LibraNurse27

LibraNurse27 BSN, RN

Community Health, Med/Surg, ICU Stepdown

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  1. I don’t know what to do

    LibraNurse27 replied to Adelaf02's topic in General Nursing

    If the main issue is the type of patients isn't what you expected, I think it makes sense to stay. If the issue is terrible/unsafe staffing and all that comes with that I would look for other jobs. I...

  2. How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    LibraNurse27 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Talking about obsessively looking at pictures of your ex and his wife and baby made me think of the movie Fatal Attraction. That movie scared me SO bad for some reason. Once when I kept looking at...

  3. Improved Trauma/Code Response

    LibraNurse27 replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, not paging overhead sounds brilliant! I worked at a small community hospital, and as others mentioned they overhead paged codes and not only the code team but a million others would run. People...

  4. Are you exhausted?

    LibraNurse27 replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    I also moved to surgical services (outpatient PACU.) I'm slowly feeling better, but I often think of my covid patients and their families in quiet moments like driving/hiking. Today I was in SF hiking...

  5. It’s been 3 years since I graduated and don’t have bedside experience.

    LibraNurse27 replied to Streetnurse42's topic in General Nursing

    I did it for five years. I think I felt the peer pressure and that I wouldn't be a "real nurse" if I didn't get hospital experience. I did learn a lot and I'm grateful for the experience but it...

  6. It’s been 3 years since I graduated and don’t have bedside experience.

    LibraNurse27 replied to Streetnurse42's topic in General Nursing

    I would think about what you like about community health and what you don't, and why you think you might want a change. Think about what interests you about hospital nursing but also the challenges....

  7. I'm a Monkey...

    LibraNurse27 replied to Merrie82's topic in General Nursing

    Are there any openings on days? Maybe a long shot I know, but somehow our unit had more people wanting PM and night because day was so busy and less pay. Worth a

  8. My Experience of Trans Ideology and Nursing

    LibraNurse27 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Btw, manic crazy people are often very intelligent. Maybe not emotionally stable, I'll give you that! But intelligent and creative, definitely! People with bipolar disorder have made innumerable...

  9. Are you exhausted?

    LibraNurse27 replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't know how exhausted I was until I got a new job. I was in an ICU Stepdown covid unit for 10 months, and agree with everything you said. Our Stepdown patients were pretty much ICU pts because...

  10. Yale Nurse Replaces Fentanyl Vials with Saline

    LibraNurse27 replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    Yes, the wasting is stressful. If you're busy and forget to waste and no one wants to sign with you because you can't show them the drugs, you're screwed. What happens is people just sign for each...

  11. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    LibraNurse27 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the info! This thread has gone in a lot of cool directions. I've learned about different styles of homes/dwellings, real estate in different states, cost of living, etc... pretty

  12. allnurses bleed

    LibraNurse27 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Meet up sounds fun LOL and @JBMmom why do you say you're not a great friend in person? You seem cool to me, and give good advice! I know virtual is different than in person. I feel I'm pretty much the...

  13. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    LibraNurse27 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Thanks for the info. And that is cool that you lived on a

  14. My Experience of Trans Ideology and Nursing

    LibraNurse27 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Trans people have been around forever. It's not a new, liberal construct. There is documentation of trans people in ancient civilizations, Native American tribes, and many other cultures. It wasn't...

  15. Yale Nurse Replaces Fentanyl Vials with Saline

    LibraNurse27 replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    One more thing! I would only have compassion for someone harming someone else if they were in the midst of a true psychotic episode and out of touch with reality, like when a schizophrenic with active...

  16. Yale Nurse Replaces Fentanyl Vials with Saline

    LibraNurse27 replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    I have a pretty good amount of compassion for addicts after working with this pt population for 7 years. But from what I saw these patients mostly hurt themselves (and estranged themselves from...

  17. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    LibraNurse27 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Can anyone explain what people have against mobile homes? There are some cute ones in super nice areas that I could never afford otherwise but everyone advises me against it. Is it because you don't...

  18. I'm a sexless nurse, part 2

    LibraNurse27 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    hahahaha!!

  19. Staying Honest...?

    LibraNurse27 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I follow an account on Instagram called nurselifern, and they recently did a poll about how many nurses have made an error (almost all!), and then out of those how many reported. I was...

  20. Day orientation... Yay! Night orientation...not so much

    LibraNurse27 replied to Merrie82's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! Lack of sleep and even sleeping enough but getting poor quality sleep due to messing with your circadian rhythms, plus the inability to have a stable routine messes you up at work. I could feel...

  21. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    LibraNurse27 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I love this so much!! A great reminder to keep things in perspective. Here I am complaining about not being able to afford a nice home in one of the most expensive areas in the WORLD, while all around...

  22. Buying a House on a Nurse's Income: How Do Nurses Afford $450,000+ Houses?

    LibraNurse27 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I did not know that about UK nurses! I think there are some areas here that pay that poorly for nurses (when I traveled to Arkansas I made $19/hr!!) but it is not the norm. What a way to treat...

  23. I'm a sexless nurse, part 2

    LibraNurse27 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    The same gender care roles I think it goes both ways. I've asked male coworkers to cath male patients because I could tell they were uncomfortable. In the PACU some men want a male to assist them...

  24. I'm a sexless nurse, part 2

    LibraNurse27 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    LOL I'm not sure how the topic relates to being woke or not either! Maybe he is saying that people in the US who think they are "woke" wouldn't want to respect a patient's preference for the gender of...

  25. I'm a sexless nurse, part 2

    LibraNurse27 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I think I'm a "big city nurse with woke values" but I still don't want a guy to put a catheter in me! LOL I think it all just depends on the patient's comfort, but it's nice when male nurses...