CloudySue

CloudySue

Pediatric Private Duty; Camp Nursing

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  1. The perfect private duty setting

    CloudySue replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    I agree! You can staff and entire month's worth of hours with just the people who responded to your post!

  2. What can an LPN do besides LTC?

    CloudySue posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I am 1/3 of the way through my LPN training at the local community college. Yesterday while at the student bookstore, I pulled an interesting book off the shelf which was filled with all sorts of job...

  3. What can an LPN do besides LTC?

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Wow, cool to see this old post come back. I've been a nurse for three years now, the first year I did work in an LTC on an Alzheimers/Dementia unit. I really did enjoy it, it was the oppressive...

  4. Opinions please? Lifting vs lift

    CloudySue replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    I worked a case once where there was a very very interesting contraption... a "Cindy Lift". It worked like a hand truck. I never saw one before or since. Extremely clever lift and it was more...

  5. The perfect private duty setting

    CloudySue replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    For overnight shifts, Wifi access is a very nice plus. I have an iPhone which is ok w 3G, as long as the home is in an area where it's accessible. Wifi is much better when it comes to Netflix access....

  6. Why do they give so much ridiculous, insignificant homework?????

    CloudySue replied to Overwhelmed1026's topic in General Students

    This is exactly the reason I have no desire to go back to school. The original plan was for me to get my LPN, then start taking classes again right away for my RN. However I'm SO not in the mood to...

  7. Do you ever see the child after you leave a case?

    CloudySue replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    My agency is very adamant about each client having a wide variety of nurses every week. They simply won't just put one nurse in as their "main" nurse. I always knew there were several benefits to...

  8. Day shift or night shift - Which do you prefer? Why?

    CloudySue replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I work nights for a home health agency. I love it because there are more hours available and they are so desperate for overnight nurses that not only will they give me all the overtime I want with...

  9. Homebirth safer then hospital birth????

    CloudySue replied to RNlovesherPharmD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    All I know is that if I would have had my first daughter at home (after a low-risk pregnancy) she would have been stillborn. Her umbilical cord was wrapped around twice and she inhaled meconium. She...

  10. Keep out! Nurse Sleeping

    CloudySue replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I come home, pop a melatonin, and I'm out for 7-8 hrs. Dark curtains a must, and I always have a fan running to drown out household noises. Works well for me. My husband only works about 6 months of...

  11. Do you ever see the child after you leave a case?

    CloudySue replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    I work with an alert and oriented young lady who goes to college out-of-state. I still work with her when she's home for holidays and such, but she does shoot me texts sometimes to say "hi" or tell me...

  12. How Do I get a Camp job for next summer?

    CloudySue replied to GoosbyLPN's topic in Camp

    I had sent out emails to several camps last winter, inquiring whether or not they hire LPNs. Some do, some don't. Every part of the job was within my scope of practice anyway. I think some camp...

  13. Cursing in LTC

    CloudySue replied to wecan11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have to smile at the memory of a foul-mouthed old lady who used the F-bomb all the time. I loved this lady. I never cursed around any other resident, but it was part of our rapport for me to greet...

  14. Do you feel like a babysitter?

    CloudySue replied to faithtra's topic in Private Duty

    Some cases I did feel like a glorified babysitter, especially one in particular where 99% of the job was to entertain/stimulate the child on the bus so she didn't beat herself in the head, chase after...

  15. Head Lice - Protocol at camp

    CloudySue replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Camp

    The mayo treatment sounds pretty nasty, I would imagine that after several hours it would get pretty sloppy and stinky! Our camp required all campers to undergo a Cetaphil treatment a week before...

  16. Best prep to become a camp nurse?

    CloudySue replied to Luv2paint2's topic in Camp

    Please note that I had said "LPN to CRNP". The person who interviewed me wanted someone with any sort of nursing license. But he did want an actual nurse and they did take a copy of my license and...

  17. First aid kits

    CloudySue replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in Camp

    Don't forget antibiotic ointment and

  18. Best prep to become a camp nurse?

    CloudySue replied to Luv2paint2's topic in Camp

    Good point, bsyrn. You cannot pose as someone who needs a license to hold that particular title if you don't have one. What if you sent your child to a doctor and found out they weren't really a...

  19. Very Strange Question

    CloudySue replied to kfrancesca09's topic in Camp

    "Ladies: wipe front to

  20. Pdn as my new job

    CloudySue replied to setiram08's topic in General World

    Just be sure this job is legit. This is how a lot of women get caught up and kidnapped for human

  21. Good camp nurse nicknames?

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Camp

    LOL! Good one! I think I'm going to have to dig out my Taber's and think of some

  22. Prepping to leave for the summer... advice?

    CloudySue posted a topic in Camp

    Hi, all, I'm starting to get ready to leave, packing, etc. and feeling overwhelmed with the thought that I'll be forgetting something important. Fortunately my husband, who works out of town all...

  23. Prepping to leave for the summer... advice?

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Camp

    Thank you everyone, and blondy, that's a great idea w the stuffed animal! "Can you take him for a while and show him around so he'll feel better about being at

  24. How did your kids acclimate to camp?

    CloudySue posted a topic in Camp

    Sure, my kids are excited now, but what about the whole summer? What unique challenges did you and your children face, if any? Did your kids still get homesick even though you were there? Did they...

  25. 2012 work thread

    CloudySue replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    Well, I already got put to work at camp! LOL! I went to CLC's Spring Fling orientation yesterday, and in the middle of parent orientation, someone w a walkie-talkie walked in and whispered to an...