my first homehealth pt admission

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Any tips,words of wisdom,thx.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, ICU, ER, Peds ER-CPEN.

head to toe, just like an inpatient with a few more hoops, just follow your OASYS packet and it walks you through it pretty good, the first few take a while, once you get into a pattern with them you'll be able to click through in about an hour :)

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Specializes in Home Health,CCM.

Get the consent signed FIRST - you don't want to go through the whole thing, only to find out they are going to refuse to sign the paperwork! Good luck!

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Look in the home health forum.

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Specializes in home health, dialysis, others.

Determine Homebound status first, if the patient is on Medicare. I have done entire admissions, only to find out that the pt was the primary driver, and planned on going to the supermarket when I was finished!!!

Or the entire family goes to BINGO every week, or out to dinner 2-3 nights/week.

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