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  1. My poor coworker:(

    LaRN replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    poor dog... he got reported, and it appears as though he ended up getting a death sentence.

  2. Accuracy of Automatic BP machines?

    LaRN replied to blackvans1234's topic in General Nursing

    Their accuracy improves if used exactly as the directions state. that means putting the device on properly and some of them require the user to hold the arm or wrist in a certain position. and fresh...

  3. Working for 2 agencies at the same time

    LaRN replied to tktjRN's topic in Home Health

    Nurse's should be afraid to do this. State board of nursing has disciplined nurses for "taking" their home health patients with them to other home healths when they quit or get fired. It's called...

  4. Using HH computer software

    LaRN replied to agardner2020's topic in Home Health

    I LOVE it. even the sorriest program is better than paper. im sure others would disagree, but that's my vote. as long as the program makes the most recent activity on the record available in real...

  5. New grad in HH $20/visit no mileage.... is this right?

    LaRN replied to vn-rn's topic in Home Health

    When nurses are thrown into the field with little or no orientation, as they typically are in home health, they tend to get a bit thrown off and their thinking and decision making skills are sometimes...

  6. My poor coworker:(

    LaRN replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    this is a hospice patient......they're dying right? kind of harsh to report their pet. just don't pet him next

  7. Fasting labs?

    LaRN replied to kmc.kyrn's topic in Home Health

    agreed! what is really irritating is when you have to show up at a pts house extra early, causing you to rearrange your whole route and when you go back the next week at 11 a.m. and they JUst woke up...

  8. Frustrated Home Health Rn

    LaRN replied to mr0421's topic in Home Health

    all you have to do is read some of the posts in home health to realize that nurses get fired from home health agencies for doing little or nothing wrong. the original poster is obviously worried about...

  9. Who provides the supplies?

    LaRN replied to MrsLpn12's topic in Home Health

    Most supply everything, but you can get a better stethoscope at a toy store than the ones they usually have. Make sure if you use items with batteries such as coagulation monitors, O2 sats, blood...

  10. Frustrated Home Health Rn

    LaRN replied to mr0421's topic in Home Health

    sigh.....thats a difficult position to be in......should you keep allowing yourself to be overworked and underpaid or say something and risk being terminated. In my experience, it doesn't really do...

  11. Tired HH nurse

    LaRN replied to IRNB's topic in Home Health

    Home Health is the only business I know of that expects their nurses to do the job of 3 people and only get paid for 40 hours, AND actually get away with it. You won't find nurses doing this anywhere...

  12. New nurse / new to HH / tons of questions

    LaRN replied to tinyRN72's topic in Home Health

    I keep a few supplies on hand, every nurse should. Not a stock pile, but one of everything you will likely need. catheter kit, cath irrigation kit, sterile gloves....central line or picc line dsg. I...

  13. My poor coworker:(

    LaRN replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    YES I'm serious. after a few uncomfortable lessons, I've learned to not touch, do or disturb anything other in a patient's home than what i am there for. I have plenty examples, but this one stands...

  14. My poor coworker:(

    LaRN replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    I love animals too, but I've learned to leave patient's animals alone. same thing with their grand kids. Hopefully she won't snitch on the dog.......she got in his

  15. New nurse / new to HH / tons of questions

    LaRN replied to tinyRN72's topic in Home Health

    that seems so unprofessional to me. whether it is a small agency or a big agency, they should be able to obtain the supplies a patient needs without making the nurse "shop" on her own time. I would...

  16. New nurse / new to HH / tons of questions

    LaRN replied to tinyRN72's topic in Home Health

    exactly....the end of the cath goes all the way to the sup vena cava. if the patient develops any kind of infection or complications, that substandard bandage will be the

  17. New nurse / new to HH / tons of questions

    LaRN replied to tinyRN72's topic in Home Health

    I would tell you to quit, but this is getting pretty

  18. New sheriff in town

    LaRN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    The way employers think its okay to treat us like dirt. trying to make us work for free or get the absolute most for their money out of us by giving us double the work to do........ but what really...

  19. New nice car

    LaRN replied to tinderbox's topic in Home Health

    I wouldn't want to drive an expensive car for home health.....running over objects in the road......hitting the door against curbs when parking in cramped spots......having to park on the ROAD because...

  20. Here is an example of a clincal finding narrative for SOC

    LaRN replied to paradiseboundRN's topic in Home Health

    The Oasis covers mostly what patient is able to "safely" do, which can be confusing. The narrative covers what the patient actually does. Good narrative. It's really ridiculous the amount of charting...

  21. Can Charting Software Spy on nurse

    LaRN posted a topic in Home Health

    Most Laptops/devices have the ability to record surroundings, but I've noticed that some of the programs really stress the fact that the programs can be used to access "real time" clinical data. The...

  22. Can Charting Software Spy on nurse

    LaRN replied to LaRN's topic in Home Health

    The home health that I work for has visit staff and case managers. The case managers work primarily in the office with the visit staff reporting directly to their patient's case

  23. What is the environment like at your workplace? Do you like your co-workers?

    LaRN replied to KayyyT's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I worked at one home health that was a snake pit, they constantly kept things stirred up and if someone wasn't doing something wrong that they could nail them for, they would set them up. And I've...

  24. Can Charting Software Spy on nurse

    LaRN replied to LaRN's topic in Home Health

    They are taking away the only incentive that there is left to home health.........autonomy. Now the case managers don't have to sit around gossiping about where their nurse is or what she's up...

  25. I feel like they should change the title of this site to "reasons why my job sucks"

    LaRN replied to hershdawg's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not a new grad but when I read about how bad other nurse's jobs suck, it kind of makes me feel a little better about mine. Now. There's your