Sana2007

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1. Progress note

   Sana2007 replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

   Thank you for your response. The Conditions of Participation, 484.4, define a progress note as "a written notation, dated and signed by a member of the health team that summarizes facts about care furnished and the patient's response during a given ...

2. Progress note

   Sana2007 replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

   Thank you caliotter3. Yes, 60-day summary is written at recert and sent to the doc. I am particularly questioning about Progress Notes. I am hoping we get more responses here. But thanks for your input. I really appreciate it.

3. Progress note

   Sana2007 posted a topic in Home Health

   Are you required to write Monthly Progress Notes in addition to regular visit notes at your agenciy? If yes, is it on a separate form or is it done on a regular visit note? Please let me know either way. I am reading that it is a condition of partici...

4. Start of care orders

   Sana2007 replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

   I haven't found any therapist yet who calls to get verbal orders. We have contract with big therapy companies and then some smaller companies but they all think we are asking them some thing completely out of their realm when we say if they call the ...

5. Start of care orders

   Sana2007 replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

   That's exactly my problem too. We all know in most of the cases physicians do not care about the exact frequency/duration and stuff like that, so it's not like we can have them paged or the covering physicians paged to get these non emergency orders....

6. Start of care orders

   Sana2007 posted a topic in Home Health

   Wondering how other agencies handle the requirement of getting authorization for orders prior to implementing the order specifically at start of care? From talking to a lot of nurses and therapist I have come to found out that they do not call the ph...

7. Is this normal for HH nursing?

   Sana2007 replied to RachelRN25's topic in Home Health

   caliotter3, by shift work, do you mean you have patients who need nursing 24/7 and you stay with them for however long your shift is?

8. Joint Commission riding with me Thursday! Any advice?

   Sana2007 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health

   Congratulations!!! Just one question, did you have to wash hands with soap and water before the start of the procedure or was hand sanitizer OK?

9. Please help re: written 60 day summary

   Sana2007 replied to stxlinda's topic in Home Health

   Very helpful information. But can you tell me if a progress note is different from a Summary report? The previous entry says that it is the same, only calls different depending on if used at Discharge or recertification. Is that right? Thanks fo you...

10. 1 da 1; what does it mean?

    Sana2007 replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

    Thank you, HmarieD fro your response. So what do you suggest writing for frequency if I admit a patient on Friday; Should I write 1 da 2 for first week and then the appropriate frequency for the rest of the 9 weeks or 8 weeks? I am not sure if that f...

11. 1 da 1; what does it mean?

    Sana2007 posted a topic in Home Health

    What does 1 da 1 read? And what do you guys recommend for writing frequency if I admit on a thursday or friday (we have a calendar week; sun thru sat). It seems if I count it to be the first week then I am left with a lot of days left over for the 1...

12. Help with Nursing Bag technique

    Sana2007 replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

    Agree 100%!

13. Need help with POC please.

    Sana2007 posted a topic in Home Health

    How do I write an order on POC for something like daily dressing change that nurses do not have to do daily after some time but the patient or the care giver needs to continue daily on thier own. Nurses are only to monitor the overall progress and te...

14. Can You Suggest Home Care Bags that You USE or LOVE?

    Sana2007 replied to loveandnyc's topic in Home Health

    Hopkins has a lot of variety. But be sure to think twice before ordering the roll ons with wheels because there are some issues of how to keep the bottom clean if you are rolling it on the ground.

15. Switching Career at 35 married w/children...scared to death!

    Sana2007 replied to stokesc's topic in General Nursing

    Go for BSN. I know it will be harder but you would have endless possibilities with BSN or even an Assosciate degree. LPNs are very limited in where they can or cannot work. Especially I think if you want work in hospitals your best option would be to...