I have been a RN for a long time and have worked all areas and ages from NICU, Peds ER,GI, PACU and now DON at a home care company. I have always been interested in nutrition, herbal medicine, CAM...
I am DON of a home care company. I over see approximately 100 patients and the CNA's that provide care. I have been asked to do a nurse by proxy case involving g- tube bolus feeds and oral...
Thank you for your response. The challange of finding enough caregivers at $10/hr that you can trust is a huge issue. CNA are a blessing to those in need and it is a shame they are not paid more for...
Sorry for the late response. I have been on vacation. I really appreciate your support. It is tough out there with blurred boundries and BON unwilling to answer any questions directly due to risk...
I would feel pretty comfortable with just reading up on the current practices as I worked in a GI lab for several years. I want to make sure the BON would consider me competent. Thanks for...
moeBSN1988 replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in Home Health
I also was approached to be the RN with a home care company that was a start up. I told them I wanted the same rate I was print paid by the hospital and that I wanted to be paid hourly. I wanted to be...
moeBSN1988 replied to chitchatkat's topic in Home Health
I have the same position and it is very vague what our role is. I started out doing patient assessments and still do some but now am DON and I charge of overseeing close to 100 patients and the CNA's...
moeBSN1988 replied to Bamafan2011's topic in General Nursing
We saw a home health patient woth a foley. Her urologist told cut the port where the water goes in to remove it the morning of day she had an afternoon appointment with him. He wanted to see if...
No, GA and other states have passed a law to allow nurses to teach unlicensed caregivers (CNA's) to provide some nursing tasks in patients homes to lessen somewhat of the burden on families. G tube...