CloudySue

CloudySue

Pediatric Private Duty; Camp Nursing

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

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Home Health

    I guess from my vantage point, agency-run private home duty seems bigger than it really is. I am crazy with work, my schedule is packed for February... I have 4 days off this month and if I'd take...

  2. G-tube question, anyone?

    CloudySue replied to lpn_southernnurse's topic in Home Health

    When I do the weekly check for the water amount, I always replace the water. Think about it: that's water that sits for who knows how long at 97.8 degrees. What sort of organisms are growing in it?...

  3. More to being a LPN than LTC?....

    CloudySue replied to CantWait2Nurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I, too, did my time in LTC. I initially loved it. I loved working with the seniors, some who really became like surrogate grandparents. Often I was put on the Alzheimer's wing, and I loved caring for...

  4. LPN Bridge or Straight to RN

    CloudySue replied to IThinkICan100's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If you proceed with your nursing career in smaller steps and start with a shorter program such as LPN, you will see your potential income increase earlier as well. LPN's make anywhere from $15-25 an...

  5. What is your current LPN salary

    CloudySue replied to Vicky Laursen's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I was a new grad 2 years ago, I worked in a nursing home for $18/hr. I have been working for a pediatric private duty agency for the last year where I get $22/hr. Sometimes if it's a last minute...

  6. LTC to Pediatric Home care

    CloudySue replied to PinkyToe's topic in Home Health

    Nurse LoveJoy, excellent point. You really become a babysitter/nanny. It's very exhausting and frankly boring to sit with an MR ct for 8 hours and entertain him/her. You really are expected to sing,...

  7. LTC to Pediatric Home care

    CloudySue replied to PinkyToe's topic in Home Health

    I followed the same path as you did, starting in LTC and then switching to HH Peds this past January. The major difference in a nutshell is... In LTC, "they" (admin) are constantly on your back to do...

  8. What's the most dangerous thing that's happened to you while working?

    CloudySue replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    Once, when I was a brand-new nurse in a LTC facility, they had a pt with end-stage AIDS. I had to give him an IM, which I thought I was ready and prepared for. I pinched his deltoid up a bit to try...

  9. What can an LPN expect to make from agencies?

    CloudySue posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    Please post what LPN's make from agencies, and what part of the country you are from. Thank

  10. Abused by A&O Residents

    CloudySue replied to MisMatch's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My former facility has some nasty folks. I would try to kill 'em with kindness. I'd go in there and sass back, joke about what they are saying, but lovingly. One woman would tolerate me only. (Lucky...

  11. Private duty rant...

    CloudySue replied to smurfynursey's topic in Private Duty

    "Said event" was not said! I'm assuming you mean that the nurse's quote "that happens" means she's seen bloody stool from time to time. And I just have to clarify... was this stool merely shaped like...

  12. How's My Mom iPhone app

    CloudySue replied to Dorali's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmmph. Like LTC staff don't have enough to do already. I have to check this app out. Good luck kids, finding a staff member willing to cooperate with you! Now get your butt in the car and come see...

  13. Nurse Kept my Great Grandfathers wedding Ring

    CloudySue replied to ladimandy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The fact that this nurse will not return phone calls makes me suspect that she's already sold the ring. Who in the world would want to keep someone else's wedding band? Those types of items are family...

  14. Political Discussions at Work

    CloudySue replied to drgnflydggr's topic in General Nursing

    Every job has its negative aspects that one must deal with. In waitressing it's rude customers and uncontrolled children. In education it's apathetic students and uninvolved parents. Here you have to...

  15. DON passing trays in dining room

    CloudySue replied to americanTrain's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    In my facility, we needed a nurse in the DR at all times. Sometimes, mostly for breakfast, the ADONs had to help out. I never saw the DON do it, ours was always busy with her own work! For lunch and...

  16. New LVN Grad Interviewing for Private Nurse - Tips?

    CloudySue replied to CaseyLeah's topic in Private Duty

    Most agencies require at least a year of experience. I do private duty now and I cannot imagine jumping into that without my year's experience in a nursing home. You really learn the basics and have...

  17. Just for a laugh

    CloudySue replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How ironic... when I was much younger I used to joke about religions, ethnicities, disabilities... and I was regarded poorly for that. I have since matured and changed my ways, and now look. I'm being...

  18. Made to Falsify Documentation :(

    CloudySue replied to shel_wny's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When the state came to my place, I was sure they'd find tons of the types of problems that occur from chronic understaffing, but we did rather well. The major tags came when someone blatantly did...

  19. Expected to do other nurse's work

    CloudySue replied to nurseblob's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If you are the regular nurse on the floor, and they are floaters or PRN, perhaps they are not as efficient about completing the workload for your floor as you are. I could bang out the work on my...

  20. Just for a laugh

    CloudySue replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    They are sorta cute... but these are the sort of jokes maybe an elderly person can get away with forwarding on to their Red Hat Society ladies, just like only minorities can make jokes about...

  21. The danger of being a "normal kid" in college

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    My client is going to college this fall, living in a dorm several hours away from home. Her 18th birthday is coming up and she becomes an adult with complete control over her own medical decisions....

  22. Why I am leaving my private duty case....

    CloudySue replied to juzme's topic in Private Duty

    My family's great, but every now and then they ask if I'd fold some of my client's laundry and put it away "if I get bored in the middle of the night." I've done it a few times, because I do have a...

  23. Not enjoying going to school with child

    CloudySue replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    I have a feeling that one strongly-worded letter from a lawyer should shut everybody up real

  24. Not enjoying going to school with child

    CloudySue replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Sounds like the teacher is the one with the problem with it. Some people just cannot handle biological "ick". I know even some nurses cannot handle sputum. I have no problem w it, but I do have a...

  25. Please share: likes and dislikes about private duty nursing

    CloudySue replied to lulu997RN's topic in Private Duty

    juzme, I just got out of that sort of environment four months ago! I'm in no hurry to go back at this time, just enjoying the case now, she'll be going to college far away so I'm sure my...