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1. Endorsement & Temporary Practice Permit in PA - timeframe?

   HomeHealthLPN replied to Clovery's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   I'm in the process of submitting my application for my PA license and TPP. For whatever reason I thought the $120 included both. Silly me. Finances are super tight right now and I'm a little shy of...

2. Hoyer Lift Issue

   HomeHealthLPN replied to HomeHealthLPN's topic in Home Health

   There is a note in the home today they want us all to sign stating that we have been trained by PT on gait belt use in the restroom since the Hoyer won't fit in restroom....thats fine....except we...

3. School stress??

   HomeHealthLPN replied to Tumbleweed39's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   If you can perform the duties required, I say you go!! I had a DON inform me that there was no "feasible" way that I could go through nursing school, work a job, and get everything done with 4...

4. LPN being forced to introduce self to pt's as a CNA

   HomeHealthLPN replied to Skarpzz's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I think what OP is saying is that his boss approached him during clinicals to ask him about something that took place while he was working on the clock that weekend. From the way I'm reading it she is...

5. NCLEX PN in CA - stopped at 85, tons of SATA

   HomeHealthLPN replied to pocahontas26's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Remember how the NCLEX questions are set up. You start average, get that question right and it goes to above average difficulty...get that one wrong it goes back down. If you were getting tons of...

6. Hoyer Lift Issue

   HomeHealthLPN replied to HomeHealthLPN's topic in Home Health

   I have no problem at all using the mat, as long as I'm not going to be thrown under the bus if something goes wrong. I was just concerned because I was taught from CNA class on up that the safety...

7. Hoyer Lift Issue

   HomeHealthLPN replied to HomeHealthLPN's topic in Home Health

   Well, I'm now looking at nearky 3 hours on the phone with BON. Everytime they transfer me to a nursing consultant, the line dies and I get cut off. Why is it impossible to find Home Health Regulations...

8. Hoyer Lift Issue

   HomeHealthLPN replied to HomeHealthLPN's topic in Home Health

   Apparently regulations in home health are different than in a facility and so I can use it on a mat. That's what I was told. But at this point I'm so nervous about it that I want to actually read the...

9. Hoyer Lift Issue

   HomeHealthLPN replied to HomeHealthLPN's topic in Home Health

   Well, just like that you burst my bubble. You're completely right though, lol The pt dx does somewhat affect mobility, but not in a way that pt needs complete dependence on a lift. In fact, I feel...

10. Hoyer Lift Issue

    HomeHealthLPN replied to HomeHealthLPN's topic in Home Health

    We have to have a letter of medical necessity writen by an MD, that letter is then sent to the pt's insurance company and they pay for the lift. That's how it works with this particular type of...

11. Hoyer Lift Issue

    HomeHealthLPN replied to HomeHealthLPN's topic in Home Health

    I could easily request another case, that's true. However, I enjoy my patient and don't want to request another case. Again, the issue isn't with the patient or even the work I have to do here and I...

12. Hoyer Lift Issue

    HomeHealthLPN replied to HomeHealthLPN's topic in Home Health

    It is listed on pt 485 that skilled nursing is needed in home to promote safety and identify safety risks, I'm going to just chart it as an identified risk and that it has been reported. Pt has...

13. Hoyer Lift Issue

    HomeHealthLPN replied to HomeHealthLPN's topic in Home Health

    This is extremely plush carpet. Very thick, you can barely roll the wheelchair on it. The risk of tipping pt is very very high in this house, not to mention pt's disorientation and the fact that pt...

14. Hoyer Lift Issue

    HomeHealthLPN replied to HomeHealthLPN's topic in Home Health

    This is extremely plush carpet. Very thick, you can barely roll the wheelchair on it. The risk of tipping pt is very very high in this house, not to mention pt's disorientation and the fact that pt...

15. Hoyer Lift Issue

    HomeHealthLPN replied to HomeHealthLPN's topic in Home Health

    Very true, the manual never specifically says anything about mats, but us very clear about using it on anything that is raised or creates an uneven