CloudySue

CloudySue

Pediatric Private Duty; Camp Nursing

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  1. Stop complaining about your job - It could be worse.

    CloudySue replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Before I went back to school for nursing, I was an elementary school teacher. I was a per diem substitute teacher for several years in many, many local schools and had to listen to daily complaint...

  2. Less verbal abuse on night shift?

    CloudySue replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    I guess I've been really, really lucky. I've worked with over two dozen clients in home health (my agency cross trains everyone and bounces them around) and I think I've only come across two clunkers...

  3. volunteer vs paid status as camp nurse

    CloudySue replied to jrbl77's topic in Camp

    Which is why I ALWAYS carry my own insurance. I don't trust any employer to do the "right

  4. I apologize

    CloudySue replied to uRNmyway's topic in Emergency

    I've been to the ER for a headache, about 12 years ago. It was the first and last migrane in my life. I had no idea what was wrong with me, but I had felt some bubbling feeling in the back of my head...

  5. Feeling sad about my ALS patient

    CloudySue replied to ekramona's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked w 3 different college students with afflictions in the MD spectrum, all wheelchair-bound with very limited use of their forearms or hands. The first one I worked with, I just thought she...

  6. Switching to PDN, need advice from fellow nurses!

    CloudySue replied to AndiePi's topic in Private Duty

    Can you go PRN at your old job? Not all PDN agencies are the same. Some are downright awful, some are awesome. I would not close one door before opening another AND being sure you like what's beyond...

  7. Too many calls at home from boss

    CloudySue replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    Ugh, I hate talking on the phone. I seldom have the quiet moment I need to listen and concentrate, and phone calls have a way of carrying on, and on... I'll take an email or text any day! Perhaps this...

  8. What do you take for lunch?

    CloudySue replied to Eleven011's topic in Private Duty

    I always bring a bulk bag of raw almonds to munch on and some fruit or a fiber or granola bar as a snack. For meals, either a frozen dinner or a small portion of leftovers. One place won't let me use...

  9. Camp Nursing: Choosing a Camp

    CloudySue replied to CampNurse1's topic in Camp

    CampNurse, I've spoken w you before and know that you are a year-round nurse for a special-needs camp, so I can see your perspective on considering not being able to speak to the MD or head nurse a...

  10. One case only or a whole bunch of them?

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    Last week I worked at 5 different homes in 6 days. My agency does not put a "main" nurse at any case, they prefer to schedule at LEAST 10-12 nurses per case every month (as per MAR signatures). While...

  11. For extroverts...please don't ask me

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

    My daughter has Selective Mutism, and it seems to bother everyone around her except... her. I think her anxiety comes from everybody else trying to talk to her. She just wants people to leave her...

  12. Working in unpleasant conditions

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    I'll PM

  13. For extroverts...please don't ask me

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

    Wait, I'm confused... this is you? You're Susan Cain? I pictured you a bit older, aka "Crusty Old Bat Society"? Plus I thought you were a nurse, not a lawyer. Or... do you mean you can relate to what...

  14. Do your families give you anything for the holidays?

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    I dunno, it's not like I'm really looking to GET anything, but holidays seem to be a good time for families to demonstrate how much one is NOT appreciated. I sat at the table doing my paperwork while...

  15. New to Private Duty, starting two new cases! Advice?

    CloudySue replied to Eleven011's topic in Private Duty

    I recently got "fired" from a case after one shift... families usually get a call from the services manager when a new nurse starts, and the mom was saying "no" to all these nurses the first month her...

  16. New to Private Duty, starting two new cases! Advice?

    CloudySue replied to Eleven011's topic in Private Duty

    Be sure it's ok w the parents to "spoil" them. I have a case where the mom is very adamant about NOT rocking and cuddling the client (baby) all hours of the night to get her back to sleep. Although we...

  17. I must make a confession

    CloudySue replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    NO one in management will ever personally lose a wink of sleep if you pass out on the floor because you had no chance to eat because you just didn't have the time because you were too busy working...

  18. Hyperinsulinism and D20W delivery

    CloudySue posted a topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Hi, I'm a private duty nurse working 1-2x/mo w a 2 year old w hyperinsulinism. He has 99% of his pancreas removed and still requires round the clock D20W delivered via GT. He gets a very specific...

  19. Toddler on continuous feeding becoming more mobile

    CloudySue replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    Or expanding on that thought, a toy walker could be converted into an equipment

  20. Infected Needlestick

    CloudySue replied to blessedRN29's topic in General Nursing

    My breath sucked in and my blood ran cold when I read your post, because I came within a hair of going through the same thing, my first month out of nursing school. I was working in an LTC and we had...

  21. Toddler on continuous feeding becoming more mobile

    CloudySue replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    Ugh, what an awkward age! It will pass soon enough, but probably not soon enough for everyone else involved. Can the doctor allow some time down from the continuous feed? Is this feed all day AND all...

  22. Nurse with Disdain

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

    What's the difference between "warm and fuzzy" and "empathic and caring"? I would think that, to a patient, they are perceived as the same

  23. How do you do this, day in/day out?

    CloudySue replied to proudauntie415's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My favorite is when CNAs duck into a bathroom to complain about something on FACEBOOK! On an open account! With a

  24. Not falling for that old trick

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

    Often I have to wonder how some of these chronic caller-outers ever made it through nursing school. Of course they made us come in sick too, or else be cut from the

  25. Seeing this quite a bit

    CloudySue replied to KRSLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Oops! "...with whom you do not want to get stuck..." MY