joy09 replied to startofcare's topic 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...
joy09 replied to lweatherby's topic in Home Health
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...
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...
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,...
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....
joy09 replied to startofcare's topic 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...
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...
joy09 replied to nurse98261's topic in Home Health
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...