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  1. Night and Made my Day

    ventmommy replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty

    I am happy for your, Ceebeejay!! I have had our schedule changed based on my child's reaction to a nurse. He couldn't verbalize but it was definitely easy to know when he was sad, happy, stressed,...

  2. Well, don't come back

    ventmommy replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    I'm sorry for your cousin. The family reacted to their stress in a very poor way. IMO, IF the policy is that a calling out nurse must find a replacement, then it's the sick nurse that should have...

  3. "Wasteful Nurses"

    ventmommy replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    Okay, I will admit that I was wrong (shhhh, don't tell my hubby!!!) and that it doesn't kill everything. It kills all the good bacteria and leaves all the space on your skin available for unkillable...

  4. "Wasteful Nurses"

    ventmommy replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    Hand sanitizer kills every living thing on your hands including good bacteria. Skin was meant to have bacteria on it. Killing everything on your skin leaves a greater opportunity for bad bacteria to...

  5. "Wasteful Nurses"

    ventmommy replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    These threads always irritate me. If a family legitimately can not afford toilet paper, it should be the agency's responsibility to supply it for the nurses. The parent/agency relationship as...

  6. Nurse changing vent mode

    ventmommy replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in Private Duty

    If it's going off constantly, there is a reason. Either the parameters need to be re-evalauted by the RT or pulmonologist, something is partially blocking the trach, illness or a bad sensor (or...

  7. can you take a vacation?

    ventmommy replied to clearblue3's topic in Private Duty

    If they can cover the shift on a call-out, even from an hour away, then giving them ample notice of your availability should suffice and they can decide whether they want to spend the night before...

  8. Nurse changing vent mode

    ventmommy replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in Private Duty

    You're welcome for the info and thank you for the compliment. I hope your supervisor recognizes how seriously dangerous this is and acts immediately. Have you been documenting in your notes that the...

  9. Nurse changing vent mode

    ventmommy replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in Private Duty

    Lol, JustBeachy! You and NightNurse are both right. If you patient is on a tiny volume say, 50mL because it's a tiny baby with very elastic lungs and you flip to pressure control which has some random...

  10. Nurse changing vent mode

    ventmommy replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in Private Duty

    This could be extremely dangerous. A ventilator in volume mode will give the patient a breath until the sensor senses that xxxxmL of air has been delivered to the patient. In pressure mode, the...

  11. Decannulated... What now?

    ventmommy replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    From what I have seen on various parent boards, nursing can last anywhere from two weeks until the end of the school year depending on what the parents, doctors and school are comfortable

  12. Looking for a change?

    ventmommy replied to RNDisneyMom's topic in Private Duty

    You may not feel that you are doing anything important but what you do is immensely important to your patient and his/her

  13. WWYD: Caregiver not home at end of shift?

    ventmommy replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    The OP stated that the parent had an "emergency" which would be an unforeseeable event. Perhaps she had no time to arrange back-up care. I would have absolutely flipped out if I had an emergency and...

  14. Please explain why a nurse is needed...

    ventmommy replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    Yes, CPS will pay through their Family Preservation fund for CNAs or PDNs if it will keep a child in the home. We fostered a child and did not get nursing care (we got his meds and therapies on...

  15. Coping with loss

    ventmommy replied to bdahlgren's topic in Pediatric

    There are many things that are worse than living. Yes, it's always sad because a family is losing a loved one but sometimes death is a blessing as well. I am forever grateful to the nurse on duty in...

  16. Is it okay to do this?

    ventmommy replied to catebsn25's topic in Private Duty

    I'm not a nurse or a lawyer but there is no time limit on the hours worked. It doesn't say 8 hours in the last 6 months or some other qualifying statement similar to that. It also says that it can be...

  17. Please explain why a nurse is needed...

    ventmommy replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    Thank you CloudySue! JustBeachy, I think that the DCF your friend works with had an excellent policy regarding SN children and PDN

  18. Please explain why a nurse is needed...

    ventmommy replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    Yes, this is a foster child that we are adopting. There is no mandate here for nursing care. The bio-father is jailed and the bio-mother is incapable of care due to mental illness. They voluntarily...

  19. home health/PDN ADON

    ventmommy replied to scifispam's topic in Private Duty

    Thank you! There are some really good nurses that post frequently on this

  20. Please explain why a nurse is needed...

    ventmommy replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    My vent-dependent son had 16-24 hours per day the whole time we had him (mostly just 16 though). My baby that I have had for several months was offered 12 hours/day. Her only issue is DM1. I am not...

  21. Do you think there's a power struggle?

    ventmommy replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    As an adoptive and foster parent, we are just as much moms as any other mom that births a baby. Nonsense like that irritates me to no end. Adoptive parent or bio parent, no one WANTS to have nursing...

  22. home health/PDN ADON

    ventmommy replied to scifispam's topic in Private Duty

    I honestly don't think your lack of PDN or peds experience is necessarily detrimental to your new position. You can bring a new perspective in training, paperwork, communications, etc. that won't...

  23. Bad Parenting equals difficult patient

    ventmommy replied to 2ndcareerchange's topic in Private Duty

    I bet you are still there because they can make changes and say "Nurse 2ndcareerchange said this is a better way so we are going to try it." Thus, they are making changes but don't have to take any...

  24. Roaches ON the patient

    ventmommy replied to nekozuki's topic in Private Duty

    Please call CPS. It won't necessarily mean foster care for the kids. They could admit the baby to the hospital or a rehab hospital and place the other child with relatives. They will offer the...

  25. opinions please?

    ventmommy replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    This is horrible. Lots of research from both AHA and ARC show that people, including health care professionals, forget more than half of what they learn in a CPR class within 6 months. She...