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  1. Rate your nurse? Check out this can of worms...

    ventmommy replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    So I haven't been on that FB site since my little one passed away but I wanted to see what they say because they periodically have had some parent vs. nurse drama and this sounds a like a fight in...

  2. Rate your nurse? Check out this can of worms...

    ventmommy replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Umm, who had this genius (and by genius, I mean awful) idea? I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND the need to vent about crappy nurses (and crappy families). No one on the trach parents' board or other SN groups...

  3. Family wants nurse to function in a dark environment

    ventmommy replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    Maybe explain to the family that a low level light would be safer for the seizure prone patient than using a flashlight or headlamp. I always had on a 25watt blue bulb in a lamp. Obviously not great...

  4. Sleeping Nurse = No Agency?

    ventmommy replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    Over my dead body would I allow a nurse to sleep on a break. I would make sure that someone was with my son so the nurse could heat up her food. If you can't handle 8-12 hours of private duty then...

  5. New Private Duty Nurse PLZ HELP!

    ventmommy replied to MsHope6307's topic in Private Duty

    What SDALPN said is perfect. When meeting a new nurse, I'd introduce them to my child (their patient), my other children, my husband, our 6 pets. I'd show them around the house. I'd explain my...

  6. honoring your kiddos

    ventmommy replied to smurfynursey's topic in Private Duty

    Some of our nurses have done the following for my son: sent brownies, sent three trees to be planted in my yard, sent money to the agency that placed him with us in his memory, sent a really nice...

  7. First case - infant with g-tube

    ventmommy replied to notyetnurse's topic in Private Duty

    Have you met the parents? Some parents are extremely knowledgeable about their child's care, equipment and procedures. New nurses were accepted in my home but then again, I almost never left. I...

  8. Mom has problems getting the right DME

    ventmommy replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    I did all my own ordering. I had a beautiful spreadsheet with the Mfg Item#, the DME stock#, a description, how it was packaged (1/unit, 2/pack, 40/case, etc.) and how many I wanted with a HUGE note...

  9. Sleeping Nurse = No Agency?

    ventmommy replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    Hello Kiyasmom, we are also foster/adoptive parents. You did not over-react at all. By not reporting her the first two times, the agency had no idea this was an issue. You could certainly file a...

  10. Toddler on continuous feeding becoming more mobile

    ventmommy replied to PerfectlyPlump's topic in Private Duty

    The parents can make (or have made) a small cart with very easy, fully rotating wheels for her pump, food and Farrell bag. They can add a handle so when she gets to the walking stage she has a little...

  11. What would you do if you had to launder a patient's night clothes?

    ventmommy replied to Worky Quirky's topic in Private Duty

    It just proves that so many sick children and adults are stuck with crappy families. How can anyone ever expect a nurse to want to do anything extra when the family can't extend common courtesy to...

  12. Oral intubation kiddos in a home setting?

    ventmommy replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Private Duty

    Maybe they mean the baby has an NG tube and he/she has taken their extremely limited medical knowledge and tried to sound smart by using "orally intubated" to describe the

  13. What would you do if you had to launder a patient's night clothes?

    ventmommy replied to Worky Quirky's topic in Private Duty

    Have you thought about an extra change of clothes in your bag? Our regular nurses kept a change of clothes in a bag in my son's closet. Personally, if my son peed on you and you needed a pair of...

  14. First Job in Private Duty!

    ventmommy replied to FarmerFNP's topic in Private Duty

    What kind of orientation are you getting? What is the mom like? Is she knowledgeable or is she hands off? I would make sure that you are aware of all the signs of shunt failure and how to check and...

  15. One case only or a whole bunch of them?

    ventmommy replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    I would not have stayed with an agency that staffed like that. It's unreasonable for an agency to assume that a nurse can be proficient on every child if they see that child once or twice a month. I...

  16. Opinions please? Lifting vs lift

    ventmommy replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    This seems like a tough call for the nurse and for the family. You didn't say what issues your patient has and that might be a factor in the family's decision. Personally, I find the independent...

  17. Do you ever see the child after you leave a case?

    ventmommy replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    I have a few nurses that still call, text or drop by even though my son passed away many months

  18. Annoyed with nurses at PDN case (vent)

    ventmommy replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    Why isn't the parent just getting rid of her? Does the parent know these things have occurred? I would imagine that the nursing supervisor has an obligation to tell the parent about the med error....

  19. Fostering MFTD children

    ventmommy replied to divaluv87's topic in Private Duty

    This would be a group home for medically fragile children that foster care agencies could utilize. There are well run ones and abysmal ones. One of our children came out of a home like this. The...

  20. Meeting the parent on a new (1st) case

    ventmommy replied to Nurse Connie's topic in Private Duty

    I can tell you that we never took a nurse, especially a new nurse, that said "I think it's too hard to handle so many patients at a hospital/nursing home and just one patient would be easier" or...

  21. Asked not to come back to work for the family?

    ventmommy replied to LPNmomtobe's topic in Private Duty

    Wow, she is definitely NOT putting her kid's needs ahead of her own! It does suck when you can't talk to the family. On another post, I wrote that for small things, I went straight to the nurse and...

  22. Asked not to come back to work for the family?

    ventmommy replied to LPNmomtobe's topic in Private Duty

    First, congratulations on your pregnancy! I hate to say it, but I would have had you not come back the very first time you came to my house with a head cold. This child sounds like he was severely...

  23. always afraid of doing something wrong

    ventmommy replied to mvm2's topic in Private Duty

    It's easier to talk to your client/client's parent and just clear the air. If a nurse did something small but just irked me, I told him/her. It's so much easier to just say to the nurse "hey, I...

  24. just informed that mom wants me to drive her kids to school

    ventmommy replied to kgress's topic in Private Duty

    I never allowed the nurses to watch the other children. What if one of them was choking and at the same time my son needed emergency suctioning or was turning blue? Even if the agency gives you a...

  25. How much information of a patient does your agency give you before you accept a case?

    ventmommy replied to 50kn's topic in Private Duty

    The agency we used had a copy of our house rules, a list of my son's diagnoses, medications, equipment and therapies that was provided to the nurse prior to his/her first visit to the house. In my...