welch07

welch07

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  1. Knowledge and advice needed

    I am new to HH. Any helpful tips for Oasis? I will be learning Oasis in a week or two. I have a blank one that I have been reviewing for the last few days. What do you keep in your bag? What do you keep in your car? Is this book worth ordering: The ...
  2. Home Health Interview. Your opinions please.

    I also am a med surg nurse. I cut my hours at the hosp from 40 to 32 and now work per diem in HH. I wanted to make sure I liked HH. I do like it but it does not have the stability the hosp has. I suggest u work per diem in HH before u fully comit to ...
  3. Pts doing illegal stuff while in hospital

    Have had one try to have his GF sneak some herion by having her place it in mcdonalds cheese burger. Well needless to say he was not happy when he got his food only to find a cheese burger bc we found the drugs. Yup he put on his call light to say. S...
  4. Writing orders

    Hi I am new to HH. My back ground is med surg in a hosp and have been a rn for well over 5 yrs. my question is writing home health doctors orders is a little different than what I do in te hosp. Any one have any advice about how etc? Thank you
  5. Writing orders

    Thank u blueshift124. The more hints I get the better. I am getting the hang of it. It is just gonna take some time. Still no orientation but that's ok
  6. Can you have a life AND do HH?

    Kelrn215 I am going to have to use that message on my work phone. Bc like u I am not on weekends/evening. Your message is quick and to the point love it.
  7. Writing orders

    Sadnursemg that is basically what has happened to me. Here is ur comp have fun. One nurse I will text to ask questions but she never text back. The other is to fast she likes to talk but by end of conversation my question was not answered. So I have...
  8. Writing orders

    I just did my first admission yesterday. See I have had no real training in this so I am learning as I go. Slow but sure I am learning lol
  9. Writing orders

    All of them. 485 mostly
  10. Writing orders

    Thank you. I feel it will just take a little to get use to.
  11. Knowledge and advice needed

    MrsmartinRN I tried to print them but they won't print. can you email them to me? [email protected]? thank you
  12. Knowledge and advice needed

    Thank you mrsmartinrn I will print them out. That helps a lot.
  13. Knowledge and advice needed

    Hmm cheat sheet. Sounds like a good idea. Can u share the cheat sheet?
  14. Fustrated

    I had an interview a few weeks ago with a home health agency and was hired but the orientation would have been two hours away from my house (the interview was 20 min away). I received a call last week from the HH agency stating "We will be having or...
  15. Fustrated

    That's what I was thinking. If they are that disorganized now then what would happen when I start to see pt's.
  16. Fustrated

    Yup it will. I am waiting to hear back from another HH co that interviewed with last week
  17. Fustrated

    Some times when one door closes another will open. That's how I look at it.
  18. Fustrated

    I understand that. But if they called me a few days ago I would have been able to do it. But not 24 hrs before. The excuse that they used had also made me think that they are not a very organized company
  19. Hello I have been a Med Surg Rn for a long time and for the past 6 months I have been wanting to make a change to Home Health but I seem to be having a hard time finding at the moment a per diem job in the field. I live south of Boston. I have re wri...
  20. Trying to work in home health

    Hi I am a med surg rn with over 10 yrs of exp. I am trying to work in home health doing skilled visits but am having a hard time finding a job in Mass. I live 25 miles south of Boston. Right now all I am looking for is per diem. Currently I am workin...
  21. Trying to work in home health

    thank you for the message kelrn215 I will look in to those.
  22. Trying to work in home health

    I live in brockton. I am looking into either home health or home health travel nursing. I need to look into both more before i make the change. I just keep looking on this site and I love all the feedback I am getting thank you.
  23. Trying to work in home health

    I would love to move to cape cod but at this time un able to
  24. Newsflash: Med/Surg RN's have the toughest job

    I love my med/surg/onc. i work on a 40 bed unit and have for 7 yrs. I have no desire to leave med/surg but i know some day my back will be telling me to leave bed side nursing . I enjoy the varity of pt's I get yes some are good and of course some ar...
  25. Nurse with Latex Allergy

    Brief story. I am a Rn with a latex allergy recently denided a job at a hosp re: my latex allergy. Kicker is I was up front about having this allergy at the time they stated they are a latex free hosp. 3 days after signing all my paper work and pre e...