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Can anyone share their schedules / forms for recommended labs for medication monitoring and how often they are being done. What forms / tracking procedure do you use to assure these are being completed. Who orders your initial labs and who follows ...

Does anyone have an actual schedule with labs depending on what medication they take?

FYI: This is for long term care nursing:

From ame222: Can anyone share their schedules / forms for recommended labs for medication monitoring and how often they are being done. What forms / tracking procedure do you use to assure these are being completed. Who orders your initial labs and ...

Can anyone share their schedules / forms for recommended labs for medication monitoring and how often they are being done. What forms / tracking procedure do you use to assure these are being completed. Who orders your initial labs and who follows up...

F:283 Dischage Summaries: Recapitulation of the residents stay, Final Summary of Status. Does anyone have any advice to share with me on the correct way these are to be done? How do you coordinate with medical records? Are these to be done after ...

I have been filling in as Interim DON for several months. I was asked to do it, it's not something I necessarily would have wanted, however in many ways it's made me a better person, much stronger and I realize I am able to cope with much more than I...

Dear Cape Cod Mermaid: Can you (or anyone else) point out some specific web sites, books and any other resources I would be able to study and learn from to bring out the best possible expertise? I am very organized, can stay focused and multi task ...

The HH Agency is "thinking" about providing a cell phone for business use only. How does someone "estimate" the # of minutes needed? What are other Agencies doing in this area? Various cell phone companies provide different plans. Just curious as...

Thanks for responding. I can really say "DITTO" to feeling much the same as you. The job offered me in Home Health sounded like a real "dream job". It didn't turn out that way. I, too, got very tired of the "politics" and "competition" there. Th...

.....Just curious. Why did you choose to leave Home Health. I will be doing the same. I'm leaving Home Health, have accepted a job as Clinical Coortinator/Unit Manager in a LTC Rehab Center, which I previously worked at for several years. I'm exc...

Our agency does not provied cell phones, nor do they reimburse us for business time spent on our own cell phones. I don't think this is fair to be expected to pay for our own plan (family plan) with specific minutes which of course are used up makin...

My first admission alone took me 2.5 hrs in the home and another 3 hrs. finishing up at home. We get paid a flat rate, no difference for admissions. I have to agree, practice really helps. The OASIS is so foreign at first, but again, practice help...

In reference to the following note, this might help. I purchased the book called "Wound Care Essentials" by Sharon Baranoski and Elizabeth Ayello. It is a great reference book and has helped me alot.

What kind of information are you looking for?

For all you HH Nurses out there, I need some advice. Part of our job is to assess and instruct. Aside of the general assessment and the main problem which is skin ulcers and wound care, it isn't possible to ignore the surroundings either. When ass...

I don't live in MA, but live in a rural area. Our agency is small and our case load varies. I see anywhere from 5-9 clients a day. We don't get paid by the hour, but the case, which is $30.00/case, plus $.35/mile. This also pretty much evens out ...

Management went out of town for a "Seminar" for over a week. Needed someone to take call...I was delegated, but wanted to be reimbursed. They are all salary, so...I'm getting 10.00 weeknight from 5pm-8am and 30.00 weekend day. I was wondering what...

It takes a little bit of time, but I try to call the clients the eve. before to give them a general idea when I'll be there the next day. Since I live in a rural area and do a bit of driving each day, I'd rather do this than to get there and not hav...

I also live in a rural area where jobs are somewhat scarce. Yes, I do believe it is possible for a new Grad to suceed in Home Care, however, this also depends on what clinical experience you had in nsg. school and what type of orientation you will b...

We get paid nothing for a no-show appointment OR for delivering specimans (other than mileage) either.

I agree with what you said. "They" say that "Home Healthcare is Nursings best kept secret". Eventhough I'm not exactly sure that "They" mean by that (anyone can let me know for sure), I do like the autonomy and feeling REALLY appreciated. It took ...

WOW, both responses sound great to me. Our HC pays 30.00/visit, regardless if is a new admit, acquity (high tech), admission (OASIS), etc. The mileage is .35/mile, no pay from your home to first visit and no pay from last visit, home. The only dif...

I am new to HH Nursing. Have many years of experience in other fields. I'm learning so much, but still don't have a "system" worked out. My question for all of you is this...How does your agency handle supervised visits? I'm also having some diff...

How do I PM you? I'm not sure what that means. Thankyou.