CloudySue

CloudySue

Pediatric Private Duty; Camp Nursing

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  1. Deceptive firing practices

    CloudySue replied to TLDey's topic in Private Duty

    I have a similar situation coming up, my wonderful family's little girl is having surgery soon to repair her tracheomalacia and will be decannulated eventually. I'm going to miss this case! But good...

  2. Working Weekends

    CloudySue replied to luvtwilight's topic in Private Duty

    My agency gives me absolutely no trouble about my hours, ever. I'm PRN. I understand that if you need benefits and work FT, they do put in a requirement for certain # of weekends and holidays to be...

  3. I saw a huge cockroach at my patient's house

    CloudySue replied to 50kn's topic in Private Duty

    It's shocking how some people live. My husband used to do exterminator work, and he'd go to this one disgusting home where the lady would sit at the computer playing games during his entire visit, and...

  4. Camp nurse uniform

    CloudySue replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in Camp

    My new camp this year says "wear whatever you want". Of course this is nice, but I kinda like a staff shirt or I think it would be so nice to have scrub tops w the camp logo! Oh, well. I already own...

  5. Camp Nursing: 10 Camp Lessons

    CloudySue replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    Au contraire. We had a nurse last summer who had back problems. She didn't last a week. Sr. staff cabins were a 10 min walk down the path, and she kept going on about needing a golf cart for personal...

  6. Camp Nursing: 10 Camp Lessons

    CloudySue replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    Great article, Big Al. I noted that your guidelines have more to do with the social and psychological aspect of the job, rather than clinical. The job itself just ain't that hard. The meds are...

  7. Has Nursing Made You a Homebody?

    CloudySue replied to nicurn84's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I think a lot of it has to do w the fact that you're in your late 20's and still adjusting to the arc between being a young, carefree "newbie" adult and settling down into the real, adult-life grind....

  8. Sleeping Nurse = No Agency?

    CloudySue replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    I have never received a break working PDN. The idea has never even been breached, by anyone. That being said, I've never had a client where I didn't have copious amounts of down time anyway. I always...

  9. Need a paying job immediately!

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Camp

    I know, right? I was surprised how many jobs were still out there. Some I spoke to insisted that they couldn't pay, only do a tuition swap. At this point in the game, they might want to change their...

  10. New lpn. Should I take the camp nurse job if offered?

    CloudySue replied to Magpie20's topic in Camp

    I would run far away from that offer. Find a place where you will have at least one experienced mentor, you'd be doing yourself, and those campers, a favor. There are lots of jobs still available,...

  11. Infected Needlestick

    CloudySue replied to blessedRN29's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to the doctors, nurses, and all the scientists who do research for the preventative meds and treatments for bloodborne illnesses. I do get peeved when people forget to give these people props...

  12. Need a paying job immediately!

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Camp

    No worries, I found another job almost immediately. I had several to choose from in the first day of looking, there's still lots of camp jobs

  13. Noncompliant

    CloudySue replied to Vespertinas's topic in Nursing Humor

    My friend has a gallbladder that always acts up: first with all her maritlal grief, now the epic divorce BS causes

  14. Camp Nursing: Choosing a Camp

    CloudySue replied to CampNurse1's topic in Camp

    Fantastic advice, as always, CampNurse1. Thank you for

  15. Noncompliant

    CloudySue replied to Vespertinas's topic in Nursing Humor

    Stress is the cause of so many problems. I can believe

  16. What's the coolest operation you've watched??

    CloudySue replied to SuzieVN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    During my clinicals, I watched a breast reconstruction created from an oval-shaped piece of skin and fat taken from extra abdomen. So the woman got a bonus tummy tuck with her new breast! They cut...

  17. Your take on actors playing "nurse"...

    CloudySue replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I remember on Scrubs Dr. Cox was storming down a hallway taking off his gloves in a huff, and he was struggling, trying to pull them off at the fingertips. Proper glove removal was the very first...

  18. missing narc

    CloudySue replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Basically a cover-up most likely. The DON doesn't want to make all those calls as much as you don't want them to be made. The day nurse probably said it was wasted when she was asked, because that's...

  19. Does this sound wrong to you?

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    I was at an overnight case where the parents have 6 children, one is my client. I've only been there a few times, and since everyone's sleeping all night, I am not familiar with who is who. Around...

  20. How much urine CAN a bladder hold?

    CloudySue replied to SuzieVN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    How did his urine retention go on so long without being noticed? Nobody noticed he hadn't voided in days? If he had a foley, wasn't anyone maintaining the bag, doing I & O's on him? What did the...

  21. Has this ever happened to you?

    CloudySue replied to jchilds's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Who told you THAT? The Magic Bullet Floating Poop Powder Company? I found your missing gas, by the way, in this article by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, from the National Institutes of...

  22. Has this ever happened to you?

    CloudySue replied to jchilds's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That much water will cause

  23. Not affectionate enough???

    CloudySue replied to Tired_Mommy's topic in Private Duty

    Not to change the subject but not once but twice this happened, with two separate clients: I was asked to just keep an eye on their vacationing neighbor's house across the street overnight! Both...

  24. Not affectionate enough???

    CloudySue replied to Tired_Mommy's topic in Private Duty

    I have a A&O teen client on whom I bestow a goodnight smooch on top of her head through her blanket, but that's part of our rapport and she's ok w that. I don't kiss any of my other clients. I may...

  25. Has this ever happened to you?

    CloudySue replied to jchilds's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of my favorite scenes from Scrubs: Turk is pressing on a pt's abdomen. sfx:{Huge ripping fart sound} Turk: Don't worry, that's perfectly natural. Patient: But that was YOU! Turk: I know, but it's...