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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

  2. Students with 1:1 nursing

    nursenmom3 posted a topic in School

    I posted something similar in the PDN forum, but it seems like this one is busier. Sorry if you're seeing it twice! My husband and I are considering sending our medically complex son to school, and...

  3. How to make a PDN job appealing?

    nursenmom3 posted a topic in Private Duty

    I guess you could consider this a spin off on my post about private duty nursing for my 9 year old at school, but I'm wondering if people have thoughts on what makes a private duty assignment more or...

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

    nursenmom3 replied to Cvedrn's topic in PICU, Pediatric

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

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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

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

    nursenmom3 replied to Cvedrn's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    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

  11. 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...

  12. 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

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

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

    nursenmom3 posted a topic in Private Duty

    Sorry, I feel like I've taken over the forum with my questions! My son will have surgery on his feet at some point in the coming months, and for a period of time afterwards will be completely...

  16. 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...

  17. 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

  18. 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...

  19. How to make a PDN job appealing?

    nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

    That's exactly how this would work, like the perfect thing would be for you to come to our house and say "I love Queen, let me watch Bohemian Rhapsody with you and teach you how to lip sync". And...

  20. How to make a PDN job appealing?

    nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

    He's super smart and intellectual, which I realize is a weird word for a 9 year old, but most of the things he enjoys are things that involve thinking? So, strategy games, or reading and talking...

  21. How to make a PDN job appealing?

    nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

    I think that more than food, the place where I need to have conversations up front is about downtime. If someone's working with my kid, even during the day, there's going to be a lot of downtime....

  22. How to make a PDN job appealing?

    nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

    I am so sorry. I hope you know what an incredible difference you must have made in both her parents' lives and

  23. How to make a PDN job appealing?

    nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

    I assume that if we ever get a steady nursing plan, that we'll end up with separate night and day people. It seems to me that the two shifts would appeal to very different personalities. So, I'd be...

  24. How to make a PDN job appealing?

    nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

    The bolded is my goal. That's the relationship I'd like to build. Not because I want you to scramble eggs or set up chairs, but because that's who I want to be as an employer. But I also want to...

  25. How to make a PDN job appealing?

    nursenmom3 replied to nursenmom3's topic in Private Duty

    My honest opinion is that reheated scrambled eggs are not appetizing. My other kids probably wouldn't bat an eye at eating them, so maybe that's my own hang up. But, this kid has enough problems...