SDALPN

SDALPN

Peds(PICU, NICU float), PDN, ICU

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  1. Private duty lpn, rn supervisor??

    SDALPN replied to Frenchie10's topic in Private Duty

    It probably would be best for the OP to contact their state BON and ask the practice consultant. Better to be told "no" now than to lose a license or be charged with fraud

  2. Do you have nurses on call for extended care?

    SDALPN replied to Loodlow's topic in Private Duty

    They must be trained to do things like that to save every penny they can! Thanks for telling me that. I've always wondered about what I have saved up is worth. I'll check it

  3. Private duty lpn, rn supervisor??

    SDALPN replied to Frenchie10's topic in Private Duty

  4. Private duty lpn, rn supervisor??

    SDALPN replied to Frenchie10's topic in Private Duty

  5. Do you have nurses on call for extended care?

    SDALPN replied to Loodlow's topic in Private Duty

    I think we may work for the same agency. I forgot in my post that my agency does the same. I've never seen the catalog. I've heard we could go online too. My office is very cheap about giving them....

  6. Private duty lpn, rn supervisor??

    SDALPN replied to Frenchie10's topic in Private Duty

    The RN supervisor must be available to you at all times because you are an LPN. Also, the RN supervisor must do initial assessments, care plan/485, assessments when the patient comes home from being...

  7. Do you have nurses on call for extended care?

    SDALPN replied to Loodlow's topic in Private Duty

    My agency pays "stat pay" for last minute shifts. We can negotiate for higher pay for last minute shifts including pay for gas if the case is any distance away. There is a stat pay rate for LPNs and...

  8. PDN role at school

    SDALPN replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    It can be looked up or you can call and ask. The agencies also say this, but they can be misinformed or lie. The law was changed about 5 years ago. It's important to keep up with their changes to...

  9. no dose to give written on MAR anymore?

    SDALPN posted a topic in Private Duty

    The agency I'm with has now announced that they won't be putting the ML's to give on the MAR. They will put the dose on the MAR in whatever form that is (mg, mcg, gtts, etc). I think that will lead to...

  10. Many Baby Nurses Aren't Nurses At All

    SDALPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Private Duty

    Wearing a shirt that could make someone think a lay person is a nurse could be disastrous. Imagine a medical emergency at the mall and a person wearing this shirt walking by...imagine the confusion....

  11. Positive thread! Your best family/working environment

    SDALPN replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

  12. PDN role at school

    SDALPN replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

  13. PDN role at school

    SDALPN replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    It's against medicare/medicaid rules to drive a pt now. They say it's fraud because you can't do nursing and drive at the same time. You may want to check to make sure you are not committing fraud. We...

  14. PDN role at school

    SDALPN replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    Each classroom environment is different. I work with the teachers to create a routine that works. We are there to be the nurse and nothing more. I try to treat the classroom as a setting where the...

  15. Best thermometer for kids with aversion to touch

    SDALPN replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    I almost never have a parent complain about a temp being taken. It just doesn't make sense. I had a case where the thermometer broke and nurses kept documenting temps. We asked the kid if the nurses...

  16. Best thermometer for kids with aversion to touch

    SDALPN replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    Just pick a random temp in the normal range and write it down....ok, ok that's what the nurses I work with do because they are lazy! How old is the pt? Are they able to take their own temp or hold a...

  17. What do you wear to meet a family?

    SDALPN replied to Elle23's topic in Private Duty

    Make that President of Client Relations! Meanwhile, I'll hope and pray that some higher up with my company reads this and does

  18. What do you wear to meet a family?

    SDALPN replied to Elle23's topic in Private Duty

    One agency I worked for got this info. The others don't. Even when they do know because of previous complaints by the family, they won't tell other nurses. So the unsuspecting nurse that is next on...

  19. What do you wear to meet a family?

    SDALPN replied to Elle23's topic in Private Duty

    My well known national agency doesn't tell us that sort of thing. They leave it to us to figure out. The last case I opened with a supervisor didn't involve any questions like that. It leads to the...

  20. things said wrong that drive you crazy

    SDALPN posted a topic in Private Duty

    Ok. So I'll start by saying that when I hear the office or a nurse say "orientate", it is like fingernails on a chalkboard. Its orient, not orientate. Another one is O2 "stat". Its O2 sat, as in...

  21. Agency removing communication log?

    SDALPN replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    I get that. But the comm log is still necessary. Either that or the agency needs to come up with a better way to communicate. I'm glad it's a legal record for the things that don't belong in nursing...

  22. Patients mom wants me to get in bed with her

    SDALPN replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    How would you explain this to the judge if you went to court? And what if you are accused of an inappropriate act? Hidden cameras and the family gets mad and sets you up? Plus it can't be sanitary....

  23. Patients mom wants me to get in bed with her

    SDALPN replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    How would you explain this to the judge if you went to court? And what if you are accused of an inappropriate act? Hidden cameras and the family gets mad and sets you up? Plus it can't be sanitary....

  24. Vent about nurses

    SDALPN posted a topic in Private Duty

    Certain nurses are just so obnoxious. I came in to work to find that this nurse I work with has done even more to annoy me. The humidifier tubing is due to be changed once a week, drainage bag twice...

  25. Ped client with a difficult mom! HELP!!

    SDALPN replied to tcooks7's topic in Private Duty

    I never share my cell number, only my home number. I'm almost never at home and the ringer stays off. All calls to the home phone are forwarded to my cell so I control when I'm contacted. I also can...