Thank goodness for my laptop! - page 2

I thought this was a good post to revive I have two cases....my adult male vent case well he only sleeps during day shift and is awake all night long. That calls for an extremely looong day shift since he sleeps the whole time. Thank goodness for laptops and all the other things you can get done (bills, bookwork, crafts, etc). My peds case they obviously sleep at nite but my nites there seem to go by quickly as i keep busy doing the same sorts of things with my laptop, bills, bookwork, reading, etc. I do watch some TV but infomercials get old after awhile! Thank goodness for Discovery Health being on the air all nite. What will I do when it become's Oprah's channel?

So, when do your patients sleep and what do you do?

Mine is about $60/month (had it for 3 years now), but speed and reliability are phenomenal. Well worth the $.

I take my netbook (with built-in WIFI adapter) along when I work night shifts. If the client doesn't have wireless internet, I can still play games.

I work nights on one case and although I can't get internet they do have basically every channel known to man so I watch movie after movie.

At work now....so yes my laptop is a great tool!! The family actually suggested it and gave me the network code. I manage a mountain bike race team so it leaves me plenty of time to work on that in between tasks.
I love my PDN job. 9-5pm, M-F, NO weekends. Getting more excited about PDN work. Thought it would be a temp job for a couple of years until I have my RN but with the baby boomers approaching eldery years I think the PDN market is going to explode. Seriously considering sticking with it. You can't beat the freedom and stress-free environment.

I work days, but I oriented on nights. I couldn't access the family's wireless network, but they had cable, with on-demand, and they didn't mind me watching TV as long as the client was taken care of. I don't have cable at home, so I got to catch up on Mad Men (which I follow on Netflix).

Working the private duty peds and love it! Was supposed to be just a "until I get a "real" job thing" but I'm enjoying it, and this IS a REAL job. Sure only one day a week but I'm in a nice situation, group home, so never alone. Like a mini unit. We talk, I read, watch a lil TV, and go on all nurses with my iPhone. Take Care all.