LibraNurse27

LibraNurse27 BSN, RN

Community Health, Med/Surg, ICU Stepdown

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  1. Nurses That Never Worked In A Hospital...

    LibraNurse27 replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed! Unless there is some new definition of magical that means exhausting, disheartening and frustrating Or, hospitals can magically make every day the worst day of your life ? OK that was a...

  2. MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    LibraNurse27 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    That is not what people are doing. Many have made the distinction that in this case the person murdered by a police officer was committing a crime. They also pointed out that if she had been a young...

  3. Nurses That Never Worked In A Hospital...

    LibraNurse27 replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    Outside of nursing people don't really care what kind of nurse you are or judge you about it. Within the nursing community I think there is sometimes a glamorization of critical care/ER/trauma. I...

  4. MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    LibraNurse27 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I have been reading more about the Ma'Khia Bryant situation, and found that maybe I myself have some biases to work on. I previously stated that maybe she had to be shot because she was threatening...

  5. Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    LibraNurse27 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I used to do CIWA almost every day. But in our protocol we could give Ativan once an hour. Some really out of control pts were on a different scale called RASS (Richmond agitation and sedation score)...

  6. How do you guys do it for so long?

    LibraNurse27 replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    LOL exactly! I DO enjoy walks with friends, but at the time it wasn't possible and felt like tone deaf advice. All of the self care advice they gave was valid, but it just made me more frustrated that...

  7. Taking a break? How long until you came back?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    That makes sense. Other than initiating conversations with my partner who is black, I wait for my friends of color to bring up race and injustice, in case they don't feel like talking about it. They...

  8. How do you guys do it for so long?

    LibraNurse27 replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. If you can learn how to do coding (computer codes, not code blue!) you can be rich here without any college

  9. NURSING IS A TOXIC CAREER!

    LibraNurse27 replied to QualityRN's topic in General Nursing

    The fact that fear of bankruptcy if we experience a medical emergency keeps us in jobs we don’t like is crazy. The jobs probably make us need the health insurance more because of the toll they take...

  10. Taking a break? How long until you came back?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Last year during covid a parent organized a trick or treat in the backyard of our apartment complex so we could put candy in plastic bags and they could walk around outside (6 ft apart in masks) and...

  11. How do you guys do it for so long?

    LibraNurse27 replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Of course! Plus at home pedicures, yoga at the beach, learning to cook new healthy meals, and going for walks with friends. If by that they meant eating lots of UberEats, watching Tiger King and...

  12. How do you guys do it for so long?

    LibraNurse27 replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Oops I just realized I meant to say @Wuzzie you and @Sour Lemon both make such good posts I confused you! In my defense ir was late at night

  13. How do you guys do it for so long?

    LibraNurse27 replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Are you working in Pediatrics? If you love working with kids there are jobs in the inpatient and outpatient settings. Inpatient Peds/PICU/NICU can be super stressful, but what about outpatient Peds? I...

  14. When You Hear Hoofbeats

    LibraNurse27 replied to Dr Georgianna Donadio's topic in General Nursing

    Me too! Just not me, I'm lazy! @Daisy4RN sorry to hear that your doctor didn't order imaging before referring to PT = / The orthopedic docs I work with would not be happy! PT can be wonderful for many...

  15. Taking a break? How long until you came back?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Cool! And yes, scrubs are wonderful! And I agree at Halloween it's always tough to decide between the sexy/slutty route or scary, or funny, etc. Mostly I just get overwhelmed, stay home in sweats and...

  16. Taking a break? How long until you came back?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still unsure if @Gillyboo is male or female? Or non binary or another identity? was the picture of you? or your wife? If you don't want to clarify it's OK, just curious! I thought I was kind of...

  17. MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    LibraNurse27 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, from the video that looked like a tough situation, because another person's danger was imminently in danger by the girl who was shot. It is sad when you find out the girl's difficult back story,...

  18. MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    LibraNurse27 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    One more thing: What do you think would have happened if hundreds of armed BLACK men had stormed our capitol and attacked capitol police, threatened to murder federal employees, and actually did...

  19. Taking a break? How long until you came back?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    LOL me too but I was scared to say that. I don't mind being hit on by straight men as long as they are not sleazy or aggressive, and as long as they don't react poorly to being rejected. Usually they...

  20. MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    LibraNurse27 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. Wealthy white men can steal/lose billions of dollars of other people's money and rarely (not never, rarely!) face consequences. Black men can try to steal $20 worth of cigarettes and end up...

  21. Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    LibraNurse27 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Wish I knew this during my 3 years taking care of these pts every other day, I would have called you! I was always scared about how violent they could get and scared they would have a seizure. =

  22. Taking a break? How long until you came back?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Good point! That is very encouraging. I am also gay and for some reason the homophobic posts don't bother me as much as the racist ones, maybe because I feel like I can defend myself. Since I am white...

  23. MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    LibraNurse27 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    That's true! That's how I always get sucked back in. I haven't found any success changing people's viewpoints online, but I think it is worth it to try and to stand up. I have had success with in...

  24. Taking a break? How long until you came back?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I just stopped looking at threads about politics and posts by those who seem to have psych issues but don't want to receive treatment. I still really enjoy the other threads, and appreciate...

  25. MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    LibraNurse27 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed! But I will also leave the thread. Arguing on the internet will change anyone's mind, and makes me feel frustrated. In another thread someone pointed out that there are better ways to support...