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  1. Progress note

    Sana2007 posted a topic in Home Health

    Are you required to write Monthly Progress Notes in addition to regular visit notes at your agenciy? If yes, is it on a separate form or is it done on a regular visit note? Please let me know either...

  2. Progress note

    Sana2007 replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

    Thank you for your response. The Conditions of Participation, 484.4, define a progress note as "a written notation, dated and signed by a member of the health team that summarizes facts about care...

  3. Progress note

    Sana2007 replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

    Thank you caliotter3. Yes, 60-day summary is written at recert and sent to the doc. I am particularly questioning about Progress Notes. I am hoping we get more responses here. But thanks for your...

  4. Start of care orders

    Sana2007 posted a topic in Home Health

    Wondering how other agencies handle the requirement of getting authorization for orders prior to implementing the order specifically at start of care? From talking to a lot of nurses and therapist I...

  5. Start of care orders

    Sana2007 replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

    I haven't found any therapist yet who calls to get verbal orders. We have contract with big therapy companies and then some smaller companies but they all think we are asking them some thing...

  6. Start of care orders

    Sana2007 replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

    That's exactly my problem too. We all know in most of the cases physicians do not care about the exact frequency/duration and stuff like that, so it's not like we can have them paged or the covering...

  7. Is this normal for HH nursing?

    Sana2007 replied to RachelRN25's topic in Home Health

    caliotter3, by shift work, do you mean you have patients who need nursing 24/7 and you stay with them for however long your shift

  8. Joint Commission riding with me Thursday! Any advice?

    Sana2007 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health

    Congratulations!!! Just one question, did you have to wash hands with soap and water before the start of the procedure or was hand sanitizer

  9. Please help re: written 60 day summary

    Sana2007 replied to stxlinda's topic in Home Health

    Very helpful information. But can you tell me if a progress note is different from a Summary report? The previous entry says that it is the same, only calls different depending on if used at Discharge...

  10. 1 da 1; what does it mean?

    Sana2007 posted a topic in Home Health

    What does 1 da 1 read? And what do you guys recommend for writing frequency if I admit on a thursday or friday (we have a calendar week; sun thru sat). It seems if I count it to be the first week...

  11. 1 da 1; what does it mean?

    Sana2007 replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

    Thank you, HmarieD fro your response. So what do you suggest writing for frequency if I admit a patient on Friday; Should I write 1 da 2 for first week and then the appropriate frequency for the rest...

  12. Help with Nursing Bag technique

    Sana2007 posted a topic in Home Health

    Does anybody know what is exatly the point of using a barrier underneath the bag when placed down in a patient's house? Is it to keep the patient's surroundings clean or is it to keep the bag clean?...

  13. Help with Nursing Bag technique

    Sana2007 replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

    Agree

  14. Need help with POC please.

    Sana2007 posted a topic in Home Health

    How do I write an order on POC for something like daily dressing change that nurses do not have to do daily after some time but the patient or the care giver needs to continue daily on thier own....

  15. Can You Suggest Home Care Bags that You USE or LOVE?

    Sana2007 replied to loveandnyc's topic in Home Health

    Hopkins has a lot of variety. But be sure to think twice before ordering the roll ons with wheels because there are some issues of how to keep the bottom clean if you are rolling it on the

  16. Switching Career at 35 married w/children...scared to death!

    Sana2007 replied to stokesc's topic in General Nursing

    Go for BSN. I know it will be harder but you would have endless possibilities with BSN or even an Assosciate degree. LPNs are very limited in where they can or cannot work. Especially I think if you...

  17. Im Having a hard Time Deciding if I want to be a RN.PLEASE HELP I NEED ADVICE!!!

    Sana2007 replied to Angela.Tris24's topic in General Nursing

    You said you love the patients, but hate cleaning up poop and dealing with infections. News for you, their infections and poop is all part of them being a patient. If they didn't have these problems...

  18. Help with Nursing Bag technique

    Sana2007 replied to Sana2007's topic in Home Health

    Thank you DKS3132! Helped me tremendously. I indeed had the feeling that there was something not right using the wheeled bag. Thank you for the

  19. When patient requests something to do that is not on the plan of care.

    Sana2007 posted a topic in Home Health

    We are seeing a patient for IDDM who is recently put on dialysis. We are not doing anything related to her End Stage Renal Disease/dialysis but yesterday I went to see her and she had missed her...

  20. Change in primary diagnosis after hospitalization

    Sana2007 posted a topic in Home Health

    What is the best way of documenting a change in primary diagnosis and all the changes in treatment and meds as a result of this at the resumption of care. Is there any specific form that anybody can...

  21. Lab order from another MD/consultant

    Sana2007 posted a topic in Home Health

    Can anyone please help me with this lab related question. I have a private insurance pt who had recieved an order for labwork from another doctor/specialist, and the pt went ahead and got it done from...

  22. HH & Lab billing

    Sana2007 replied to arbley's topic in Home Health

    Can you please help me with this lab related question. I have a private insurance pt who had recieved an order for labwork from another doctor/specialist, and the pt went ahead and got it done from a...

  23. Any suggestion on doing inservices online and using videos

    Sana2007 posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Can any of you experienced directors tell me how I can do inservices online. I am a Director of a start up home health agency and all my employees are working full time elsewhere and therefore it is...