LibraSunCNM BSN, MSN, CNM

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    What is something you never thought you'd have to say to a coworker?

    LibraSunCNM replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    My only experience with the exception to this med administration rule was also with methadone! Had a guy on med/surg once who needed something like 20x a "normal" dose. Crawling the walls until he...
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    I Hope Some Of Your Days Are Still Worth It

    LibraSunCNM replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    What a lovely thing to say, assuming it wasn't done in a manipulative, staff-splitting kind of way--"You have a light around you." I'm glad you got the validation you need to keep going--given what...
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    Era Gone By: 'Take 16 mils of Brandy Each Morning and Evening' - A Look into Prescribing Alcohol in the Early 1900s

    LibraSunCNM replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    Thalidomide, rendering women unconscious during labor, routine episiotomy, routine use of forceps, routine enemas in labor, routine shaving of pubic hair in labor, painting the perineum with betadine...
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    Era Gone By: 'Take 16 mils of Brandy Each Morning and Evening' - A Look into Prescribing Alcohol in the Early 1900s

    LibraSunCNM replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    ...and all the delightful birth defects that may have ensued (sorry, don't mean to bring the mood down!) OB pretty much takes the cake for the amount of treatments and interventions routinely used...
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    Era Gone By: 'Take 16 mils of Brandy Each Morning and Evening' - A Look into Prescribing Alcohol in the Early 1900s

    LibraSunCNM replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, IV works quicker
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    Era Gone By: 'Take 16 mils of Brandy Each Morning and Evening' - A Look into Prescribing Alcohol in the Early 1900s

    LibraSunCNM replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    This was before my time in OB, but IV alcohol used to be given to pregnant women stop preterm labor
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    What is something you never thought you'd have to say to a coworker?

    LibraSunCNM replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    That ginger ale counts as a "clear liquid." Apparently she thought a clear liquid diet comprised only water and ice? Our conversation about this sounded like an Abbott and Costello
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    Are you a Nurse just for the money or do you do it from your heart?

    LibraSunCNM replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I'm floored that in the middle of the dumpster fire that has been the last 2 years, someone has the time and/or emotional capacity to bother to care why others became a nurse. It's possible to be a...
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    ...Was I being insensitive??

    LibraSunCNM replied to Delia37's topic in General Nursing

    No, you acted appropriately IMO. There's nothing you can do about the fact that you work on a COVID unit and they gave you a nurse who doesn't want to work with COVID patients, other than what you...
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    Travel RN to New FNP - Is it worth it?

    LibraSunCNM replied to SublimeEMTP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sigh. When did I ever say an NP was interchangeable with a surgeon? You criticized a poster for saying they were interchangeable with an MD *at their particular practice*, and I gave examples of how...
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    Travel RN to New FNP - Is it worth it?

    LibraSunCNM replied to SublimeEMTP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No, I was just giving one example of how *scopes* could be the same for an NP and an
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    Travel RN to New FNP - Is it worth it?

    LibraSunCNM replied to SublimeEMTP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You're free to feel however you want about NPs, obviously, but I think you misunderstood that post. They were saying in *their* particular job, their scope is that of an MD--meaning in their...
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    Frontier doesn't take NY applicants for CNM!?

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

    Well that's a tough one! Isn't Stonybrook University mostly
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    Frontier doesn't take NY applicants for CNM!?

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

    Those two don't accept NY students? Or am I misunderstanding you? I know almost nothing about TJU except that it's one of the few places that offer a program to become a
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    Frontier doesn't take NY applicants for CNM!?

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

    Wow, I hadn't heard that about Frontier and NY state. Two other programs that come to mind that are mostly distance and somewhat more affordable than something like Georgetown, are the University of...
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    Travel RN to New FNP - Is it worth it?

    LibraSunCNM replied to SublimeEMTP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Interesting that you are choosing to peruse and contribute to an NP forum,
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    RN Claims to Be An LPN To Avoid Certain Tasks

    LibraSunCNM replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Understatement of the year ? @SilverBells, good
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    Does Joint Commission have any credibility left in 2022?

    LibraSunCNM replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    If someone asked me that, I literally don't think I would be able to stop myself from looking at them quizzically and saying "I wouldn't give a flying ****" What a ridiculous and illogical notion, to...
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    Possible HIPAA issue?

    LibraSunCNM replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I feel like that is not uncommon--a doctor's spouse getting involved in the practice even though they have no real role there. I've never worked in a small private practice like that so I have no...
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    Dirty Needle Stick (PTSD)

    LibraSunCNM replied to NYCNative21's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I'm floored this was even allowed up. Sorry for your situation, but surely you understand we can't diagnose you on the
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    Possible HIPAA issue?

    LibraSunCNM replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    How exactly are you emailing the coworkers? Through a work email account that's encrypted/privacy-protected in any way? Is there a way you can send messages to everyone through the client's chart in...
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    How to handle difficult co workers when you're the new kid on the block?

    LibraSunCNM replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you found someone trustworthy to confide in and ask for help, and that their feedback was positive and affirming. I'm sure that was a relief given the behavior you've had to deal with! It...
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    When the Nurse Becomes the Patient: What I Learned Sitting on the Other Side of the Triage Desk

    LibraSunCNM replied to echmorrill's topic in General Nursing

    Love your story. I've never worked ED, but it is definitely hard to turn off your "nurse" brain and just be "mom." I think it's a fine line between wanting to be a "good patient" and advocating for...
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    Switching from nurse to daycare teacher??

    LibraSunCNM replied to NursePoopyPants's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with giving school nursing a look, even if it seems like you wouldn't have a shot due to lack of experience. I'd also look into private nanny jobs as opposed to working at a daycare--in my...
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    Are there any travel nurse jobs for Unvaccinated Nurses?

    LibraSunCNM replied to Heart Attack Zack's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ah, gotcha. So one dose split into 4 pokes. Very