is your current LPN salary

    jlmanzano13 replied to Vicky Laursen's topic in LPN/LVN

    28.00/hr - homecare agency/case manager/coding/QA, I was making 21.00/hr as a QA (without license), then got a raise to 25/hr when they switched me to coding (still without license), then 28.00 hr after I passed my nclex, I start my field training in...