Djfrank70

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   Djfrank70 replied to Djfrank70's topic in General Nursing

   Nah... she does this on every patient. These are ALF residents receiving home health services. These are a bunch of elderly rich folks, none of which are really critically ill. After many arguements and attempts at her trying to set parameters at ...

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   Djfrank70 replied to Djfrank70's topic in General Nursing

   Exactly. Thanks!

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   Djfrank70 replied to Djfrank70's topic in General Nursing

   This just happened. Discussed with President of our region. She agreed with me 100%. Moving forward wit some backing... thanks for all of the replies.

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   Djfrank70 replied to Djfrank70's topic in General Nursing

   Each discipline sets their own in their plan of care.

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   Djfrank70 replied to Djfrank70's topic in General Nursing

   That is basically the plan, but she is off on vacation until next week...so it's kind of holding up progress and billing. :-/

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   Djfrank70 replied to Djfrank70's topic in General Nursing

   I have tried the tactful "No" approach... she pitches a fit, and the higher managers are afraid to make waves. I have even tried to play the 'I will let her think it is her idea' approach by spoon feeding her reasons why the pt is high risk, and aski...

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   Djfrank70 replied to Djfrank70's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the reply. The reason why basically is because she doesn't like to be told what to do. We had a case conference to let all clinicians know what the expectations were. (All vitals, including o2 sat via pulse ox every visit) It's a power s...

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   Djfrank70 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am an RN, clinical manager for a home health company. I have to sign off on plans of care done by clinical staff as part of my job. The problem starts here... We have a physical therapist who has been very difficult to deal with in setting vital si...