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  1. RN Case Mangers: How long was your orientation and what did it involve?

    twokidsmom,rn replied to shondaRN's topic in Home Health

    I became a RN 2008 worked on a med/surg floor for 18months and 6 months at a local VA. Then got my current job as a RN case manager for HH company. I was with someone for 1.5 weeks because I was...

  2. Computer HH nurses

    twokidsmom,rn posted a topic in Home Health

    Do you leave med sheets in patients homes? Do you carry printers around? If not how do you give them med sheets and educational printed info? If no med sheets how does Medicare look at that? We have...

  3. Am I right for home health?

    twokidsmom,rn posted a topic in Home Health

    I have been working for this home health agency for 6 months now. I am full time and see 6-9 pts a day. I travel as far as 45min away but majority of my pts are within 30min of my home. When I...

  4. Am I right for home health?

    twokidsmom,rn replied to twokidsmom,rn's topic in Home Health

    Nurseleigh27 That is EXACTLY how I feel. I have not been sleeping well, up worrying if I should be a nurse. If I should to back to a hosp or LTC facility. I have been making paperwork mistakes have...

  5. Why do you like home care? What are the advantages?

    twokidsmom,rn replied to smartandgrit's topic in Home Health

    I see 7-9 pts a day some are 45min from home don't get home till about 5 leave around 8am. But do about 2 hours of paperwork a night and worry about all my pts nightly. But I am making the most...

  6. What do you do?

    twokidsmom,rn posted a topic in Home Health

    I have a pt. that gets his meds from the VA. He insists on filling his own mediset. I saw him on Monday he told me he filled his mediset and that he needs more Coreg and Gabapentin. I called the VA...

  7. Why do you like home care? What are the advantages?

    twokidsmom,rn replied to smartandgrit's topic in Home Health

    I spend about 30min per pt. And I get 45cents a mile. I think IRS states 50cents a mile. I get paid per visit. And of course some times you are there for longer than 30min I have stayed with a pt...

  8. Why do you like home care? What are the advantages?

    twokidsmom,rn replied to smartandgrit's topic in Home Health

    I see 6-9 a day but my max was 10 in one

  9. Starting pay...

    twokidsmom,rn replied to lmh2brn's topic in Home Health

    I live 1.5 hours outside of Philly. I get $35 per visit and $65 for opens. I have been seeing 6-10 pts a day and am not suppose to work one weekend a month BUT I have been doing a open every weekend...

  10. Why do you like home care? What are the advantages?

    twokidsmom,rn replied to smartandgrit's topic in Home Health

    I have been a nurse for 3 years and have worked in LTC and a med/surg floor in a large hosp. I do like home health much more than those positions. Of course it has its positives and minuses but all...

  11. help! a confused RN

    twokidsmom,rn replied to noski's topic in Home Health

    Most home health companies want you to have at least 1 yr in med/surg. I worked 18months in med surg and still have to call and ask questions from other more experienced nurses. I don't always get...

  12. Starting pay...

    twokidsmom,rn replied to lmh2brn's topic in Home Health

    I work for an agency in PA that has 7 offices. I get paid per visit, and 45cents a mile. I do alot of homework which I don't get paid for. I do like home health alot, I like my freedom and like my...

  13. taxes

    twokidsmom,rn posted a topic in Home Health

    I have been working for a HH agency since July. I get 45cents a mile, I bought a printer and use it just for work. I bought a laptop but use it for personal too. I did my taxes without deducting any...

  14. Computer HH nurses

    twokidsmom,rn replied to twokidsmom,rn's topic in Home Health

    Our med forms have 3 so we can leave one with pt one with Oasis and one for our travel charts. So if the pts has alot of meds it takes a long time to fill out. Just wondering since you have to print...

  15. Winter and Home Health

    twokidsmom,rn replied to wanderingRN.'s topic in Home Health

    I live in Chester County PA. I watch the weather very closely. If there is a forecast with snow in it I plan my week to see most of my pts the day before and after the pending snow day. If the snow...

  16. staying organized with hh

    twokidsmom,rn replied to hhrnohio's topic in Home Health

    KateRN1 Thank you for the info I think I will try this along with what I am doing and see which I like best. Right now my census is extremely low so I will work on this and see if it works for me....

  17. staying organized with hh

    twokidsmom,rn replied to hhrnohio's topic in Home Health

    KateRN1, do you use computers for visit notes, do you have to save each visit note or is it saved in a computer? I have a hanging folder box with pts folders that I put my visiting charting notes...

  18. Always "on".

    twokidsmom,rn posted a topic in Home Health

    I have been a home health nurse since July. I became a RN 7/08, I am 46yrs old. I see an average of 5-8pts a day. I have been feeling like I am "on" 24/7. I think about my pts all the time, I have...

  19. charting pen/marker

    twokidsmom,rn replied to hhrnohio's topic in Home Health

    We do not use scantron but that sounds interesting. We have forms that you have to write in sentences which is also very time consuming. I truly wish we were

  20. Charting in Clinical Notes

    twokidsmom,rn replied to peacetou's topic in Home Health

    What software do you

  21. How many is too many?

    twokidsmom,rn posted a topic in Home Health

    HI I am a RN HH case manager for the last 3 months. The last 2 weeks I have been seeing 8-9 pts a day and have been very frazzled. Wondering how many pts most RN case managers see in a day. And...

  22. How many is too many?

    twokidsmom,rn replied to twokidsmom,rn's topic in Home Health

    Yes I get paid per visit. I have been making great money but there is more to life than

  23. How many is too many?

    twokidsmom,rn replied to twokidsmom,rn's topic in Home Health

    I do have 5 pts at one ALF and I do try to schedule them on the same day. And those days I do fit in about 8-9 total. But I have been doing around 8 and they can be all over my county and that has...

  24. Medicare surveyors?

    twokidsmom,rn replied to twokidsmom,rn's topic in Home Health

    How often do surveyors come to an agency? And do they come to each office of an

  25. Medicare surveyors?

    twokidsmom,rn posted a topic in Home Health

    I am a fairly new nurse graduated 2008. Have worked on a med/surg floor and a medical floor at a local VA. I have been a HH case manager for 3months now. My small agency has not had a survey yet this...