LibraSunCNM BSN, MSN, CNM

LibraSunCNM has 17 years experience as a BSN, MSN, CNM and specializes in OB.

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   Healthcare in Mexico

   LibraSunCNM replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry your ex is going through that. I agree our system is ridiculously complicated and expensive! I feel like we need to totally wipe the slate clean and start from scratch with healthcare in the...
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   Revisiting The Lucy Letby case - what if she was innocent?

   LibraSunCNM replied to mtmkjr's topic in General Nursing

   I read this yesterday! I actually wasn't familiar with the case at all, but finished the article totally horrified. It really does seem totally trumped-up and that she just happened to work a lot of...
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   Tips for finding preceptor

   LibraSunCNM replied to Emily Morgan's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

   Sorry you're dealing with that stress. Frontier is a wonderful program didactically, but I just can't get past the whole setup where students find their own
4. 

   Tips for finding preceptor

   LibraSunCNM replied to Emily Morgan's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

   Have you tried the birth center?
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   Novel Idea for Administrators

   LibraSunCNM replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   I've always felt that the lesser the acuity/adrenaline level of a specialty (on paper--obviously we know med/surg patients can be VERY sick), the less the respect. LTCs are even worse. Vent away,...
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   Is this New Grad Residency Program...normal?

   LibraSunCNM replied to NewGradNurze's topic in Nurse Residency Programs

   Right, but how does it actually HELP the hospital? I just don't get the point of the entire
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   Is this New Grad Residency Program...normal?

   LibraSunCNM replied to NewGradNurze's topic in Nurse Residency Programs

   That's so bizarre. What is supposed to be the benefit of rotating from days to nights q3months? I can't believe in this day and age ANYONE is still mandating rotating shifts, with as much research...
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   Nurse coworker won't help with patient care

   LibraSunCNM replied to thenursebabe25's topic in General Nursing

   Few people enjoy confrontation. But the situation you're describing truly cannot be managed in a healthy, mature way if it doesn't start with you having what we call at my job a "courageous...
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   Is it true that unionized nurses in NYC don't do lab draws, catheters, EKGs, etc.?

   LibraSunCNM replied to Ramona Abramov's topic in General Nursing

   Unless things have changed wildly in the last few years since I moved--no, that is not correct at all. I worked at an NYC hospital where the nurses were unionized and they did all of those
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    Proper MD orders

    LibraSunCNM replied to quickkarma's topic in General Nursing

    All of this! My mind is blown that your institution operates like this, but at the same time I've witnessed enough different unit/hospital "cultures" to believe it's possible. The bottom line is...
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    Anti Vaxxer I Knew Became A Nurse

    LibraSunCNM replied to RitzyCinnamonRoll's topic in General Nursing

    Same, I know plenty of nurses who are anti-vax. The science courses in nursing programs typically aren't overly rigorous, IMO. It shouldn't be a thing but it
12. 

    CNM or WHNP?

    LibraSunCNM replied to Jordan1927's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I'm a CNM and also recommend going that route. Plenty of CNMs only do outpatient care, but if you do decide you want to attend births, you
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    Should Male Nurse Work In L&D?

    LibraSunCNM replied to Apotheosis's topic in General Nursing

    Strongly agree. The number of males entering OB/GYN has dropped dramatically. Every year at the large academic medical center with which my birth center is affiliated, the new class of residents...
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    2 Nurse Skin ✔ q Shift ❓

    LibraSunCNM replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Not to derail, but--what?!? What is this device that can thermally scan for hidden skin
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    LibraSunCNM replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Thus far those do seem to be the main arguments against a system like that, spurred on by an excellent system of fear-mongering propaganda from the right