Just a heads up a little
nurse talk going on here. I'll stick to PM's after this...promise!
I work as a private duty peds nurse, too. They fired the staffing specialist who dropped the ball, and I will be moving on to a new family. The kid I've been with for the past few months doesn't need me anymore. That's great for him, but sad for me. I will miss him (and his twin brother) so much! It's crazy how attached I get to my patients. I completely understand how you feel about your patient. I guess those of us who can care that much are drawn to this particular line of nursing (couldn't do this if we couldn't)!
Ya know I keep calling him child...I forget that he just turned 18! He's outlived his diseases life expectancy by 8+ years now. He's a strong little thing!
yeah my company has gone through staffing people more often...than I change a brief
but so far they've never messed up and switched me to another case. Although that might be b/c every time they get new staff they call all the nurses to introduces themselves. I take that time to make it very clear I only work for the "B's"! I've been told I've scared some of the noob's...but really sometimes you have to be assertive with "Staffing Specialists" that don't know a
thing about nursing much less staffing.
T.B. is the 2nd patient I've gotten this close to. The first was a man who became like a father to me at a time in my life when my own father and I were not close. Losing him was so devastating that I said I'd never do it again...I never expected T.B. to grab hold of my broken heart the way he did. My son was 10months old when I started with T.B. so I feel like I've raised them both...I'll be with him until the end
and then I'm done with nursing. I just don't know if I can do it anymore, my heart will be shattered when T.B. goes.
You have your hands full with your son. It's awesome that you home school him! What a gift it is to be able to do that.
It was purely out of necessity! He has Asperger's syndrome and a number of sensory issues. He went to a public kindy where the teacher threatened to call CPS on me b/c I wouldn't put him on zombie pills. But you and I both know ADHD meds do not "fix" any form of Autism. Then despite him scoring above national average on his state testing she TOLD my son he was stupid
,a trouble maker when his system got overloaded AND turned him in for sexual harassment for just touching a girl
he was 6!!! She wouldn't work with me or his OT at all. Out of the 10 children she told parents to put their kids on meds, mine was the only one NOT on meds at the end of the year. Then those kids who had been his friends turned on him b/c he wasn't "like them" anymore. I just couldn't put him through that again! We use a wonderful program called K12.com. EVERYTHING books, computer, online classes all free...otherwise I don't know if I could do it. It's been difficult for sure and I can see where the teacher was coming from...he's not a typical child, but telling my child he's stupid is grounds for me to beat your
!! I'm STILL trying to "fix" all the stuff his kindy teacher screwed up!
10+ dogs?! Ouch, no, that's too many. I wouldn't want a dog after that, either!
yeah tell me about it! I've never been a big dog fan but that seriously turned me off of ever having a dog...I'm a crazy cat lady all the way!
LOL I talk WAAAAAY to much don't I!? Well I'm a home schooling mom who doesn't get much adult conversation...I tend to go overboard when I find someone who'll listen
...right cookiebun?!
oui! and sadly this is part of why when I am done with the patient case I have now, I will most likely be getting out of nursing all together.
That's funny! ya know those plastic "cause" braclets people wear? I just got some that fit on your thumb and say something about not texting and driving...we should get some made up for not dripping & driving. yeah that would have resulting in a bunch of cursing! Did you get sick at all? I mean if it was on your clothes and thus your skin, seems like you would have soaked up a lot! I know between getting it all over my hands and swallowing some last week I made myself VERY sick! 
