CloudySue

CloudySue

Pediatric Private Duty; Camp Nursing

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  1. LPN Student first day of clinical tomorrow!

    CloudySue replied to beetlebug424's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Good luck to you! Just keep plugging along. You will feel awkward and shy, and maybe even squeamish. You're going to see things that aren't pretty. Human biological functions can get a newbie pretty...

  2. New LPN!!!

    CloudySue replied to Kamilah Coney's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Give yourself SOME of the credit, because God helps those who help themselves!!! He gave you the brain, the heart, and the hands. You did the rest!!!!

  3. Easiest/quickest LPN program to get into USA?? Vent maybe

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

    Community colleges are a great bet, and also super cheap. In my area, everyone flocked to apply to the RN programs, and the attitude was "Oh, who wants to be an LPN, go for the extra year and be an RN...

  4. Not what I expected it to be

    CloudySue replied to newpn04's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This line worked for me when discussing my lack of experience (and it happened to be true): "I'm obviously not the best nurse in the world, but I want to be." and then I discussed ways in which I'd...

  5. Not liking my profession, is there anything else I can get into?

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

    A lot of that is simply the culture. I worked w an Indian doctor who was very rude and made everyone want to punch a wall after dealing with him. There was a nurse who worked w us who was also Indian...

  6. Bayada Home Health

    CloudySue replied to mdonohue76's topic in Home Health

    I've been w Bayada for over a year, and I am very pleased with the company. The company focuses strongly on their philosophy, The Bayada Way. Our office has a wonderful reputation in the area. The...

  7. New Grad LPN Cant Find AJob !!!!!

    CloudySue replied to missbeech24's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I was in nursing school, I took a job in a nursing home in the activities department. It was a very high profile job: every resident and employee ended up knowing me. I made sure I stayed...

  8. I just need to vent to people who understand

    CloudySue replied to thisismyname's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I always saw each LTC shift like an episode of The Brady Bunch: every episode featured a different kid with a different

  9. New dx of "possible MS"

    CloudySue posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi, Folks, this has been a interesting month for me to say the least... I earned my LPN less than two years ago, and work in peds home health. I developed optic neuritis earlier this month, and am...

  10. I just need to vent to people who understand

    CloudySue replied to thisismyname's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The first year of working as a nurse is your REAL education, and it's a baptism by fire. My first few months at an LTC, I kept my head above water, but barely. I made some small mistakes that freaked...

  11. LPN in homecare

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

    I'm an LPN in home health too, and the notion for me to manage HHA never came up. Believe me, you aren't missing anything. I supervised CNAs in a SNF and although many were wonderful caregivers, a...

  12. 2012 work thread

    CloudySue replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    Hi, Jessmt, that's amazing! What a small world! My girls are 6 and 9, and the 9 year old is in third grade. Maybe our daughters will be in the same bunk! I saw your note re: interviewing w 8 camps,...

  13. New dx of "possible MS"

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi, I just noticed that I never followed up on this post. Just wanted to thank people for their concern, advice, and good wishes. I wanted to follow up with an update... in May I had a lumbar puncture...

  14. 2012 work thread

    CloudySue replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    I'm Susan, and I'll be at Camp Chestnut Lake this summer, which is near Honesdale, PA. I'm an LPN and I do pediatric home healthcare. I worked at another camp in the Poconos, Camp Lindenmere, as a...

  15. Any experience with these camps?

    CloudySue replied to SpotAlbert's topic in Camp

    My girls are 6 and 9. They are so excited to go! I'm a bit afraid/excited by the fact that for the first time in their lives, I will NOT be in charge of their welfare day in and day out. I tell them,...

  16. What positions are available for Lpn that a loner could do

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

    As a student in clinicals, I realized that our presence was absolutely despised by most of the nurses whose routines we were seriously throwing off. However, the CNA's loved us! We were doing all...

  17. Any experience with these camps?

    CloudySue replied to SpotAlbert's topic in Camp

    Hi, SpotAlbert, I will message you! I worked at one long ago and am working at another one this

  18. Does suctioning trach's ever get easier?

    CloudySue replied to MadpeysRN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm lucky, sputum never seemed to bother me! I do home health, and thanks to peoples' aversions to hockers, I'm more in demand and get extra hours all the time! Now emesis... {shudder}...

  19. Into which "specialty" message board do I fit?

    CloudySue posted a topic in Home Health

    I am a home health nurse. I work with peds and I have one client per day and I stay anywhere from 8-12 hours. When I look under this specialty topic, it's mostly all about the other type of home...

  20. Into which "specialty" message board do I fit?

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Home Health

    Hi guys! Maybe we need our own specialty board. How do we go about getting one put on here on AN? Who do we talk

  21. Shocked...Confused...& Terminated=SAD "(

    CloudySue replied to NrsLucky's topic in General Nursing

    [quote=grntea;6124121 i used to hear this from my cna and lpn students enrolled in the adn program. "i can do everything an rn can do, i'm just here for the credential." no, you can't. let us not...

  22. Shocked...Confused...& Terminated=SAD "(

    CloudySue replied to NrsLucky's topic in General Nursing

    I am an LPN and I have to admit that there's merit to what suanna is saying. I worked in a SNF and every now and then, someone would have an IV med, like vancomycin. My employer kept promising to hold...

  23. Shocked...Confused...& Terminated=SAD "(

    CloudySue replied to NrsLucky's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I guess this OP got an attorney, since we haven't heard a peep! We can't all be left hanging like

  24. advice for camp nurse interview?

    CloudySue replied to adpiRN's topic in Camp

    This is what my interviewer told me after our interview, that it's not hard to actually treat the kids, do the paperwork, all the day-to-day clinical stuff. They said anyone with a license can do...

  25. Teacher wanting to become a nurse!

    CloudySue replied to Llonguga's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I was a teacher for about 7 years, all of them long-term and short-term subbing. When it became apparent that contracts were not available in my part of the country, I decided to cut my losses and...