I saw a single patient today, unfamiliar to me in an unfamiliar urban area training a new to home health/new to us nurse.
If I can be coorifice, I *******' love this job!
I've been in home health a long time, in different capacities and I've seen a lot. I've had hellacious days/weeks/months. I've pulled over and cried, I've stood my ground, I've caved, I've walked on air.
But getting to do a single visit, run into unexpected adverse reactions, get the dr on his cell, make essential changes, get the patient set up, throw in some wound care all while teaching a wide eyed new nurse, I love it more than anything.
Nursing has it's challenges but if you are fortunate to love the basics of your job, you can still have those high five moments.
My dream job is training up home health nurses. Teach them everything I know to make this job as doable as possible and hopefully have inspiring moments that give them that walk on air feeling too.
I hope you all that are struggling with the frustrations of charting and your day falling apart etc will stick with it and build skills you can take with you to an ideal working arrangement. It's worth it.
Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
As FFS (yes, they still call it that) the one weekend a month I work, I must do 5. 1 SOC =2.
I may be a little muzzy-brained tonight, but The "FFS" that they still call "FFS"......what izzit? I understood all of the post except the "FFS" (which they still call "FFS")reference.
No Stars In My Eyes
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I may be a little muzzy-brained tonight, but The "FFS" that they still call "FFS"......what izzit? I understood all of the post except the "FFS" (which they still call "FFS")reference.