umharhar

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1. Was I wrong to talk back to my supervisor?

   umharhar posted a topic in Home Health

   Hello, everyone. I'm a new grad working in home health... well not exactly a new grad anymore because it's almost a yr that I've been working for this agency. But I still feel like I don't know much about home health and actually want to quit this jo...

2. LAC+USC interview new grad RN

   umharhar replied to girl84's topic in California

   Hi guys, I got a call to come in for interview this week for med/surg position. I didn't receive the 'pass/fail' letter but received the letter that I need to reapply. I'm already nervous for this interview...is the second interview going to be like ...

3. What happens if IV med does not finish on time?

   umharhar replied to umharhar's topic in Infusion

   Ok Thank you so much IVRUS!!! :) Your comments are very helpful!!! if you don't mind, I would like to learn more about about the whole infusion mechanism...is it a book or a research article? When I asked my supervisor about increasing the rate, she...

4. What happens if IV med does not finish on time?

   umharhar replied to umharhar's topic in Infusion

   Wow thank you for suuch a thorough answer :) The tubing is changed daily but it seems like some tubings are more accurate than other ones. I was with patient today but it was still slow so i raised the pole higher but im not sure if it was helpful cu...

5. What happens if IV med does not finish on time?

   umharhar replied to umharhar's topic in Infusion

   1. Dial-a-flow2. Picc line3. Im not sure what you mean by positional...4. pt said he does go to restroom 2-3 tmes and he would go like once when im there5. Zyvox 600mg/300ml over 2 hrs q12h

6. What happens if IV med does not finish on time?

   umharhar posted a topic in Infusion

   Hi. I'm a new grad working for home health. I'm currently seeing this pt for IV infusion Q12H for 14 days. We're almost half-way done and I've instructed and validated patient and caregiver's competency for IV infusion so they can infuse the evening ...

7. Can I read TB test result that was given in Dr's office?

   umharhar posted a topic in Home Health

   Hi I'm a new grad working for home health for about 6 months now. Today my patient's daughter called me and ask if I can come read his TB skin test result that he got at Dr's office yesterday and Dr told her it's ok for hh nurse to read it. I know ho...

8. Got citation on my documentation by department of health surveyor...;(

   umharhar replied to umharhar's topic in Home Health

   Thanks Isabelle49 Like you said, globally assessing pain was what they wanted. I didn't ask those additional questions like 'do you ever experience pain? how often? what makes it worse?' kinda stuff that are right below the pain question on OASIS. Th...

9. Got citation on my documentation by department of health surveyor...;(

   umharhar replied to umharhar's topic in Home Health

   Thanks merlee!!! You don't know how much your reply helps my troubled mind... My ultimate goal is to get a job in hospital like any other new grad nurses and I don't want to add another problem on top of my lack of nursing experience...lol And that p...

10. Got citation on my documentation by department of health surveyor...;(

    umharhar posted a topic in Home Health

    Hello. I'm a new grad nurse who just started with a home health agency about a month ago. A few days ago, my agency called me really late at night to tell me that I need to come in right now or early in the next morning to complete my paperwork cuz d...

11. Quit my first RN job...

    umharhar posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hello fellow new grad nurses. I recently quit my first RN job and am hunting for new job but its so hard because no place is calling me back... I'm preparing for the interview but I'm afraid that having quit my first job is affecting me getting a new...

12. Would this hurt me getting a job?

    umharhar posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm a new grad who finally landed a first job interview after a long job hunting. I'm really excited because the hospital I've got the interview with is where I wanted to work but I have an experience of volunteering here a few years ago and I d...

13. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    umharhar replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

    omg the trick really works!!! im officially an RN!!!!

14. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    umharhar replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

    Hello! I just took my test this morning and tried the trick just now and I got the good popup!!!! Does it really mean I passed??? I feel so horrible because I was doing really horrible towards the end and I had 78-79 questions....and the last two que...

15. Is CSULA RN to BSN hard to get into???

    umharhar posted a topic in Online Learning

    Hello. I will be graduating with my ADN degree this December but I just decided to get my BSN after passing NCLEX. My top choice is CSULA but I'll be also applying to CSUN and CSULB. But I have horrible horrible grades...thankfully I haven't failed ...