danarooo BSN, RN

I recently moved to Ft. Worth, I am an experienced RN. I realize this is a huge area but I did not realize it was going to be this difficult finding a position. Is anyone else finding this to be the case? I've updated my resume and researched the b...

Ugh. I figured I would likely have to go back to home health. The $$ is great but I’m tired of fighting traffic to see patients all day then come home exhausted with a ton of charting to do then calling the next days patients to confirm visits. It’s ...

I don't have a life and I'm tired of it. I work all day, do as much charting as I can in the home and if I'm able I'll finish in my care right after the visit but unfortunately those days of having the time aren't frequent enough. If you have a big...

HH can be very brutal. Document Document Document when a pt is demanding something that is not needed/unrealistic and the Doc says no. Patients in HH can be very manipulative at times, and as another person said often you get patients with other is...

This is absolutely true. It very much depends on which location. The management in the office can make your job out in the field great or a daily nightmare. I've experienced both, if you don't have good Clinical Managers they will work you into th...

Your experience in your new job may depend on a few things. HH can be great if you live in or close to the territory you will be managing, your caseload (# of patients you have) and the office requirements. Even in the same company some things will...

I understand where you are coming from. I think that maybe some who read your post are focusing more on the venting then the valid frustrations your having. Your tired and overwhelmed and hitting a wall. The fact is that with the focus on ratings ...

I am a little over 4 months in and some days are great, others horrible. It does get better and I'm seeing small glimpses of this, what really gets me is we have an office full of nurse managers yet our office is the only one where the managers in t...

I am a new SOC nurse, and new to HH. I am already feeling extremely burnt out. I spend my day driving around hunting patients who about half the time won't answer their phone, don't want me to come until afternoon or aren't home and we have to make...

Thank you all for the input, I really appreciate it. I feel that there is a combination of things happening. Some bad management, intake not gathering enough info for us -- I mean really --- taking a referral for a patient who doesn't have a pcp......

I am a soc nurse and at my 2 mo'ish mark. I am coming home stressed and livid. On days their aren't SOC's (which I'm told isn't often but lately it has been) I get loaded up w/patient visits but I'm the last to know and the visits aren't given unti...

EXACTLY. Calling outside of normal business hours about something that HR or a day manager can call about with a vague statement like this is harassment. If there was really something they needed you to fix i.e. charting etc...they could leave you ...

I just started in HH and as a SOC nurse with no HH experience. I've been doing this for a little less than 2 months. This IS NOT a 8 to 5 job, many times I'm charting until 9pm and that is on ONE SOC because I'm new and this is a very LONG learning...

I love it. I've been in some pretty bad neighborhoods but haven't been messed with because the neighbors know I'm the nurse and who I'm there to see. Just be smart about where you are and you should be fine. It's is an extremely bad area your agen...

Always "paint a picture" of your visit, including the continuing home bound status and the continuing need for homecare because Medicare is picky and they are always looking for a reason to say "nope, not gonna pay". Like another person said, ask t...

The rules are different, KelRN215 said all Pediatrics NO Medicare. It's Medicare that says injections/labs are not a skilled service but Pediatric patients aren't on Medicare (LOL)!!

Ok yeah this sounds like private duty not home health. Home health is intermittent care and you are in then out and on to the next patient. In private duty you can be asked to cook/clean and do laundry etc...which is why I no longer do private duty...

When you work with kiddos, your going to piss parents off sometimes. That is the reality of it, some parents are easy going and some are extremely difficult...but they are the parents so you have to respect that. Just follow your company protocols...

I'm in this math right now, week 2. It is easier but it's a LOT of work and very time consuming. It is easier than the college algebra which I attempted twice and had to drop. I really wished UTA would understand that after working all day it's ex...

I'm an RN with 2 years PDN experience and an agency starting w/an "M" pays $7 and change per hour of orientation! Now, tell me that would happen for ANY other profession? NOPE. Health care wouldn't run well if at all without nurses, yet we put up w...

An agency will follow the money EVERY time. To them this is a business and no one is in business to not make money. These agencies will keep the difficult family until an incident happens which forces the agency discharge them (if an incident even ...

This is what I'm dealing with right now. I took a case, a pre-school child who has full cognition but can only move fingers. She does need stimulation for sure and I'm ok with playing with her and trying to find ways to keep her occupied etc...but ...

Congratulations on passing your NCLEX. I'm sure your license has shown up by now on the SC BON site, and yes they are SLOW! I've been an RN now for 4 years and just recently moved to the Charleston area. I have heard that MUSC does prefer their ow...

Would love to know the same! I've read on these threads that the academic advisors aren't giving consistent information on the ability to take math 1301 rather than 1302 or what class is taken as a transfer etc...have you tried to ask your academic a...

I would like to know the exact same thing. I'm in the same boat as you are. All I have left is Algebra and capstone and I'm finished. I tried to take 1302 twice but the course load is ridiculous and I work more than 40 hrs per week so it just wasn...