Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    Libby1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Considering what's expected of nurses these days the strong and fit will be more likely to succeed. Which I think has less to do what the patient should

  2. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    Libby1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand how this happens. If a female nurse is competent and confident in her work, IOW she really knows her ****, how can some known jackass make her cry? If not give it back to him...

  3. What is this condition called in bariatric patients?

    Libby1987 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    And with

  4. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    Libby1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I was just wondering if they were openly and blatantly violating their own policy or if you guys didn't develop a relationship until later and they didn't know that you were aware of the

  5. What do I do here?

    Libby1987 replied to tcscrash's topic in General Nursing

    If they won't let you shadow another nurse, you don't have anything to feel guilty about. And if you want to stay for the experience, you can make a shadow shift a

  6. Male Nurse Interactions

    Libby1987 replied to MikeRN84's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm not a male and haven't walked in those shoes but I disagree a little. I'm a 50 yr old mom, healthy and fit *looking*, at this moment in my career I have the ideal fasade for establishing patient...

  7. Can someone with anorexia with diabetes be experiencing hypoglycemia?

    Libby1987 replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

    She's 82, do you think she would have the same hunger response of a younger adult? Also, what measure do you take, or report to the dr for parameters, when a diabetic has a decreased food

  8. Students asking for free money

    Libby1987 replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Students

    I'm not bitter. My parents had no money to send me to school but they supported me throughout including providing me with a geek mobile and and car/health insurance. They didn't plan it but they lived...

  9. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    Libby1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Were you married from the time of

  10. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    Libby1987 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I understand the insult but she gave up her NP aspirations over

  11. Male Nurse Interactions

    Libby1987 replied to MikeRN84's topic in Men in Nursing

    On the flip side I've also seen them

  12. Male Nurse Interactions

    Libby1987 replied to MikeRN84's topic in Men in Nursing

    Did you only have the one opportunity? With my first, about 11p the house supervisor (small rural hospital) rounded amd I couldn't have cared less. I did think about it for a nano second, I was he was...

  13. Legally Required?

    Libby1987 replied to sttcxbld4dys3's topic in General Nursing

    I dothink it's a good learning tool for nursing students to develop plans of care appropriate to the patient and their scope of

  14. Legally Required?

    Libby1987 replied to sttcxbld4dys3's topic in General Nursing

    We've successfully passed many state and Medicare audits without using that

  15. Students asking for free money

    Libby1987 replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Students

    Are all of the theories/stereotypes of self entitlement/narcissism/need for instant gratification for millennials without substantiation? I think so because I don't see it in my kids or their friends...

  16. African American Hair Problems in Nursing

    Libby1987 replied to desertstar6's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    We expect nothing short of

  17. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    Libby1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't worked with a lot of men but had a male worker I knew well. He was a PT. And a machine. He got up at 4:30, out the door at 5, at the gym at 6 (1 hr commute), at the office at 7, out in the...

  18. Students asking for free money

    Libby1987 replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Students

    I went to school in the 80's but don't feel entirely out of touch since I have a kid in college at the moment. I wonder what kind of money people are

  19. Students asking for free money

    Libby1987 replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Students

    With a BA and ADN and it was still another 70K just for the

  20. Students asking for free money

    Libby1987 replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Students

    I've spent some time on a horse board, gotta love the fundme to go show my horse.. I'd be

  21. Students asking for free money

    Libby1987 replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Students

    The people I would donate to wouldn't be on gofundme. I had it pretty easy, lived at home while going to an affordable state university in California, I didn't even have bad weather. But my parents...

  22. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    Libby1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting. I came up in the 80's when DOCTORS were still revered, we had to give up our seats for the MD's at the posh hospital where I started. But in recent years, drs and their staff seem...

  23. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

    Libby1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    "To that point, in 5 years of nursing, I have never once had a physician act rudely toward me in person, and only once or twice on the phone---which they apologized for right afterwards." Change the 5...

  24. LTC or home health?

    Libby1987 replied to MeganStar's topic in General Nursing

    Well I love home health. It's been a great career for me. Not all agencies are the same. I'm sure I out earn any LTC nurse in my area and I have an amazing amount of job satisfaction. I think a big...

  25. Melting down at Work

    Libby1987 replied to BlinkyPinky's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I hear you. I was a SAHM for years and had guilt goimg back to work. My SO has compensated many times and I've had to persuade him to do otherwise which went against his instincts which were clouded...