ArwenEvenstar

ArwenEvenstar

med-surg, teaching, cardiac, priv. duty

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  1. Pediatric Home Care

    ArwenEvenstar replied to pldlpn's topic in Home Health

    Hi! The private duty nursing forum may be a better spot for your post. I have also been doing private duty (shift work in private homes) for 3 years now. I've had 2 cases - a ventilator dependent...

  2. Today I was "That" Aide

    ArwenEvenstar replied to VenaKavaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Pepper, I am so sorry for the bad day you had. Ya know, there is a huge difference between an honest mistake, and someone being incompetent or lazy. You sound like a great CNA that just made an...

  3. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    ArwenEvenstar replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I just discovered this thread. BrokenRNHeart, I feel your pain and totally relate. After being a hospital nurse for about 15 years I totally burned out. That was 3 years ago now. I was so burned...

  4. Private duty nurse-any with good medical insurance?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Generally speaking, agencies offer very few, if any, benefits - of any kind. So what you are finding is typical. Southern Home (ResCare) medical insurance is terrible. You have to pay a lot for it,...

  5. Private Duty Nurses...Let me know if I am insane please!!

    ArwenEvenstar replied to radrook's topic in Private Duty

    I'm a little late posting... Dang...what a frustrating private duty case! I have done private duty (RN level cases) for 3 years now. I like it. But there are issues. I feel the frustration of the...

  6. family dynamics of disabled children

    ArwenEvenstar posted a topic in Pediatric

    I posted this in the home health section, but it is also pediatric related. And I thought a pediatric nurse might get me going in the right direction. I've been doing private duty in a home caring...

  7. Pediatric HH RNs - what type of patients?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to MommyandRN's topic in Home Health

    Since you asked about duties on a night shift, I am assuming you are talking about private duty cases? I am a RN and I was on a pediatric private duty case for about 2 and 1/2 years. It was evening...

  8. Private duty nursing??

    ArwenEvenstar replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in Private Duty

    Hi! I noticed that my original post from 2005 got revived and was posted on just recently in 2007. I have been doing private duty for almost 3 years now and I feel like I have found a real nitch. I've...

  9. LTC RN supervisor job??

    ArwenEvenstar posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am interviewing for a RN supervisor position in a LTC facility. Years ago as an LPN instructor, I was in a LTC facility with my students. But I have never actually been employed at a LTC facility....

  10. How do you build up stamina for 12 hr shifts?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know...Some people may not adapt to 12 hour shifts. I never handled them well. I worked part-time hours (as a prn employee), 12 hour night shift, from 1998 to 2005. I usually did not work more...

  11. LTC RN supervisor job??

    ArwenEvenstar replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi Rizpah! Thanks for asking! It went well, and it appears that the job is mine - but I don't have an official job offer yet. The DON who was supposed to interview me was overwhelmed because DHEC was...

  12. LTC RN supervisor job??

    ArwenEvenstar replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you so much for the prompt replies!! My interview is actually tomorrow, and now I feel much more knowledgeable about what questions to

  13. What is the worst part about nursing?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    Worst part of nursing? I've been a nurse 16 years. Things have changed in those years. Patients who now end up in the hospital are much SICKER than they were years ago. (Yet the number of patients we...

  14. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    I was 18 years old when I started, and graduated at age 20 with my associate degree. Then went back for my BSN, and was 24 when I graduated with my

  15. Can a nursing student and family survive on one income?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to Sebastiansmom09's topic in General Nursing

    Hey! Just had to comment on this thread! Back in the early to mid 1990's me and my husband both made it through nursing school together with NO LOANS and living on only one part-time RN income and one...

  16. Ontario, CA student nurse video

    ArwenEvenstar replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    That video was excellent! At the linked site there is also a 30 second video of a commercial by the Ontario Nurses Association about the nursing shortage. It is an awesome ad. Makes a real impact in...

  17. What nursing shortage?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to labfreak's topic in General Nursing

    You may have to be willing to re-locate. Different parts of the USA are different in regards to nursing opportunities. Although this was 10 years ago now, my husband had just graduated from RN school...

  18. How are all other experienced nurses coping with orienting new nurses

    ArwenEvenstar replied to snowfreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Snowfreeze! I understand your concerns. I left the hospital (burned out!) about 2 and 1/2 years ago, but worked as a hospital staff nurse for about 14 years before that. In the last couple years...

  19. pediatric private duty in NH?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to susanj1213's topic in Private Duty

    Hi! I am in SC, so I can't give you any local, specific advice. But when I was looking to get into private duty (pediatric or adult) over two years ago now, I just sent my resume out to a bunch of...

  20. Thinking about PRN

    ArwenEvenstar replied to ChickDay26's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Your post attracted my attention! I worked PRN status for about 14 years! Always just at one place at a time. (At a hospital in NY state, and then in SC when we moved down here to the south.) I have...

  21. private duty peds frustrations

    ArwenEvenstar posted a topic in Private Duty

    Hi! I'll try to keep this brief as there are a lot of sides to this situation. I'm an RN and I've been on the same private duty case for over 2 years now. A ventilator dependent child. Many good...

  22. private duty peds frustrations

    ArwenEvenstar replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in Private Duty

    Hi Butterfly! I'm the original poster. Ya know, I think I am going through the exact same thing as you. To go backwards a little... There are more complex sides and issues in my private duty case than...

  23. private duty peds frustrations

    ArwenEvenstar replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in Private Duty

    WOW! Thank you everyone for the varied responses! I appreciate all of them! Heron - I particularly appreciated your honest, to the point, but balanced response! My personality type is one where I tend...

  24. Un-accessing a port-a-cath?

    ArwenEvenstar replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    All the above is correct and good, but one thing I would add to insure the safety of not obtaining a needle stick would be to use 2 sterile tongue depressors to stabilize the site as you are pulling...

  25. family dynamics of disabled children

    ArwenEvenstar replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in Pediatric

    Thanks for all the new posts! Both the personal thoughts and links/references were helpful. The one link was actually for a textbook on this issue (Families Living with Chronic Illness and...