BabaLouRN replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Home Health
It seems your thoughts match mine precisely. I think a lot of issues is most ALFs staff med techs, not nurses to pass meds. There are LVNs in most facility but I find the LVNs are mainly in administrative and marketing positions.
BabaLouRN replied to danarooo's topic in Home Health
I feel every single bit of your pain. When I read your words, I would think I wrote them myself. I have been doing home health for 9 years and now that I doubt being able to continue this crazy pace I am expected to put up with. I would LOVE to g...
BabaLouRN replied to KaeliF's topic in Home Health
Don't you just love it when you are down to the last phone contact to set up visit when that LAST patient has one thing or another reason to have to back and redo the whole day.... How do you all deal with this?
I have been taught that routine Lab draws every 3 weeks and then PROCRIRT injections given in the home according to the result of the labs. I believe Medicare does not consider this as a skilled need and I have never heard of PROCRIT being given in...
BabaLouRN replied to BabaLouRN's topic in Home Health
Same thoughts exactly. This is such a difficult thing for caregivers to understand. I understand that a SKILLED NEED is something "only a nurse or therapist can do" So, who draws the blood???
BabaLouRN replied to NurseCard's topic in Home Health
I have begun to believe that possibly the ONLY method for a Home Health RN is to work on prn basis for 2-3 different agencies rather than become a puppet to make quota. I don't have this option because I need to have the group benefits. It seems t...
BabaLouRN replied to Mommytracknurse's topic in Home Health
ALWAYS trust your "Spidey Sense" I think I would have asked the State APS that you reported to go with you to this follow up visit. There are TONS of nutty people out there, more than most people realize. I know that when you step on their drug su...
Have you tried using the SWYPE option for your keyboard with the Samsung galaxy tablet? It takes a bit to catch on but when you do it is much faster. I can SWYPE so much faster than I can TYPE. Also, HCHB sucks that it is not web based and requir...
I have been a RN for many years. I lived in Oklahoma and worked at a hospital for 20 years before I decided to follow many colleagues and start Home Health. I had some very special nurses who knew me from working at the hospital. It took 3 years b...
BabaLouRN replied to polakowt's topic in Home Health
Kinnser has many applications that may or may not be optional to your agency. Check to see what options are available to you. One agency had Kinnser but required paper patient signatures. Another agency had Kinnser but had the stylus patient signa...
BabaLouRN replied to Mommytracknurse's topic in Home Health
I would love to be able to do this but the office would totally freak out. It's sad that Corporate does not see the hassles we face with this. None of those efforts are "productive"