WI_home_RN

WI_home_RN specializes in Private Duty, L&D.

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1. a new PDN case for me!!

   WI_home_RN replied to WI_home_RN's topic in Private Duty

   Thank you for all the well wishes :) For me, living in Northern Wisconsin, I had to travel four hours one way, to Madison, Wisconsin, for my vent class and spend extra money to spend the night the...

2. a new PDN case for me!!

   WI_home_RN posted a topic in Private Duty

   I have been searching and searching feverishly to find a new PDN case to work for. They are so few and far between where I live, and what I've been looking for just kind of fell into my lap tonite :)...

3. opinions please?

   WI_home_RN replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

   Irresponsible of that nurse to let her certification lapse if she is gainfully employed. Our continuing education is OUR responsibility, not the agency's.

4. 2014 camp work thread

   WI_home_RN replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

   What is a "GOOD" salary to expect from being a Camp

5. 2014 camp work thread

   WI_home_RN replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

   Hi All!!! I am a brand NEW Camp Nurse this year. Just accepted my job offer with a camp in Northern Wisconsin, where I live. I must live at camp for 9-1/2 weeks and cannot commute. It will be...

6. private duty nurse

   WI_home_RN replied to nursemarie's topic in Private Duty

   i have been working pdn in wisconsin for several years now. i can help you with what you need to know. its quite an easy process. the only hard part is finding steady work, at least in small-town,...

7. Finding RNs

   WI_home_RN posted a topic in Private Duty

   why is it so gosh darn hard to find rns to do pdn on my case? we are so short staffed on my vent patient's case it isn't funny. i do the scheduling and am the case coordination. i have ads everywhere...

8. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

   WI_home_RN replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   For the love of God, PLEASE put on a bra and wear it under your too-tight scrubs. We CAN see everything. What message are you sending to the

9. Pediatric patient- home nurse situations!?

   WI_home_RN replied to MomLPN4's topic in Private Duty

   wow. my best advice would be to remove yourself from the case asap and really contemplate whether your relationship with the dad is in your (and the child's) best interest. both of you know you were...

10. Hearing impaired RN wants to work but------

    WI_home_RN replied to stilquilty's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I am not HOH but I work with a vent patient (private duty) who cannot speak and must read his lips to communicate. Just a

11. Source Program and Hospice at the same time???

    WI_home_RN replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    i'm not sure what "source program" is but i work private duty for a patient who has medicare/medicaid. he receives 24/7 pdn care funded by the state of wisconsin. he was just placed on hospice a few...

12. Ever get spooked on night shift?

    WI_home_RN replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    honestly, i have never gotten spooked working night shift....not yet anyway! my patient is a night owl who sleeps all day and is up all night so even tho i work night shift, he's not asleep and nights...

13. Can I delegate this to a LPN?

    WI_home_RN replied to WI_home_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the help so far. I am in Wisconsin and work private duty nursing in the patient's home. We have no agency to abide by. Any thoughts on these additional

14. Can I delegate this to a LPN?

    WI_home_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a dilemma. Patient with PortACath and one LPN on the case. Can I delegate to her to administer the IV abx? Or must I find an RN to work during IV dosage

15. Wisconsin LPN Scope of Practice

    WI_home_RN posted a topic in Private Duty

    living in wisconsin, I work private duty without an agency. I work with a handful of rns and one lpn. our patient recently underwent surgical insertion of a port-a-cath for extended IV antibiotics....