charting!!!! I am about to leave home health...

[principessaGG]

so I have given this field a year...I LOVE LOVE LOVE the work with the patients...I LOVE the feeling of one to one nursing! You can actually make a difference...so different than the hospital where i worked for 8 years..however...I SIMPLY CANNOT STAND CHARTING every day into every night when i get home...I have tried everything and there seems to be no way around this...I don't know what to do and feel like my only option is to go back to the hospital and get beat up again.... any thoughts out there..??

[MeggyBeth, RN]

caliotter3 said:

Have you considered trying extended care home health....

This may also be called Private Duty Nursing (PDN) - which is exactly like caliotter3 said - usually a set shift length of 6-8-10-12 hr with the client in their home.
You still drive to to & from the client's home, but you're not zipping all over from case-to-case multiple times a day and there's usually some downtime throughout the shift to ensure charting gets done

[Christine P.]

Hi fellow nurse, I am about to transition to home health from hospice and I was wondering if aome of you have experience with EPIC or Kinser (Wellsky). I heard Oasis documentation is quite extensive. Are the other software better??

[GapRN]

I have a lot of issues with HH. I quit a year ago but I miss the pt care. Plus, the industry is so terrible that my 11 years of experience don't seem to be worth much in any other health care field.

[jnb1740, BSN]

I am considering going back into HH nursing.  I hate charting too, but at my hospital I have become a FAST PRO at EPIC charting.  I have learned where I need to cut corners, charting wise, and that's what I do.  That I think is key, NOT charting every little thing.  Less is more IMO.