BabaLouRN

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  1. Late or missed appointments

    BabaLouRN replied to chillchick's topic in Home Health

    How do you give your patients a range of time? I work about a 30 mile range. A lot of days I have times all set up to coordinate with the least driving time. (0% of my route is under construction...

  2. Nurse with anxiety/depression

    BabaLouRN replied to nursepenelope's topic in Home Health

    Are there any Home Health nurses NOT on

  3. Nurse with anxiety/depression

    BabaLouRN replied to nursepenelope's topic in Home Health

    DON' T stop!!! I have been though this twice and IT IS FIXABLE!!!! Meds all need adjusting and TIME! Get RID of your doctor. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see what you are going through....

  4. Minimally invasive spine surgery

    BabaLouRN posted a topic in Home Health

    I have been having pain in my left hip for years. Likely from getting up and down from floors doing wound care, I have been to 5 different Drs. An ortho, 3 spinal pain Drs and now an appointment...

  5. Noncompliance

    BabaLouRN posted a topic in Home Health

    Does anyone have any ideas about noncompliance. If it were up to me I would discharge immediately BUT... can't be done at my current job, we are supposed to keep them on for teaching. There are...

  6. Scheduler

    BabaLouRN posted a topic in Home Health

    The agency I am working for has a scheduler who works in the office. She is responsible for scheduling visits to keep everyone on quota for visits. She spends her day in the office with all the...

  7. Phone reimbursmenti

    BabaLouRN posted a topic in Home Health

    We used to be able to get reimbursed once a month for use of our personal cell phone. Our agency sent out an e-mail last November that "We will no longer be providing cell phone reimbursement...

  8. Case manager deciding when to discharge rather than the RN seeing the patient?

    BabaLouRN replied to HeadingWest's topic in Home Health

    I actually have patients that would HOPE for another wound just to keep the nurse visits to "take care of

  9. Phone reimbursmenti

    BabaLouRN replied to BabaLouRN's topic in Home Health

    Like how it should

  10. Phone reimbursmenti

    BabaLouRN replied to BabaLouRN's topic in Home Health

    Hi, this is Barbara. I work for ---Home Health. If you are a patient that I take care of, please call 33333333 Sent from my iPhone using

  11. Fraudulent visits - yes I brought it up!

    BabaLouRN replied to salvadordolly's topic in Home Health

    Maybe she had 26 patients visit her at her house!!

  12. Has anyone worked or heard of Brightstar?

    BabaLouRN replied to sweetstrwbrry1's topic in Home Health

    I experienced the same thing only to learn even before the interview started that this is a Pay for Service. NOT an oasis service. Just private pay only. They DO not hire full time at all. Prn

  13. Home Health Nurse hours paid

    BabaLouRN replied to fliprn571's topic in Home Health

    No agency can afford paying me for the work I have to do at home. Sent from my iPhone using

  14. 60 visits a week quota ?? sound possible?

    BabaLouRN replied to SweetRN007's topic in Home Health

    60??? 60 visits a week ?? Are these patients really sick enough to qualify for home health?? Even seeing 12 patients a day in a hospital setting would make me pull my hair out!!! This reads like a...

  15. The weird part of hh

    BabaLouRN replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    More time with your family? Really?? Sent from my iPhone using

  16. Help! My unit is called "the Career Killer" and it's true.

    BabaLouRN replied to ZiggyStardusty's topic in Psychiatric

    There is a very high need for Home Health Psych Nurses. I know many agencies would hire you on the spot. Sent from my iPhone using

  17. From ER to Home Health

    BabaLouRN replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in Home Health

    I think the most difficulty you will face is a total change of goals. In home health, the main objective is keeping the pt OUT of the

  18. Any input on tavel nursing compaines??American mobile?

    BabaLouRN replied to weatherbugs's topic in Travel

    I simply DESPISE two faced fast

  19. making the 60 day calendar

    BabaLouRN posted a topic in Home Health

    Does anyone out there know how to SIMPLIFY the process of writing the 60 day episode calendar?? We use a blank 10 week calendar format and have to write in the dates for every square to make up the 60...

  20. Frequency calendar (10 weeks) to map visit dates

    BabaLouRN posted a topic in Home Health

    I am looking for some type of program that I can use to print a 10 week calendar for my patient. I have heard there is one that you can type in the SOC and the program would then print a 10 week...

  21. You may not be homebound if....

    BabaLouRN replied to itsgr82cre8's topic in Home Health

    You tell me what a good time you had on vacation last

  22. Opinion on staff befriending clients on Facebook

    BabaLouRN replied to Kyasi's topic in Nurse Management

    Not cool. Not cool at

  23. Does home health experience hurt chances of going back to hospital nursing?

    BabaLouRN replied to tinderbox's topic in Home Health

    I have TONS of experience in both Home Health and Hospital work. When I moved from Oklahoma to Ft Worth and was job hunting, I heard over and over again that my hospital experience was not recent...

  24. Working 12-14 hour days, am burning out.......

    BabaLouRN replied to tulsanurse1's topic in Home Health

    How does a "person in the office" take physicians orders??? Is that

  25. Working 12-14 hour days, am burning out.......

    BabaLouRN replied to tulsanurse1's topic in Home Health

    Your questions are very right on and I agree, take them with you to your next interview. Stay in Home Health!!! You have already been "Baptized by Fire" and survived. We NEED nurses like you to...