hehehe, I guess we just know too much. When I had my hyst and bladder suspension, I kept feeling urge to urinate (I had a foley for nearly 2 days, and a morphine PCA), well, I so lots of po fluids and...
bb007rn replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty
I actually asked my patient's Mum for a letter on company letterhead to that effect, just to keep in my car for this purpose, she told me "just use your paystub" I think I'd much rather have a short...
I would call the nursing school, find out what community colleges have credits that will transfer. I doubt that chem classes will be totally online, as most require a lab along w/ the classwork...
Travel Nursing Agencies generally require a minimum of 2 years of recent experience in the specialty for which you want to practice. I have never heard of an agency hiring a new grad as a traveler....
oh, and it's for 7-10 days, did I tell ya'll that? (yea, like I'm working 7-10 12 hour night shifts in a row, uh-huh, yea, sure.... oh, and then she says, well you can sleep in the morning til about 2...
Mum seems to think we are (we being, the family and one day RN, one night RN, me) all going to go on "vacation" together next fall.... out of state....by car, as patient can't fly..... not realizing...
bb007rn replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty
Not working for an agency does have its drawbacks in PDN, My job is for the patient, no agency involved, unfortuantely, this means no ID , which for me is not really a problem, unless we get level 3...
bb007rn replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty
oh, goodness, I bounce around on Netflix... favorite is Bones (meaning I restarted it from season 1 about 2 months ago and just got to season 9 last week, despite having seen the entire series at...
bb007rn replied to middleagednurse's topic in Private Duty
wow, now I am really glad that my PDN patient and family formed a Limited liability Corp of themselves, I started @ $30/hour, (no benefits, as there are currently only 2 fulltime RNs, one on days and...
Mom tries to tell us how a med works, when we nurses know what she is trying to explain )goes against everything we learned in pharmacology/anatomy/physiology by the way, this thread has made me even...
I've worked in the ER of a small community hospital, I did 4 years in the neuroICU of one of those "big name hospitals", I did travel nursing. NOw I am doing private duty nursing in a private home for...
bb007rn replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty
I am trying to be more, um, "engaging", but, I am at heart, an introvert, and just recently started coming back to AN, despite being a member here for 4 years....plain and simply, life and career got...
I am so glad I no longer have to deal with that ummmmm crap, (I have no better word). I am in Private duty and work straight nights now. However, I used to have to deal with it, started out...
bb007rn replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty
I'm gonna share a bit (for the first time on AN, as I tend to be a "lurker") My first job as an RN was in the ER of a smaller community hospital, the only one in that county (why they hired a new...