Elle23

Elle23

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  1. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    Elle23 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    I honestly do not get this. What in the world is wrong with rinsing out tupperware in the sink? Are people really so

  2. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    Elle23 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    I hope she at least tried to clean it up? I can't imagine making a mess like that and just leaving it. I about had a heart attack when I noticed ball point pen marks on the family's nice leather...

  3. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    Elle23 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    Now I would be all over that!! The family I work with doesn't drink coffee! Can you imagine?! They did, however, grant me access to their fridge full of beverages in the garage. I've always been too...

  4. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    Elle23 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    Wha....? I don't think so! What could possibly be the rationale for not allowing someone to use the

  5. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    Elle23 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    As far as the child I work for, they were expecting him to have serious neuro issues due to brain damage from an extended resuscitation in the hospital. I can say, it is a joy seeing him progress as...

  6. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    Elle23 replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Private Duty

    Well, I have only had one pdn case so far, and I am afraid it has spoiled me. I dearly love the family and the child I work for. They treat me like family and have been nothing but kind to me. And...

  7. Funniest or worst PDN notes.

    Elle23 replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    I don't document in the nurses notes every time I change a diaper. I figure that's a given when I chart urine and stool in the

  8. registering for LVN program

    Elle23 replied to Channell139's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I graduated as an LVN when I was 19 (graduated high school on Saturday and started nursing school 2 days later on Monday). I worked full time on a med/ surg floor for 2 years as an LVN before getting...

  9. Sleeping Nurse = No Agency?

    Elle23 replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

  10. Funniest or worst PDN notes.

    Elle23 replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

  11. Float Pool

    Elle23 replied to Twinmom06's topic in General Nursing

    Good grief...sorry about the typos. They need to give us more time to edit our

  12. Float Pool

    Elle23 replied to Twinmom06's topic in General Nursing

    As much as I loathed being floated out of my home unit, I know I could never do float full time. It strikes a fear and anxiety in me that I don't normally have at work. The last hospital I worked at...

  13. Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

    Elle23 replied to 002rn05's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    But the nurse didn't simply disregard the first order and externally pace the patient of his own volition. He pursued it until he found a doctor willing to write an order, exactly what should have...

  14. What do you think of 12 hour shifts?

    Elle23 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    And I live 10 minutes from my job, so I leave for work at 9:45, and I am home by

  15. What do you think of 12 hour shifts?

    Elle23 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I hate 12 hour shifts. It's one reason I left hospital nursing. They were exhausting, and I hated being away from my family for that long in one stretch. And I hated those days when I literally did...

  16. Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

    Elle23 replied to 002rn05's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I know. I misread her post the first

  17. Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

    Elle23 replied to 002rn05's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Fwiw...I agree the labs should have been drawn. I never said otherwise. I just think if I were going to use the line, it should be after contacting the physician and getting an order to do so. I...

  18. Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

    Elle23 replied to 002rn05's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Interesting... So who orders meds for a code then? Who gives orders in

  19. Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

    Elle23 replied to 002rn05's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If this were a truly emergent situation as people seem to be indicating, wouldn't a doctor be at the bedside? I worked many years in NICU and witnessed countless emergencies, and there was always a...

  20. Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

    Elle23 replied to 002rn05's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have no problem with challenging orders! I DO have a problem with nurses who said they would just go against orders and draw from the line. Or tell a nurse to go against orders if the charge nurse...

  21. Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

    Elle23 replied to 002rn05's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So how do we pick and choose which orders to follow then? I can see if there was a blatant error and the nurse didn't catch it (physician miscalculated a dose, etc). I doubt the order in the OP was...

  22. Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

    Elle23 replied to 002rn05's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Having a doctor's order stating NOT to do it seems to me a pretty compelling reason not to do it. Sorry, but "my charge nurse told me to" is not going to hold up in front of the BON should any...

  23. Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

    Elle23 replied to 002rn05's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am honestly floored that so many who repsonded wouldn't think twice about disregarding a doctor's order AND hospital protocol. You can go to any BON site and find nurses who have been reported for...

  24. What do you like least/most about private duty?

    Elle23 replied to aachavez's topic in Private Duty

    I am relatively new to private duty, but here are some of my likes/dislikes so far: Likes: 1. I am totally old school and dearly love that we do paper charting. It is so easy and so simple. Computer...

  25. Is 21$ an hour for new grad (ADN), home health too low?

    Elle23 replied to hnammahp1990's topic in Private Duty

    I make 28-29 per hour with 20 years experience, so I don't guess 21 would be unreasonable for a new grad. Of course, that depends on where you live also. I am in