New to Home Health any pointers?

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Hey guys I just started my first home health job the beginning of this year. The majority of my experience has been LPN experience in women and children's (16 years LPN, graduated RN in December:yelclap:). So far I love my job:redbeathe. I live in a fairly rural community and this has been an awesome change for me. I want to my patients to have confidence in the care they are receiving from me and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to references I could purchase or any advise for me.

Thanks!

I know this is kind of a strange one to recommend, but plumer's intravenous infusion therapy book is awesome, especially if you are administering through PICCs and such. I would also recommend it if you are ever interested in inserting PICC lines, it's a great starting point. Otherwise I find it helpful to always brush up on pathophysiology. In home health you are independent so it is great to be able to identify and treat what is going on with the patient quickly.

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Thank you Erclifton85. I will have to check it out! I completely agree with the patho! You can never know too much patho!

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Any recommendations for for someone hired privately as a home health nurse? Is general RN malpractice from NSO enough?

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Specializes in COS-C, Risk Management.

That's what I've carried for years but thankfully have never had a claim (knock on wood).

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