KATRN78

KATRN78

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  1. opinions please?

    KATRN78 posted a topic in Private Duty

    A co-worker nurse has bragged to me 3 times now that our agency has missed that her BLS expired. She is glad she didn't have to re-cert. What do you think of

  2. "Wasteful Nurses"

    KATRN78 replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    I work with actual wasteful nurses. I think they put on gloves to hand the kiddo a sweater. 3 boxes of gloves gone in one week of 8 hour a day nursing, no

  3. Nurse changing vent mode

    KATRN78 replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in Private Duty

    Not cool. I would ask the nurse about

  4. Tired of unpaid OT

    KATRN78 replied to Elektra6's topic in Private Duty

    Try being firm. "I have to leave at my scheduled time. If we do not start your care at X time, I will not be able to complete it and have to leave you incomplete or not done at all. Which would you...

  5. opinions please?

    KATRN78 replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    She is very indifferent. I mentioned it to agency. They stopped her shifts till she did it. I felt like a rat but it takes a village to raise a child and an

  6. Looking for a change?

    KATRN78 replied to RNDisneyMom's topic in Private Duty

    I felt this way too. I took on another case, cut hours at the old ones. Problem

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

    KATRN78 replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    My agency: each patient has a form "who may assume care of ______ if you are not present?" Then the parents write a bunch of adults over 18. Then they sign it. Agency keeps a

  8. Vent to/about my "coworker".

    KATRN78 posted a topic in Private Duty

    Dear nurse, Please stop making marks for my shift on the MAR. I drew a line through my initials, that does not give you permission to write "error, H, X, ?" or circle it. It is just not acceptable...

  9. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    KATRN78 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    Ok. I will call the news station from my ED bed too. I will give a bedside

  10. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    KATRN78 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    If I fall on an unshoveled sidewalk I am just going to lay there and call an ambulance to come pick my butt up off the ground. Then I am going to hire a lawyer from my ED bed and sue. . . Just to be...

  11. Vent to/about my "coworker".

    KATRN78 replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    I was so flipping mad, someone making marks for the shift I worked. I told the clinical manager. This nurse also was making circles for prn meds that I did not give on my shift. Mom likes to play...

  12. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    KATRN78 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    IDK, How can there be this many crazy parents? I feel like only 1 in 10 that I meet via PDN are sane. The rest are coocoocajchoo with 2 scoops of

  13. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    KATRN78 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    At another case I saw a note/ sign on the wall that said: "Many of the nurses like to keep busy by emptying the dish washer, dusting, wiping the table and counters, running the vacuum, doing any of...

  14. Roaches ON the patient

    KATRN78 replied to nekozuki's topic in Private Duty

    CPS needs to be called

  15. getting order changed

    KATRN78 replied to clearblue3's topic in Private Duty

    Is the patient aaox3? If so, and they choose to take the medication orally, themselves. "Patient reported to nurse that he/she self administered X medication orally at

  16. Online Support Groups = Trash on Nurses

    KATRN78 replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    JOB POSTING FOR MIRACLE NURSE: 7 years ago my deaf/blind son was struck by a spaceship. His head was knocked completely off but reattached by doctors. This accident made his severe congenital...

  17. Online Support Groups = Trash on Nurses

    KATRN78 replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    If I knew what forum you all were talking about here is the post I would make on there: Guide to keeping nurses/reduce nurse turn over in your home 1. Be polite, be friendly, be respectful - these...

  18. Threatened by family?

    KATRN78 replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    Fellow humans, women, nurses, ANYTIME you feel threatened with physical harm, please call the police. If someone is holding a knife and making comments to you that make you feel uncomfortable, call...

  19. opinions please?

    KATRN78 replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    It's been expired for 2

  20. Suggestions...

    KATRN78 replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    I would resign from the case. We are professionals and should demand respect. Also, I would be sly and tell Mom about a case you recently left where the parents didn't want you to do anything but sit...

  21. PDN and snow: how do they treat you?

    KATRN78 replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    One of my agencies acts annoyed when you cancel due to weather. the other one of my agencies sends repeated emails, texts and calls begging nurses to work. Once before a storm I was dropping off...

  22. Is Netflix your BFF? What do you watch?

    KATRN78 replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    Netflix: Call the Midwife, Bomb Girls, Sherlock, American Horror Story and random

  23. Help for a new private duty/HH RN. Suggestions, tips, and support all welcomed!

    KATRN78 replied to Stressismyname's topic in Private Duty

    Do you get the switch or sent to the corner when Mom disapproves of you

  24. Help for a new private duty/HH RN. Suggestions, tips, and support all welcomed!

    KATRN78 replied to Stressismyname's topic in Private Duty

    It sounds like this family does not respect you as a professional. Move

  25. Handling the "R" word

    KATRN78 replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    People first language is best: a boy with autism, a girl with downs syndrome. Etc.... Your disability is not you identity. Mental retardation is a medical diagnosis. It would be said like this: a...