nursenmom3

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1. How does this work?

   nursenmom3 replied to Lotsofquestions's topic in Private Duty

   I have no advice, I just wanted to say that I am glad you are home, and I hope you everything goes smoothly.

2. Admit to discharge: integration of peds imc and ICU

   nursenmom3 replied to Cvedrn's topic in PICU

   Can you explain a little bit more about what you mean by this?

3. Hijab (headscarf) Nurses

   nursenmom3 replied to skybmonkey's topic in General Nursing

   The women I know who wear hijab have hijabs that match their clothing. They change them frequently. I don’t see how a piece of cloth on someone’s head, securely fastened, and changed and washed with the same frequency as her scrubs would be more of...

4. Scabies patient

   nursenmom3 replied to EDScrubLife77's topic in General Nursing

   My kid has scabies. It can live in the grass so It is easy for a kid to catch if they play outside in places where other kids play. The doctor said he likely got it from a soccer field. It was mildly itchy and cleared up with one application of loti...

5. How to make a PDN job appealing?

   nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

   That's good advice. It's becoming very clear to me that I probably need to spend a lot of time going over expectations for communication, but also for other things. For example, it would never have occurred to me that a nurse would be involved in la...

6. How to make a PDN job appealing?

   nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

   Surprised? Not any more. Annoyed? More and more every year! LOL! I'm sure that I'll have some annoying thing that will come out. During our most recent stay, I'm pretty sure the PICU staff thought I had lost it because 3 times a day I'd order hi...

7. How to make a PDN job appealing?

   nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

   And hopefully the nurse will understand that it's not personal. He'd really rather Mom didn't do it either, even though I'm the one who taught Dad!

8. Admit to discharge: integration of peds imc and ICU

   nursenmom3 replied to Cvedrn's topic in PICU

   I have not encountered this, but as a parent of a technology dependent child who spends a lot of time in the PICU, I would love to learn more.

9. How to make a PDN job appealing?

   nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

   @Orion81RNThank you for taking the time to type that out three times, because it's super helpful for me to understand the other perspective! Obviously, it's hard to know what it will be like having nurses in the house until it happens, but to me it'...

10. How to make a PDN job appealing?

    nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

    I think he'd be a pretty cool patient, but I'm slightly biased.

11. Is my situation normal?

    nursenmom3 replied to NurseAlexandra's topic in Private Duty

    OK, that's definitely a factor. But I swear I've read posts on here where people had patients with ventilators AND crazy parents, and the agency wouldn't back them up. So, it's not like nurses who can work with vents are treated well either.

12. What are your/your agencies polices about lifting?

    nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

    We can try. I sometimes think that there's a perception that it's easy to get Medicaid or private insurance to pay for things. In my experience there are times when Medicaid and insurance are very generous. For example, I have an enormous supply of...

13. Is my situation normal?

    nursenmom3 replied to NurseAlexandra's topic in Private Duty

    I agree that it's sad. Coming from an area where finding and keeping PDN nurses is really hard, it also really confuses me. The agency doesn't make any money unless they have both patients AND nurses. Around here, the nurses are the ones who seem ...

14. What are your/your agencies polices about lifting?

    nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

    I know right? Do you agree that it looks less scary than dangling your child from the ceiling?

15. What are your/your agencies polices about lifting?

    nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

    I don't know if we could get Medicaid to pay for a ceiling lift, both because we'd need to argue that he needs it long term, which would be hard because we're simultaneously ask them to pay for the surgery on the grounds that it will help him walk, a...