QueenNasus

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  1. Will home health survive?

    I have heard about the lump sum payments as well. Our agency is planning on making our visits more efficient and effective with faster turnaround time. that's the best way to go about it. When you start overworking your nurses you end up with poor...
  2. Quadriplegic patient stomach issues

    I had. A quad with the same issue. Husband changed diluted and held the tube feeds to find the issue. Turned out to be billiary colic. No stones. Treated with pain meds and it went away did note that it flaired up about 30 after the feeds started up...
  3. The reality is home health care is where the jobs are.

    Where I work the nurses get anywhere is from a 2 -3 months or longer orientation period. I do PICC line, wound vacs, multiple tasks, I have any where from 5 to 6 visit in the day I personally have 1 of the highest mileage is in the company but I do g...
  4. The reality is home health care is where the jobs are.

    I work home health and i would shake in my boots to know a new grad is starting in my field. The job you have to rely on your instincts and experiences to know if a person is going septic. Or a wound is going to blow. Or if the person is starting to...
  5. North 14 - The room where the patient died.

    LOL THANKS
  6. North 14 - The room where the patient died.

    I can't for the life of me think of the q word unless it is the ummm not so rushed word. And I am not from the south. Lol. We have had full urinals places upright on pts that are unable to move. Numerous call bell stories/rooms. But that's plain ha...
  7. THAT Moment...

    OMG Yes I also had a MD do that too, his compassion was so wonderful I had to leave the room I was crying so much. He then chased me down to ask what was wrong and did he say any thing wrong to the pt. He was and still is to this day my favorite. ...
  8. THAT Moment...

    Oops the ahaa moment was several years on my nursing career many years ago but still just as memorable as yesterday. Home care does offer more time with each pt but does not mean less intense. Those huge wound vacs eventually come home thats when I t...
  9. THAT Moment...

    I have to say I have moments like that almost every day. I work in home care and have the time to see the pt for more than a treatment, dressing change. That is why I really love my job. I had a huge ahaa moment when I followed a pt on to the bathro...
  10. First week of class wasn't what I expected.

    To OP I do wish you luck in relocating. Many people will not meet your standards. But if you need to be with them for an extended time. If you can not work with them it IS best to get out. Maybe not kicked out. But out none the less. I agree TC3 is ...
  11. Snow- at what point do you call out?

    When i was in the NH I always thanked the girls who made it in no matter what. If it was a 5 min drive or longer. My DON always walked the halls and thanked every one for comming in and helped where she could with the feedings bed makings answerin...
  12. Snow- at what point do you call out?

    This is my third year as a Home Health Nurse I live in upstate NY ... where it snows all the time it seems. I happen to have a county where (yes the whole county is mine to cover) that ranges from small city to small mountian rual farm country. As...
  13. MDS Charting Emphasis for Staff

    OOPs I did not see my post when I looked so I did another one. Love the EDIT button!!! Have a great day!!
  14. MDS Charting Emphasis for Staff

    Oh Can I too have a copy? We have been developing our own form, and have had one that was use friendly but not comprehensive enough, one that is comprehensive but not user friendly, SO... If you could I sure would appreciate to be able to combine th...