HH tips and tricks?

[TexasmedicRN]

Please help me save time and improve. PPV HH RN. Love the work, patient care, and many aspects. HATE, HATE, HATE (triple hate) the documentation. It’s part of it, and I will embrace it. My question is are there any tips and tricks you could share with me to shave time off my documentation? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Daisy4RN]

Agree that the paperwork is just brutal! I dont know how you are doing it now but here is what worked for me. When doing an admit oasis I would gather as much of the data (not physical assessment) I could from the office, for me just writing it on paper was easier but maybe tablet/computer is easier for you. Then for the actual physical assessment (depending on the pt/visit) I would either input on the tablet in the pt home or jot down the info on a prepared template and input it later. For the very long written summaries I wrote up a few for different diagnosis etc on my computer and then just changed/personalized it for each pt then copied and pasted it (also did this for other visit typed also, ROC etc. It is just ridiculous the amount of paperwork. I did HH ~2002 and again fairly recently, I ended up leaving because there was just way too much paperwork (that didn't exist in 2002). I was only working per-diem so probably easier if you work full time.

Hopefully over time you will get a system that works for you, good luck!