CatHair

The Gun Laws in both Chicago and other suburbs in the surrounding area were originally enacted to enable Law Enforcement to IMMEDIATELY seize a gun if one was found at a crime scene or during an arrest. As for "Gun Laws don't work with criminals", pe...

1: You are just going about your job when you hear gun shots, you look around and see a couple people holding guns. What do you do? How do you react when you see other people pointing guns? Are they the active shooters? Or are they just CC gun owne...

As far as "KeyWords" goes, if your resume is submitted electronically, it is usually scanned for keywords by machine, not by a human. You really do have to tailor your resume to each particular job application. I applied endlessly for any position at...

And this goes back to the original post which was about Am I too old to start Nursing School? My answer would be no, you are not too old to start Nursing School, but if you expect to graduate and be treated the same as your 24 year old peers,… you ...

As someone who is 57 and completed RN Licensure last year I can tell you that age is INDEED a factor in the workforce. When people meet me and hear I am an RN, they think I have 20+ years of experience. When they find out I am a new grad with no work...

another thing not to say: "OOPS!"

(copied from an online application I found because I did not want to type it all out...) Job Description Summary: An Admission Nurse is primarily responsible for performing the admission visit for all home health patients referred to service. The Adm...

I get more of those towards the end of the month as their Government issued LIFELINE cell phones run out of minutes. 1st of the month comes around, they get their 300 minutes again and all of a sudden they are accessible.

It's not always HOH to blame. It can be a cultural barrier. Try calling from a phone that has a callerID that shows the HHA on it if possible. Or see if you can get the MD office to call them and tell them to expect a call from the Nurse. I have a n...

that is what was documented at my last MD visit on Friday by the Nurse. It must be true!

Regardless of the format, you don't check what you write before you hit SEND or POST? If you rely on a program to correct your spelling/grammar/other, I have to wonder what your documentation is like if you don't go back and review it before making i...

As recent New Grad in the last year I can say that of all the things you listed, the CNA work experience was probably the most useful. Anyone who is a Nursing Student should be working in the field already as a CNA or PCT, preferably at the hospital ...

What was/were the specific charge(s) that resulted in this?

Well, first "time saving tip" I could offer is Reduce Your Patient Load. Are you in an Assisted Living Facility? 8/9 a day at times is taxing even when you are walking down the hall from one residence to another.

How many patient visits do you currently have in a week?

When you are doing an SOC, is the MD providing you with coded Dx to use? Or do you have to dig through the FTF and unscramble the handwriting under whatever heading the MD is using so you can add additional "pertinent diagnosis" to the OASIS form? Or...

I have a black folding stool that I originally thought I would use to sit on, but I now bring most everywhere and use it as a small table to hold my bag. I have too many patients with cluttered homes and no place to set down a barrier for the bag ot...

Old thread but I never use newspapers because A: I don't have any and it is pain to get them for free now. (well it is for me) If I am going to pay for something I would prefer something else. B: If newsprint ink gets on my hands, it is going to po...

I see Nurses here getting milage reimbursements of $0.56 and more to others getting nothing for milage and then others getting all kinds of things in between. The HHA I work at tosses $5 at you for each 25 miles you drive (after the first 25 miles). ...

I use the CALENDAR app that is on the iPhone because it syncs with my desktop and iPad. I prefer to do the main layout and scheduling from the desktop because it is easier and faster for me, but you could do everything with Apple's Calendar app on th...

I only know that at our Agency when we have VA patients, they don't get SOC, they just start with Nursing Intervention visits. Also- this link: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/OASIS/downloads/OASISConsi...

And if you were to LEAVE your Agency and move to another area of Nursing, what would be the process for you, as a Home Health Nurse?

Your primary concern above everything else is YOUR safety. If you are not safe, you cannot take care of your patient(s). That being said, simply going to a run-down neighborhood is not reason enough to refuse to see a patient. I've been to really nic...

In HH you will most likely be the Primary, so you have a patient for an entire Episode of 2 months. The revolving door at the Agency I work at has RNs leaving by A: Not taking on any new patients B: Any patients that they oversee as "Case managers" ...

New Grad in HH here. Yes, it is possible. Yes I sometimes have sleepless nights wondering if I did the right thing for my patient(s). However, as another new grad working in HH as a FIRST JOB in Healthcare I would NOT recommend it for any typical n...