Ruth1201

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  1. Weekends

    Ruth1201 posted a topic in Home Health

    Our nursed work every 4th weekend and only get a day back during the next week if they do at least 6 visits on both Sat and Sun. otherwise no day back which means they have to work 12 days in a row....

  2. Field Nurse Supervisors

    Ruth1201 posted a topic in Home Health

    Wondering what the responsibilities of some of the FNS are. We are struggling at our agency. Expected to review and audit all new admits (usually about 60 pages), all recert and dc paperwork. Some...

  3. Field Nurse Supervisors

    Ruth1201 replied to Ruth1201's topic in Home Health

    We are MCA certified, dropped our Joint Comm a while back to cut costs. We have a DOPS, FNS, a PI person who does OBQI along with the OBQI committees, team assisstants who enter orders, 485's, etc (...

  4. Field Nurse Supervisors

    Ruth1201 replied to Ruth1201's topic in Home Health

    Thanks, sounds like pretty much what we do. The biggest problem is that the auditing seems to take up about 70% of the day. Doing anywhere from 5-12 packets a day. Freq. interrupted while trying to...

  5. Field Nurse Supervisors

    Ruth1201 replied to Ruth1201's topic in Home Health

    We do only intermittant skilled nursing. The FNS has to do joint sup. visits with each nurse 4 times a year to assess their job performance. We are not casemanagers but have to do casemanagement and...