Malina9559

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1. So confused about SOC?

   Malina9559 replied to Malina9559's topic in Home Health

   Thanks that helps a lot

2. So confused about SOC?

   Malina9559 posted a topic in Home Health

   Hi I am totally new to home care, had 3 day orientation. I do mostly weekends and lots of SOC's. My question is besides filling out all the paperwork and charting, how do I get the orders? If I recommend the pt needs PT and OT eval, we have a special...

3. What do you do if a patient needs to go to the hospital?

   Malina9559 replied to Malina9559's topic in Home Health

   Thank you all so much that was very helpful I appreciate you all

4. What do you do if a patient needs to go to the hospital?

   Malina9559 posted a topic in Home Health

   Im new to home health. Visited a pt that was clearly sick, exacerbation of his renal problems and chf. He couldn't breathe. I told the family that he is very sick and he should go to the hospital. I offered to call 911 for them, they told me they wan...

5. Has Nursing Made You a Homebody?

   Malina9559 replied to nicurn84's topic in Stress 101

   I never had a social life in my life so I wouldn't know, never had a boyfriend. Nursing has made me more bitter lol

6. How Many Licenses do you Have?

   Malina9559 replied to abcnurse123's topic in Travel

   I have 3 licenses, NJ, PA and KY I think KY is a compact state but I had to pay for each individually, NJ took the most money from me because I let the license lapse for a year and I had to pay a penalty. I think its big business that every year you...

7. Nervous about starting IV's help

   Malina9559 replied to Malina9559's topic in General Nursing

   I was trying to look at my arm, and I cannot see or feel anything on my forearm, the AC and hand are the only ones I can see and feel

8. Nervous about starting IV's help

   Malina9559 replied to Malina9559's topic in General Nursing

   Do you stick at an angle or are you almost parallel with the skin

9. Nervous about starting IV's help

   Malina9559 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm kind of nervous bc Im gonna start a job in home health and will likely start a lot of IV's or do blood work, I don't know why but sticking people with needles makes me nervous b/c I feel I am hurting them and I'm terrible at IV sticks. My proble...

10. Is it a mistake if I take a year and a half off?

    Malina9559 replied to Malina9559's topic in Career Support

    No b/c the ltac is in another state, and where I am now can't even get a prn nursing home job

11. Is it a mistake if I take a year and a half off?

    Malina9559 posted a topic in Career Support

    I worked on an LTAC floor for 2 years as an RN, it was my first RN job. I've quit that job b/c eventually want to get onto a tele/med surg floor would like to leave long term care. Im now sitting at home working on my BSN, if goes well should get it...

12. Burned....

    Malina9559 replied to dizzyray822's topic in General Nursing

    May I ask what unit you work on? Dayshift? That happens once in a while I've been there before, it shouldn't happen everyday.

13. Moved back home now thinking of moving out again

    Malina9559 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just moved back home in Jan from another state, had a wonderful job on an ltac floor, learned a lot, worked there for 2 years exactly I was excited to move back home to NJ and even had a job lined up on a tele floor. Moving wasn't easy for me since...