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  1. Admissions RN position. Advice please!

    berube replied to Anagray's topic in Home Health

    well if you have no HH experience you will need to learn OASIS in order to do the admissions,,,,admissions typically take an average of 2+ hrs to do and that's when you know the OASIS,,,we are paid...

  2. Anything positive about amedysis home health???

    berube replied to mel1213's topic in Home Health

    to me there are no more in and out visits regardless of whether you are RN or LPN,,,those days are long gone....home health is hard

  3. wage, benefits?

    berube replied to cccladyrn's topic in Home Health

    i have full time benefits, medical, dental, vision, 401, FSA is available, generous vacation time off. we are paid per visit and need to keep a quota, but there is so much work it is not a problem to...

  4. curious about late hours in home care

    berube replied to k10za's topic in Home Health

    we have weeks that go by with no calls/visits after hours and we have weeks where every nite the call nurse is doing an admission,,,,,basically if the patient needs to be seen, we see them,,,they...

  5. OASIS CERTIFICATION

    berube replied to berube's topic in Home Health

    thanks for the info,,,i was wondering if there is a totally online course/exam , do you

  6. New to HH, Recert... Not feeling right, input needed.

    berube replied to OnTheRoad's topic in Home Health

    If your patient is medicare she must meet the homebound criteria to be eligible for HH services. some private insurances are

  7. Bossy/nosy co-workers

    berube replied to RN1263's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i also do the majority of admissions,,,sometimes you just can't convince the patient that they need PT etc...and they flately refuse,,,and then later change their minds, what i do (and you probably...

  8. PT/INR instant results? Accurate?

    berube replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

    we use the INRATIO machine , i have done a fingerstick and venipuncture on the same patient just to compare results and they were accurate, now not all strips need to be refrigerated, so that depends...

  9. Medicare week

    berube replied to hhrnohio's topic in Home Health

    i have never heard of an agency doing the way described,,,i thought each agency "chose" what they wanted for their medicare week and that was it. we are saturday to

  10. home health care VENT

    berube replied to hhrnohio's topic in Home Health

    happens all the time at our agency,,,they feel it is easier to "bother" the nurse in the field than read/look for the info!!! i even got called once to ask where a patient lived!!!!!!!!! that...

  11. Rude docs - not letting it get to you

    berube replied to muesli's topic in General Nursing

    LOVE

  12. SILVER NITRATE

    berube posted a topic in Home Health

    have any of you ever used silver nitrate sticks on the base of base of a wound??? just curious as i saw an order come across the other day and i have only seen it used by WOCN to open up wound edges.....

  13. Med/Surg or ER Experience?

    berube replied to delerben's topic in Home Health

    a good med-surg background, to me, is a great foundation for any aspect of

  14. Face-to-Face Rule

    berube replied to KateRN1's topic in Home Health

    KateRN1 i did some reading on this subject,,,another interesting

  15. Face-to-Face Rule

    berube replied to KateRN1's topic in Home Health

    what's the face to face

  16. ON CALL

    berube posted a topic in Home Health

    just interested in how your agency manages on call. how many nurses, #of days/ month

  17. SOC

    berube replied to berube's topic in Home Health

    thanks!!!! i agree with you!!! now getting the "powers to be" to agree. again,

  18. SOC

    berube posted a topic in Home Health

    i am hoping someone can shed some light on this. i know we did this in the past just don't know if it is still done here's the scene;::: busy day,,,,no extra help,,,,new patient needs to be...

  19. SOC

    berube replied to berube's topic in Home Health

    thanks that did work but i am actually looking for is something that says it is ok to send RN out tonight to get consent signed and perform the skill and tomorrow send another RN out to do the actual...

  20. SOC

    berube replied to berube's topic in Home Health

    thanks! i thought it was possible, but i can't find it anywhere in the regs, do you have any idea where i might find it in writting,,,seems no one believes it unless it is in writting. thanks in...

  21. Looking for info on well run agencies

    berube replied to Capco56's topic in Home Health

    all i can say today is stay away from Gentiva,,,unless you enjoy

  22. Question on supplies?

    berube replied to Filter188's topic in Home Health

    my understanding is that while the patient is on antibiotic treatment, the IV company will supply the dressing kits, once the antibiotic is completed and the PICC is for maintainence only the HH...

  23. Wound care cert..is it worth it or another idea like Legal Nurse consultant

    berube replied to BrookeeLou_RN's topic in General Nursing

    i feel that whenever you want to further you education or knowledge base and you have the ability to do it then i say ----- go for it!!!! best

  24. Would you do this???

    berube replied to RN1263's topic in Home Health

    i have never heard of that in Home Health,,,we are suppose to be doing intermittent visits, not q6h visits indefinitely,,,,,what are they requesting this for? is this a medicare

  25. New to Oasis

    berube replied to peacetou's topic in General Nursing

    if your agency doesn't give you a copy of that book, you can view it online,,,just google "medicare oasis c chapter 3" come on over to the home health forum, you will get lots of good info