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    Virtual/Hallway patient

    LibraSunCNM replied to Ra3liana's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes! That poor patient. I've never worked at a facility where hallway beds on regular units were common but it sounds like your leadership sucks if they prioritized a complainer over the first...
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    Elizabeth Warren says doctors, nurses don't treat black women same way as other women

    LibraSunCNM replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nursing News

    Actually we can say that. This isn't just about 'MDs not spending enough time with them.' The literature backs up the claims that people of color have worse outcomes because of systemic
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    Ask Me If I'm Safe At Home

    LibraSunCNM replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    That's so funny, because I didn't even realize we had worded it differently. Looking back, of course you're right. I can't remember exactly when I started asking it (I think one of my preceptors in...
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    CNM Job Prospects?

    LibraSunCNM replied to James75's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Or six months, like my first job---true story. Agree with the previous poster that there are lots of jobs out there, you just might have to relocate if they're not in your
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    Transgender man has stillbirth

    LibraSunCNM replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    What a cool little graphic!
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    Ask Me If I'm Safe At Home

    LibraSunCNM replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sad for what you've gone through but happy to hear you're in a better place. "Do you feel safe at home?" has always been my standard entry into domestic violence screening---glad you feel...
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    Transgender man has stillbirth

    LibraSunCNM replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    A transgender man = a person who was born biologically female and identifies as male. Not everyone who identifies as transgender has had gender reassignment surgery, so yes--a trans man could still...
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    In a perfect world, how would YOU like to see nursing education improved?

    LibraSunCNM replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in General Nursing

    Your points are well-taken and I agree with them. I can't say I've ever witnessed anti-bedside sentiment and/or implying those who stay at the bedside are anti-education, on this site or IRL, but I...
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    In a perfect world, how would YOU like to see nursing education improved?

    LibraSunCNM replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am not hating on nursing tasks. I simply believe that nursing is about more than that, and in fact it's about more than bedside nursing in acute care hospitals. As insurance reimbursements drop,...
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    In a perfect world, how would YOU like to see nursing education improved?

    LibraSunCNM replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everything you're saying. I guess I just don't think that it has to be either/or---making nursing programs focus solely on clinical skills/tasks vs. completely disregarding them and...
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    The Nursing School to Welfare Pipeline

    LibraSunCNM replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    Really? You don't blame "schools" that deliberately lie about their credentials, their graduates' NCLEX pass rates and ability to get hired after graduation, and who prey on immigrants and other...
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    In a perfect world, how would YOU like to see nursing education improved?

    LibraSunCNM replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's awesome. My aunt is a graduate of St. Vincent's in NYC, one of the most well-known diploma programs of the past (not least because of their unique, ultra-Flying-Nun-eque caps!) and had an...
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    In a perfect world, how would YOU like to see nursing education improved?

    LibraSunCNM replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in General Nursing

    As I said---there are certainly problems with it. But I also bristle when people refer to educational pre-requisites in any type of liberal arts as
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    In a perfect world, how would YOU like to see nursing education improved?

    LibraSunCNM replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in General Nursing

    That is for sure a problem. I completely agree that more clinical time is vital to improving nursing education. But rotations in community health, being able to read and critically appraise...
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    In a perfect world, how would YOU like to see nursing education improved?

    LibraSunCNM replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I hate when these nursing education debates become so stringently anti-ANYTHING remotely intellectual. Nursing is more than just a series of tasks that need to be mastered! Yes, the...
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    Home Genetic Testing - Should You?

    LibraSunCNM replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I personally wouldn't do the genetic testing for medical disorders because I doubt it would be beneficial for me in the long run. I've done an Ancestry.com DNA kit and it's been fascinating---the...
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    Those students that really get to you

    LibraSunCNM replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Sweet baby (and sweet nurse for caring about him)! What a great reminder about how lucky some of us (and our kids) have it. I currently live in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. The public school...
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    Nursing management necessary?

    LibraSunCNM replied to Sarah2018's topic in General Nursing

    Not to hijack this thread, but this made me LOL so hard! Just the idea that we thought there was an actual chance that the world might end and that alone was the driving factor to finally get the...
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    Kudos/Patient Compliments

    LibraSunCNM replied to Nnurse3030's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a nurse coworker who was constantly mentioned in patient questionnaires. Another coworker finally overheard her interacting with patients and it turned out, she was asking them to mention her...
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    How do you handle touchy/feely coworkers?

    LibraSunCNM replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Totally understandable. And to be clear, I wasn't implying it is OK for people to just assume you're ok with them touching you without your consent---that's annoying AF. I think people just don't...
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    How do you handle touchy/feely coworkers?

    LibraSunCNM replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Why in the world can't you say that you don't like being touched? There's nothing weird about that. You don't have to scream at her or anything, just a simple, "I don't really like being
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    Happy School Nurses Day!

    LibraSunCNM replied to traumaRUs's topic in School

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for all you school nurses do for your kiddos, day in and day out! I'm a frequent lurker here because ya'lls posts are hilarious and thought-provoking. As a parent of...
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    Patients Say the Darnedest Things Nurses Week Contest

    LibraSunCNM replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    ???
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    Bloody Urine in Foley Catheter Postpartum?

    LibraSunCNM replied to Hope888's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That is so bizarre and
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    Denver Weatherman Loses Job over Twitter Remarks about Nurses:

    LibraSunCNM replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    Beautifully stated. Inquiring minds want to know---what the heck is a workup for failure to thrive in an