Can RNs with narc. rest. work HHC?

Twoyearnurse · May 15, 2014

Hey simon, I'd ask your CM. I know in my state (Alaska) we are not allowed to work in home health. Welcome to the site!

sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN · May 15, 2014

same here in Texas

poppycat, ADN, BSN · May 16, 2014

In my state the answer would also be no. This is mainly because they want you to have a supervisor on site when you're working and that doesn't happen in home health.

sissiesmama, ASN, RN · May 17, 2014

I know in Louisiana we couldn't either.

Anne, RNC

exp626 · May 17, 2014

That was a pretty clear "no" in my contract. If you can't fin it in yours, call your CM...as some states could differ in this.

june2009 · May 17, 2014

That was a big NO in Pennsylvania. Ask your case manager.

Earthmama · May 17, 2014

I've been in two state programs (I moved halfway through), and we weren't allowed to work in home health care in either state. Not just for the time I was on narcotic restriction, but for the length of the entire contract.

june2009 · May 18, 2014

My CM told me that is the one restriction that cannot be removed while in the pump program. You can get your narc restriction, critical care restriction, and even your supervisor restriction removed, but never the HHC restriction. This is because anyone in the program always has to be monitored while practicing nursing. In HH, it's just you and your patient. Even when I got my supervisor restriction removed, I was never allowed to work as the only RN in the building. I could supervise other RNs, only if there was another RN to supervise me. IE the DON.