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  1. Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    cathrn64 replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have not worked in the hospital for 16yrs (I work home health), but I still make hospital corners. I check out everyone's veins! I notice people in stores with home IV pumps, G-Tube feedings, PICC...

  2. Brightstar home health care???

    cathrn64 replied to jommit52's topic in Home Health

    I don't know a whole lot about them. They gave a presentation recently to my company. They provide mostly private pay services. Aides, homemakers, etc. They also do lab and med services for pt's...

  3. Case Manager Pay

    cathrn64 replied to Pooksmom1996's topic in Home Health

    I agree HCHB is terrible The PDA is making me go blind!!!!!!!! (print is too

  4. Looking for guidance from a few HH vets.

    cathrn64 replied to eriksoln's topic in Home Health

    I agree that the advantage of hospital nursing is you are done when your done. There are also advantages of homecare. Some of the advantages of home care are; you can, at times, set your own...

  5. Looking for guidance from a few HH vets.

    cathrn64 replied to eriksoln's topic in Home Health

    I agree wholeheartedly with the last 2 posts! The key to homecare is organization. Try to keep your route in an orderly fashion so you are not retracing your steps all day! (hopefully your agency...

  6. Supervisory visits

    cathrn64 replied to metalRN's topic in Home Health

    I agree, if the pt can go out of town, why is homecare still in? Is this a private pay pt? If it is I would check with your supervisor At one time I worked for an agency that did private duty...

  7. Extremly SCARED for Triton nursing program 2011

    cathrn64 replied to mirl89's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Sorry I graduated from the Triton Nursing program in 1986. I don't even know what the ASSET test

  8. vna

    cathrn64 replied to kimmyrae722's topic in Home Health

    The agencies I have worked for supplied everything but a stethoscope. My current agency gives us a pulse ox to use, the last one we had to share them. (we were not allowed to have our own, as...

  9. What is your average case load for Home Health nurses?

    cathrn64 replied to allyira's topic in Home Health

    5-6 "regular" visits a day is about average in my area. I occasionally see 7, but prefer 5-6 a day. SOC's count as 2 ROC;s and recerts count as

  10. What color is your stethoscope???

    cathrn64 replied to sch1109's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Purple!!!!! (and yes the Dr's do "borrow" your stethoscope and sometimes don't return

  11. Call patients the night before or in the morning?

    cathrn64 replied to tinderbox's topic in Home Health

    I agree I usually call the night before. I try to ask at the beginning of the cert if the pt has any preferences (like, I have one who is in bed by 7, another who sleeps until 11 etc) so I have an...

  12. How does hourly vs per visit work out?

    cathrn64 replied to newtress's topic in Home Health

    I have worked both ways. With hourly, I had to do all of my charting and after pt work (ie; insurance calls, Dr calls, checking on labs etc) in the office, if I wanted to be paid for the time. With...

  13. Question on Charting and Organization

    cathrn64 replied to OhioHHRN's topic in Home Health

    At the agencies I have worked for, the Intake dept gets the first approval for insurance (ie: 1 rn eval + 3 additional visits) After that it is the field staff's responsibility to get more visits....

  14. Help NEED LUNCH

    cathrn64 replied to nurselele05's topic in Home Health

    A cooler works for me too! (although I have a terrible habit of not giving myself enough time in the morning, and than end up driving through

  15. How long it took you to complete your first few admissions?

    cathrn64 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in Home Health

    I agree with others on this. When I did my first OASIS (at the very beginning of OASIS), it took me 2 1/2 hours in the home and many more hours afterwords! The agency I work for uses PDA's for...

  16. Amedysis

    cathrn64 replied to PALPN4018's topic in Home Health

    I have had many of my co-workers leave to go to Amedysis. I tell them to check this site first, but they never listen!!

  17. problems using INRatio machine

    cathrn64 replied to spejsa's topic in Home Health

    My agency just had a rep from the InRatio company in for an inservice. I learned that the strip has a static area on it which keeps the blood in place, (but can also repel it, which is what happens...

  18. Case Manager Pay

    cathrn64 replied to Pooksmom1996's topic in Home Health

    My visit rate is 1.44% of my hourly rate. (but I have been in home care for 18

  19. Organization!

    cathrn64 replied to shannonFNP's topic in Home Health

    I find that everyone uses different methods. My agency is computerized. I try not to carry any extra paper on my pt's (some of my co-workers have a file for each pt) I find that keeping good...

  20. problems using INRatio machine

    cathrn64 replied to spejsa's topic in Home Health

    I have also had problems with this machine. You have to get the drop of blood right on the green light in the middle. I have found holding the machine at a slight angle, and aiming slightly over the...

  21. Case Manager Pay

    cathrn64 replied to Pooksmom1996's topic in Home Health

    The company I work for also pays per visit. We do get mileage reimbursement. We do get extra for SOC's (a little less than double) a little extra for ROC's and Recerts, but not discharges. We do...

  22. PDA's

    cathrn64 replied to Tampa121's topic in Home Health

    I use a Palm Pilot.(hard to find now, unless it is with a cell phone- Try Ebay) I put the PT's name town, act # and phone # in the last name line of the contacts and than use it in the calendar for...

  23. NoGo's for non-homebound

    cathrn64 replied to paddler's topic in Home Health

    I have worked in homecare for 18 yrs. I have always been told that if the pt can (and do) drive they are NOT

  24. What 's your thoughts

    cathrn64 replied to KDiAnneRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a new grad, I was hired for the evening shift at the hospital I worked for. I also wanted Days. I don't know if you are able to do this, but,this is what I did. I let my NM know I was...

  25. Residential Homehealth

    cathrn64 posted a topic in Home Health

    Hi Does anyone know anything about Residential Homehealth in Michigan? I may be working for them soon and am looking for any information