Adele_Michal7 ASN, RN

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    Online Support Groups = Trash on Nurses

    Adele_Michal7 replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Expectation management would go a long way in helping these situations. Sent from my iPhone using
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    Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    Adele_Michal7 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    Yup. Good point. Sent from my iPhone using
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    Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    Adele_Michal7 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    Oh my gee, can you wear slippers? Sent from my iPhone using
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    Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    Adele_Michal7 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    I have had so many parents say this. I try to explain that this, in fact, is not allowed and they look at me with big doe eyes like, "It's not?!" Sent from my iPhone using
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    opinions please?

    Adele_Michal7 replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    We are not required in CA to show that we've renewed CPR when we renew license. However every job I've ever had had been on me like white on rice a month it's expired. So I am surprised that the...
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    Threatened by family?

    Adele_Michal7 replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    The way these agencies treat us/refuse to back us up sickens and shocks me.... Sent from my iPhone using
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    Online Support Groups = Trash on Nurses

    Adele_Michal7 replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Sent from my iPhone using
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    opinions please?

    Adele_Michal7 replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    This. X2! Sent from my iPhone using
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    opinions please?

    Adele_Michal7 replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    It's one thing to quietly "one up" the system (and in this situation, I don't agree- she could harm her own license.) It's quite another to brag about it. This to me is a red flag. And in poor taste!...
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    Online Support Groups = Trash on Nurses

    Adele_Michal7 replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Oh, WOW. Lol. Well, I knew of a family who got "fired" by "M." Things that make you go hmmm... Sent from my iPhone using
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    Threatened by family?

    Adele_Michal7 replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

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    Tattle tale? Or my duty to report?

    Adele_Michal7 replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    It's highly common to contact parents first. Home care is a completely different animal. Now- contacting the parents but not updating the agency? No one is suggesting that, and that would've been a...
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    Threatened by family?

    Adele_Michal7 replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    This thread begs the question- have you? Sent from my iPhone using
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    Threatened by family?

    Adele_Michal7 replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    I've been verbally and emotionally abused by more than one family. Had another call the cops on me (looooong story.) did I mention I'm fleeing PDN ASAP? Sent from my iPhone using
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    VENT: other nurses doing things "above and beyond"

    Adele_Michal7 replied to NurseNightOwl's topic in Private Duty

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    What's in your bag (and/or car) -- the PDN version!

    Adele_Michal7 replied to brillohead's topic in Private Duty

    For home care...well ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS phone charger (super crucial because I take the train) and charger for tablet. Also, aforementioned tablet & phone. Medications. Planner. Food. Greeting...
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    Online Support Groups = Trash on Nurses

    Adele_Michal7 replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    CloudySue- I worked for a parent who was constantly staying on these boards- should've been a red flag- sometimes she would tell me some of the more humorous posts. This woman turned out to be psycho,...
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    Suggestions...

    Adele_Michal7 replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

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    Suggestions...

    Adele_Michal7 replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    That is most likely precisely why the agency assigned OP to the case. It sounds like no one else can stomach the assignment. This. I've had parents of comatose quads insist that their son/daughter...
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    Suggestions...

    Adele_Michal7 replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    See now...cases like this (AND I AM RUNNING ACROSS THEM MORE FREQUENTLY) are why I am feeling forced to leave home care. There is no way I could even do one shift like that. I think what that parent...
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    Online Renewal Question

    Adele_Michal7 posted a topic in California Nursing

    Hey everyone! I have a quick question- if anyone can offer input, preferably based on personal experience, I'd be super grateful:) I need to renew my CA nursing license for the first time. Been an LVN...
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    Online Renewal Question

    Adele_Michal7 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in California Nursing

    I may have spoken too soon, but two to three days ago, I was able to find my name as current on the BVNPT license lookup online- and my new license arrived yesterday. It would take FOREVER in CT. Sent...
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    Online Renewal Question

    Adele_Michal7 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in California Nursing

    Hopefully this helps someone. I did it today, and it DOES NOT automatically update. So according to all online records, my license still expires in four weeks. If I don't get my new one in time, I...
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    Online Renewal Question

    Adele_Michal7 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in California Nursing

    This is my first renewal in CA, so fortunately I don't need any CEU's this time- but for next time, I'll have those puppies done waaayyy ahead of time! I typically like to renew the second I get the...
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    Sundowning?

    Adele_Michal7 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks for the replies, all. After talking to the PCG and another nurse on the case, I think this behavior is more closely related to one of the following: 1.) side effects related to Keppra (pt has...