Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. I am a new grad and can't wait to get out of orientation!

    Libby1987 replied to CRC12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Confidence is not the same as knowing what you don't

  2. I got fired while being on orientation at a hospital for just 1 week. Why did this happen?

    Libby1987 replied to Strugaaa4eva's topic in General Nursing

    We don't know if the instructor truly flipped out and I might have agreed with you a year ago but I have learned to listen to my manager who performs the new hire orientation. She has predicted...

  3. I got fired while being on orientation at a hospital for just 1 week. Why did this happen?

    Libby1987 replied to Strugaaa4eva's topic in General Nursing

    Counsel her how? "Taking a 30 minute phone call during orientation isn't cool"? The mere fact that I would have to counsel an adult re a 1/2 hour phone call would enough to make me suspect of her...

  4. "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 absolutely love the way OP advocated for his wife but I also can't believe this is a topic, or rather sad that it is. I had some guilt for my breast feeding decisions (all 3 of my kids and their...

  5. My hair is dyed.. Job interview

    Libby1987 replied to mallerina87's topic in General Nursing

    I never really care for the whole "lives I've saved" spiel but I wish it was my opinion the cashier had asked for about the girl with the rainbow hair. It's not my style either but how fun and cheery...

  6. Is it safe going into RT?

    Libby1987 replied to navywife16's topic in General Nursing

    I would wait until he retires and then settle in where there's a good job market. Going to school and starting a new nursing job will be completely different under your two available options, one will...

  7. Does "BSN preferred" mean "ADNs need not apply"?

    Libby1987 replied to nursewall-e's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm curious about the freeze on BSNs as

  8. 2017 Nurse Salary

    Libby1987 replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

    I really wish posters would represent their area that someone could expect to obtain, not their special circumstances. I have an $1,100 mortgage for a newer home on horse property in California but...

  9. Going out with your co-workers (Mixing Business with pleasure)

    Libby1987 replied to Plumrose15153's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Professional? You know that other professions socialize together? Legal, Medical, LE, Fire.. Why couldn't or wouldn't nurses? It's not a gender issue, is it? Or another way to separate nursing from...

  10. Should drug diverters be prosecuted?

    Libby1987 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I think my point was in response to a PP who said no nurses anywhere can be prescribed narcotics as well as others stating concern about lack of post op narcotic pain mgmt when in fact even nurses in...

  11. New nurse missing something I should have caught

    Libby1987 replied to DLMJ's topic in General Nursing

    You're coming from wrong mindset for catching significant findings in your

  12. If you go to a hospital get ready to YELL

    Libby1987 replied to BSN16's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe he left his 83 yr old mom to advocate for herself. Seems he'd rather be right than do the right

  13. Conflicted about advancing to APN

    Libby1987 replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I can't speak to any of the fields in reference but one thing to consider in light of spending time, money and effort for the DNP and then not using it.. If you decide against using the degree, your...

  14. Narcotic Discrepancy!!

    Libby1987 replied to Gericare25's topic in General Nursing

    You put it in the drawer 16 counts ago and haven't counted it since until this last shift and it was discovered empty with another nurse? In the meantime supervisors have been counting it every shift...

  15. Should drug diverters be prosecuted?

    Libby1987 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    If they're terminated and reported to the board, does law enforcement really need to get involved? Like Happygr8ful's story, the BON is probably enough. Would the majority of these nurses be a threat...

  16. Should drug diverters be prosecuted?

    Libby1987 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't think I could ever be torn about this but now I am. Great

  17. Should drug diverters be prosecuted?

    Libby1987 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This is from from the CA Nurse Practice Act for those under a treatment plan: http://www.rn.ca.gov/pdfs/enforcement/discguide.pdf (16) ABSTAIN FROM USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC (MOOD-ALTERING) DRUGS -...

  18. Be a Real Nurse: Compassion is the Key

    Libby1987 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know. I'm not one of the called yet I've grown more satisfied with each passing year, in a field where there's a whole forum of exhausted nurses doing what I do. I don't have the answers why...

  19. Nursing @ 40

    Libby1987 replied to LeRose78's topic in General Nursing

    Speech language pathologist/speech

  20. Fair salary

    Libby1987 replied to pjsrav's topic in California Nursing

    This has been a fun read of a blossoming future and friendship

  21. Nursing @ 40

    Libby1987 replied to LeRose78's topic in General Nursing

    Though I've been a single mom, I can't advise how the juggle both. I will tell you though that I just sat with one of our SLPs who explained the huge shortage of SLPs, our neighboring county can't...

  22. Sub-acute training ending, advice needed.

    Libby1987 replied to cnisanrnnow's topic in Rehabilitation

    Do they not initially give you a reduced assignment or do you get the full load that an experienced nurse

  23. Personal Cell Phone Use

    Libby1987 replied to NJ2010RN's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Have you heard of the app HIPAA

  24. When do give up?

    Libby1987 replied to LJR89's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wouldn't leave a nursing job right away because another one came up but I would consider: 1) reducing a LTC/SNF position down to per diem for an acute care opportunity 2) I would leave a restaurant...

  25. Needing advice and guidance. I can't take noc shift!

    Libby1987 replied to MIRN923's topic in General Nursing

    I know that door sound you're talking about, awful. It's only $1,000 to leave the hosptial early? Is that a typo? If night shift is all you can get at the moment then I would try to get myself out of...