MissRigg

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1. Injury in the patients home?

   MissRigg replied to MissRigg's topic in Home Health

   Yes, it’s care provided in the patients home

2. Injury in the patients home?

   MissRigg posted a topic in Home Health

   So luckily I’m not wondering about an incident that actually happened. but I was asked by a patient today and wasn’t quite sure what the answer was or how to address it, if a CNA who is an independent contractor, Goes into a patient’s home and i...

3. PT's and Medication....

   MissRigg replied to MissRigg's topic in Home Health

   Hey daisy, I know my question is kinda of strange, but my agency is small, we have 3 RNs, so the nurse can't open all the cases, and we are educating the PT's to do a comprehensive medication review, I am just scheptical about the review they are do...

4. PT's and Medication....

   MissRigg posted a topic in Home Health

   So I am the clinical manager at my agency, and we are trying to problem solve Medication education for our patients. My overall thought it that our nursing staff is doing this task, but I am concerned our therapist are just writing down a list of med...

5. Lvn/Pn vs RN

   MissRigg replied to winter415's topic in Relations

   This is an issue I have run into more and more frequently, and I am a little confused as well... And upset that because of my experience I'm feeling mistrust towards LPNs. I have worked with wonderful lpns who offered me alot of knowledge and differ...

6. The reality is home health care is where the jobs are.

   MissRigg replied to paradiseboundRN's topic in Home Health

   I think this thread has a really interesting point for myself. I'm a fairly new grad, ive been a nurse for 2 years now. When I graduated I couldnt get into a hospital, which is where i thought I belonged, and worked for about 6 months in a neurologis...

7. Work load concern for clinical manager

   MissRigg replied to MissRigg's topic in Home Health

   Our agency started in 2014 butt there have been some pretty significant changes made since December of 2016. Rdio end left the company suddenly and I was promoted to a position that encompassed most of what she was responsible for. Our agency went t...

8. Work load concern for clinical manager

   MissRigg posted a topic in Home Health

   So I am the Clinical manager for a home health agency, and I love every part of my job... the thing is I feel like my job is super overwhelming, i feel like im doing the jobs of 2 people. I'm really just looking for advice on if this is normal and if...