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  1. Homehealth homecare homebase

    berube replied to Ohiorn42007's topic in Home Health

    My agency just this week, is transitioning to HCHB , we have had the training, it is very different than what we were doing, but wither im missing something or it will be pretty easy, of course i...

  2. New to HH: traditional vs Hospice

    berube replied to bluenurse10's topic in Home Health

    I am in SC been at kindred 10+ yrs, our managemnt is horrible, now could be the branch here, .. money focused, and no none of us ever do enough, they have people woth documentation out 2 weeks and...

  3. New to HH: traditional vs Hospice

    berube replied to bluenurse10's topic in Home Health

    Kindred will run you to the ground, awful managment. Company is a decent one, decent benefits, but managment is enough to make u

  4. Can you squeeze all your patients in M/W/F?

    berube replied to Avill's topic in Home Health

    What would ur plan be if u had a patient that had to be seen on an alternate day if they will not cover it for

  5. Big med error and communication breakdown

    berube replied to Zippy83's topic in Home Health

    Was the bag REALLY empty or looked empty cuz CADD beeps when

  6. Discharge/recert

    berube replied to RN416's topic in Home Health

    We are TOLD, that unless they are no longer homeboud we MUST recert, no longer can we use our clincal judgement, very

  7. OASIS quandry

    berube replied to bbritton_64's topic in Home Health

    I work for a very large HH company, actually they have their hand in almost every aspect of medical care i also have done HH sonce 1986, and what they want u to do, is, answer the questions of SOC...

  8. OASIS CERTIFICATION

    berube posted a topic in Home Health

    does anyone know if there are any online courses to take to become certified in oasis? thanks in

  9. Working 12-14 hour days, am burning out.......

    berube replied to tulsanurse1's topic in Home Health

    you know it funny,,,the door swings both ways, i am currently working in the office, have been in the field 25 yrs, so i have not forgotten what it is like! i have a new orientee, no HH experience is...

  10. Government Investigation of Amedisys

    berube replied to sweetsugar's topic in Home Health

    an;yone know how much the fine is for these agencies,,,,gentiva just announced "cutbacks", can't help but think it has to do with this

  11. Home Health Nurses, how many opens and visits do you have a week?

    berube replied to owleyes's topic in Home Health

    on a typical day i will see 8 (units),,a soc, roc and recert might be in the mix, i can handle up to 9....i think it is unfair to say that those seeing that many patients are not providing quality...

  12. Am I asking too many questions?

    berube replied to Mandy LVN's topic in Home Health

    Love it when new nurses ask questions, shows they are listening and want to

  13. Ideal New Hire

    berube replied to KateRN1's topic in Home Health

    I'd be happy if the new nurse would at least show up on time every day! we have them rolling in anytime the choose even after they have been told 8am! just can't

  14. Any experience as Manager of Clinical Practice @ Gentiva?

    berube replied to NurseRoRo's topic in Home Health

    i work for gentiva tho not in a management position, i have worked HH for 20 plus yrs and now at gentiva for going on 4 yrs.....i like gentiva....they hold the clinicians to a "higher level", my...

  15. New Grad RN considering moving to SC, advice?

    berube replied to tashacorinne's topic in General Nursing

    which are of SC are you interested

  16. how to write qow frequency for medicare

    berube replied to terlyn's topic in Home Health

    like Kate said, plot it out first on calendar, we typically write 3month2,,,depending on how it fits on the

  17. Tracking nursing activities

    berube replied to kat7464's topic in Home Health

    We also were told to choose one response, which ever was more evident with the

  18. best way to treat stage III pressure ulcer

    berube replied to ira1027's topic in Home Health

    wound vac does require the wound bed to be less than 20% slough, i have had good luck with Mesalt,,it will debridge the slough and also absorb the

  19. Tracking nursing activities

    berube replied to kat7464's topic in Home Health

    yep we are doing it

  20. any ideas on the 'real' hours of hospice home health nurse?

    berube replied to ninaricci's topic in Home Health

    the case load you are describing sounds appropriate for hospice but not home health,,,HH nurses manage anywhere from 20-30+ pts with the quota of 30 units a week......or are you talking strickly about...

  21. I just have to share my happiness...

    berube replied to morningmom's topic in Home Health

    also glad to hear a happy story!!! wish you could share that excitement with some of the new nurses we

  22. Top Diagnosis

    berube replied to Tender HH RN's topic in Home Health

    you need to employ some PT's and target the ortho

  23. venipuncture or portable machine?

    berube replied to HHRN22's topic in General Nursing

    lovenox half life is 4.5

  24. venipuncture or portable machine?

    berube replied to HHRN22's topic in General Nursing

    lovenox half like is 4.5

  25. Medicare regs

    berube posted a topic in Home Health

    does anyone know how you would go about reporting to medicare that a particular agency is not following "the rules"...for example 48hr admission to HH after hospital stay....this agency lets the...