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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 duty.

Remind me to never move to FL..wow.

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 best.

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 your narcotics, start your first med pass, get in...

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 the supervisor to change a PICC line dressing or s...

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 families--learning their quirks and what not. When you're workin...

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

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 listen.

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 nurse (after havin just worked 9 hours at another...

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 complete, so I kind of HAVE to do it. I can do it...

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

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 predominately supposed to do that. I do as much as I can, bu...

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 aged child with congenital disorder that affects m...

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

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 again.

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 new thread.

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 don't get to give the prescription medications or any...

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 so far. All the family members of my patients have...

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 to one patient. This company provides services mo...

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 the staff, as our front desk people can seem very r...

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 ask the person interviewing you about doctor prefere...

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 aren't.

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 had was 10-6 but I'm a night owl so I dont feel as...

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 east side boys, my lord. i fear for the future of m...

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 hospital :icon_roll