Isabelle49

Isabelle49

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  1. PICC Line Occlusion

    Isabelle49 replied to JLevinsRNHH's topic in Home Health

    Awesome, might have been the tip was right against a wall or had a small clot that has dissolved. You lucked

  2. Home Care Home Base

    Isabelle49 replied to CardioTrans's topic in Home Health

    We started HCHB in October of this year and I love it. I don't have anything to compare it to except reams of paper and hours of written documentation. I feel kind of naked, since I don't have all...

  3. You may not be homebound if....

    Isabelle49 replied to itsgr82cre8's topic in Home Health

    ...if you go to work 5 days a

  4. Rewarding tenured staff - what have you seen?

    Isabelle49 replied to enzati's topic in General Nursing

    In my 26+ years as an RN, I have never heard of that. I have, however, heard that there are caps on hourly salary and when one reaches it they can no longer receive increases. Talk about being...

  5. Lost it tonight when granddaughter choked on candy

    Isabelle49 posted a topic in Pediatric

    With 26 years of nursing, countless numbers of CPR certifications, ACLS and PALS, experience in PACU, PEDS and NICU, I absolutely lost it tonight when my 6 year old granddaughter got a piece of hard...

  6. Unspoken rules? Receiving calls at home?

    Isabelle49 replied to RRRNNN's topic in Home Health

    Sounds like a micromanagement problem to me. I think I would look for another job. I am going to be responsible for the patients I see. They have my cell phone number and can call me at any time -...

  7. Government Investigation of Amedisys

    Isabelle49 replied to sweetsugar's topic in Home Health

    We have started to use Home Care Home Based on a Droid. What a joy. No paper! No ink pens! I think I could easily do 3 - 4 admits a day on this system and be done by 5pm. Just not having to sort...

  8. Responsibility after Med Sheet Documentation

    Isabelle49 replied to gmsr's topic in Home Health

    You have some good concerns. As far as the diagnosis and coding, it is your responsibility to determine the diagnosis/es that are impacting the patient's health the most and one must be the primary,...

  9. Sequential compression/lymphedema pumps

    Isabelle49 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Does anyone know if the air inflating the extremity covers gets hot over time? I have a patient who fell asleep over night with her compression device in use and now has a 14.5 X 4.5 burn-like lesion...

  10. Giving report on admit, recert, roc

    Isabelle49 posted a topic in Home Health

    How many of you field RN's are required to give a report to office personnel, such as a case manager, on patients that were admit, recert or roc? We are required to give report, including diagnoses,...

  11. Maximum number daily visits

    Isabelle49 posted a topic in Home Health

    How many field RN's here see more than 10 patients in a day? How do you do

  12. Government Investigation of Amedisys

    Isabelle49 replied to sweetsugar's topic in Home Health

    i'll have to text my friend who is with Gentiva and get the

  13. Is home health profitable?

    Isabelle49 replied to brotherbear's topic in Home Health

    I worked some cases that were IV infusions up to 6 hours and they were not bad. Got to know the patient and family, watched movies with them, it was fun. You really build a relationship with these...

  14. home health form 485

    Isabelle49 replied to mewillcare's topic in Home Health

    I'm still not sure what she is asking about. I know that the 485 is generated by information collected by a clinician when the patient is initially assessed on admit and for reverts. We have data...

  15. Working with stipulations

    Isabelle49 replied to backtowork's topic in Nurses Recovery

    May depend on the reason for the

  16. Horrific Write Ups? Has it ever happened to you?

    Isabelle49 replied to NonieJuice's topic in General Nursing

    Would like to add, if RN's would stand up and demand respect, maybe we'll get some

  17. Horrific Write Ups? Has it ever happened to you?

    Isabelle49 replied to NonieJuice's topic in General Nursing

    If they don't like you they will do everything in their power to get rid of you. That is what a 'write-up' is all about. I too have refused to sign them. When I worked in the business field for 13...

  18. Top 3 worst halloween costume to wear at work.

    Isabelle49 replied to nola1202's topic in Nursing Humor

    Funny, but I've never worn a costume to

  19. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    Isabelle49 replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    Report to your BON, you can do so confidentially. Your name will be made available only if there is a hearing, and in this case it is possible. I wouldn't worry about it though, what if you or your...

  20. home health form 485

    Isabelle49 replied to mewillcare's topic in Home Health

    I don't think the question was how to formulate the 485, but how to create one. I could be wrong though, there are quite a few fly by night home health

  21. Who does the competency checks on the DON

    Isabelle49 replied to lindaw's topic in Home Health

    I would think you would need an RN licensed in your state, or that person won't be considered an

  22. Several questions from a new HH RN

    Isabelle49 replied to NCIANurse's topic in Home Health

    I've been in home health for 9 years. I have always worn scrubs, except maybe on a weekend urgent visit to a patient that I had been seeing for a long time. I've tried multiple bags and the one I...

  23. Need reassurance

    Isabelle49 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Home Health

    Use the Hoyer Lift. Don't wreck your back. My niece messed her back up moving a patient and worked a total of 6 months in her career as an RN, she has been permanently disabled since then. Also,...

  24. New nurse..recently started home health. Being videotaped?

    Isabelle49 replied to floridanurse06's topic in Home Health

    If it were my child, I might do the same thing. As a nurse, I wouldn't appreciate being taped. A lot in the news about abuse when parents are away. I have to side with the parents. If I had a...

  25. Burnt out on HH after 6 months

    Isabelle49 replied to R*Star*RN's topic in Home Health

    My salary in HH hasn't changed in 9 years, except to be