Reply With QuoteGood for sticking to your guns, Melinurse!
Far as I know, that is NOT a common practice. I've worked Home Health before. Your license is more important. If you have proof of what you had to do...it'd be better to protect yourself.
Anyone else in Home health & Hospice ever have a supervisor tell you to go back on your charts and " paint a picture " to make your patients " appear " more appropriate? I refused to go back and change my documentation. But the evil woman kept after me and even asked me to get signature on admit papers from before I even worked there. DON accused me of not being a team player and I told her I would not be a party to fraudulent charting after the fact. I told her I stand behind my charting as it is period. Oh, I could go on with the list but I'll spare you that rant. Long story short, I resigned.:nurse-soapbox:
Question though, is this something common in hospice/home health? Where they want you to paint a picture of someone who is sicker than they are? Or is this because I was working for a for-profit agency vs. a non-profit agency?
Good for sticking to your guns, Melinurse!
Far as I know, that is NOT a common practice. I've worked Home Health before. Your license is more important. If you have proof of what you had to do...it'd be better to protect yourself.
I have never worked for home health or hospice. But last Dec. I started at our local (GA) non-profit hospice and I fully enjoy it (well a few things I have had to adjust to). NO ONE EVER asks for a change in any charting, or fake an assessment to make a pt appropriate for admission. Everyone is friendly, kind, caring, well loved by their patients. Even administration is great. I can call the PCC ANY TIME for help/advise. Just last Sat., I had an admit, home from hospital at 2020. The pt took a turn for the worse during assessment and I called her to tell her pt needed to be in house. SHE started the computer work for change of status at her home, and this was at midnight! I have never heard a bad word about our hospice from anyone in the community, in fact, just the opposite. Strangers, who hear I work for hospice, come up to me telling me how wonderful it is, they had an experience with it and it was a blessing for their family, friend, etc. My only regret is: they cannot give me enough hours (I'm PRN), so I have to look elsewhere for more hours. But, I really do like this job!:banana:
Good for you! Your were not being a team, player as far as "for profit" is concerned.
Always about the $$$$$$....
So evil..
Worked in Home Health Care and hospice for 11 years. Yup - gotta make them scores high so that they get the maximum reimbursement from insurance. Make those peeps look like they are at death's door! Which you are working in hospice -- THEY ARE! Signing papers, oh heack yeas. Hate cleaning up another person's mess.
