start if care oasis time frames.

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What is the average time to start a pt. It takes me about 2 hrs and I use the oasis page by page. Others tell me they do it in an hour, others tell me they don't use the oasis in front of the pt, but rather fill it out after the visit.

Hello Squeegee, is it possible for you to email me a copy of that cheatsheet? You have to have 15 posts to PM and I just joined today. Thanks for your time. [email protected]

Squeegee, Is there a possible way for you to share the oasis cheat sheet with me too? I am starting on homehealth as a new RN and it is very complicated. I would very much appreciate it. If you could pm or email me if you don't mind, I cannot pm you. My emails is [email protected].

I just started home health, I've only done 3 SOC's and each one I've had to do on paper because I live in a very rural area and alot of my patient's don't have internet or cell signal to connect the iPad through. It's taken me about 1.5hrs each visit in the home, however it should take less, each visit seemed to have some complication or another. Buuut, then getting onto the oasis and charting takes another 2 hours or so. But I think this will get quicker with practice.

oh yea we use a cheat sheet when we have to do paper in the home too. I would suggest going through the oasis and typing up your own cheat sheet though, the ones they provided me are missing some things and if your new to oasis you wont know to ask.

amount of time with patient varies depending on med reconcilliation issues, teaching, mobility, etc. My average was 1.5 hours and I had a lot of heart failure/diabetic/psych patients with many meds. Depending on software used, I could get the SOC OASIS done in 1-1.5 hours. I used the referral documents to plan my cheat sheets, esp when it came to meds because I am a bit anal about med reconcilliation. By the time I did the assessment, teaching, OASIS, med rec, MD calls, service referrals for PT, OT, HHA, SLP, coumadin changes, INR reporting it would be about a 5 hour ordeal.

Specializes in Rehab, Med Surg, Home Care.

Our agency schedules 2 hr for a SOC. I find my patients who are newly dc'ed from the hospital are pretty well fried by that time so I even tho we are computerized I jot things down that might come up out of sequence rather than jump back and forth between screens (example-I do a quick head-to-toe vitals-plus assessment at once instead of doing cardiovascular assessment, then entering various other data, then doing respiratory assessment.) IF I get to look at a copy of their hosp dc info which hardly ever happens ahead of time I don't have to take time for that in the home plus I am prepared to do labs, INR, have whatever wound supplies are needed, etc. and have a copy of meds I can quickly check instead of copying their list. My in home cheat sheet has quick reference info like contact and ins numbers, MD numbers, DOB and a check-list of things to sign, etc.immediately available on one page. I call MD's from the home but almost always have to wait for a call back later. So I grab all the info I can't get otherwise, verify things like meds, allergies then finish MD calls, ordering supplies, scheduling, entering meds into computer (which takes about 17 keystrokes for each med). final notes, coding diagnoses after I leave. I seem to average about 1 1/2 hr in the home and 1 1/2 hour afterward.

I would like to have a copy of the SOC as well. Have you posted it somewhere?

Hello Squeegee, is it possible for you to email me a copy of that cheatsheet? You have to have 15 posts to PM and I just joined. Thanks for your time. Me email is [email protected]

Hi squeegee! I am also new to HH and would love to get a copy of your cheat sheet. Can you please e-mail it to me? My e-mail is [email protected]. Thanks a lot!

Hi Squeegee, could you also send it to me at [email protected]. Thank you so much.

Hi Squeegee, can I have a copy as we'll. [email protected]. Thank you very much

Hi, Squeegee. I would also like a copy of your cheat sheet as well, if you are still sending them. [email protected]

Thanks.

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