CloudySue

CloudySue

Pediatric Private Duty; Camp Nursing

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  1. Religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    So how do you deal with families who are religious when you are not, and they ask you what your religion is? I've been asked before by very conservative Christian fundamentalists what religion I am...

  2. Family is trying to kill me!

    CloudySue replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    I had my first cat declawed bc I didn't know much at the time and thought that's just what you had to do for an indoor cat. I got two others shortly after getting the first one that were not declawed....

  3. new grad, PDN, and experience for the hospital

    CloudySue replied to clearblue3's topic in Private Duty

    Working on a vent "seems" easy at first. It took me about 5 shifts to realize I had no business working on a vent case. That said, my "training" was minimal and on site at the ct's

  4. RN License plate

    CloudySue replied to esrun00's topic in General Nursing

    How many times do you have to get stopped for speeding before you can statistically analyze the data for a success rate? I hope it's only

  5. Fired from 1st Camp job

    CloudySue replied to Isitpossible's topic in Camp

    Only if you're going to agree with us, LOL!!! No, seriously, I am interested in knowing what your take on this issue is. It's always been a secret angst in my heart and would like to hear from...

  6. Mom gives meds, feedings,and does all other nurse work??

    CloudySue replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    Yeah, it was discussed later down another thread, but I'm sure many have a lot to say about this at any given time. Keep documenting the care you do do. If mom does it all, say what she's done, to be...

  7. Family is trying to kill me!

    CloudySue replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    "Liked", not "lived" to pee on the couches, that is. Although both words seem to work in that

  8. Family is trying to kill me!

    CloudySue replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    Ya know, cats HATE walking on tinfoil. So you can lay that around where you don't want them. That's a lot of tinfoil though! At one point we had a cat who lived to pee on the couches, she was...

  9. Family is trying to kill me!

    CloudySue replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    What exactly are they doing to you? A spray bottle helps. Wouldn't an air horn, I don't know, wake your

  10. Ugh, the MUSIC!!!

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    I will often watch a movie or listen to a concert on YouTube with one ear bud on low volume. I always must have at least one ear tuned in since the child is trached. Actually I seldom have both buds...

  11. What's a great home health care agency to work for in MI?

    CloudySue replied to Twinkle*'s topic in Private Duty

    Bayada is fantastic. They have wonderful training programs. They (and most other agencies, but not all) require a year's experience as a nurse elsewhere before they'll consider hiring

  12. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    CloudySue replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    That should go under the "perks of the job" thread... gang

  13. Perks of the Job???

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    One of my clients' parents owns a paint store... and they gave me my own purchase order number so I can buy paint at wholesale! $12/gallon for professional quality paint!! Half my home has been...

  14. Ugh, the MUSIC!!!

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Wow. Sorry about that! That's

  15. Ugh, the MUSIC!!!

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    No ventmommy, you're still great! Actually you seemed too good to be true, so this "normalizes" you! Three CD's are better than one, but I'm sure your nurses had them all memorized! One of my ct's...

  16. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    CloudySue replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    I used to work for an A&O college age girl on the overnight shift in her dormitory. She had an MD-spectrum disease and used a w/c. She would have her boyfriend over often, and on those nights I'd...

  17. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    CloudySue replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    LOL!!! At the SNF I used to work at, there were chairs and bathrooms, but I seldom got to use

  18. Perks of the Job???

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Toilet paper??? As a perk? Actually, before I get too incredulous about that, I did work a shift last week where it was gone and I could not find any extra! I had to use the agency-provided paper...

  19. Wrong Breast Milk

    CloudySue replied to SummerLei's topic in Pediatric

    I briefly worked w another nurse who says she gave the wrong breastmilk to a pt. She had to face questioning by a panel and nearly lost her job. That's all I got out of her, she didn't want to talk...

  20. The Night The Fire Died

    CloudySue replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    It would be awesome to go in there, clean up this one-horse town, and be loved by all. I had that dream too once upon a time. But now I have children to feed and bills to pay. I owe it to my kids to...

  21. The Night The Fire Died

    CloudySue replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    I have had this happen not in my nursing career, but in other facets of my life. By the time I got to nursing, I knew to keep my big mouth shut. Don't make waves. Don't call attention to yourself....

  22. Ever get spooked on night shift?

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    Ugh, I do overnight duty, and I sometimes get so spooked around here! I spend the first two hours monitoring my ct. from the kitchen via baby monitor, before turning her and putting on the bipap (she...

  23. Minor rant. Leaving notes the parents ask to be written.

    CloudySue replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    I don't really fault any nurse who writes a note that includes "per mom". Doesn't bother me, I just assume that's the nurse who got it from the horse's mouth, is

  24. Nurses aren't maids!

    CloudySue replied to AnaCatRN's topic in Private Duty

    My husband and I had a conversation about this topic earlier today. I told him about how some nurses feel it's not their job and become offended at being asked to do more than skilled nursing. The...

  25. How To Get Trache and Vent Experience

    CloudySue replied to cook78's topic in Private Duty

    Bayada offers paid formal, extensive training (including independent book study with videos, lab simulation, and clinical practice) for trach and vent care, however they require that you work for them...