HisTreasure BSN, RN

We have (my husband and I on separate occasions) caught one of our night nurses sleeping. The first time it happened, DH saw her on the baby monitor (I was already knocked out!) and he didn't say anything. He just got up to the hall bathroom (even th...

Is your hospital currently hiring PCTs? As a student you may be able to be employed as a tech which will bring a lot of useful experience and opportunities to learn. You will already have a working knowledge of the technical aspects behind phlebotomy...

Worst job was as a child care associate. I loved the kids- always had a tender place in my heart for them, always will, however, this center was poorly managed and inadequately maintained. I didn't know about child-adult ratios at the time but I knew...

I have a job opportunity for a private client about 1 hour away. Part of it thinks it would be great because 3 shifts would be over $800 a week but I would be commuting 6 hours a week, which I'm not sure I'm too excited about- especially in the winte...

I'm no longer in Atlanta. I'm back in NY. I have to update my info. However, if I were still in Atlanta I wouldn't bat my eye at an hour's drive because most commutes are at least that, especially if you have to take the Perimeter during rush hour. ...

$24.31 for low tech/adults, $33.71 for high tech pediatrics. No benefits and no taxes taken out (independent). However, I rarely work PDN. I work in ALF as a supervisor making $20.50 with benefits. It's not the highest pay I've ever seen but it pays ...

Emesis and flying sputum. Emesis engages my gag reflex EVERY time, even if I eternalize it; and adult sputum with the open trachs that they insist on coughing across the room and everywhere in-between. Really, dude?????

I have been prescribed diazepam as a muscle relaxant for some time. I prefer it to others because I don't have a lot of the negative side effects I had on other musculoskeletal meds and I am able to function and actually work, which I NEED to do. Yes...

Sometimes, if you want good help, you need to go a bit out of your way. If it's affordable, and won't be a major inconvenience to the family. Most things you listed are not major inconveniences to many people, but I guess it would depend on the famil...

I am a doula and this... this... Just. Thank you.

I really like you SDALPN! You have this PDN thing DOWN! I had a mom rearrange an entire feeding schedule so that the last feed of the shift ended at least an hour before the end of the shift so that the child would stool before the nurse went home. S...

I have been chatty in the past and it has backfired. I knew so much about the family and their lives, their financial struggles, their marital problems, and dysfunctional in-laws, that I felt comfortable, and almost obligated to talk about what I con...

I was invited to join a group on FB for parents of children with special needs. This group was back-to-back inflammatory messages about home nurses, LPNs vs RNs vs Sucky NEW RNs, etc. It was so distressing I had to leave the page in tears. I don't un...

I had to leave the group after less than an hour of browsing. I am on foster parent support groups and one is for foster parents of special needs/medically fragile children. That's going to have to be good enough. My initial thoughts when I was added...

Don't you hate it when a bad nurse (or even a few of them) makes the whole profession look bad? I don't know if this family is paranoid or really had some bad experiences, but I kind of think it's the former. Went fill-in on a private case as a favo...

There are no supervisors. We're all independents. There is the "Primary" who established and maintains the PA (the day nurse) but she isn't the actual supervisor.

You raise valid considerations. I can't speak to whether anyone else has addressed these issues with mom. I haven't personally, but I don't know mom very well. When she was venting about the sleeping nurses I was listening empathetically and I shared...

I don't plan on going back on the case but I may. Money is money. It's just really uncomfortable there... even though I never actually saw a camera... She has a bunch of stuffed animals in and around the crib and I wonder if they are inside those. My...

Has a family ever asked you to chart more interventions than required or done during your shift in order to make the patient appear more fragile than than they really are so they won't "lose hours" or in some cases, to get even more hours? Don't purg...

I recall having a parent ask me to be "very detailed" about my interventions. This was some years back. I did as I was asked, as I am always open to constructive criticism. A day or so later she came back and asked AGAIN. As I mainly worked late even...

Yesterday, against my will, my job called EMS because I was having a full blown asthma exacerbation after two doses of albuterol inhaler. I refused transport to ED, and the paramedic (because they called in ALS) said, "You're a nurse? Well imagine t...

Seriously!!!!! And it took him two attempts for a barely competent job. When I was roomed in ED I was advised the one he got in was kinked! LOL! The otherwise super rad medic said I was a hard stick. I looked at him incredulously. I'm like, "dude, I...

Hmmm, this is a new one. At least for me. My cousin has been doing independent PDN for the past 8-9 years. She's very savvy and usually diversifies her cases so she isn't dependent on one client however this past year has been very difficult in the i...

I sincerely hope she does, too. She actually mentioned going back to reapply with some of the agencies, including the infamous "M" because she has a family to support. However, those who live in NY and bill independently know that agency rates are no...

I had a mom that counted everything. Think I spoke of her before. ;-) She bought the "select-a-size" paper towels and in addition to counting how many paper towels we used, she had it written how many segments were allowed for specific uses. For exam...