hoolahan

hoolahan ASN, RN

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  1. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    hoolahan posted a topic in Home Health

    Not a bad day today... started back per diem today. 6 cases, all in the same township. Not my usual zip codes though, so I did waste some time and scheduled visits akimbo, instead of in a line...

  2. Productivity...groan

    hoolahan posted a topic in Case Management

    Does anyone in case management or in particular disease management have to meet productivity "numbers?" As in how many assessments per week, contact with members per week, etc... My manager is...

  3. Question about Jackson Pratt Drains & retention sutures

    hoolahan posted a topic in General Nursing

    How many of you have ever removed Jackson Pratt drains? If you have never removed them yourself, but have watched them be removed, you would feel comfortable doing it on your own? I would esp like to...

  4. STUPID interview questions, add yours here

    hoolahan posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been on about six interviews this month, and I am appalled at the stupidity of this process. Does anyone at all think up original questions any more? My last interview consisted of a woman,...

  5. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

    hoolahan posted a topic in Home Health

    I feel like I should be called the Orkin Nurse, and instead of a backback, I should carry an orificenal of roach-killing chemicals. I need a roach repellant perfume or something. Yesterday MONSTER...

  6. Hedis 2005...

    hoolahan posted a topic in Quality Improvement

    Has anyone gotten their assignments yet? On the road yet? Are you using laptops or paper tools? This is my first year. Everytime we hear the data is ready, it has to be re-run, so we continue to wait...

  7. Removing Staples....

    hoolahan posted a topic in Home Health

    I had a great day today, but did have a problem removing someone's staples. Lady is s/p R TKR, and that alone is bizzare, I have never had a surgeon want us to remove staples for TKR. I have done lots...

  8. titration of cardiac IV drips

    hoolahan replied to wrkoutgirl's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I don't know of anything like what you are asking for. I can only offer that titration should be based on the half-life of the drug, and the effect it has within that time frame. In the CT unit I...

  9. Gas prices are killing me, how much does your agency reimburse?

    hoolahan replied to RN relief needed's topic in Home Health

    40.5 cents a mile. It went up 3 cents and gas went up 60 cents a gallon! Not much left over for wear and

  10. Basic Home Health Care Charts

    hoolahan replied to FocusRN's topic in Home Health

    Just do what many of my patients do, they get a notebook, and just write in it. Some family's leave me notes in there, or questions, and I answer them, usually only things like "Please order more...

  11. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

    hoolahan replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    I find this to be a very accurate portrayal of the attitudes I have encountered. Is it right? Of course not! But why fault the program or writers for doing an honest job? To sugarcoat it is to do a...

  12. Hedis 2005...

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Quality Improvement

    Ah, rub it in why don't ya! Just kidding, that sounds cool. Are you finding the diabetes and HTN measures very time consuming? I am assuming you are doing these, but I know the commercial MCO's do...

  13. any such thing as Male RN's in home health?

    hoolahan replied to BSNGUY's topic in Home Health

    She means Rustyhammer, one of the admin's on this forum, used to do home care. We have several male nurses at the agency I work for. It has never been a problem. It really isn't any different than the...

  14. Hedis 2005...

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Quality Improvement

    Well, we got our assignments the end of the second week of March, and I got most of the appointments scheduled the following week. I have 4 counties in NJ, a total of 700 charts and over 250 sites. I...

  15. Advice needed - Should he be fired?

    hoolahan replied to melissa_rn's topic in Nurse Management

    I empathize with the situation. I agree that he should be let go. Your staff needs to know that you will follow up with your expectations, and it will give them faith in you, that you will not allow...

  16. I cant keep doing this....

    hoolahan replied to CardioTrans's topic in Home Health

    OMG, your agency is just like mine, except that we only covered one county, and we never had to cover the whole county except for rarely on the weekend. That kind of traveling is too much. I would go...

  17. Can home health RN's take verbal/telephone orders from other RN's, MA's, etc???

    hoolahan replied to pengwen's topic in Home Health

    I plead the

  18. dreading going into work tomorrow

    hoolahan replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I did! Good to see you here. Well, you know, doo-doo happens. We can't all be saints 100% of the time. If they complained to management, I suggest you give them an apology and move on. A simple, I...

  19. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    I used LOL = Little Old Lady, way before the days of lol on the internet. Just ask, and we'll explain

  20. Getting the Labs there on time?

    hoolahan replied to cherricka's topic in Home Health

    I never had to worry about this much, since I work the suburbs and city and am never too far from a hospital. So I will try to shed a little bit of light, but I am by no means an expert. 1. We had to...

  21. Responsibilities of Home Health Nurses

    hoolahan replied to MelissaZ's topic in Home Health

    Thanks for the plug Karen. Melissa, feel free to quote me, or print out anything from my site. I PM'd you

  22. A new NY HHC nurse....maybe?

    hoolahan replied to Tomskatt's topic in Home Health

    Sounds pretty good to me Kathy!! I think the $65 for admit is low, (Between 75 and 85 by me) BUT, if you don't have to complete OASIS for peds, and well mom and baby, then your paperwork may not be...

  23. What did you need ot start?

    hoolahan replied to Tomskatt's topic in Home Health

    My agency supplies everything, and I won't repeat what is said above. I also do like my own tympanic thermometer, but I also have a digital oral thermometer in case I run out of covers, or I want a...

  24. What is that word that I am looking for?

    hoolahan replied to cherricka's topic in Home Health

    I am looking in my Estes Assessment book, maybe erythema nodosum, but that name makes me think it is very red, but if you are talking about what I am picturing, it is not

  25. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    hoolahan replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    I don't think you are doing anything wrong at all. I think you must be in a tough area. If you were in NJ, they would eat you right up with maternal/child experience, maybe the areas they will send...