KittyLovinRN

KittyLovinRN has 5 years experience and specializes in Pulmonary, Lung Transplant, Med/Surg.

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1. Why can't we tell pts/families we're understaffed?

   KittyLovinRN replied to delphine22's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Same thing with home care. Patients don't get the number of visits they were told they'd get that week. I'm the one who gets blamed even though I don't make the visit schedule but the office makes no...

2. Finding your place in nursing

   KittyLovinRN replied to medic978's topic in General Nursing

   I worked with lung transplants out of nursing school for 18 months then went to an ICU stepdown for two years. I knew I needed out of the hospital. I found home care nursing and have never loved a...

3. Oasis M1342

   KittyLovinRN replied to jhdoublin's topic in Home Health

   P.S. If it's been 30 days since the actual surgery (i.e. if the patient went to rehab for long period of time after hospital) then we're told to put "New Epith"...I guess a 30 day old incision (WNL)...

4. Oasis M1342

   KittyLovinRN replied to jhdoublin's topic in Home Health

   Our office requests the same documentation for knees/hips/surgical incisions ... EVERYTHING at a SOC is considered non-healing. Why are you uncomfortable with this? It's just baseline documentation....

5. Medicare Charting Guidelines for HH

   KittyLovinRN replied to roach930's topic in Home Health

   Our charting (all computerized) is to be locked down and transmitted by midnight after the visit was performed. Granted there are times where we slack and do it the next day but it is the expectation...

6. Working too close to home I think!

   KittyLovinRN posted a topic in Home Health

   Hi all! I'm a home care nurse in a neighboring community from where I live. Turns out one of my patient's is the brother of my MIL neighbor, who both live down the street from me. The sister figured...

7. Swabcaps

   KittyLovinRN replied to student_nurse101's topic in General Nursing

   For the short period of time we used them (they showed no significant improvement in our CLAB rates) we only put them on the PICC/Subclavian/Port caps, I never saw them used on the actual IV tubing...

8. What shoes do you wear?

   KittyLovinRN replied to KittyLovinRN's topic in Home Health

   Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using

9. does anyne else miss the hospital?

   KittyLovinRN replied to Cathyd241's topic in Home Health

   Never looked back the year I've been in home care and never will. But it's okay that you don't like it, not every section is your niche, good luck with your re-entry! Sent from my iPhone using...

10. What shoes do you wear?

    KittyLovinRN posted a topic in Home Health

    Forgive me if this has already been talked about but I did a brief search and could not find anything I was looking for. What brand of sneakers do you wear? I've never worn through shoes like I do...

11. Taking time off in home health

    KittyLovinRN replied to luvtwilight's topic in Home Health

    I've been doing home health for a little over a year and taken three weeks off. If you do some prep work it's a breeze taking the time off as long as your agency is well staffed. I'm lucky to work for...

12. How do I find out if a HH is creditable

    KittyLovinRN replied to lchapman's topic in Home Health

    Medicare.gov Look in home care section to review agencies. Ask to shadow a nurse after your interview, ask the nurse what they do and don't like about the job. Sent from my iPhone using

13. New home health nurse. Advice/tips needed.

    KittyLovinRN replied to sirdearis88's topic in Home Health

    Wow I feel very fortunate with my company. We do five 8 hour days w some weekends but I'm never in the field the full 8 hours, I'm paid salary up to my 6 patient/productivity points and any extra is...

14. New home health nurse. Advice/tips needed.

    KittyLovinRN replied to sirdearis88's topic in Home Health

15. No training on OASIS - new to home health

    KittyLovinRN replied to sukari79's topic in Home Health

    Wonderful!!! Sent from my iPhone using