ratgirl63

ratgirl63 has 3 years experience and specializes in Home Health.

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1. Home Health Nursing

   ratgirl63 replied to crNAtion's topic in Home Health

   Home Health is not warranted just to avoid the inconvenience of going to the MD. Home Health is for HOME BOUND patients. If you can drive yourself to the MD then do so! Leave the home health resource...

2. Time spent on charting

   ratgirl63 replied to traylee's topic in Home Health

   I am going with the see a patient, chart a patient way of case management. This includes OASIS documentation. My charting is done in a timely manner by doing it this way. I can’t see as many...

3. Sent patient to ER during admission

   ratgirl63 replied to Holisticlifern's topic in Home Health

   Don’t second guess your assessment. You did a great service to the patient and the family by getting appropriate care for her. She should have never been shipped home in that

4. Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

   ratgirl63 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   LOL, the comparison is too

5. Unfamiliar territory with no orientation

   ratgirl63 replied to ratgirl63's topic in Private Duty

   I did go with my gut feeling on this and had to firmly stand my ground with the agency. I talked with the Clinical Nurse Manager and clearly explained my hesitation about this case. She stated she...

6. Unfamiliar territory with no orientation

   ratgirl63 posted a topic in Private Duty

   I just started a new position with a Home Health Agency that I thought was for home health care. It turns out to be really private duty nursing (taking care of medically fragile kids for 12 hours a...