How many of you field RN's are required to give a report to office personnel, such as a case manager, on patients that were admit, recert or roc?
We are required to give report, including diagnoses, braden, fall risk, tug score, and scores on certain Oasis items. Our office has notified us that these reports cannot be given until after 1pm on any business day. Here is my predicament:
I recerted 3 patients today, leaving the last patient's home at 3:30 pm. I do not have the time to complete all of the documentation in the patient's home, including med list, braden score, fall risk score, tug score, Oasis and case conference form that must be turned in on Friday, which is tomorrow. I will be in the midst of seeing patients at 1 pm and will not be done until approximately 4 pm. At that time I have to pick up a child from school, which is not near the office. What would you do?
I am going to turn in all of the paperwork in the morning before I see patients, since my patients are not near the office, and I will not be able to return there to give report after 1 pm. The paperwork will be turned in without report and if they need the information they can look for it. I am just not playing games anymore. What do you think?
Yes it is difficult to call 5 people involved with the case, to basically give them the same info, but when you are the one on the end waiting to hear about the patient that another nurse opened, you do want that info, and don't you want to know that there is a big dog in the back yard so use the front door,,,you can make yourself a "cheat" sheet to include all the info your manager wants so that youcan call inbetween visits,,,i don't know anyone that doesn't talk on the phone while driving these days, i think people just don't want to do it.....it is part of the job, this is probably the hardest job you will ever have, it is, somedays never ending....HH is hard work to make sure all the "I's" are dotted and the "T's" are crossed......comes with the territory of doing HH.
jmn126
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Yes it is difficult to call 5 people involved with the case, to basically give them the same info, but when you are the one on the end waiting to hear about the patient that another nurse opened, you do want that info, and don't you want to know that there is a big dog in the back yard so use the front door,,,you can make yourself a "cheat" sheet to include all the info your manager wants so that youcan call inbetween visits,,,i don't know anyone that doesn't talk on the phone while driving these days, i think people just don't want to do it.....it is part of the job, this is probably the hardest job you will ever have, it is, somedays never ending....HH is hard work to make sure all the "I's" are dotted and the "T's" are crossed......comes with the territory of doing HH.