CloudySue

CloudySue

Pediatric Private Duty; Camp Nursing

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  1. Advocating for my pt.

    CloudySue replied to buggybum96's topic in Private Duty

    She probably gets mad when they're dated because then it can be proven that she's using the equipment longer than prescribed. Her insurance might not be so great, or she's not prescribed enough every...

  2. Winter Weather!

    CloudySue replied to SLHLPN's topic in Private Duty

    If my client is nearby and I'd be travelling mostly major roads which would be plowed and salted, I go. I live in the NE where snow is a fact of life and we all know how to drive in it if it's a...

  3. RN training pay at 10$/hr??

    CloudySue replied to gotchills's topic in Private Duty

    Bayada has always been fantastic with their communications with me. I get responses quickly from customer service managers and clinical managers, and whenever I call HR for benefits or payroll they...

  4. How long would you commute?

    CloudySue replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    I don't like to do more than a 20 min. drive. I'm in a fairly populated area with many cases, with good roads and highways and seldom any bad traffic, so that could be 15 miles. I have done 30-40...

  5. How soon can I start looking for a camp job?

    CloudySue replied to GoosbyLPN's topic in Camp

    I'd buy it! BTW, Al is a new proud papa!! ;D Finally he can benefit from free camp

  6. Home ventilators

    CloudySue replied to Gooselady's topic in Private Duty

    I've been seeing the old vents go by the wayside as new vent cases pop up. The Trilogy is the new kid on the block, and it's

  7. Nature's Classroom?

    CloudySue replied to hotflashion's topic in Camp

    Nature's Classroom is during the school year, right? Is that something you can take a Girl Scout troop to? I'm posting as a leader right now, not as a nurse!

  8. How soon can I start looking for a camp job?

    CloudySue replied to GoosbyLPN's topic in Camp

    It's never too early! Camps love to get their staffing filled early, and you'd get your pick of places. Start googling camps in the area you would like and message their hiring contact. Camps are...

  9. Receiving report

    CloudySue replied to bdbrdb's topic in Private Duty

    You can also look in the chart at the other nurses' notes over the past several days. That can give you clues how the ct has been recently. Even if I get a decent report from the parent, I still...

  10. Why of why.....can nobody actually show up on time?

    CloudySue replied to yogastudentRN's topic in Private Duty

    My problem is the HHAs that follow me in the morning. All three of them are consistently late. I don't mind once in a great while, but they blow in from 5-25 minutes late with a fresh cup of Dunkin...

  11. A new puppy!!

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    My ct recently got a teacup-style puppy! I'm not a dog person normally but I can handle a kitten-sized puppy, it's been a lot of fun and very therapeutic for my ct. Since she's an adult now and lives...

  12. New Year's Eve - Who's working?

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    Hi, Folks, Who's working tonight? I wasn't supposed to, I promised myself and my family I'd be with them for once, but alas, here I am picking up the only hours I could get on short notice. Woe is me,...

  13. Tell me about the shifts you work

    CloudySue replied to blue bag nurse's topic in Camp

    Last year I was the night nurse 6 days/week. My room was in the health center and the other nurses had other housing away from the HC. I was on from 7p-7a. I did the evening meds, any sick calls and...

  14. A new puppy!!

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Yeah, that's what I meant, the client. I'm still in good standing w my employer fortunately. One more thing, last month she had a friend visit from out of town. The friend dropped one of her Prozac...

  15. A new puppy!!

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    I'm feeling low about this anyway because it happened the day after Christmas and we did spend this month as if I was actually going to be getting all my paychecks. It's also embarrassing to be...

  16. A new puppy!!

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    I will admit why I have put up with that dog- $$$$$. It's a 12-hr shift and I was working it 5 days/week. I can deal with routine care for a healthy dog. Actually there's more to it than that, I've...

  17. A new puppy!!

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Update on the puppy... Well, it's 4 months later and I'm so fed up w this dog. I'm admittedly not a dog person but this dog is really out of control. It went to behavior school for weeks and all it...

  18. Nuclear power plant

    CloudySue replied to Annony RN's topic in Camp

    Since KI is not a prescription med, then the camp doctor can quietly put a standing order on it, just like

  19. Ways to chart about mucus?

    CloudySue replied to brillohead's topic in Private Duty

    Good thing there are no points for creative expression in nurses' notes! Just the facts, ma'am!! Re: putting the info about size and depth, if I'm sick of repetitious writing (which I usually am if I...

  20. what part of 'I hereby resign my postition' did they not understand?

    CloudySue replied to bb007rn's topic in Private Duty

    It took me several months to shake my last agency,

  21. what part of 'I hereby resign my postition' did they not understand?

    CloudySue replied to bb007rn's topic in Private Duty

    I'm seeing "Home Health" mentioned, as well as "Two clients a day if lucky"... this board is for Private Duty Nursing, not Home Health Nursing. There is a big difference in the two types of jobs,...

  22. Home health care and nursing expected to grow 55% by 2020

    CloudySue replied to rnrg's topic in Private Duty

    This article seems to be referring more to Home Health Nursing. We're all Private Duty nurses here. That said, I'm sure PDN will be on the rise too. My agency can't get enough nurses. However the low...

  23. the "sleep-nazi"...(please take no offense, I didn't)

    CloudySue replied to bb007rn's topic in Private Duty

    I told my aforementioned client about this discussion and how the OP's rapport with her client sounded a lot like ours. She thought it was so funny, and agreed that I, too can be a Sleep Nazi. She...

  24. Keeping my patient's dignity intact? Please help me!! (long but urgent)

    CloudySue replied to KateyBug's topic in Private Duty

    At 11? I'm still trying to figure out what time zone you are in, LOL!! Please, I am still unable to determine where in the world you are. Can you please state the name of your country again? What...

  25. Keeping my patient's dignity intact? Please help me!! (long but urgent)

    CloudySue replied to KateyBug's topic in Private Duty

    Sorry, but I'm STILL hung up and oh-so-curious about this mysterious country that Americans are forbidden to know about. Since America is the "land of the free", I find it almost unfathomable that...