XX y/o F lives with ??? Who assists with ADLs. Referred for ST, & SN from MD office for additional speech therapy as ability improves.
We have previously seen Pt after she was hospitalized at SJRMC X/XX/XX- X/X/XX. Pt A&Ox2 & had PEG...
Re: burnout. Look up your state's case law on Exempt status of home health clinicians. If applicable go to your county's lawyer referral service and have them write a letter stating that you are not exempt and they need to pay you OT for time over 8/...
Do a through SOC with SBAR narrative. List phone numbers in narrative for quick reference. Insist that If you are to follow pt, then you get 1st crack at doing the SOC - otherwise you need to review POC on your own time and need to depend on someone ...
I had a patient from a SNF who had a unique Dx that I really wanted to follow. I had no experience with this Dx and I could only get orders from nurses memory. The SNF MD said he only transcribed orders from hospital and would not giver orders AND co...
All the work rolls down hill to the clinician who has no voice in the office, and is barely considered a team member by outside agencies. Most institutions are not even aware that you can satisfy PHI via phone HIPPA requirements with 3 identifying it...
I graduated as BSN in 2009 & couldn't GIVE my labor away for experience. Pig in a Snake my butt. Nobody cares about anything but this quarter's profits. I ended up in dead-end home health where they openly ignore labor law, make you feel incompet...
We ARE in a recession. Any propaganda to the contrary is aimed at propping up the market long enough for the ruling class to discretely liquefy assets. And yet corporate profits continue. News said to plan on a pay decrease at a time of record corpor...
I've been at several agencies looking for somewhere that follows labor law. We need industry wide labor organizing - I see the same people jumping from agency to agency, and everyone short on staff. It wouldn't take much stress on the system to give ...
My wife is teaching wound vac class and is spending hours at home removing the tegaderm from dummies. adhesive remover and acetone don't seem to help. Tips?
I know this thread is old but I thought it was important to warn people off of a refresher course unless it is free and you don't have anything else to do with your time. I graduated 2009 during the recession and was unemployed for 1.5 years. Admitte...
GapRN replied to AngelKissed857's topic in Urology
I'm not sure what you mean by not treating pt as bed-bound, but changing pt/CG behavior is done through age appropriate education. Try telling my 3 y/o to brush her teeth cuz she should! Instead of story time one night I taught her germ theory and sh...
GapRN replied to Nursetravel246's topic in Home Health
Flexible. LOL. you can work your 60+ hours per week any time you want! I spoke to a lawyer who said I should get overtime even if I'm paid per visit. those on call weekends should be $480/8hr + per visit rate. But agencies won't pay OT and I don't wa...
Do you think that dropping by the school district office a couple of day after turning in an application would help? I was told to physically seek out employers after graduating but in health care, esp large organizations, this seems pretty hopeless...
Hi everyone! I was looking for work and saw a school nurse position that could actually pay my bills so I headed over here.... and spent the next 2 days reading this forum. I'm impressed by how active you guys are here and your job sounds interestin...
I quit smoking 8 years ago and love my vape. Kids vaping instead of smoking seems like progress to me, but no drugs would be better obviously. My thoughts here pertain to nicotine since kids obviously should not be doing THC! The situation is not hel...
