SDALPN

SDALPN specializes in Peds(PICU, NICU float), PDN, ICU.

Latest Activity

1. Office staff issues

   SDALPN replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

   Big agency. Agency is great, its the current office

2. Office staff issues

   SDALPN posted a topic in Private Duty

   Uugghh. Nothing like a bad group of office staff to ruin things. Had a great set of staff for years. Here and there a bad apple, but they didn't last. Now we have the staff from ****. The shady...

3. Bring Your own TP

   SDALPN replied to Catcar1963's topic in Private Duty

   I've seen this a few times. Same with the hard chair. I blame the agency. The agency needs to speak up. If all agencies did this, families would have nowhere to run and there would be less nurse...

4. Lack of professionalism

   SDALPN replied to darliff's topic in Private Duty

   I think it depends on the

5. Advice on working with CP patient

   SDALPN replied to thelittlenurs's topic in Private Duty

   Weekends are typically hard to staff. Especially weekend nights. Being that we tell them when we work, most nurses don't want to work those

6. Private Duty Schedulers: Why are they so deceptive?

   SDALPN replied to erroridiot's topic in Private Duty

   So does anyone have suggestions on ways to prevent the schedulers from

7. Lack of professionalism

   SDALPN replied to darliff's topic in Private Duty

   I think that PDN is better for nurses with boundaries. I don't think it is a good fit for those that have trouble saying

8. Advice on working with CP patient

   SDALPN replied to thelittlenurs's topic in Private Duty

   It sounds like you have experience to handle the case. Sounds like the pt will be fairly easy. But sounds like there is a reason the case is wide open. Typically agencies put new hires on the worst...

9. Advice on working with CP patient

   SDALPN replied to thelittlenurs's topic in Private Duty

   If you are a new nurse, PDN isn't for new nurses. You will be putting your license at risk. Some states require a minimum of a year of nursing experience. Agencies will overlook it, but if you get...

10. Lack of professionalism

    SDALPN replied to darliff's topic in Private Duty

    It's typical. It sets up nurses with boundaries for failure. The agencies only care about the money. So if the family is happy, the agency turns their heads. I've lost plenty of cases for keeping...

11. New Nurse, need advice

    SDALPN replied to Xxlala02's topic in Private Duty

    New grads don't belong in private duty. Ask your supervisor. Your supervisor should be aware of the areas that you need more training

12. Bored during home care!

    SDALPN replied to Me93RN's topic in Private Duty

    If you are bored, it may not be the right job for you. There is downtime on most cases. Most of us bring stuff to do for those times. The nurses that complain of boredom never last in the

13. I'm not a babysitter!!!!

    SDALPN replied to zizi2677's topic in Private Duty

    I have been in that situation. The agency doesn't care what is on paper. They will tell the families one thing in writing and do another. When this happened to me, I called the agency. They told me...

14. Confronted about charting at patient's school

    SDALPN replied to doodlebuttRN's topic in Private Duty

    Don't get in the middle of it. The nurse always gets thrown under the bus. Let the supervisor handle it. Keep doing your job. Your documentation covers you, so keep documenting as usual. You may lose...

15. How to stay awake during NOCs in PDN?

    SDALPN replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Private Duty

    Give it time. If its not working for you after a couple of months, it may not be for you. Oh yeah, avoid caffeine so you can sleep when you get home. I'd have a soda when I got to work. After that,...