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  1. List the most frivolous complaints you've received

    gardenpartyy posted a topic in Private Duty

    Here's a great opportunity for you guys to vent. I want to know what are the most frivolous/nit-picking complaints or comments that you have received from family members in private

  2. Hourly Rate for an LPN in Florida

    gardenpartyy replied to ANNG7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Remind me to never move to

  3. Will an Incident Report get me Fired?

    gardenpartyy replied to mndlng97's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm just shocked that the tea was so hot that it burned the resident. Most places I've worked, the food is luke warm at

  4. What is a typical day working in a nursing home?

    gardenpartyy replied to Life22feb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It really depends on the facility you work at and the shift you're on. Some are less staffed than others and some require more of the nursing staff than others. You pretty much will get report, count...

  5. What does an RN supervisor do?

    gardenpartyy replied to MelissaLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Man, it must be like a running theme with RN supervisors. We just got rid of our new one after only 2.5 weeks because all she did was brush her hair and slowly walk around looking lost. When we'd ask...

  6. Geriatrics

    gardenpartyy replied to healthcare2015's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've never work-worked in a hospital, just spent a lot of Med Surg time in clinicals and I hated it. I love the nursing homes, mostly because you can get to know the residents and their...

  7. Paparazzi at work?

    gardenpartyy replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I do believe I would be contacting your corporate office, or your DON at the very least. Maybe even your state's board of

  8. Old wives tales

    gardenpartyy replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    I have a parent who will lift the patient's arms up when patient is choking. The clinical supervisor has tried to explain this does nothing, but the parent refuses to

  9. THAT kind of nurse

    gardenpartyy posted a topic in Private Duty

    i cannot tolerate vindictive and catty behavior in general, but in the nursing setting, it makes me want to do thin that will land me in jail. i have a case I go to once a week and relieve the daytime...

  10. My choice or required

    gardenpartyy replied to Rdforever's topic in Private Duty

    Literally all of this. I don't mind playing with my patient intermittently--but that's certainly not what I'm there to focus on. Especially when patient has seizures, I have a mountain of paperwork to...

  11. Role during school settings

    gardenpartyy replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks for all the replies so far! It really makes me feel better about how I've perceived my role while

  12. Role during school settings

    gardenpartyy posted a topic in Private Duty

    So I'm a little unsure about my role while I'm at school with the patient. As a private duty nurse, when you are at school with the patient, do you mostly work with them or are the teachers...

  13. Question about med administration

    gardenpartyy posted a topic in Private Duty

    Ok so I started a new thread for this since I have other questions on the subject. background: I am new to any type of home health/PD, so this type of situation is new to me. I have a patient (school...

  14. Question about med administration

    gardenpartyy replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

    Oh, all the meds have orders, it was just an issue of them being drawn up by the family before

  15. Question about med administration

    gardenpartyy replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

    Hmm, thanks for the advice! Luckily summer is almost here, so I can just pour the meds normally for a few months and then figure out what I'll do when school stars back up

  16. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    gardenpartyy replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    Thank you guys for the advice because to be honest, I never really thought about it that way since I'm new to home health/private duty. I have a few more questions about this, so I'm going to start a...

  17. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    gardenpartyy replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    Yeah, I probably should have, but it falls under the category of venting. Each individual ingredient is listed on the MAR, cause when I say medications, I mean like herbal supplements and teas. I...

  18. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    gardenpartyy replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    Bringing back a dead thread, but I'm glad I found it because it has made me feel better about my insane PCG. I'm relatively new to private duty/home health (3 months now) and have been to four houses...

  19. What to expect

    gardenpartyy posted a topic in Home Health

    I'm going for an interview for a home health agency today. I am completely new to home health (i've done LTC, camp nursing & clinic nursing). I know that they said that each nurse is only assigned...

  20. Dealing with patients who are angry

    gardenpartyy replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    The way I deal with angry patients depends on why they are angry. If it is something that -I- did, I will take responsibility for it, but usually it is not my fault. Sometimes, it's other members of...

  21. Interviewing tips for family practice please.

    gardenpartyy replied to sistasoul's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Make sure you tell them you have great organizational skills, customer service skills and love meeting new people. Like the above poster said, make sure you ask at least a few questions. I wouldn't...

  22. Electronic documentation has stolen the human touch from nursing.

    gardenpartyy replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. I love the EMR system. When our network is down and I have to use the paper charts, I feel like I'm in the stone age. But then again, I'm pretty computer saavy, so I get that some people...

  23. For all you night owls

    gardenpartyy posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Who here works the night shift at a LTC facility? I'm fresh out of school and recently got hired as an LPN to a facility where I've worked for a year as a CNA on 2-10. The only available opening they...

  24. in LTC have you ever...

    gardenpartyy posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    had a dr's order to restrict visitors for a single resident due to expectant visits from drug dealers?! i mean..what this world is coming to. when your 70yr old granny is expecting hook ups from the...

  25. in LTC have you ever...

    gardenpartyy replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    yeah her son came in cracked out when she was admitted. he kept saying things like, "thank ya'll! i'm gonna remember ya'll when i win the lottery!" i guess medicare wont pay for detoxing in a...