NFP Nurses

As far as staying organized while on the road: I have a portable clipboard that I bring to every home visit that has educational and community resources I commonly reference, pens, sticky notes, and my clients working chart. If I know I will do a weight check at a home visit I bring my scale but if not I leave it behind. I usually have a bag of toys that I bring along to occupy the kiddos and to do developmental screenings. And that's about it! I try to be as lean as possible because the bags get heavy and some people's homes aren't the cleanest so it's best not to bring anything you don't need. I might have other bags in my car that have other client's charts, my laptop, etc. but I don't bring that into a client's home. As far as tracking mileage I usually have a sticky note in each of my client's charts and I track my travel time, visit time, and mileage for each visit there until I'm able to enter it into the computer. I keep track of mileage using my odometer or will look up the directions using google maps and jot down the mileage if I forgot to reset my odometer. I hope this helps! I too had experience in OB before becoming a family home visitor and it was a little adjustment but I've grown to love it!