Many, many years ago, (many, many) I was admitted to the hallway of my small town community hospital after I was shot in the eye with a BB gun. This was long before "The Christmas Story". Anyway,...
nurse42long replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health
Sounds like you know what to do, but you have bonded with this pt and don't want to do it. That can be draining and can lead to burnout on your part. You can't solve her problems, she maybe doesn't...
nurse42long replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health
Actually if this is a Medicare patient then the documentation of continued noncompliance makes her ineligible for HH care. Check with your Clinical Manager or Supervisor and see if continued visits...
Here's a question: When you go in to do wound care teaching, and the pt and caregiver become competent, how long do you stay in? We have mixed ideas here, (a small rural agency). Some of us feel that...
I had a second day (otherwise healthy) post op C-section who had just been assisted back to bed (could have done this on her own) once we had gotten back to nurses' station she called out in a panic....
nurse42long replied to spejsa's topic in Home Health
I thought that the Home Care Agency was supposed to provide supplies to Medicare patients. That they should not be getting from a DME company. I'm talking about wound care, Foley's, etc. not beds,...
nurse42long replied to nurse42long's topic in Home Health
When the weather was nicer I was wearing scrubs, in solid colors, either navy or maroon, with tennis shoes but now that winter is in full swing I've taken to jeans, sweaters and boots. We're a rural...
Do any of you ever evaluate patients in the hospital prior to their discharge to see if appropriate for HH care? We have taken on many patients once in the home who should never have been discharged...