Seeking night nurse to join #Teamellie (Edit: ANY SHIFT) UPDATE FEB. 29TH, 2018: ALL SHIFTS NEEDED! Additional hours available through the end of May beyond the schedule posted above. Seeking reliable, kind-hearted, night-owl nurses to work with our super cool (yes we're biased) almost-3-year-old. We are highly involved parents who have managed every aspect of our daughter's care for her entire life. We're looking for nurses who are ready to learn her regimen and maintain high quality care. Responsibilities include:
We are willing to provide training to nurses willing to learn. Our nurses are like family to us. We promise to treat you kindly and with respect. We also understand you probably also have a family so we try to be as flexible as possible with your scheduling needs. We will be screening candidates, but if selected you will need to coordinate employment with the agency we use. The job (our home) is in Washtenaw County, MI. Please email Courtney (Ellie's mom) at [email protected]
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Keeping Ellie's suctioning supplies clean is imperative. Without a streamlined system to keep our supplies clean and a good schedule for replacing catheters, Ellie's risk for infection would be much higher. Below I'm detailing what supplies we use, where to buy them and how to keep everything clean and rotated.
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We like to color code our jars and lids and keep them different sizes to help avoid confusion. In the heat of the moment during an emergency you want everything organized and labeled as clearly as possible. We like to use the color green for the "dirty" jars/lids and purple for "clean". By using a shorter jar for nose suction, it helps avoid confusion so you know the nose sucker always goes in the short jar.
Our goal is to change out the jars and suction catheter twice daily. Once daily is the recommendation we were trained on but you can't be too clean with this stuff! We put the jars and lids in the dishwasher when we run our dishwasher at night and we make sure to run a sanitize cycle. We let the jars and lids air dry and then store them in a clean, dry cupboard until we need them. It's good to have at least 3 sets of jars/lids to rotate, two in the dishwasher and one in use each day. |
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