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  1. Home Health Nurse Safety

    sunnygirl272 replied to JULESNYRN's topic in Home Health

    Hi, Julie! Welcome to the board! I work in home care also. Luckily, I do not have to do beeper call. I do assigned visits on my weekends. Let me ponder the topic a bit, and come back to it.....

  2. V Codes

    sunnygirl272 replied to JennyHHRN's topic in Home Health

    We don't have a coder either...it's VERY hard to get into this Vcode mindset now that we are SUPPOSED to use them.

  3. what qualifies?

    sunnygirl272 replied to kcrnsue's topic in Home Health

    it's medicare. venipuncture alone is not a skilled nursing need. you may feel the client needs continuing monitoring...but medicare will not allow payment for monitoring a stable client just in case...

  4. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    sunnygirl272 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    1) yes, stick it.... 2) couldn't she have been admitted for rehab? shoulda been soon enough after hospital d/c to still get in ,

  5. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    sunnygirl272 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    bump

  6. Total knee and drain question......

    sunnygirl272 replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in Orthopedic

    ConstaVac™

  7. Do prereqs "expire"?

    sunnygirl272 replied to cshell2's topic in General Students

    depends on the school...i am just returning to school and all my credits were accepted..and some are 12+ yrs

  8. Stiff Neck

    sunnygirl272 replied to frannybee's topic in General Nursing

    ok..i trued to google and find a pic of a sexy masseur..but found this and it reaklly struck me

  9. irritable bowel syndrome?

    sunnygirl272 replied to Liann's topic in General Nursing

    almost as gross a thought as watching the dissection of a dermoid

  10. Nurses rat on nurses

    sunnygirl272 replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

    ditto disable and

  11. "Cleaner Polishes Off Patients"

    sunnygirl272 replied to Schnazer's topic in Nursing Humor

    ok...that may be an urban legend..but this DID happen....i was there... back when i was a hospital nurse, we had a vent-dep end stage copd in a room(double room) by the desk....right where we could...

  12. stopping dialysis

    sunnygirl272 replied to gomernurse's topic in General Nursing

    SHEEE-IT...for the short time before she gets confused, encourage her to eat whatever she wants...every food she was craving....give'em to

  13. 2 Nurses needed???

    sunnygirl272 replied to BrandieRNq's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    strict policy at the hospital at which my mom

  14. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    sunnygirl272 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Reg, it is wonderful to "hear" the ffresh excitement in your posts!!! Keep it up, you'll keep the rest of us feeling fresh!!! this is my w/e off...but i did do one visit earlier....client with a...

  15. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    sunnygirl272 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    naaah...we should give him an inservice...i'm sure we all have seen more horrifying grody things than he

  16. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    sunnygirl272 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    one of the best parts of home care, imo, is knowing their families, esp knowing their pets by name....hell, i have some pts that i like their dogs better then i like

  17. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    sunnygirl272 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    thought i'd bump this thread...i'll chat about yesterday and today... yesterday saw: #1 & 6: a quad w/4 pressure ulcers (3 stage IV, one stage II) for bid dressings changes. #2 an elderly gent...

  18. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    sunnygirl272 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    oh...also had a pt w/pet scorpion...what redeeming qualities does a scorpion

  19. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    sunnygirl272 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    there was a pt who died not long after i started in home care, and whom i never got to see...they had a horse living in a second story

  20. suppository

    sunnygirl272 replied to magnione's topic in Nursing Humor

    had a pt in her late 30s/early 40s fahhhht during a foley insertion...no apologies

  21. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    sunnygirl272 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Oh..and to all who mentioned adult protective....you are lucky to have an APS who responds appropriately....ours promptly goes out and investigates all complaints...and finds them all

  22. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    sunnygirl272 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    oh gawd, hool...luckily although roaches are here, too....they are not near as bad in our territory as you describe...i think our weather helps keep them under control...lol... no advice, just...

  23. pct debate

    sunnygirl272 replied to lpnga's topic in General Nursing

    ditto!

  24. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    sunnygirl272 replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    what is

  25. why do some nurses forget that they were once students?

    sunnygirl272 replied to geleesa's topic in General Students

    ex-farging-zactly!!!