CloudySue

CloudySue

Pediatric Private Duty; Camp Nursing

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  1. Mantoux question

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Camp

    Are you in the US? I was under the impression that all new hires had to have the Mantoux test everywhere, unless they provided proof that they've had it in the last two years. I thought that was a...

  2. I got subpoenaed

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Hi, everybody, I'm not saying too much right now because I have no idea if it'll come back to bite me in the butt. I am, however, following everything said and grateful for the responses. They put a...

  3. Employee benefits we don't get in Pdn

    CloudySue replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Private Duty

    In PA, all kids going through ACA must go through CHIP. They ALL qualify, but not necessarily for free. It was a sliding scale for income, thus the 61/mo per kid. It maxed out at 81, so still pretty...

  4. Employee benefits we don't get in Pdn

    CloudySue replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Private Duty

    Woah! That just doesn't seem right. My family of 4 is paying about $6000/yr for a silver plan. The deductibles aren't great for the adults, but the two girls were required to go through CHIP and their...

  5. Malpractice Insurance

    CloudySue replied to mustangmellie's topic in Camp

    I was required to have malpractice insurance from day one of nursing school. I've kept it going ever

  6. Employee benefits we don't get in Pdn

    CloudySue replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Private Duty

    I'm oriented to about 12 cases at any given time. I see 3 different cases on a regular weekly basis, but I get mixed around by the client services managers quite a bit. My office has most nurses...

  7. Employee benefits we don't get in Pdn

    CloudySue replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Private Duty

    I got a $4 raise when I went from being a F/T employee in a nursing home to PRN PDN nurse. The difference was because I had no health care benefits, but I didn't take them at the nursing home either...

  8. Curse you, Pulse Ox Machine!!!

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    I hate pox machines. The client I'm with tonight has one that was already a relic when I started here over three years ago. Every shift (2-3x/week) it frequently and randomly decides to sing to me its...

  9. Role during school settings

    CloudySue replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

    I don't have too much experience w going to school w the client since I only worked day shifts for half a year once, but every teacher had a different expectation. The head start preschool had all...

  10. My choice or required

    CloudySue replied to Rdforever's topic in Private Duty

    This past December I lost an entire two weeks of work because I refused to do post op care on the client's dog after her spaying. It was the client's dog, so of course they assumed all care was part...

  11. Letter to parents re: lice policy?

    CloudySue posted a topic in Camp

    Hi... I was wondering if your camps sent any such letter/email to parents ahead of time to remind them all of your lice policy, what you do if someone comes to camp with it, what you use, etc. and if...

  12. My choice or required

    CloudySue replied to Rdforever's topic in Private Duty

    Retts Syndrome, I believe, is particularly misleading. These girls seem catatonic but I feel in my heart that they are alert and oriented, just locked in. I briefly took a 12-year-old girl w Retts to...

  13. OMG-OMG-OMG ROACHES!!

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    I started a new case last week, an adorable little baby w CF. The parents are young and very nice, but the kitchen is crawling with roaches!!! They were even on the neb and GT equipment that was left...

  14. My choice or required

    CloudySue replied to Rdforever's topic in Private Duty

    I worked w a 20-yr-old woman once who was really unable to do much of anything, and was partially blind. The mom expected me to play with baby toys with her all afternoon, just hold the toy, guide her...

  15. New to PDN, please lend your wisdom

    CloudySue replied to spiderslap's topic in Private Duty

    I wanted to build on Brillohead's thought about having all that down time at work. I need to point out that although third shift jobs can be quite easy, third shift life is hard. I am constantly...

  16. OMG-OMG-OMG ROACHES!!

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    I spoke to the mom, she says the people below have them. (Never mind that the same dishes that were in the sink 10 days ago are still there, in the same position.) I told her that her landlord should...

  17. Meeting 1st Client - NERVOUS

    CloudySue replied to Baileynewf's topic in Private Duty

    Even w a year's experience in a facility, I still felt woefully unprepared at first in private duty. I started w an agency that gave me their client w the highest acuity because they couldn't keep him...

  18. Oh, the places you'll go!!

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    One of the great perks (or curses?) of PDN work is going along for the ride, everywhere! Last week, I was a "rent-a-nurse" for an intermediate unit that was going on a field trip to a local AAA...

  19. Melatonin

    CloudySue replied to zzisaac's topic in Camp

    Usually the kids who really believe they need melatonin to help them sleep do come to the HC nightly without fail. We had some other kids who had them HS but never showed up to take them... and they...

  20. Traveling with family

    CloudySue replied to kthraves's topic in Private Duty

    You're right, I didn't mean it to be a slight, but it certainly doesn't take passing an NCLEX test to do it, nor does it pay nearly as much. That was my

  21. Traveling with family

    CloudySue replied to kthraves's topic in Private Duty

    Just a vent here.... I think it's totally stupid that a licensed nurse is rendered impotent in another state if there's no reciprocity. I spent a month in California last month and although I wasn't...

  22. Annual evaluation

    CloudySue replied to bdbrdb's topic in Private Duty

    It never hurts to ask! I never did because I thought it wouldn't happen. Finally after my third year I did, and my clinical mgr laughed! She was sure it wouldn't happen, but she said she'd try for me...

  23. How to help Jeckyl/Hyde behavior

    CloudySue posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi, I'm a pediatric private duty nurse, and I need advice from geriatric nurses who can help me help my dad and step-mom. My dad's wife is 92, he is 79. They live independently in their privately...

  24. Paranoid delusions?

    CloudySue posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi, I'm a pediatric private duty nurse, and I need advice from nurses in the psychiatric field who can help me help my dad and step-mom. My dad's wife is 92, he is 79. They live independently in...

  25. 2015 Current LPN Pay

    CloudySue replied to ipraz4him's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    $23/hr Pediatric Private Duty nursing, 5 years experience. No benefits. Overtime $34.50/hr. Eastern