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  1. Hello, So to try my best to make my situation brief, I have been working for a home health agency for several months as a new grad. I have gained great experience and learned a lot. But from Day 1 I knew this company was disorganized, and it is. I am...
  2. does anyne else miss the hospital?

    I have never worked in a hospital but have for a long time felt the way you do now. There arent a lot of hospital jobs around here to work at but I recently started sub-acute& left my job. It depends on the agency for HH but i just didnt wanna ta...
  3. Unhappy, employee mistreatment etc, Fed-Up!

    Thank you for your response!!! I do feeel very much on the same page with you about home health, I don't feel like ever I could work somewhere and get the same level of patient and family appreciation. I have worked here for a year have improved SO m...
  4. Dealing with Extra Assignments

    We have this problem with our agency too, which is especially tricky for some of us when salarly paid. However, it looks like you have taken your first step which is set an absolute limit to your work load, now stick to it do not negotiate. Do not fe...
  5. call the ambulance?

    In one instance my pt pcp requested pt to travel to ER by ambulance non emergent for eval. he refused. i called back and documented this bc he was urgent (requiring assessment d/t SOB and hemoptysis but no change in VS). and let the MD know. other nu...
  6. Scheduling visits

    I try to think of visits like drs appts... you have choice between these times no reaon needed nothing else is available. if they have legitamate reasons i can schedule around them or if theyre being particularly difficult, but only if its doable eit...
  7. CMS Audit

    Sooo long story short cms is coming in for a on site survey saying theyre gonna pick at least 2 charts read them and go along with nurses on visits. i know this is happening at many agencies and i also know many agencies (or as it seems from reading ...
  8. CMS Audit

    thank you both!!! they came monday, i wasnt chosen for a visit with them and havent spent much time in the office so havent heard the outcome. My agency is pretty disorganized tho I do not feel they are doing anything wrong it had me worried, but i ...
  9. CMS Audit

    thank you this is definitely straight forward and helpful. I am only concerned now about in home med lists, i gave up on those for most patients since many of them were losing them not keeping with meds or med boxes for whatever reason, i have many p...
  10. RN duties

    nooooo way. RN's should be doing skilled nursing work..wound changes, med teaching and admin, bloodwork, assessments, while aides and homemakers would take care of those things. if you are full time you could never have time for that. and from what i...
  11. Medication reconciliation/orders

    unfortunately it sounds like youll need to call to verify which meds are even incorrectly written that note sounds too vague and confusing..where did you get the last med list, the last 485 or an updated list in the file? whenever i get confused i ju...
  12. Brand New AFib Question

    this is my hardest part of home care... recently i was told i had a pt s/p cabg unable to stablaize on coumadin unable to stablizie INR (freuqnetly well above 3 and for a week under 2.0 pcp aware) go to the ER and found 2 dvt's. i saw the pt that day...
  13. ANNUAL SALARY PAY...not per visit or hourly

    new grad salary of about 58,000 a year full time salary which equals 28 per hr (expected to see 25-35 pts a week). however being not electronic paperwork takes longer especially oasis admits &recerts & wound care documentation as well as all ...
  14. Lets talk about $$$

    South Shore suburbs and some neighbors of Boston, MA Salarly- I work full time (not per diem or per visit) I get $28 an hour for a set 40 hrs a week. I am expected to see an average of 5-6 pts a day, we also are responsible for the majority of all of...
  15. New Grads Training in HHC

    I'm a new grad RN in home health, i was a HHA in college. I love my job for the most part, and like others said i really wish i had a more organized training in documentation. It is disorganized where I am now (we have paper documentation only and ar...
  16. Homecare Advice

    Home health is nice generally somewhat more relaxing as if its almost tho you get 'breaks' when driving between patients (although I somehow end up spending most of this time on the one with doctors). Generally im scheduled to see about 4-7 patients ...
  17. Sorry this is months later... havent been on in a while. I did not disclose it . I have never seen anything on MA or CT state applications or license by reciprocity. only good moral character involving criminal activity etc which in no way applies to...
  18. Hi im an RN in CT and I am confused about good moral character forms/ requirements. The app says itll take only 21 days but the good moral character forms say at least 8 weeks and I need my MA license asap to get this job. 1.) Is this form necessary...
  19. I believe in massachusetts good moral character as far as licensing pertains to criminal violations, misdemeanors, disciplinary actions against your license etc....but thats interesting you bring that up since I also suffer from mental illness (bipol...
  20. Thank you for the simple straight forward answer! In this case I have to send nothing in for good moral character even though I did already send the CORI check form (since I was unsure so i figured i would in case they needed it to speed things up). ...
  21. Hey I'm a new grad RN in CT and I'm not having much luck looking for jobs here and I'm interested in applying for other states. However, I know that the job market isnt too great anywhere really and can not afford to pay for licenses in other states ...