RN4life08

Wound bed is clean...pt had I&D of an abscess on her left buttocks.

Is it ok to change iodoform dressing every other day if wound has minimal drainage?

Is it ok to change iodoform packed wound every other day if wound has minimal draining?

I've been doing for 10 months now and I will say around my 6 month mark I was ready to quit and would have if the job offer I revived wasn't such a low pay rate. I'm so happy I didn't I have a better flow with my visits and paperwork, and this job gives me so much freedom and flexibility you can't beat it! So stick with it there is light at the end of the tunnel!!!

Wossaa I too have to verbally notify soc was completed and what plan of care is by speaking to an RN or MA regardless if I received orders from them. So I just ask to speak to MA/RN and if i get voice mail call back and and explain I need to speak to someone!

I live 5 minutes away from PV so I'd prefer to work there. Well I may be getting ahead of myself... still have to hear back to even see if they want me lol! Thanks for your input

Wow really that low I was making more than that right out nursing school. I'm currently doing home health don't want to say I don't like it its just a lot of take home work. When I'm off i want to be off not have to worry about a few hours of charting. Well if they offer me a job I hope it's more then that...otherwise i won't be able to take it

So would any of you mind sharing what they offered for salary and how are the benefits?

Hello everyone I just had my interview with Perryville prison in AZ, which uses corizon for their health care workers. Interview seemed to go well and they said i should hear something by next week! What is the average pay rate in this field? Im not a new grad been a RN for 5yrs mostly in the hospital setting but recently transitioned into home health about 7 months ago. Thank for the help!

Scrubs Haven't found a good bag yet but I've heard diaper bags work well. I bought a plastic cabinet with 3 draws and a cleaning caddy and keep in my trunk.

Be ready for alot of paperwork but don't get discourage it gets easier! I was reading your post and it totally reminded me of my situation. Just started hh in July came from hospital setting have about 4.5 yrs experience. HH is such a different world... much easier then hospital from clinical skills standpoint. Love the flexibility that comes with it! Some days I miss the hospital because when you done with your shift your done... this is definitely not the case with home health. Key is to stay as organized as possible and keep up with paperwork!!! Good luck :)

I feel like my visits are too short. Once I assess my patient and do vital signs, I'm not sure what else there is to do. I do education but I feel like I'm repeating myself and I feel like the patient feels the same way. Unless I have a wound change or need to check an inr, I'm done with everything in about 15 minutes. What am I missing???

I'm new to home health myself but the computer charting doesn't seem that bad. I've never seen paper charting but like I said it doesn't seem to horrible. I did paper and computer charting in the hospital it seems pretty similar just a lil more lengthy. We use the kinser program and our QA and director of nursing check out chasing and send back for us to correct. Hope that was somewhat helpful :)

Thx everyone for all the input!

My aunt says she claims a portion of her Internet bill. She sells Avon and she gets to claim a percentage of her bill since she must use it to submit her orders and communicate with some of her customers. So I'm going to ask my accountant