CloudySue

I have not, but if you are interested in working in PA, my camp in Pike County is always looking for nurses. This will be my 6th year, highly recommend it! LMK if you need details.

Pediatric private duty, PRN.

Many great ideas here, ones which I use daily! I keep a strict sleep schedule. I might go to bed 2-3 hours early on my nights off, so I can enjoy a few extra hours w my family the next day, but it's important to stay close to your schedule 7 days a week so you don't get jet lagged. I think of it as not being on an odd schedule, but I consider myself living on Sidney, Australia time! I take melatonin before sleep every morning. I use darkening shades and use a white noise app on my phone. I make sure I get at least 7 hours of sleep each day, and if I get less, I take a 1-2 hour nap in the evening before work. I try and eat well, and take vitamins, ESPECIALLY vitamin D w calcium. We overnighters are very susceptible to vitamin D deficiency, and I've been dx w it twice. Vitamin B in a super formula is great for energy, cheaper than a 5-hour energy drink and arguably the same effect. Good luck!

I PM'ed you. BTW I made a mistake in the location, it's the town of Milford in Pike County, PA.

My camp has various sessions, from 2 to 7 weeks. Short jobs available! ;D

Quit poaching my nurses, yo! Git yer own post!!!

Hi! My all-girl, ACA-accredited camp is in need of a nurse, it's 7 weeks in Milford County, PA. This will be my 4th year there, small camp, great people. Free tuition for your children, boys can go to a brother camp nearby. Anybody interested?

If you have a good data plan, or if the families allow you their wifi password, then pick a great series and binge watch! Just this month I gobbled down three seasons of "Vikings"! I am a Girl Scout leader so I get all of my prep work done at work. I am addicted to Yahtzee for Buddies on my smartphone. I read up on the dx of the client I'm with and learn as much as I can. I read up carefully on all the meds they're on. I do yoga. I always try and keep busy with either work or leisure activities.

I'm that way w reading glasses! I have about 5-6 pairs of dollar store glasses in my bag!

All of you who are saying his vacay is over, get a job, he's the lazy one, etc. I say, he DOES have a job. Being a stay-at-home dad is as much work as being a stay-at-home mom. Remember the old cliche about housewives sitting around eating bon-bons while watching Oprah? Remember how offended we women get by that notion? Well, thinking this husband is a bum and is lazy is an absolute double standard. I, too, work while hubby stays home. Our situation is a bit different, he has severe rheumatoid arthritis and is on disability, so he has a small amount of $ in benefits. However, he works very hard keeping our household running smoothly. He cares for the kids (tween-age), makes dinner every night, grocery shops, and cleans sometimes when he gets a break from a flare-up. He is a good man, he fights through the chronic pain and is my hero. I work overnights 5-6 nights/week and sleep until 3pm every day, and I sleep soundly knowing he's got everything under control.

This happened to me once at a new case. around 5 in the morning, both parents went to work and left me, my 6 year old client, and 5 other siblings sleeping in their beds. The mother was very offended when I questioned her, "Is there going to be someone here for the other children?" She assured me that the eldest daughter was in charge and I was not responsible for any of them. I figured the eldest was 18, turns out she was 14. Are you telling me that if there was a fire, I would just grab my client and run out? NO! Of course I'd be scrambling all over the house waking up the other kids. I'd be the nurse that left a bunch of kids to die if I didn't! The funny thing was, the mom fired ME for me questioning if someone else was there. I wasn't going back anyway. I think there were other nurses that never complained about it, so of course I was the troublemaker, lol!

Yes. Absolutely. It's about 100 dollars a year or so. I was warned in nursing school to NEVER trust your employer to cover your butt. Corporations will deny responsibility and throw you under the bus if it suits them, especially if it's really an error on your part.

I didn't return to my first camp for a number of reasons, but the big one was that I was expected to pretty much ignore my girls at camp. I wasn't permitted to speak to them more than just a greeting in passing, not allowed to hug them in front of other campers, (in case the other kids get jealous/sad/whatever) and if they came in for medical attention, I was expected to let another nurse treat them. I felt like a non-custodial parent. Since I was told at hire that I'd be able to see and visit w them a lot, and that was not the case, I complained about it, so eventually I was begrudgingly allowed "planned visitation" with them. What I had to do what take them to my cabin during the evening free time and hang out w them there, because they didn't want any of the other campers to see us together. The camp I work at now (for three summers so far) there are no official restrictions between my children and me. We don't abuse the privilege but it's so nice to be in an environment that doesn't micromanage our every move. I see and talk to my kids at least once a day and I get to treat them if they come into the HC. The directors have no issues w it. When I get the occasional hug from my own kids, their friends sometimes simply come up to me for their own hugs or pile on as a group hug. I can be everybody's camp mom.

I didn't see anything here either that indicated that they thought you were an idiot. If these responses upset you so easily, you may want to take a hard look on how you take constructive criticism and consider processing it in a healthier way. The only thing more concerning to me than a new nurse in PDN is a new nurse in PDN that cannot gracefully handle taking advice and concerns from other, more experienced nurses.

I also worked in a home w onions "to remove germs". It was a Mennonite home. They replaced them once a week or so and they really got rank. The room reeked so bad and I was working 12 hour shifts, so I gathered up the onions and tied them up in a plastic bag when the family slept, and put them back in the morning.