Does Lvn have to present during supervisory visits?

[HaveFaithRN]

Hello,

I have been working Home health for about a year now and my company wants to me to do supervisory visits on LVN. Do Lvn's have to present during the visit or an RN goes to see the nurses patients?

here are the questions that I have to fill out?

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Arrives for assigned visits as scheduled:

☐ Yes

☐ No

2. Follows client's plan of care:

☐ Yes

☐ No

3. Demonstrates positive and helpful attitude towards the client and others:

☐ Yes

☐ No

4. Informs Nurse Supervisor/Case Manager of client needs and changes in condition:

☐ Yes

☐ No

5. Implements Universal Precautions per agency policy:

☐ Yes

☐ No

6. Any changes made to client plan of care at this time:

☐ Yes

☐ No

7. Patient/CG satisfied with care and services provided by LVN/LPN:

thank you I am trying to settle an argument.

[caliotter3]

No, the nurse (or HHA) does not need to be present. However, you do have to have a face to face on occasion. I have worked on night shift and never saw the nurse supervisor. In other instances, the supervisor came to night shift one time to meet up with me. My current supervisor is planning to visit the night shift nurses at the end of their shifts. Some of those questions can be answered by asking the clients. If they want to inform you, they will certainly let you know if the nurse comes late or leaves early or is even showing up at all. Other clients won't let on because they don't want you to find out that they are playing games along with the nurses. This does happen here and there. If you suspect that a nurse is committing fraud with her timesheet, all you have to do is to arrange to be waiting in your car to see if she comes and goes on schedule.

[nursel56]

In the companies I've worked for the supervisory visit was not "on the LVN" but on the client for purposes of recertification. They normally go through the chart and make sure sure the nurses as a whole are following the plan of care, properly documenting etc. Most of the case managers like to visit when the LVN is there so they can ask questions and provide details of more depth than the medical record indicates.

The employee evaluations were separate. So what you're asking is something that probably falls under the specific policies of your agency.

[caliotter3]

Our supervisors do the "nurse", "HHA" checkup during the recert visit. The questions concerning them are printed on the same form where they record the other aspects of the visit. They would only do a separate visit if there was a specific concern with a specific nurse, such as one that is suspected of falsifying time sheets.

[prettymica, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN, APRN, NP]

No, I am never present when supervisory visit conducted. Also the RN are requried to do a reqular scheduled visit at the same time at my company and I think its just one question they ask, " Are you happy with your current nurse or HHA?

[HaveFaithRN]

Thank you everyone!