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1. Can you have a life AND do HH?

   redfoxglove replied to lweatherby's topic in Home Health

   I tried to "reply" to a comment but it comes out as a new

2. Can you have a life AND do HH?

   redfoxglove replied to lweatherby's topic in Home Health

   Just following up since something came in my email from this thread. Above comments are right on: organization is key, having a system for keeping track of your to-do and done. Also, a key part of...

3. New home health nurse. Advice/tips needed.

   redfoxglove replied to sirdearis88's topic in Home Health

   Let's be clear, home health is not private duty nursing. I can only speak to home health. The admitting nurse meets with the patient and/or family at SOC, and there is no "good fit" discussion, it's...

4. What bag/attire/organization???

   redfoxglove replied to Misstia's topic in Home Health

   I work in home health, not private duty. I see several patients in a day. Our agency requires us to carry various things and have a clean and dirty side. I don't have a favorite bag yet, though I do...

5. What bag/attire/organization???

   redfoxglove replied to Misstia's topic in Home Health

   WOW cool idea, fishing stool, I am going to look into it. In many of the homes I visit there is no good place to sit down or it is filthy. Thanks for this

6. How do you do it? Pt satisfaction and ease of scheduling visits?

   redfoxglove replied to rnkwissie's topic in Home Health

   Agree with Kel above. Don't give the patients so much of a range. Give the patient a choice, morning or afternoon? 8 am to 10 am or 10 am to noon? In our agency RN sees the patient every 2 weeks if...

7. Can you have a life AND do HH?

   redfoxglove replied to lweatherby's topic in Home Health

   Here's my perspective, after one year of working in home health. I was a new grad just 2 years ago, spent my first year in a nursing home. When we graduated the eight positions open in our rural...

8. Certification for RN not BSN?

   redfoxglove replied to redfoxglove's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   Thanks, Lynn. Yes, I've looked at two that advertise on this site. One is either onsite or online training, with required (recommended) reading from about 8 books. After taking the 5 days of hands...

9. I've decided to go into nursing at 32. Is this a good choice?

   redfoxglove replied to violetrays's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I am 56 years old next month. I graduated from nursing school in June 2011. It was the most difficult challenge I've ever faced, but so worth it. Not only do I make a nice income, but I grew as a...

10. Certification for RN not BSN?

    redfoxglove posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Hello nurses, Anyone have any experience with wound certification training for RN with Associate's Degree? That is, not a Bachelor's in Nursing? I see a couple advertised on alllnurses site. Looked...

11. skin tear stings, decubitus does not?

    redfoxglove replied to redfoxglove's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Laughing out loud! Of course, pressure ulcer, not decubitus. I must not have been fully

12. skin tear stings, decubitus does not?

    redfoxglove replied to redfoxglove's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Thanks for your comments, ladies. I've been thinking about it, and I am going to seek more clarification tomorrow. I am sure that certain decubiti have extensive damage to the nerves and are not...

13. skin tear stings, decubitus does not?

    redfoxglove posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    While doing field orientation for home health, my preceptor quoted our team leader as follows: When the skin opens over an old, formerly closed, Stage II decubitus, the defining factor as to whether...

14. Suggestions on RN starting up as a Holistic Nurse,

    redfoxglove replied to lumbarpain's topic in Holistic

    Steeleworks, thanks to your prompting in one of these columns, I went back to my old copy of Your Body's Many Cries for Water by Dr. Batman. Over 3 weeks I have healed the edema in my legs and feet....

15. Suggestions on RN starting up as a Holistic Nurse,

    redfoxglove replied to lumbarpain's topic in Holistic

    Steeleworks, you are an inspiration. I've commented on this subject in another thread somewhere in this specialty section. Just to add to the conversation here, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm a...