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Howard University Hospital

There were no typical days at Howard University Hospital. Every day brought new experiences, different cases and plans of care. Being a teaching hospital, nurses were responsible for working closely with new doctors teaching them and learning from senior doctors as well. The management changed often and lacked the necessary insight that direct patient care personnel possessed for improvement in patient care and staffing. Most of my co-workers are amazing hardworking individuals. Though we all possess our own beliefs and style of patient care, the patient came first for most. Unfortunately every work place seems to have the few employees that lack team work and dedication which served as a challenge and area for leadership an ultimately growth for those who did. The hardest part of the job was assuring patient diagnosis' and treatment in a timely manner. Poor communication between departments and unnecessary delays due to human error and lack of accountability played a huge role in this unfortunate situation. This did encourage nurses to team up and help one another get their patients to and from the necessary areas for diagnostics and assure patient care for the rest of their patients on the unit. Unfortunately nurses were extremely over worked and did not have the time necessary to accomplish as much as hoped nor take a minute for themselves. The most enjoyable part of the job was the appreciation, growth and improvements of our patients. Nothing could make the challenges of this job worth it more than the positive affect we had on the lives of our patients and their families.

I worked there for a few weeks on a temporary assignment and not only is the staff unorganized when it comes to records management but I was told to organize exams for the medical students and it was a waste of my time. After organizing 100+ exams, the students were taking the exams and before they finished, they started noticing how some of their questions were not consistent with their study materials. Basically, the medical administrative team had outdated exams mixed in with some current exams. It was crazy. In addition to that confusion, my temp agency told me that Howard University was ending the contracts for all of the temps at my agency. Soon after I learned this, a hiring manager claimed to know nothing about this and said to her knowledge, I would still be working there. However, it pays to stick with the information you get from your staffing agency because you get paid through the agency and I was submitting my timesheets through the agency's site. After the temp agency's contract date ends, THAT'S IT! No more work. So, it just didn't make any sense why HR wouldn't tell my supervisor any of this yet HR communicated clearly to my agency. Shouldn't hiring managers know what HR wants to do with their temp employees?
Just saying, I would never go back there again.

A typical day at work is upon arrival, checking my calendar to see if there are any trainings or meetings. Then checking emails for requests, concerns, questions, and or issues. Handled on a priority basis. What I learned is how to manage my time smarter, and organization skills so that I meet various deadlines. Management only micro-manage the union staff, I was a project manager with autonomy. My co-workers were hard workers, however, there were many who were union who did not respect managerment because they were never held accountable for their performance, and/or managed properly from the beginning, resulting in issues within the departments, and processes. The hardest part of the job is convincing leadership to address risks and vulnerabilities within the organization that led to revenue recoupment from the Government, and Commercial insurance companies. The most enjoyable part of my job is feeling respected for my work ethic and integrity, and that I was the go-to person, and subject matter expert on insurance audits when no one else felt comfortable addressing inquiries related to medical record audits.

I enjoy volunteering at Howard University Hospital. A typical day normally consists of me coming in an hour to thirty minutes ahead of time just to clean and wipe down the area. I get breakfast, come back to the office and restock if needed and just make sure there aren't any last minute things that need to be done. I learned how to use the system that the hospital used, and to have great interactions and to get to know my patients. Always smile and be polite and make sure my patients were comfortable because you never know what a person is going through. The management team and my coworkers were excellent. If we had an issue we typically knew how to solve it without needing help from management. The hardest part of my job was to see my sickle cell patients be in a lot of pain and then they have to come get their blood drawn, and not all the time do you get blood from them on the first try, so then you have to stick them multiple times. But i loved being able to make my patient feel like they are apart of a family and that we care about them. I liked being able to be a listening ear because some people need someone to talk to. But i love going to work and just knowing that i can make difference just by smiling at someone or asking them how their day is going.

In 1997 soon after I came to the US, I started as a volunteer at Howard University Hospital pharmacy. The staff memebers  were very appreciative of my help and were eager to teach me and share their knowledge about the pharmacy system. The manegment was impressed with my work ethic and gave me the opportunity to work as a pharmacy technician,which helped me to acquire a tremendous amount of skill about hospital pharmacy process. All of the pharmacy managment team at that time were very inclussive, appreciative and cognisant of their employees hard work. Depending on the assigned daily task one could fill patient carts, make hourly run to the hospital units to deliver medications, mix intravenous medications or enter physician orders in the computer. The hardest part of the job is being constantly on the run, the most enjoyable part is knowing we are caring for our patients. I miss the Employee Appreciation Day Picnic: once a year the organization takes its employees and their families to Six Flags picnic.

A day in my work at Hospital University Hospital, Very busy in which I loved everything is fast paced the patients where very nice and patient, as well as understanding at times. I loved helping patients that did not have any health insurance to gain insurance through Department of Health and social services, I learned how to operate the Invisions Software system to store data information in on the patients as well as the patients insurance company's. My typical day would also include calling patients insurance to verify and maintain prior authorization that was needed, keep account of patients flow for the day.The hardest part was getting denials and canceled insurance information to the patient that really needed medical attention. My co-workers and employers where very delightful and respected, I really enjoyed working at Howard University Hospital and its Staff.

Performs proper specimen collection by confirming patient ID
Collecting specimens in proper tubes utilizing venipuncture/ capillary techniques, and accurately labeling the specimens to ensure accurate patients results.Provides customer service by answering broad technical questions, and directing others to appropriate resources.Manages specimens accessioning accurately and efficiently to provide quality specimens for laboratory testing.
Ensures accurate specimen processing to maintain specimen integrity.Communicates effectively, works corporately with others to optimize job performance and foster working relationships. The hardest part of my job is when were short staffed it puts a heavier work load on our team.

A typical day at work was high energy, rewarding and self full filling, working with  professional and  cooperative and caring staff. Clients and others needs are often successfully met by a caring. efficient professional staff. The hardest part of my job was doing more, based on clients/patient needs. the lack of time and demands were sometimes hindered. I look forward to going to work everyday giving 110% to each patient/client that came with in  my scope of work. I always looked forward to helping and making  someone's day special, through the services that I provided;excellent customer service.  I consistently received  new information and learning how to apply best practice methods to improve patient/client relationships and services, and refreshing my own skills.

The star of a typical day at Howard would be to make sure that I had a full staff, and if not see if I could call in replacements for those that might have called out.  Once that is taken care of I would assign transporters to certain priority areas.  At that point our day gets started by the transporters taking jobs off of our computer board by calling into the system.

I learned how to properly make a monthly schedule with regular days off for the transporters.  I was responsible for doing payroll in the Kronos computer system so that everyone got paid..

I was also responsible for preparing reports for the managers meetings for the Transportation department.  This as in any position has it's down time moments but for the most part it was very busy and worth every moment.

I learn alot  from Howard, I learn how to be quick,
How to talk to patients, How to keep a straight face threw any 
Situation, and how keep patients calm as well. 
I love taking blood and get vaccines. 
I also Loved doing trioging as well You get to learn alot about the patients there personality's as well as success threw out there life.
My manager was the sweetest woman ever, she welcomes everyone with open arms, she told me I can come back to volunteer anytime and that they can always use a extra hand. 
I don't really think there was a hard part of working at Howard,
I always had someone by my side if I had a question about anything
and was will to help.
The most Enjoyable part of the day was getting to see face's of the people know that they got the best help and information as possible and they leave feel 10 times better then when they came in.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Health screener 55 salaries reported	$37.33 per hour
Nursing attendant 27 salaries reported	$34.75 per hour
Order picker 27 salaries reported	$28.73 per hour
Patient transporter 3 salaries reported	$35.26 per hour
Screener 7 salaries reported	$40,883 per year

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