Per diem frustrations

[Holisticlifern]

I love homecare but after 6 months I'm beginning to see the frustrations with paperwork. I did two admissions today each of which I spend about 1-1.5hrs in the home. I only seem these two patients. I had to get home to pick up my kids. I only spent about an hr doing paperwork then It was time to get the kids. I spend about 2hrs with my kids then I started completing my admission paperwork all the while trying to manage my kids and German Shepard who were all running crazy . Here we are at 8pm and I am just finishing my charts but then I remember I have to be at my hospital job at 8 am so I won't have time to drop my charts off for homecare tomorrow I text my manager and she says to just email her my time sheet and the first page of oasis and bring the rest in Thursday. I spend a good 20 minutes trying to scan and email lol. Meanwhile my poor daughter is upset that we haven't spent much time together today I felt so frustrated and anxious trying to finish everything. I contemplated quitting home health but I love it and want to do it full time eventually. I'm hoping that the paperwork gets easier with time. I do notice I'm much better at it than I was a couple months ago.

Please tell me it gets better! I'm seriously thinking about resigning homecare, but in my heart I know it's where I need to be in a year or so and I think the company I work for is pretty understanding and accomadting.... What's a girl to do?

Thanks for listening

[caliotter3]

Does your agency also offer extended care cases? Eight hour shift (usually), one nurses note, and you're done. Much more manageable, especially for a nurse with kiddos. Just a thought.

[RN4life08]

I've been doing for 10 months now and I will say around my 6 month mark I was ready to quit and would have if the job offer I revived wasn't such a low pay rate. I'm so happy I didn't I have a better flow with my visits and paperwork, and this job gives me so much freedom and flexibility you can't beat it! So stick with it there is light at the end of the tunnel!!!

[Holisticlifern]

thanks, my agency doesnt offer extended care cases.

[Holisticlifern]

Thanks RN4life08 i actually did two more admissions since my post and they went well. I'm getting much better at the paperwork and was able to complete almost the entire oasis in the home. i learning its easier to just fill it out in the home because i was forgetting to assess so many things by "taking notes" i also had a day of revisits and that went smoothly. I'm starting to see the positives of home care again :)

[gcupid]

Thanks RN4life08 i actually did two more admissions since my post and they went well. I'm getting much better at the paperwork and was able to complete almost the entire oasis in the home. i learning its easier to just fill it out in the home because i was forgetting to assess so many things by "taking notes" i also had a day of revisits and that went smoothly. I'm starting to see the positives of home care again :)

this is GREAT!!!!!!!!

[vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN]

I didn't read the entire post...but regarding scanning and emailing...the easiest way I've found to do this is by taking a picture with my phone and emailing it. This works just like scanning.

HTH!