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  1. Does everyone work 7 days a week in Home Health?

    Redo nurses notes? I wouldn't do that. Stay away. Don't let them drag you back into that mess. I worked for an agency that assigned holidays without compensatory days off. The scheduler told me the...
  2. Can you have a life AND do HH?

    This is a great thread you have provided, especially with your updates. I heard HH nurses are the most abused in the profession and I now see it and believe it. I work pediem and take up to a full...
  3. Can you have a life AND do HH?

    How many patients do you
  4. Can you have a life AND do HH?

    Fulltime?
  5. What is "FULL TIME"?

    The elephant in the room is that home care nurses are supposed to get six-8 patient visits, documentation and travel done in forty hours per week with few exceptions. Some agencies pay a salary to...
  6. home health nurse, feeling burned out, depressed

    I burned out in five weeks covering for a full time nurse. I can't handle exactly what you describe. I do per diem while I look for another fulltime
  7. start if care oasis time frames.

    I do alot of SOC. At first it took me 3a hours visit and documentation. Now, most of them are one hour in the home with some documentation and one hour to finish documenting unless it's a vac,...
  8. Time with one Patient and Documentation

    One hour total for a basic visit. 1/2 with the patient and 1/2 documenting
  9. Wound vac

    Wet to dry and wait until morning unless assessment indicates need for a visit. I would not send a patient to the
  10. Never Give Up on Your Dreams

    Can't beat that story! Imagine what you can accomplish in 8NO years with your health. Repost
  11. Per diem used to mean you work the shifts you want to. No more in my neck of the woods. I must do weekends, holidays and call as scheduled which is equal to what the regular staff is required to do....
  12. Does everyone work 7 days a week in Home Health?

    Toomuchbaloney is right. You need to draw boundries. Why are you putting your safety at risk in high crime areas, neglecting family time? Keep looking for a job and take the risk of honoring your...
  13. Fall protocol

    I don'think there is a protocol but this is what would be done: PT eval on admission; the HHA would call the supervisor who would advise her until a nurse could get there (or would be directed to stay...
  14. My First HOME HEALTH Job :)

    Excellent post by Yosemite. I'll add that you should do as much documentation at the visit as you can. Don't get into the habit of taking
  15. Can a home health nurse refuse to take a client?

    I am paid like you: same pay for a short or extended visit. In the end, it should even out. Consider taking the patient just to help out and to get experience if you don't have it with the skills the...