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  1. Syringes that fit Mic-Key button g-tube

    WI_home_RN posted a topic in Private Duty

    i care for a brother and sister who both each have mic-key buttons for g-tube access. we ran out of syringes that fit into the mic-key button to give meds directly into the g-tube. mom states that 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. 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...

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. 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...

  7. Tell us about you!

    WI_home_RN posted a topic in Private Duty

    just wondering a few things from my fellow private duty rns. do you work for yourself, the state (what state?), an agency? what kind of hours do you work? how did you find your job? what types of...

  8. 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....

  9. 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...

  10. 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,...

  11. 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

  12. 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...

  13. 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

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. LPN Scope of Practice, esp Wisconsin

    WI_home_RN posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i just can't find an answer to my question. i even called the state and they never called back. i work private duty with a handful of rns and one lpn. the patient recently received a port-a-cath to...

  19. Liar Liar pants on fire!!!!

    WI_home_RN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    i can understand your frustrations, however what do you do when you discover that one of the private duty nurses you work with lies about everything? there is no supervisor to talk to. this rn tells...

  20. Does HH just have to practice foley incertion?

    WI_home_RN replied to 10ACGIRL's topic in Home Health

    omg! did you file a police report for assault and battery? you need to. what she did was just wrong!! if you are a cna, i can see that its ok for you to insert foleys if you were inserviced on the...

  21. How to handle this...is it neglect or stupidity?

    WI_home_RN replied to nocnurseiniowa's topic in Home Health

    what does your patient's plan of care say about wearing and using the p-m? i feel for the mom's wanting control but really you need to follow the poc. i agree with you in that its probably harming the...

  22. RN told she will now get LPN wages

    WI_home_RN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    i am a private duty rn in wisconsin working for medicaid/badgercare. for the last year, we have been hearing rumors of budget cuts. they already cut out the few hundred bucks extra a month for the...

  23. What's ok and what's not?

    WI_home_RN replied to advocated's topic in Private Duty

    never do anything without a doctor's order. patients will tell you anything to make you believe it is "ok" because they want what they want, but without an actual order, it is not ok. shame on that...

  24. communication book

    WI_home_RN posted a topic in Private Duty

    i have a situation that occurred this last week that has been bothering me today. right or wrong? the patient demanded to read, or be read to, out of the rns personal communication log book, which...

  25. Give prn meds because Mom said to give it?

    WI_home_RN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    At my peds case, Mom often tells us to give this or that. However, the meds that she asks us to give are listed on the Plan of Care with a very generic PRN order so that us RNs do feel comfortable...