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  1. Would you consider a company car a HIPAA violation

    HHN2472 posted a topic in Home Health

    I have never really thought about it until today when I had a SOC and the patient's family told me that the patient was embarrassed and afraid the neighbors would start asking questions with my car...

  2. Time with one Patient and Documentation

    HHN2472 replied to sinawahi's topic in Home Health

    For a routine visit there would be no way I could spend a full hour with my patient. I have sometimes 5 a day and have to drive upwards of 20 minutes to each one. I am not saying I haven't with the...

  3. Should I become a nurse? Thanks for all the help!

    HHN2472 replied to brookepee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is not the place to ask this question. A few of these nurses are over-worked, stressed, cynical and fearful of newbies stealing their job. Nursing is good. It is good money, there actually are...

  4. What's in your nurse bag?

    HHN2472 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    2 stethoscopes, a PT/INR machine, a glucose machine, pulse oximeter, thermometer, scissors, butterfly needles, lab tubes, gloves wound care supplies, vaccutainers, blood pressure cuff, santi-wipes,...

  5. Blood Draws

    HHN2472 replied to jcarl12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel your pain. As a home health nurse I draw blood (in the patient's home no less, so no help) on a daily basis. I have gotten to where it is second nature, however if I can't get it, as much I...

  6. this is why people still think there's a nursing shortage!

    HHN2472 replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    Never heard the words "nursing shortage" before deciding on nursing school... Honestly, when I went to a MD visit, or to the ER with a broken this or that, or saw a nurse in the community 9 times out...

  7. "So what is going on with them?" <-- Is that statement an invasion of privacy

    HHN2472 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Not sure where to put this, but I am looking for other health care professional opinions on the matter. I have noticed when making appointments for my patients that when I call the receptionist at MD...

  8. What will electronic charting do to all our man hours

    HHN2472 posted a topic in Home Health

    We are going to electronic charting in July of this year. We have several nurses in our office, but most of our time as RNs are spent charting and doing the OASIS which are so long and then we have 2...

  9. Can you explain what exactly I was exposed to?

    HHN2472 replied to forgop's topic in General Nursing

    I never comment, but *** man? Meaning it leaked down the wall from a floor above and on through to the pizza oven through the pipes? I am so mind boggled as to how dialysis waste can get in Pizza...

  10. Have you ever heard of a Home Health company hiring a nurse without a license

    HHN2472 posted a topic in Home Health

    I have a "friend" and by friend I mean she used to work with me way back before we were nurses who worked for a home health company that closed down unexpectedly. I keep asking her why she won't go to...

  11. What do you love/hate about home health nursing?

    HHN2472 replied to JJsMama79's topic in Home Health

    The loves: I work on a per-hour basis, so I really like that. I love my patients, and I love the autonomy, the ability to run an errand if need be, and the way that our office closes for bad weather...

  12. New RN, not interested in bedside nursing

    HHN2472 replied to nf87654's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "OP, don't let ANYONE tell you what you are or to define you. Don't feel guilty for not doing what's not in your heart. I rather you stay out of the clinical floor, than to resent your job and...

  13. How low does the census have to be before you get laid off

    HHN2472 posted a topic in Home Health

    I work in Louisiana HH and I started out last year with a census of 25 to CM and I am down to 14! We are having a hard time getting patients and I am hoping things will pick up since I actually love...

  14. Driving an hour to school there and back

    HHN2472 replied to SarahStoddard14's topic in General Students

    Don't know what to tell you I drove 45 minutes one way for 2 years and the clinicals were 75 miles away from my house and some were over 100. I just made it work. I had a then 3 year old at the time....

  15. Burnt Out but still hanging in there! HELP!

    HHN2472 replied to NissaNurse's topic in Home Health

    Man. I feel you. There are days that I feel like running and never looking back, but then the last couple of weeks our census has DROPPED crazy low, and I got to thinking... OMG what if I get laid off...

  16. if you could do it over again....

    HHN2472 replied to abiggie's topic in General Nursing

    Considering a career change because of an accident? Are you thinking nursing is going to be easier on your back or your health? Just

  17. When someone asks you what you do for a living, do you say "nurse" or "RN" or "LVN"?

    HHN2472 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I always say "I'm a nurse" and only today has anyone asked me "RN or LVN?" When I worked in the hospital it seemed nobody thought there was a difference and we are all just nurses, as we are, but in...

  18. Skyrocketing health insurance costs-This is crazy!

    HHN2472 replied to MyUserName,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am in HH as well and I pay 64 bi weekly for myself. I did not add my son or husband because it would be $1300 a month for them. I plan on getting my son a policy with the new healthcare plan at $84...

  19. Home Health Nursing - completely differrent than what I am used to. HELP!!!

    HHN2472 replied to NurseFries's topic in Home Health

    Teaching is always a justified reason to make a skilled nursing visit. Why are you selling yourself short? You are a nurse and you know when a patient has an exacerbation don't you? If a patient has...

  20. You won't believe.....

    HHN2472 replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would have taken the response from the student as a joke, and it was probably intended to be one from the less than warm response of a "mumbled hi".... It probably went downhill from there. As a RN...

  21. Another burnt out nurse - questioning everything. . .

    HHN2472 replied to AlphaPig's topic in Medical-Surgical

    People really like to speak of home health nursing as some sort of fake, cheap nursing gig, but I am a mother in my early 30's and I am a "REAL Case manager" as someone on this thread so lovingly...

  22. MSN (not CNL) as a bedside nurse- thoughts?

    HHN2472 replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Nursing Career

    As an ADN who is struggling to work, go to school and pay for my BSN knowing that its becoming the new requirement, I know that soon it will be MSN required, and then maybe even Doctorate. Hell, why...

  23. home visit nursing vs hospital/clinic

    HHN2472 replied to jive turkey's topic in Nursing Career

    Well... I work in home health. I have worked in the hospital... the first poster mentions that .45 cents a mile doesn't cover gas, mileage etc... I bought a $5000 car that gets 35 mpg. I MAKE money on...

  24. Family Locator App a HIPAA Violation?

    HHN2472 replied to BerkeleyBSN's topic in Home Health

    If that were the case then my Onstar would be a HIPAA violation, or my cell phone, or Google Earth... I mean you have big brother knowing where you are whether you know it or not. Are you going up to...

  25. Guess what I am doing on this lovely day?

    HHN2472 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    How many patients do you see on a daily