start if care oasis time frames.

jmn126 · Sep 9, 2013

We are still,on a paper system, that being said , not including any travel time, it takes me 2.5 to 3 hrs to complete a SOC. and i have been doing this for more yrs than i choose to remember. Lol. Now i do. NOt get back very much for corrections

babs1963 · Sep 10, 2013

Do you spend the 2.5-3 hours at the. House with the pt? Or do you spend an hour with the pt and the rest somewhere else filling out paperwork. I'm new and it takes me 2 hours with the pt, filling out oasis, then I go home and spend another 30 min filling in what ever I skimmed over. Is this average? Like I said someone told me it takes them an hour.

squeegee · Sep 11, 2013

It takes me between 1 to2 hours, depending on how much teaching is needed or how complicated the admission is. I recently had a pt with a new ostomy that was a mess and was there for 2.5 hours, but that's rare, thank god! I don't go thru the OASIS on the computer in front of the pt - I'd much rather do the computer part in the comfort of my own home with my feet up! I have a cheat sheet that I take to each admission that has all the OASIS questions on it - I just go down the list and write the answers to all the questions. On the back I write the pt's version of what sent them to the hospital. It's worked great and I have a hard copy to refer to for the rare corrections they ask me for!

babs1963 · Sep 11, 2013

Thanks, i think i'll make a cheat sheet too! Love the idea

akanini, MSN, RN · Sep 12, 2013

I find doing the OASIS SOC in the patient's home is so much easier and faster for me. When I come home, sometimes I just don't want to be bothered and I end up submitting late. This is an annoyance. I spend an hour in the patient's home, sometimes a little longer depending on their diagnoses.

PeacockMaiden · Sep 13, 2013

Squeegee, do you have a copy of that cheat sheet?

I am new to home health and I just had an orientation on Oasis. If I sat at the patient's house to do it and the assessment, I can see that I'd probably be there 3-4 hours!

babs1963 · Sep 13, 2013

Squeege i was. Wondering too if u have copy of soc cheat sheet that u would like to share

jmn126 · Sep 13, 2013

I did 2 soc today, spent about 1 hr 15 min in the home, 1 hr 30 min on documentation and 30-40 min of travel, so usually 3 to 3.5 hrs per soc

squeegee · Sep 14, 2013

I'm glad to share! It isn't anything too complicated, I literally just opened an SOC OASIS and copied down the questions. Just PM me and I'll send it to you!

Isabelle49 · Sep 14, 2013

So glad to see there are some that take more than 1 hour to complete an SOC/ROC. For an SOC, I am in the home rarely a minimum of 1 hr, usually 2 hours or more. We are on computer, but I do use a cheat sheet, because the flow of information on the computer is not what I am "programmed" to. I do a head to toe assessment, including questions about possible conditions and document any irregularities/pathology on a cheat sheet. At home I complete the documentation on computer and that can take up to 2 hours. We are paid $50/admit; $40/ROC, based on that I guess I make about $18/hr or less and I have been an RN for 27 years, in home health for the last 11 years. I had a manager, who never worked a day in the field, tell me it should never take that long to do an admit. BTW I once oriented with an RN who could do an admit in 30 minutes, she never touched the patient. It was slam, bam, thank you mam, sign here! I guess I'm just not doing it right, if you know what I mean. Home health takes advantage of staff, in a not so good way. I'm 99% retired, work prn on a very limited basis and can't wait to be 100% retired!

squeegee · Sep 14, 2013

I'm glad you are still with your agency, for your patient's sake, anyway. It's possible to do a SOC/ROC in 30 minutes, but you would never be able to do a good or thorough one in that time frame. How can you develop a plan if care if you don't know anything about your pt or haven't done a complete head to toe? Your patients are lucky they have you!