CloudySue

CloudySue

Pediatric Private Duty; Camp Nursing

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

    CloudySue replied to KateyBug's topic in Private Duty

    I'm still hung up on this mystery country. Neither "Natiun nérby Kind" nor "Brastroun" comes up at all in a Google search. Where exactly is this country

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

    CloudySue replied to bb007rn's topic in Private Duty

    "Something-Nazi" has been a part of pop culture lingo since Seinfeld's "Soup Nazi" episode. I'd be surprised if anybody would take it the wrong

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

    CloudySue replied to bb007rn's topic in Private Duty

    Yeah, well, anyone who comments how offended they are and how ashamed we should be is the type of person that would not last long on my client's case!! She/he'd be fired very quickly as a grumpy wet...

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

    CloudySue replied to bb007rn's topic in Private Duty

    I work with an alert/oriented young woman whose mobility is severely limited, and she, too, has a wicked sense of humor. Your client sounds exactly like mine, down to the resistance to bedtime! I SO...

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

    CloudySue replied to KateyBug's topic in Private Duty

    Why can't you tell us where you are from? Is it somewhere in Micronesia? That's west of

  6. Identification tag

    CloudySue replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty

    One year when I still worked in an SNF, we were issued letters from Human Resources on company letterhead explaining who we were and why we needed to be allowed passage during level 3 emergencies. I...

  7. It drives me nuts when....

    CloudySue replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    I think you can work out of state for short vacations. Check w your BON. And hey... if the family was paying for me, I'd go, no matter what crazy sleep I'd have to do. Free

  8. Activities for nurse and patient?

    CloudySue replied to KateyBug's topic in Private Duty

    Perhaps you can purchase an artist's canvas and some paints, and work on something together. I recently found some great ideas on Pinterest (of course) for many things to do w a canvas. One thing...

  9. Is Netflix your BFF? What do you watch?

    CloudySue posted a topic in Private Duty

    Overnighters... I'm sure Netflix is your BFF during your down time. What instant watch titles do you like? Right now I've been working through Dr. Who for the last month, and the last series I blew...

  10. PD is like the armpit of nursing

    CloudySue replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty

    Welcome, bb... please don't lurk any longer, I'm sure you have more insightful and awesome things to say

  11. Christmas ethics?

    CloudySue replied to bellcollector's topic in Private Duty

    I do the same thing w my girls' outgrown clothes. I used to work for a family taking care of a little 2 year old w a trach. She had a 4 year old sister. I would come to their home with a trash bag...

  12. Regulating Feeding Times When Pt has PO and Continuos Feeding

    CloudySue replied to NURKeish's topic in Private Duty

    The big red flag I see here is that the parent is doing the PO feed, not the nurses. Why is that? Is there an actual order on the MAR permitting the child to take formula PO, and the mom administers...

  13. Diaper Changes

    CloudySue replied to Nibbles1's topic in Private Duty

    Changing a diaper doesn't have a timed criteria. For example, my kids could go all night without a change. That said, I used a decent diaper (Walmart's White Cloud brand was cheaper and still quite...

  14. It drives me nuts when....

    CloudySue replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    When the day HHA comes in to work with a upper respiratory infection after she had been told never to come in w any sort of respiratory illness d/t client's compromised ability to cough up

  15. Attachment to patient and vice versa

    CloudySue replied to BertG77's topic in Private Duty

    Even Mary Poppins made a clean break at the end. It was a job, nothing

  16. Breaking up is hard to do

    CloudySue replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty

    I stopped working w a little boy when I switched from days to nights. A couple of years later I googled his name and found his obituary from about 6 months

  17. It drives me nuts when....

    CloudySue replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    Question... what exactly is a "senior" nurse? Is that a term used by the agency, or do you mean you just have more seniority within the company or with the client? Or are you merely referring to

  18. Co-Worker gave expired prescription med

    CloudySue replied to maryen's topic in Private Duty

    The med will not expire until the last day of 9/14. So you are

  19. How do I report fraud and neglect?

    CloudySue replied to AshleyPCA's topic in Private Duty

    One more thought... going on the theme of assumptions here, I can also assume that the OP might be a young person, and perhaps started working w this client right out of high school. A young person...

  20. How do I report fraud and neglect?

    CloudySue replied to AshleyPCA's topic in Private Duty

    Just playing devil's advocate here, perhaps the OP didn't even realize that the situation was really that bad until she learned more about everything in nursing school. Perhaps a series of "aha"...

  21. How much do you make?

    CloudySue replied to middleagednurse's topic in Private Duty

    Since LPNs make $17-19 an hour around here, as an LPN I find my $23/hr to be quite tasty. Especially since I'm working 55-60 hrs a week. The overtime is sweet. My agency realizes that paying OT to...

  22. LPN/LVN salary for 2013/2014

    CloudySue replied to Moving Foward's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Eastern PA - Started in LTC in 2009 for $18/hr, went to pediatric PDN a year later for $22/hr no benefits but 1 wk PTO and overtime available. After 3 1/2 years, I got a dollar raise. The real $ is...

  23. A new puppy!!

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Well, if she were an able-bodied person she'd get up on her own, shower, do her own hair, makeup, brush teeth, feed her own dog, and play with it. Those are her regular activities of daily living. I...

  24. Camp Meds... not a fan

    CloudySue replied to CloudySue's topic in Camp

    I didn't really have an opinion of CM one way or the other for the first two years as a camp nurse until I used it myself and experienced the parents' side of it. I guess the parents' experience is...

  25. Camp Nursing: 10 Camp Lessons

    CloudySue replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    Hey! I know this post has been around for a while, but now that I'm deep into week 6, I just needed a little refresher course! I have a mantra... "It's not personal, it's