EpiattIPNurse

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1. I'm a nurse. Not a housekeeper!

   EpiattIPNurse replied to EpiattIPNurse's topic in Private Duty

   I have since left that position and started with another client. Like I stated before, I do not mind helping around the house and I do. I have swept that floors, cleaned the kitchen, dusted and everything for this new client. Today the mother made...

2. I'm a nurse. Not a housekeeper!

   EpiattIPNurse replied to EpiattIPNurse's topic in Private Duty

   If you would have read everything I posted you would have seen that I have emailed the case manager about the situation. It isn't always as easy as you are making it sound. "Who's fault is it?" The care plan was changed 2 days ago and I am trying t...

3. I'm a nurse. Not a housekeeper!

   EpiattIPNurse replied to EpiattIPNurse's topic in Private Duty

   I have never been asked to clean before. In fact when I worked at a facility I asked for a bottle of disinfectant and was told that I am not to touch cleaning products while I am on duty. They did not want the nurses messing with cleaning product a...

4. I'm a nurse. Not a housekeeper!

   EpiattIPNurse replied to EpiattIPNurse's topic in Private Duty

   I am an independent nurse. I do not work for an agency but the client has a case manager that writes up the all service plan for the pt. We are told not to do anything that isn't on the all service plan because that is all we can bill for. This is...

5. I'm a nurse. Not a housekeeper!

   EpiattIPNurse posted a topic in Private Duty

   Ok, let me start by saying that I do not feel that I am above cleaning someone elses house. Since I have started with this last client I have already cleaned their bathrooms, washed the walls (because all the other nurses got gtube feed all over it)...