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  1. Preceptor letter...Can i get your feedback?

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I came up with a letter to send out to a few wound care clinics i am hoping to secure a preceptor thought. Can you read my letter and give me your thoughts? ------ Name Address City, Sate, Zip Phone:...

  2. I think I'm in trouble...Please help. Im stressing

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I work in home health as an LVN. I was assigned a pt back in April who I saw 5 times. The pt was then d/c. I submitted my route sheets and was paid. Yesterday I get a call from that pt saying she...

  3. How Many Agencies Are You Registered With?

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in Home Health

    Next month will mark my one year in Home Health as an Visiting LVN. I have been with the same two agencies from the start. I am dumping one and keeping the other. I just recently got hired by another...

  4. Business Cards or Hipaa Violation

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in Home Health

    I sometimes drop by patients home when I am in the area and they are someone I have been unable to meet by phone. I was thinking of having business cards made up that say Front: Sorry I missed you,...

  5. Do you rotate patients? HELP

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Home Health

    I have been taking everyone's advice and I have to say, it's working. I no longer say "is it okay if I come between 10-11. I say I will be there between 10-11. I have had a few people push back and...

  6. Do you rotate patients? HELP

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in Home Health

    I work for 2 different agencies. One of those agencies rotates patients, meaning you are hardly ever assigned the same patient. We typically don't receive our schedules until 6 or 7pm the night before...

  7. Do you rotate patients? HELP

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Home Health

    This sounds great! I worked in adolescent psych right out of nursing school and LOVED

  8. How Many Agencies Are You Registered With?

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Home Health

    It's pretty easy now that I have gotten rid of the agency with the crazy scheduling issues. Right now I am with 2 agencies. I have 5 patients with one and 4 with the other since I just started. Most...

  9. Do you rotate patients? HELP

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Home Health

    I guess because I am still with only one agency I tend to let my patients run me out of fear they will call the office and request another nurse who will do the schedule they want...and then I'm left...

  10. Do you rotate patients? HELP

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Home Health

    to be honest I never really thought about the time spent charting. I usually chart while watching tv or while sitting in the park watching my daughter play so I never really thought of it as something...

  11. Do you rotate patients? HELP

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Home Health

    I do this for the most part. However where I run into problems are when I get the following excuses: 1. I dont want to be seen before 9 am or 10 am. because I'm sleeping..or heck I had someone tell me...

  12. And the survey says? To all home care nurses who switched from hospital.........

    pnkgirl25 replied to babynurse73's topic in Home Health

    I just printed this bad boy out and put in on my fridge!!! EXCELLENT post. Thank

  13. Do you rotate patients? HELP

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Home Health

    I have access to every patients electronic records but when we have hundreds of patients and I dont get mine assigned until the night before its pretty useless. Now when I do get assigned im up for 2...

  14. Do you rotate patients? HELP

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Home Health

    You have luck with same day appointments? Lucky. If I called my pts same day 1/2 of them would not answer the phone, the other half would want to tell me when THEY want to be seen. I typically see 7-9...

  15. Do you rotate patients? HELP

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in Home Health

    This is my thoughts exactly. It's a MESS. Since I am an LVN the RN typicall opens the case and then the LVN's float to different patients. 80% of the patients are wound care but it makes it hard not...

  16. Patient Load

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in Home Health

    Question for all my field LVN's. What is your patient load. How many patients do you typically see in a day and a week. Are you with more then one agency? Are your patients mostly daily, 2xweek or...

  17. Home Health Nurses -What's in your bag?

    pnkgirl25 replied to milzer2012's topic in Home Health

    This is what I have: Gloves 4x4 kurlex tape Abd pags blood draw supplies cath kits catheters in all sizes lots of xeroform spray NSS Amergel, Zinc, triple antibiotic, bacitracin chux a bunch of other...

  18. What nursing field do you think is easiest and hardest?

    pnkgirl25 replied to Tinkx RN's topic in General Students

    Easiest: Out Patient Surgical Centers Hardest: Psych and LTC centers. I would rather be unemployed then work either

  19. 2015 Current LPN Pay

    pnkgirl25 replied to ipraz4him's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Home Health Visiting Nurse in Orange County, California (1 year licensed) Agency #1 $20 for daily insulin injections, $33 for skilled assessments, wound care, injections, blood draw etc. $45 for...

  20. Season HHNs, what' in your bag/trunk?

    pnkgirl25 replied to paulinejoyRN's topic in Home Health

    Whats in my trunk: 2 packs of 4x4's box of alcohol swaps 2 urine collection cups 5 tiger, 5 red, 5 lavender and 5 blue tubes 10 butterflys 20 diabetic needles Rec forms hazmat bags sharps container 2...

  21. Home Health Nursing and Child Support...HELP!

    pnkgirl25 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    For the record I am from CA I am a home health nurse that is employed as a 1099/Contractor Employee (as a recent new grad it's all I could find). My question is since my job does not reimburse me for...

  22. Home Health Nursing and Child Support...HELP!

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    @JustBeachyNurse thanks for letting me know that. At the end of the day you are right. I need to sit down with my CPA. Ill give him a call on

  23. Home Health Nursing and Child Support...HELP!

    pnkgirl25 replied to pnkgirl25's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You are correct. I should have clarified. My old job would not keep me as I was now a nurse and they couldn't offer me a nursing job because I didn't have the year if experience, ironic actually...

  24. Home Health or Something

    pnkgirl25 replied to bvouge's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm a home health nurse and a fairly new grad (graduation was a year ago come October, License was in March). I have only worked home health and I LOVE IT!!!! My last 10 weeks of school I was able to...

  25. missed visit pay

    pnkgirl25 replied to Lpntxn1's topic in Home Health

    We are paid mileage only and it is calculated from our home to their home