liveyourlife747

liveyourlife747

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  1. Life after PDN????

    liveyourlife747 replied to latebloomrn's topic in Private Duty

    we're getting low on clients too. but i'm still getting good hours since people are on vacation. luckily my agency trains nurses at every client so there is always someone to fill in with that client....

  2. constantly sick ever since I started working

    liveyourlife747 replied to fuzzywuzzy's topic in General Nursing

    try taking a multivitamin every day, i used to get sick a lot, especially after working long shifts, but since i've been taking a vitamin every day I've very healthy and able to work a lot

  3. Street Drugs and Brain Aneurysms

    liveyourlife747 replied to ybstressed's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught brain aneurysms were there from birth. So one way that the aneurysm could have ruptured could have been from the drug use. just

  4. pay cut

    liveyourlife747 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    What kind of pay cut am I looking at (roughly) if I would take a job at a clinic and quit my current private duty job? I love my job, just the random hours are getting to me. I currently make $17.50...

  5. when what client says conflicts with med chart

    liveyourlife747 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I am a home care pedi nurse as well. if we have conflicting issues with the parents, we call the agency first. I think most of the previous posters believer you are working in the hospital. I don't...

  6. my first day to come home and cry... little pt had an emergency trach change

    liveyourlife747 replied to caregiver0204's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I believe you did a wonderful job and I'm sorry that you had a stressful day. I too am an new grad (LPN though) and work in home care as a private duty nurse. I have a pediatric client who's trach has...

  7. Medical Shows on TV

    liveyourlife747 replied to chadaniel0415's topic in General Nursing

    i enjoy listening to what the doctor's have to say. since i don't work in a hospital setting i really don't get the doctor's perspective, and i like how they bring so many different specialties to one...

  8. Trach Question

    liveyourlife747 replied to sbostonRN's topic in General Nursing

    omg, i had a similar situation with one of my toddler clients last wed. i walked out of the room for a sec. and returned to him pulling the vent tubes on the crib and his trach was out. i ripped all...

  9. I'm afraid for my pt. and afraid to go to work.

    liveyourlife747 replied to Peggy4's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the Child Protective Services. If your agency is not wanting to deal with it, you should go to the next step, which most likely would be social services. Hope everything is ok with this...

  10. Thank goodness for my laptop!

    liveyourlife747 replied to Lorie P.'s topic in Private Duty

    There is always an air-card! I got it through my cell phone company and I can get online anywhere that I have cell service. It's great! And I'm able to take online classes while I am at work, so the...

  11. Adult diaper with additional pad for night use??

    liveyourlife747 replied to ambil's topic in Home Health

    Is there anyway that an aide could be assigned from 1900 until 2300 or all night to help with changing and repositioning these

  12. Am I too old to fulfill my original dream?

    liveyourlife747 replied to krisssy's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you are too old to fulfill your dream! I personally don't think I will ever stop wanting to attend classes and further my education. I think you would benefit from taking the courses...

  13. nurses with anxiety and depression

    liveyourlife747 replied to Akercat's topic in General Nursing

    I have PTSD, depression, and anxiety. I function very well with zoloft. I can tell if I forgot to take it for the day because I am more sensitive to emotions. I work a very low stress job and that...

  14. Umm, he can't breathe!

    liveyourlife747 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, I just have to vent. I've been sitting with one of my clients while he was in the hospital so we could be his advocate and explain to the nurses there what he has, how to do his dressings, etc....

  15. Umm, he can't breathe!

    liveyourlife747 replied to liveyourlife747's topic in General Nursing

    sx means symptoms of suction, its based on the context. Thanks for all your responses. I know this pt is anxious and scared and does seem to overreact, but i could tell by his facial expressions that...

  16. Umm, he can't breathe!

    liveyourlife747 replied to liveyourlife747's topic in General Nursing

    yes, but its a scary thing when you feel like mucous is blocking your airway, atleast I think it is when I have a bunch of phlem and i can't catch my breath to cough it

  17. Umm, he can't breathe!

    liveyourlife747 replied to liveyourlife747's topic in General Nursing

    I do know how to sx, but because I am his home care private duty nurse I am not allowed to do any hospital procedures due to my agency's policies. I was about to step in though if the nurse didn't...

  18. Umm, he can't breathe!

    liveyourlife747 replied to liveyourlife747's topic in General Nursing

    well at that time, i had just came on shift, and was not aware that the nurse there could sx the patient because on the other floors, the nurses had to call respiratory to sx. I still would have had...

  19. he just wants to die...

    liveyourlife747 replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I would talk with him, encourage him, and then document, document, document everything that went on, why he's refusing, what the nurse said to encourage, etc. this would be proof the the nurse did try...

  20. Deaf Nursing?

    liveyourlife747 replied to Alcomedicism's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Does your state have a deaf/blind school? VA does and they are advocates for the deaf/HOH population. They would probably love to have a nurse who is deaf/HOH on campus to serve as a role model for...

  21. LPN's in Virginia?

    liveyourlife747 replied to Ambition's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I like my home health private duty job that I got after graduating. I didn't think I would get to experiance too much to be honest, but after I started cases I got to work with trachs, vents, g-tubes,...

  22. LPN's in Virginia?

    liveyourlife747 replied to Ambition's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    where in VA do you plan on

  23. When to call out sick

    liveyourlife747 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I work home health with patients on vents and feeding tubes. That being said, if I have a temp over 99.5, have a severe sore throat, or any type of URI symptoms that arent taken away by non-drowsy...

  24. Nursing Tid Bits

    liveyourlife747 replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    we had to master the bedroll in nursing school because it was part of making an occupied

  25. Anyone Else Always Anxious?

    liveyourlife747 replied to NewCanadianNurse12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You might want to consider talking with a counselor; maybe even one that deals with hypnosis by breathing. I had severe anxiety issues when I was in highschool from PTSD and I had a counselor who...