Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. Education Conspiracy

    Libby1987 replied to Avid reader's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    About the little return value part, Medicare has recovered 10 billion since 2008 from fraud and abuse investigations and much of the heavy handed regulations are in response to fraud and abuse as well...

  2. Education Conspiracy

    Libby1987 replied to Avid reader's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Wait a second. I am so ignorant of the current educational system but the clouds might be clearing.. I thought all programs, both ADN and BSN, dedicated a full semester to pharmacology, peds, OB,...

  3. I have a real problem with ancillary staff and am at my wits end. I need help.

    Libby1987 replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    Do I come across as a cut and run

  4. I have a real problem with ancillary staff and am at my wits end. I need help.

    Libby1987 replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    Do I come across as a cut and run

  5. Do I take my first job offer?? HELP

    Libby1987 replied to RNjackie23's topic in General Nursing

    Non Bay Area of Northern California. Much more affordable than

  6. Education Conspiracy

    Libby1987 replied to Avid reader's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My perspective may be skewed because I attended and perceived a traditional BSN program as a complete (so to speak) education. I can see how an ADN would see it as an expensive unnecessary add on. I...

  7. Weight loss for nurses

    Libby1987 replied to tortillaRN17's topic in General Nursing

    H Completely agree, and will add that though it's to a lesser degree, for some a much lesser degree, it's lifelong for almost everyone. Especially once at midlife, most women cannot take weight and...

  8. I have a real problem with ancillary staff and am at my wits end. I need help.

    Libby1987 replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    I would walk up to her, look her in the eye softly but directly and ask, "Are you busy?" Yes. "When will you not be busy and able to assist with patient care?" I would expect nothing less than a...

  9. How do you feel about being a nurse?

    Libby1987 replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not even going to read your posts. You live in New Zealand and that isn't fighting

  10. Education Conspiracy

    Libby1987 replied to Avid reader's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I worked as an extern my last year of my BSN program. I came out with both a technical skill set and a very marketable degree. My ability to apply theory and enjoy promotion might have had more to do...

  11. Fau gpa

    Libby1987 replied to bluescrubs's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I guess I would assume everyone would recognize UCLA, USC, UCSF but we certainly have many schools only recognized here on the west coast. I have no idea what's fau, MDC, NOVA, FIU.. You might want to...

  12. Weight loss for nurses

    Libby1987 replied to tortillaRN17's topic in General Nursing

    I have sequential steps when starting weight loss or just improving my health in general. *First I start out not by cutting anything but by adding in the super foods..Blueberries, wild salmon,...

  13. Do I take my first job offer?? HELP

    Libby1987 replied to RNjackie23's topic in General Nursing

    The pay in NYC is $38-40. That's what you're sure you'd be offered in a new grad program in a unit you loved or that's the average starting rate in general? (BTW, we start our new grads higher than...

  14. OASIS quandry

    Libby1987 replied to bbritton_64's topic in Home Health

    She wants pointers on how to get the nurses to assess the level of assistance needed to perform that ADL safely. I don't know why you are accusing her of trying to game the system because that is...

  15. Most important thing as a student nurse.

    Libby1987 replied to Alto22's topic in General Students

    You should definitely show engagement and demonstrate your critical thinking, however again with reading the environment. Time your sharing in terms of both when and

  16. Interviewing for a job you feel underqualified for

    Libby1987 replied to Sara5229's topic in General Nursing

    You're not exactly underqualified. As a home health case manager with acute care experience, you already understand dc planning and the different levels of care. Probably should start as a case...

  17. Most important thing as a student nurse.

    Libby1987 replied to Alto22's topic in General Students

    Be teachable and know how to read and respond to the environment, everything else then falls into

  18. OASIS quandry

    Libby1987 replied to bbritton_64's topic in Home Health

    What she is saying, and if you have the experience you claim then you know what she meant, is that nurses in general struggle with separating what the patient performs out of necessity and what level...

  19. Pay sucks - Venting

    Libby1987 replied to rnbrit's topic in Home Health

    I've had an amazing career in home health, over 20 yrs from the old FFS days to the challenges in 2017. I've worked all of the aspects of it and made a good living doing something worthwhile and that...

  20. Dilemma - family as a possible patient on my unit

    Libby1987 replied to Nurseannieb's topic in General Nursing

    Think about this for perspective … I live in a rural county where there is only one small hospital, imagine how often relatives of staff are seen there. Imagine our EMTs and paramedics.....

  21. Communication Discrimination

    Libby1987 replied to WinterLilac's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I love accents and didn't realize it was so offensive to comment on or ask about

  22. Nursing Student From Hell

    Libby1987 replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking about my "senior focus" in the ED in a regional trauma center. I was mostly on the clinic side which was not what I was expecting or hoping for but one day I was brought into a trauma...

  23. Nursing Student From Hell

    Libby1987 replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    I think you have 4 more shifts with her? If so, it's not time to fail her, not yet, and she has 4 shifts left to redeem herself. One thing I've learned in my position is that if I'm going to let them...

  24. "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    Libby1987 replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    I might have missed the post but I'm pretty sure that no one said not to support mothers who choose to breastfeed. And that the post in question with the anecdotal evidence was not intended to...

  25. How do you feel about being a nurse?

    Libby1987 replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing has been very good to me and I like/love it more now than I did when I started. I have mostly remained in one field and have learned or am learning all of the aspects. I don't know that I...