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1. Home Health to NP?

   cookie102 replied to UMCSN4's topic in Home Health

   i agree with the above post,,,get some good med-surg under your belt, home health is a whole different ball game., you have to have the skills, knowledge base before you can start. there are so many...

2. Anyone had this situation? Geez Louise

   cookie102 replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

   can you get your MSW

3. Pay per Visit

   cookie102 replied to ittybittybabynurse's topic in Home Health

   WOW!!!! that's excellent pay compared to our per visit rate of regular visit anywhere in the 32-35 range, add $50 to that for admission! what area of the country are you in, was wondering it that...

4. Work ethic question in home healthcare?

   cookie102 replied to michelle.json's topic in Home Health

   that caregiver needs to be educated, she needs to know about infection

5. how many on computers

   cookie102 posted a topic in Home Health

   just wondering how many of you are on a computer system if so , what program do you use, could you share the likes and dislikes thanks in advance, our agency is "soon" to be going paperless and will...

6. Is this legal?

   cookie102 replied to chatal's topic in Home Health

   i know i couldn't sign a doctors order that i didn't write,!! i imagine MD offices have med-tech that do this often, but i have never heard of it in HH, whether or not it is legal, i don't know, but...

7. What kind of car should I get?

   cookie102 replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Home Health

   i agree, if you are looking for a new car, get one that is comfortable!!!!!!!!!! in HH we spend sooooo much time in the car it needs to be comfortable, at one time i bought a car because i thought it...

8. vac question, and xcell question

   cookie102 replied to bebop1's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   can you direct your question to KCI,,,i do believe you can't put the vac directly over bone, you have to put adaptic first then the

9. Home health in DFW area

   cookie102 replied to cynthiamc's topic in Home Health

   how about just applying for PRN and when you interview tell them your preference to do

10. Tracking devices?

    cookie102 replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    sorry if this comes up as a repeat, you know how your computer just sends things!!! ok...what i was saying is that i have heard that amedysis has this system in place,,,now i am NOT trying to cheat...

11. Falsification of records?

    cookie102 replied to Super Nurse JoshuA's topic in Home Health

    i believe the regulations state that if a patient can't be d/c'd with a visit the oasis is completed based on the information from the last skilled

12. Home health in DFW area

    cookie102 replied to cynthiamc's topic in Home Health

    i don't have any direct info on your question, but i can tell you that if you go and interview you may find that they are sssooooo very happy to have someone that wants to do admissions only....give...

13. pt compliance in home health

    cookie102 replied to nula99's topic in Home Health

    how are the patients blood sugars? is what he is saying making sense that the dose is too high? how about trying to get a sliding scale order from the MD, would that help? document, document, document...

14. How does this job look?

    cookie102 replied to nursalicious's topic in Home Health

    i would of already started orientation!!!! sounds

15. New to HH Nursing, I need help with charting

    cookie102 replied to magdi's topic in Home Health

    we don't have "field charts" , the only thing we will find in the patients homes is a copy of the med sheet 99.9% of agencies are on computer so when the admission nurse completes the oasis that is...