MeggyBeth RN

MeggyBeth has 16 years experience as a RN and specializes in care manager, peds, PDN.

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1. Medication set ups

   MeggyBeth posted a topic in Home Health

   Any Medication set-up nurses out here? What documentation form/system do you use? Our agency used to use an in-house generated document (looks like it's loosely based off the BRIGGS Med flow sheet), but we've since resorted to generating ou...

2. charting!!!! I am about to leave home health...

   MeggyBeth replied to principessaGG's topic in Home Health

   This may also be called Private Duty Nursing (PDN) - which is exactly like caliotter3 said - usually a set shift length of 6-8-10-12 hr with the client in their home. You still drive to to & from the client's home, but you're not zipping all ov...

3. Agency Nursing with Limited Experience?

   MeggyBeth replied to kat1822's topic in Agency

   Consider a Private Duty Nursing (PDN) agency vs a Home Health agency. You won't make as much as a floor nurse, but there's generally better flexibility. I started out as a new nurse saying I'd never work for an agency because all the agency nurses ...

4. Help with salary as Home Health nurse

   MeggyBeth replied to cadela0713's topic in Home Health

   Home health and PDN will typically pay less that a hospital or facility position. (because medicaid/medicare don't reimburse as much for those positions as they do for a floor nurse). HH tends to be an hr or two in a Pt's home with lots of driving ...

5. New Nurse in Home Health

   MeggyBeth replied to CookieRoo9413's topic in Home Health

   Hi Cookie - hope your interview goes well!! You might also want to look into an agency that specializes in wound care (wound vacs are my all time favorite LOL) or an agency that provides Private Duty Nursing. PDN is similar to home health but diff...

6. HOME HEALTH

   MeggyBeth replied to Becky Thompson's topic in Home Health

   some of this is dependent on your state's Home Health guidelines, some of this is dependent on your agency's accreditation policies, but overall you should abide by your agency's specific policy. The agency I work for requires a signature for ALL med...