PrivateDuty

PrivateDuty

ED, Hospice, ICU, Trach and vent

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About PrivateDuty

PrivateDuty has 12 years experience and specializes in ED, Hospice, ICU, Trach and vent.


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  1. I do private duty nursing and my patient has now 3 stage IV wounds. His mother has a friend who uses Comfry Leaf mashed up and mixed with honey to pack wounds with. She leaves this in 48 hours, then...
  2. Anyone ever try working 60 hours a week?

    I have been working 52 hours one week and 60 hours the next week rotationg for 3 months now. It was really hard at first, but now I just take it one day at time and somehow I make it through
  3. Frustrated in LTC!!

    There is a bill pending which would 'strengthen the laws against violence toward health care workers'. Find out about it and help get it passed. WE are the ones who can change what goes on where we...
  4. Provigil for shift workers

    I did not take the med for excessive sleepiness per se. I have chronic insomnia which Ambien nor Restoril helped, so my MD wanted to try to even out my sleep patterns. Like I said, I did sleep better,...
  5. I actually had this dream last week. I was working in the ER and went outside the bldg to get something. I looked up and saw a big jet coming right toward me and the bldg. All of a sudden the wheels...
  6. We're supposed to take care of the pt 1st, right?

    The thing that hits me in the face most from your post is about the other nurse havig to chart 4 times to "get it right". That is "illegal" in our profession. You cannot alter charting, even if...
  7. Crazy Thing Pts Say or Do

    Working with alzheimers pts you hear all kinds of crazy things, but the best I think I have ever heard was from a proper little lady who came to me one time and whspered, "See that woman there?" I...
  8. Nurses, Policemen and Firemen

    I feel that the bond also comes from the respect we have for the different ways each of us approach helping others. We all have the same goals, but go about it in a different way by definition of our...
  9. LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

    We need to all remember that we were once in that students shoes. I have time restraints also, but I have gone into a field which requires (even if not written), me to help fellow employees and...
  10. How long did it take for you to get your RN?...

    Several points in my reply...1) it took me 3 1/2 years to get my RN. I got all my pre-reqs first and got those going p/t for 1 1/2 years...then went thru RN program for 2 years. 2) Can't answer for...
  11. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    I do agree 100% w/PAS, but do feel it should be for terminally ill
  12. Adjusting to night shift--HELP!!

    I worked night shift for 2 years. I loved the shift and was able to sleep, but I never felt good. Guess I just wasn't cut out for
  13. RN Pay Rates in NC

    To be quite honest....the pay in NC
  14. Plus Sized Nursing Students Come In..

    I do not feel the need to lose weight over guilt or anything, in fact have been overweight since I became a nurse. I finally decided to lose weight to make myself feel better, and glad I
  15. I just think it's great he has so many people talking about a topic that certainly needs