katwoman7755 replied to Brenney9101's topic in Home Health
I personally feel you should have experience. First year as a nurse is hard enough. I know I felt like I didn't truly begin to learn to be a nurse until I actually began real life nursing. Being in...
You definitely need a copy. Someone might actually need to look at those orders so that they can care for the patient. The state would also expect to see the orders on the chart if they were to come...
katwoman7755 replied to doggielover's topic in Home Health
I worked for an Interim agency. Although Interim is a national company, not all of the offices are part of the corporate office. Many of them are local franchises. They use Interim paperwork,...
Thanks RN1989....I do think it would be something I would immensely enjoy as all those things you mentioned that many might not like or be good at, I think I would. I guess like anything else it is...
Thank you RN1989. The things you just outlined are the exact concerns I am having about investing the money to do this program. I would love to do it and know I would do the work necessary to have...
I did the ASn program through EC in 2001. I was an LPN. I am like 99.9% positive that in Louisiana, you must be an LPN prior to doing the EC program as far as the BON is concerned. There are some...
This is simply untrue....do not believe everything everyone tells you. Maybe agency RN's, but definitely not LPN's. Also, I personally know many people at the corporate level....they laughed when I...
katwoman7755 replied to paulamac's topic in Home Health
I just reread your original post and realized you were in pensacola....have you looked into Covenant hospice? That's where I worked in FWB...the corporate office is based out of pensacola. They have...
katwoman7755 replied to paulamac's topic in Home Health
I am fairly familiar with them....I lived in FWB for 2 years....did not work for hospice of the emerald coast, but the other in town. I know they are a bigger entity in alabama, but also growing in...
katwoman7755 replied to RNGINA's topic in Home Health
This conversation could have been over a long time ago if more people smoked pot.....:) As home health nurses, we go into the patient's home, we assess and we treat....but more often than not, our...