BabaLouRN

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

    BabaLouRN replied to tulsanurse1's topic in Home Health

    This sure sounds like it was written by ME!! I swear I am in the exact same position... except I have NOT been given an increase... How did I get

  2. having problems discharging pts

    BabaLouRN posted a topic in Home Health

    I was really hoping the current job I am working was going to work out and maybe it will. I am really having a LOT of problems discharging patients. Admin has a freakin fit!!! This is not how I...

  3. documenting with kinnser software?

    BabaLouRN replied to Timetochange08's topic in Home Health

    Are any of these agencies in the Ft Worth TX

  4. documenting with kinnser software?

    BabaLouRN replied to Timetochange08's topic in Home Health

    Love it!!! So easy, even a caveman can do

  5. venous stasis

    BabaLouRN posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Can anyone give me an idea on the best way to treat red, swollen and very weepy venous stasis legs (both

  6. To be or not to be a psych nurse

    BabaLouRN replied to marcnaslipknot's topic in Psychiatric

    For a new Grad such as yourself, I say get all the notches on your belt as you can. Psych experience looks GREAT on a

  7. I made a mistake :( worried about losing my job....advice?

    BabaLouRN replied to claireb's topic in Psychiatric

    Just remember.. "The Best Lessons are the Ones That Hurt The

  8. Violence in Psychiatric Nursing

    BabaLouRN replied to Mashira's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree with texasbsn and meriwhen. You never know what is gonna come walking into the

  9. Fired from job I was not hired for

    BabaLouRN posted a topic in Home Health

    I was FIRED this week from the Home Health agency that I have only worked for 4 months. I am completely heartbroken as I have NEVER been fired before. It happens that I was hired with a huge company...

  10. Fired from job I was not hired for

    BabaLouRN replied to BabaLouRN's topic in Home Health

    Everybody has their own place where they do fit in. I have looked high and low for the place that does not not nice at all- back-stabbing, brown-nosing, micro-managing type bullies. I have yet to...

  11. Fired from job I was not hired for

    BabaLouRN replied to BabaLouRN's topic in Home Health

    Oh my gosh!!! I have just now returned to this site. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I had no idea my post had even been replied to. ' I am back in the world, I DID survive that awful event and I...

  12. notifying pts the night before visit

    BabaLouRN posted a topic in Home Health

    The agency that I work for wants us to call the patient the night before the visit. I have tried this many times and on only one day did it work. Other days, the scheduler always calls me with a...

  13. Fired from job I was not hired for

    BabaLouRN replied to BabaLouRN's topic in Home Health

    Thank you and bless

  14. Simple Drug Teaching Sheets

    BabaLouRN replied to KateRN1's topic in Home Health

    For Medactionplan.com, there is a phone number you need to call so they can put through information on yourself and acknowledge the HIPPA

  15. Old Nurse, New Job

    BabaLouRN replied to okwurn1's topic in Home Health

    paper work will be MORE than half your

  16. Brightstar home health care???

    BabaLouRN replied to jommit52's topic in Home Health

    It just so happens that I am in the job market. I too have seen the Brightstar name and brochure, thanks for the insight.. I will avoid that

  17. Gentiva Home Health

    BabaLouRN replied to Wendy_RN's topic in Home Health

    labor law

  18. Does HH just have to practice foley incertion?

    BabaLouRN replied to 10ACGIRL's topic in Home Health

    spelling words correctly shows some degree of

  19. Horizon Homecare MobileCare-GPS TRACKING

    BabaLouRN replied to RN1263's topic in Home Health

    Big Brother is

  20. Using a Vac for undermining

    BabaLouRN replied to albg's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I have noted fewer leak alarms by making 100% certain the canister stays upright. One tiny drop on the flap by the leak detector will make the alarm, thinking the canister is wet so it must be full....

  21. Wound vac question/vent

    BabaLouRN replied to Nursetastic's topic in General Nursing

    the negative pressure should actually BENEFIT with the sutures. The sutures are pulling the skin edges closer together to promote granulation. As long as there are no tunnels or undermining, the...

  22. Wound vac question

    BabaLouRN replied to angelbear's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I have again been met with the "can't put a wound vac on an infected wound" I've been involved with several of these concerns and finally learned from a KCI rep that the presence of an infection...

  23. Home Care Orders.....I need help!

    BabaLouRN replied to np7797's topic in Home Health

    GET

  24. Pts need PT/OT only

    BabaLouRN posted a topic in Home Health

    I have worked for a few different Home Health agencies in the past, I have never encountered this but also cannot find how to support my point. The owner (nonmedical) of our agency insists on at...

  25. Pts think Home Health is permanent

    BabaLouRN posted a topic in Home Health

    I have been doing Home Health for over 4 years now. All through this time, I have dealt with SO MANY patients that just can't understand why we are talking about discharge, if they are chronic they...