DaSuperRN replied to DaSuperRN's topic in Home Health
Well, I am not planning on staying with this agency, but I am planning on staying in home health care. I just have a bad feeling in my solar plexus i.e. a gut feeling about this one. Thank goodness I found this part of the nursing forum. I do privat...
DaSuperRN replied to DaSuperRN's topic in Home Health
Well, I knew is was not setup correctly. I have been in nursing over 10 years and I've seen times mostly in LTC where doctors orders would lack either specifics or a diagnoses, but we would get on top of it. Let me ask you this is there a particula...
Okay, I had posted a question on the forum about med orders in HH, but I erased it during an emotional minute now I am reposting it. For future references: Gees, I hate to be so critical but the MAR med ,and TAR tx orders I saw at a clients were un...
DaSuperRN replied to DaSuperRN's topic in Home Health
Well, when I oriented with the nurse those 2 hours I ask what all the things were, there was a tempature control it read 70 yet in the book on the vent paper the nurses were signing off 84, 88 and I question about the 70 reading and wondered if it wa...
DaSuperRN replied to DaSuperRN's topic in Home Health
Hello Thanks so much for your concern. Don't worry I am not taking this assignment. I was supposed to go tomorrow and I told them I would not. I just needed a refresher on trachs, but my main concern was Vent care. Respiratory care is responsible f...
DaSuperRN replied to DaSuperRN's topic in Home Health
She showed me stuff about the Vent the buttons I already talked to the Nurse about it once in orientation, but I still had lots of questions. I basically did everything right because the patient can talk and helped me through it and there wasn't any...
DaSuperRN replied to DaSuperRN's topic in Home Health
Hi I am so new to this this, and this agency told me I would only get paid for 2 hours of orientation. I can't stay any longer if not being paid. I learned very little in the 2 hours I was there yesterday I go tomorrow alone for 7 1/2 hours. This ...