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Home health is highly regulated. Charting can be the pits if the agency doesn't have it streamlined. SOC/ ROC oasis does take longer but after doing it for a while just like anything it'll be a breeze. As far as taking work home, that depends on your working style. Be organized and try to finish your charting before you conclude your visit or at least before you drive off to your next one would be really helpful. If you put off finishing ur charts until the end of the day or worse til the next day... it can get overwhelming. Good luck.

A strong background in med-surg should be sufficient. Specialty in cardiology or oncology is a plus. Either way, as long as you have good assessment skills and a strong advocate for your pt i.e getting to speak to the md if a problem arises before you leave the pt's home would make your day worthwhile.

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I got the palm TX. Based it on the reviews from this forum (it's how I found this site) and it was also editor's pick at cnet. Seems like most of the med, nsg and pharm students in my area use it too. So far, am loving it like the poster above. Thanks for those leads crux1024. :cheers:

if agency wants to make an issue, can always prove it thru tox screen for THC or tetrahydrocannibinol, the active ingredient of marijuana. be aware of your surroundings and avoid compromising situations that would only not put you at risk but also the agency you represent.

got the pda from staples. had them match their online price and used a $40 off coupon plus sales tax = $270. downloaded the RN constellation from skyscape= $89 (bundle of > RN Notes- clinical pocket guide > Davis Drug Guide > Nurse Manual of Lab and Diagnostics > Archimedes 360 > ICD 9 Code downloaded the Taber's = $49 - 10 discount= $39 no shipping and due to instand download to pda and desktop total download = $130 easy info handy in my pocket, no books in my car trunk, organized calendar for home and work = PRICELESS now if I can find out whose got the merck and other medical ebooks that I can DL for "free"... :biggringi Life is sweet !!!

Hi guys. I'm looking into getting a palm tx pda to download all those drug books, merck manual, all those medical software at skyscape and also to help me in managing my case load as I will be returning to home health next month after a 17 month lapse into inpt hospice nursing. Calendar, contact list and alerts will definitely be of daily use. Anyone out there who's got one? Any tips? Pros and Cons? I'm tech savvy tho not hacker level and comfortable with gadgets. Anyway, appreciate any thoughts on this. Thanks.

When I used to work for hospital based agency, we had continuing care coordinators who does those things. Since you're the only provider in that area, dunno why it would be an issue.

I used to work for a hospital based home health agency. The pay was the same as hospital staff if not higher coz we were exempt and the hospital staff were union.