How cool! I did a little of that for our caregiver side. Much less stressful, basically a safety check/eval, and set up a care plan for the aide. Med management was sometimes an ongoing issue, but again, no OASIS!
Well, a 10 mile radius is pretty good. My territory included a few small towns 30 miles away. It was not unusual for me to log 100 miles a day, so mileage was pretty necessary for me.
OASIS aside, I really like home health. You connect with your patients in ways you simply can't in a hospital...
Yes, compared to. Those lowest numbers are how you'd score a healthy 18 year old. Any assistance needed scores them higher, and higher is better. I score them as dependent as I possibly can, it reflects to Medicare how truly sick they are and how much care they need. Also remember the golden...
Hey, another Home Health nurse I've been doing HH for 4 years now and can really rock an OASIS. My best advice is not to look at it as a nursing assessment, cause it's not. It's a reimbursement assessment. Score the patient as high as you ethically can and QA will be happier with you, and your...