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  1. Weekends and Holidays

    cookie102 replied to nurseeB's topic in Home Health

    weekends and holidays mostly depend on the size of your agency, I find being a case manager much easier than a float, you have the control over your caseload and you know what is going on with your...

  2. Recessed Stoma---Need Advice

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

    could you see if his Dr. would order home health? if so once they come in, they often have ostomy nurses that could make a home

  3. How to remove staples and use steri strips

    cookie102 replied to crawlyberry's topic in General Nursing

    i start by taking out every other one, and as i do i replace it with a steri strip,,,,as i go along if the incision looks like it may separate , i stop and don't remove any more and call the MD,,,,,i...

  4. a "bad" wound

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

    how about getting MSW involved....does your agency have a hospice team that could just talk to the

  5. G-Tube replacement

    cookie102 replied to paw1974's topic in Home Health

    Background and aims: The standard method of removing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes is by gastroscopy. This has implications for endoscopy time and resources, and we believe is not always...

  6. G-Tube replacement

    cookie102 replied to paw1974's topic in Home Health

    i have heard of this,,,,the ones that are a like a foley with balloon, you deflate the balloon,,,,the ones with discs are

  7. Job Offer--Need Advice

    cookie102 replied to madisent's topic in Home Health

    sounds verrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyy good to

  8. HH wages for MA RN's

    cookie102 replied to vascularnurse124's topic in Home Health

    hi have many friends that work for VNA making around

  9. white skin around wound

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

    i have had good luck with Acticoat absorbant,,,first had to change it daily due to increase drainage, now only 1x wk,,,,for the "macerated" skin around the wound,,i use a real cheap...

  10. Forced to resign, looking for new job

    cookie102 replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    i was thinking the same thing as the previous poster, the ADA is in place for just these things,,,best of luck p.s. when i worked in the hospital i would of given anything for someone to WANT to do...

  11. Supervisors that gossip!!!

    cookie102 replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    i feel for you, this same thing happened to me,,,i had a supervisior that couldn't hold water!!!!!! i had a cancer diagnosis, and was frightened, when i finally went to my supervisior and told her (as...

  12. mileage issue/home health issues

    cookie102 replied to icare4icu's topic in Home Health

    $34/visit,,,,$75/soc add $15 for recert , d/c,

  13. QA nurses and missed visits

    cookie102 replied to LearningRN's topic in Home Health

    i agree with you!!!! now what do you do if that clincian no longer works

  14. NewHHRN08--Sup Visits

    cookie102 replied to ame222's topic in Home Health

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  15. NewHHRN08--Sup Visits

    cookie102 replied to ame222's topic in Home Health

    are you talking about doing the home health aide sup visits??? i believe, tho i could be wrong, that it is medicare that requires them be done q14 days, that doesn't mean they have to be done with...

  16. What is your expected productivity and how is it measured

    cookie102 replied to slb53's topic in Home Health

    how are they (administration) justifying that there is no social worker and you see hospice patients let alone HH ones? i know the nurses are doing there best but you can't wear all those hats and do...

  17. What is your expected productivity and how is it measured

    cookie102 replied to slb53's topic in Home Health

    6 visits in an 8 hr day,,,admits count as 2, recert as 1.5 EVERYTHING else is counted as 1 (even roc's)!!! now if we only saw 6/day that would be ok in an 8 hr day, but as we all know that would be in...

  18. Employee Incentives

    cookie102 replied to michael79's topic in General Nursing

    i like all the ideas, just the thought of getting a little something extra!!!! gas cards are great!!!! wish i worked with

  19. QA nurses and missed visits

    cookie102 replied to LearningRN's topic in Home Health

    !!!very good example of why people need to be responsible for

  20. On Call pay???

    cookie102 replied to horsepoor's topic in Home Health

    $25.00 weekday call (5p-8a) per visit if any visits made $50.00 on sat and 50 on sun, per visit if any visits

  21. seasoned nurse moving from state to state

    cookie102 replied to christiankynurse's topic in General Nursing

    i have moved several times and each time i was allowed to work under the current/active license i had, according to BON you have 30 days to obtain a license from your new state even if you are going...

  22. seasoned nurse moving from state to state

    cookie102 replied to christiankynurse's topic in General Nursing

    from what i have been told when i moved, was i could work on my current license for 30 days while waiting for my new one to arrive,,,i would recommend that you file the applications and send in the...

  23. Wound Vac

    cookie102 posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    i have a question about wound vacs,,,i work in Home Health and we rountinely change the vac on M W F, on occasion pt goes to the MD on a tuesday and MD won't put the vac back on so we make a visit on...

  24. Ticked Off/ Major Vent/ What To Do?

    cookie102 replied to bshaw96's topic in Home Health

    how about getting an order from the doctor that says pt to go to outpt for mediport

  25. Do you get paid

    cookie102 replied to LTCRN4LIFE's topic in Home Health

    pay per visit here, and do not like it!!!!! tho there are plenty of visits to be had, i don't like the fact that on occasion when census is down, the pay check is not as good,,we are not paid for...