Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. Get off the phone

    Libby1987 replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    One thing, even if through gritted teeth, make it about their needs not yours. As in they need their meds or treatment for their best interest, not your schedule or just common

  2. RN forging doc's signature

    Libby1987 replied to Student Mom to Three's topic in General Nursing

    You're precepting him? He's on orientation? That's an important detail and changes your

  3. RN forging doc's signature

    Libby1987 replied to Student Mom to Three's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you should do anything unless you know whose signature he

  4. Performing Vital Signs Without a Policy

    Libby1987 replied to Riawahine's topic in General Nursing

    OP needs a policy with standard parameters, in home care we have to have them. You can't just decide off the top of your head what values without symptoms need, or don't, action on part of the...

  5. New to homecare and I need some help

    Libby1987 replied to spartan_nurse's topic in Home Health

    I stunned that you drove her. I would have been fired and who knows what else. (You're in the US?) What about a portable cylinder with a pulse dose

  6. Help! I look young!

    Libby1987 replied to hella_RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That's not what it's about. And as a newer nurse, it is a big deal when people think you're too young to be trusted, respected, taken seriously and your percieved age has an impact on some

  7. Nurses: You've Been LIED to about your Back and Body Mechanics

    Libby1987 replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't get the statement that a person can only safe 35 lbs. (I'm embarrassed if I missed an obvious explanation) Anecdotedly, I have men in my life who have been lifting much more all day in their...

  8. Interview question

    Libby1987 replied to jnurse11's topic in Home Health

    OP specifically said.. Emphasis mine. Extra time off work doesn't automatically equate And I don't why they would, as in why she should reconsider a position (and there was no mention of...

  9. patient/family challenges

    Libby1987 replied to vetnrse's topic in General Nursing

    Happy content people don't act that way, there has to be a measure of miserableness in there. All you can really do is let it slide off and be grateful that you don't live in her skin. Sucks

  10. Of your patient load..

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    When I went to school, very young, I did see myself doing the nursy thing, treatments mostly, and I didn't think of a patient type per say but I did imagine a certain environment and it didn't have...

  11. ?? HH hiring process and shady company?

    Libby1987 replied to ljapri3's topic in Home Health

    I stopped reading at doesn't pay for orientation. Who doesn't pay for

  12. Interview question

    Libby1987 replied to jnurse11's topic in Home Health

    Oh, I didn't realize you were asking for someone else. I don't know why a special needs child would need their mother to call in sick more than a regular child who doesn't have prearranged nursing...

  13. Help! I look young!

    Libby1987 replied to hella_RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Dang you guys. I was there. 22 when I graduated and no life experience to fall back on. Work on your first impression. No jokes until credibility established. Come in with confidence evoking...

  14. Interview question

    Libby1987 replied to jnurse11's topic in Home Health

    You could say that you're ready to have those skills checked off. (Although apparently some agencies are sending nurses out before checking off skills and little

  15. Sexism in nursing

    Libby1987 replied to RNGuy12's topic in Men in Nursing

    Questions for the guys, is it sexism and/or does it feel like sexism when your inherent charateristics are appreciated and asked for? Physical strength, protective instincts, stature type stuff. (If...

  16. please outline for me, a "good" home health agency

    Libby1987 replied to NurseCard's topic in Home Health

    Sometimes I will agree to see a lot of patients out of necessity as well as the boost in pay but I'm working late and the care is the same. I wonder how much working in a small community affects...

  17. Interview question

    Libby1987 replied to jnurse11's topic in Home Health

    Don't use it in the context of experience. Maybe in the context of exposure to the role of the home health nurse and how it's driven your interest in home health care. Think of it as a nurse coming...

  18. Of your patient load..

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    It's the opposite here. Most of the patients used to be in their 70s 80s and 90s, and centenarians weren't all that uncommon. Now about half of my patients are in their 50s and

  19. Of your patient load..

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the domino thing was cute. Unless they were really taking up needed

  20. first RN paycheck?

    Libby1987 replied to nauticaburt561's topic in General Nursing

    Dang, I can't remember it was so long ago. But I was young, living at home with only a car payment/insurance and it was a big jump in pay for me, especially going from part time to full time. My...

  21. Would you have called out?

    Libby1987 replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you regret missing out on so much. Organize something on your time off, go to them. Bring good stuff. Make it clear you made an effort because you miss them. And then enjoy it. * I do...

  22. Working the same unit you were once hospitalized (psych)

    Libby1987 replied to Ddestiny's topic in General Nursing

    Re OP, depression and anxiety are so common that who knows how many coworkers have been and are being treated currently, we can already can speculate a high percentage. I would think it would be a non...

  23. Would you have called out?

    Libby1987 replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    Weird that several of your coworkers said they would have called out but wouldn't help you

  24. Would you have called out?

    Libby1987 replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    Agree about any job. Did they seriously say, just don't go to work, lie about being sick? I wouldn't tell my kids to do that in their min wage jobs. Family reunions are usually a few months or more...

  25. Of your patient load..

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    That's similar to our community. The majority of my patient population is receptive to teaching. Lifestyle might have gotten them there but most IME don't blow off their end of responsibility. I...