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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 what you learn in the first year is what is the prior...

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 either the patient wants our services or does not. ...

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 have one from Hopkins (I think). It's the best I've...

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 idea!

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 they have wound, a bath aide, or something complica...

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 hospital were given to the young grads in their 20s. Us...

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 it is defined as a skin tear is if it stings when ...

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 into a couple. One requires a certification exam,...

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 on training, you sit for the exam. The cost is ar...

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 person through the process of nursing school. Just...

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

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 painful. However, when the skin over a Stage II (cl...

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. Now noticing edema receding around my eyes and fac...

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 licensed massage therapist since 1993, an RN sinc...

In my state of Washington, massage therapy has been a licensed profession since the late 1980s. I've been an LMP since 1993, with either a full time practice, or part time during nursing school. At this time I am employed part time as a community h...

Anyone interested in incorporating massage therapy into their practice should check out the website of the following organizations: American Massage Therapy Association National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists American Holistic Nurses Associa...

These threads are all three years old but I thought I would put some info in here. I am an LMP, RN with 15 years of experience as a licensed massage practitioner and one year as an RN. The American Massage Therapy Association publishes research fo...

Check out the National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists, or the American Holistic Nurses Association.

I'm a Licensed massage practitioner with basic training in massage therapy of 750 hours, and over 300 hours of continuing education in related manual therapy CEUs, and more than 15 years in practice as an LMP. I'm also an RN with an ADN two year nu...