CloudySue

CloudySue

Pediatric Private Duty; Camp Nursing

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  1. Funny Mistakes

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    The other night I was feeding a client a bottle of breastmilk with the cap not screwed on properly (some sort of tube thing that reduces tummy gas wasn't aligned right) and there was a slow leak. I...

  2. Environmental Insanity!!

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    I usually bring my electric blanket to cold cases, but I didn't think that would have been the problem on a "warm" day. The O2 compressor is in the hallway, to keep the room from getting too

  3. Private duty lpn, rn supervisor??

    CloudySue replied to Frenchie10's topic in Private Duty

    Ugh, it's just so much easier to just show up, do the work, leave, and let my agency take a big chunk of it and deal w the paperwork! I like to keep it

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

    CloudySue replied to Loodlow's topic in Private Duty

    If you go to their website, find the catalog (PDF file) and scroll to the end of it. There's a form to print and fill out, and submit to the office. I think that's who you give it to. I am still...

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

    CloudySue replied to Loodlow's topic in Private Duty

    My agency offers a "currency with a cute name" for doing anything special. My office is tight-fisted with them. If you remind them you did something above and beyond, they'll cough up. They have a...

  6. Never a "thank you"...

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    I suppose I should be grateful that 95% of my job is really great, because the stuff I end up venting about here on AN really ain't so bad. But I have to say to somebody who understands (you guys, I...

  7. Many Baby Nurses Aren't Nurses At All

    CloudySue replied to TheCommuter's topic in Private Duty

    Funkytown University. I would totally buy that

  8. PDN role at school

    CloudySue replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    Fraud? I don't think that's really the best way they can describe it, there's no ill intent here to cheat. It's not exactly "abandonment" either but that's closer. You can't watch a pt when you're...

  9. Never a "thank you"...

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks for the empathy, people! This case is only once a week so I can deal. Most of the parents I work for are very liberal with the Thank You's, so its not like I work deprived of gratitude. But...

  10. Irked, but I should understand (Vent)

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    I am not sick. At all. No cold, nothing. Yet when I got to my case tonight I guess I was coughing a bit, either from the pets here, or hot dry air, whatever. I sometimes have little coughing jags when...

  11. PDN role at school

    CloudySue replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    I just remembered a very temporary case several years ago where I accompanied a first grader to a week-long summer "class" at a municipal recreation center. She was alert and oriented, just a bit...

  12. Transporting 17yr From Tub to Walker

    CloudySue replied to uthscsa2011's topic in Private Duty

    I know exactly 6! Each and every one is extremely professional and I would trust my daughters with them in a clinical situation if need be, no

  13. Transporting 17yr From Tub to Walker

    CloudySue replied to uthscsa2011's topic in Private Duty

    Depends... If I knew the nurse well and felt confident that he was a professional. Which I'm sure 99.9% male nurses

  14. Do you ever feel like you have to defend your position as a PDN?

    CloudySue replied to mluvsgnc's topic in Private Duty

    When I describe how PDN is working smarter, not harder, they usually end up

  15. PDN role at school

    CloudySue replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    I know exactly what you're talking about. One case I was to sit in another room across the hall with other nurses, waiting to be called for a medical task, like suctioning or finishing up a tube feed....

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

    CloudySue replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

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

    CloudySue replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    Uh, yeah, no... I agree that's no good. Vertical hugs and cuddles are for parents only. Maybe you can offer a hand massage w nice-smelling lotion, or brushing the ct's

  18. I left private duty nursing a year ago

    CloudySue replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    The good news is, "crummy insurance" is not even legal anymore. One of the great things of ACA is that insurance companies are no longer able to offer cheapo policies which seem like a bargain, but...

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

    CloudySue replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    Adele, what is Mom's rationale for this request? I have to think there's a clinical purpose. No parent is going to expose their child to possible endangerment out of the

  20. Agency removing communication log?

    CloudySue replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    They don't use them in my agency. Another agency I worked for allowed it, and I seem to recall it was a great place for nurses to nitpick at what other nurses were doing. It really got catty and...

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

    CloudySue replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    She's got all that. Once she's asleep, we put them on so she remains asleep. This girl Cannot. Stop. Moving. I know how odd it seems but I cannot stress this enough. If you just pile on the weighted...

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

    CloudySue replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    I have an 8 year old female client with a chromosomal disorder and her symptoms are very unusual. She needs physical or sensory stimulation All. The. Time. I've never seen anything like it. If she is...

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

    CloudySue replied to tcooks7's topic in Private Duty

    I do not like to give out my number until I work a case for some time and feel pretty confident that the caregiver is sensible and we have developed a comfortable rapport. There have been times where...

  24. I left private duty nursing a year ago

    CloudySue replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    If an employer-provided "plan" gets cancelled, it wasn't a very good one to begin with. That's why these plans are getting cancelled, they are the medical equivalent of keeping a homeowner's policy...

  25. Positive thread! Your best family/working environment

    CloudySue replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    My fave case is with a college student I only work with now when she's home from college on breaks. She's in a w/c w SMA but completely alert, oriented, and frankly, a smart-alec sometimes! I know her...