LibraNurse27

LibraNurse27 BSN, RN

Community Health, Med/Surg, ICU Stepdown

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  1. Does Nursing Cause Weight Gain?

    LibraNurse27 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    While I feel nursing has drastically affected my mental health, it never caused me to gain weight. I ate lot of candy, chips, and other processed junk due to being busy and stressed. I have cut those...

  2. So Happy To Be Out Of Nursing

    LibraNurse27 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Yes @Davey Do definitely publish your time travel story! I woke up thinking about my sweet patient who coded in IR while having a PEG placed that no doctors thought was a good idea due to her stage 4...

  3. So Happy To Be Out Of Nursing

    LibraNurse27 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    @Davey Do nursing definitely helps with humility! Nothing like having people’s lives in your hands to (hopefully) keep you from being over

  4. So Happy To Be Out Of Nursing

    LibraNurse27 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I am so happy for you and simultaneously so jealous ? I'm on medical leave but have to go back to nursing in November. I was only 18 when I started school and had no idea the true responsibilities of...

  5. Were you a bully in high school?

    LibraNurse27 replied to Koalified's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I definitely felt this pressure in nursing and often wished I worked in a lower stakes setting. I agree with the poster who said there are also a lot of bullies in law enforcement, and that has...

  6. Is Anonymity Important to You?

    LibraNurse27 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care about being anonymous but I could see why people would. I think it's good that it's an option, especially since the site has moderators that can shut down any "keyboard warriors" who like...

  7. Anyone taken a pay cut for sanity?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you can find the courage to do so! But since interacting with people is part of the disorder I can see why it would be really hard. In my experience being open with people has always turned out...

  8. Fear of Floating | Life of a Nurse

    LibraNurse27 replied to JeanstarMSN's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder what causes people to treat float staff poorly. I don't see the incentive. Shouldn't we be happy to have more staff? I don't get it. Then no one will want to work on your unit and you'll be...

  9. Full time to PRN?

    LibraNurse27 replied to SimpliFutureCNM's topic in General Nursing

    When I've had interviews they didn't usually ask if I worked full time, part time, or per diem, and if they did it didn't seem to matter. What matters more is showing consistency and not too much job...

  10. Assigning Admissions Among Nursing Staff

    LibraNurse27 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    hahaha OMG I can so

  11. Tobacco free environment and testing for nicotine. Lawful? Thoughts?

    LibraNurse27 replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    hahaha OMG! I think that would weed out too many potential

  12. Anyone taken a pay cut for sanity?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    @VivaLasViejas Ah that is terrible, I’m sorry your managers were not more compassionate. I did disclose at my 2 previous jobs and it went OK, except that my hospital manager always said she was...

  13. First Big Error - Advice Needed

    LibraNurse27 replied to NewRNontheBlock21's topic in General Nursing

    Sure it's not perfect that you missed a scheduled blood sugar check, but if your pt was alert and talking he was not symptomatically or dangerously hypoglycemic. Someone will have symptoms before they...

  14. Anyone taken a pay cut for sanity?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! That is very encouraging as mental illness is often not looked at as equal to having a physical

  15. Finally Left Nursing!

    LibraNurse27 replied to McStudMuffin's topic in General Nursing

    OMG! I am laughing trying to imagine myself as a prison guard. Things would be out of control pretty

  16. Wake Up! It's Your Day Off.

    LibraNurse27 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    wow! 12 shifts in a row sounds soooo tough! I'm glad you're not doing that

  17. Anyone taken a pay cut for sanity?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious too! I know here in the Bay Area hospital leadership makes a lot. At the county hospital salaries are public, so one day when he was mad at our manager my coworker looked up her salary and...

  18. Anyone taken a pay cut for sanity?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I ended up resigning from my high paying job. Here in the Bay Area salaries range anywhere from $60,000 to over $200,000 for RNs and I was close to the high end for the first time in my life....

  19. Health literacy question

    LibraNurse27 replied to Nueticles's topic in General Nursing

    P.S. I never judge because I've done a lot of silly things! Just recently I had to start taking iron, and I bought one that said 47mg but didn't realize elemental iron is different than ferrous...

  20. Health literacy question

    LibraNurse27 replied to Nueticles's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient who was taking the lady partsl cream prescribed orally. We only realized because she called the clinic to complain that it tasted bad. Poor thing! An instructor in nursing school told...

  21. Wake Up! It's Your Day Off.

    LibraNurse27 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Does that mean 12 shifts in a

  22. Hoping They're Not the Last Words

    LibraNurse27 replied to JBMmom's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree! There have been a lot of articles written about how healthcare workers are experiencing the pandemic, but few from the perspective of an actual covid nurse. Nurses have been interviewed and...

  23. Return to work advice

    LibraNurse27 replied to Alararn89's topic in General Nursing

    Would you be interested in school nursing? From what I've seen it doesn't pay as well as the hospital but usually has benefits, and same schedule as your kids. Just a

  24. Anyone taken a pay cut for sanity?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! That’s

  25. Anyone taken a pay cut for sanity?

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Good advice! I think there can definitely be pressure to work somewhere "impressive" in terms of specialty and pay, company, etc. so that is a good