PrivateDuty

PrivateDuty

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  1. Anyone heard of Comfry leafs for wounds?

    PrivateDuty posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    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?

    PrivateDuty replied to buff nurse's topic in General Nursing

    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!!

    PrivateDuty replied to NurseyInFL04's topic in Geriatric, 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

    PrivateDuty replied to evans_c1's topic in General Nursing

    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. Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    PrivateDuty replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    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?

    PrivateDuty replied to shug1539's topic in General Nursing

    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

    PrivateDuty replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    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

    PrivateDuty replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    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!

    PrivateDuty replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    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?...

    PrivateDuty replied to Butterfly23's topic in General Nursing

    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?

    PrivateDuty replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    I do agree 100% w/PAS, but do feel it should be for terminally ill

  12. Adjusting to night shift--HELP!!

    PrivateDuty replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

    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

    PrivateDuty replied to tracyprn's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    To be quite honest....the pay in NC

  14. Plus Sized Nursing Students Come In..

    PrivateDuty replied to JdNNurse2B's topic in General Students

    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. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    PrivateDuty replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I just think it's great he has so many people talking about a topic that certainly needs

  16. what do you all think about 12 hour shifts?

    PrivateDuty replied to emmycRN's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I love 12's. I have always preferred 12's to 8's in nursing. i always feel I can get more done for some

  17. Provigil for shift workers

    PrivateDuty replied to evans_c1's topic in General Nursing

    I was prescribed Provogil 2 years ago d/t terrible sleep problems associated with shift work. The good news is I did sleep better...the bad news, I had a terrible reaction to the med. I would burst...

  18. I'm sure I'll get 10,000 replies saying to run, run, run from this place!

    PrivateDuty replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    I would turn in my resignation effective "RIGHT NOW" and break the door down to get out of

  19. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    PrivateDuty replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    About a year and a half ago I was working the 11p-7a shift in a nursing home. We had a patient that could not ring her call light d/t paralysis. About 2am the call light in her room went off. Me and...

  20. 265 questions on nclex bad or good?

    PrivateDuty replied to surgeryrn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took the test 12 years ago when computer testing was fairly new and rumors about # of questions going wild. I was with another girl from my class and we both finished about the same time (the first...

  21. North Carolina Roll Call

    PrivateDuty replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Thanks Sabby...I am about 20 minutes down S 85 from Charlotte. I know exactly where Mt. Airy is...(Mayberry, right?) Glad to meet

  22. How many got only 75 questions?

    PrivateDuty replied to cindib's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I didn't have to sit through the written tests they had years ago, but I did have to wait a week and a half to find out if I passed or failed. I came out of the test KNOWING I had failed, cried all...

  23. How many got only 75 questions?

    PrivateDuty replied to cindib's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    CONGRATULATIONS...:welcome:!! I was gonna say I took the boards with approx. 25 people and everyone was between 75 and the max on questions and everyone passed. You can just never

  24. A Question about Working While in RN school

    PrivateDuty replied to roro13us's topic in LPN to RN

    It has been 14 years since I started RN school, but I was a single parent of 2 small children and had no choice but to work FT. I did work at least 40 hours a week throughout school, and it was hard,...

  25. North Carolina Roll Call

    PrivateDuty replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Just found the site and am very excited about exchanging questions and answers with others. I live in a very small town outside of Charlotte called Dallas, NC. I have been a nurse (RN) for 12 years...