Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. Picking preceptorship + indecisive (insights from PHN and med-surg nurses?)

    Libby1987 replied to hesitantstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    All nursing areas require critical thinking, you can't avoid it. Have you worked in the community setting before? Or

  2. Advocating, too much?

    Libby1987 replied to whatdayisit11to7Nrse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, it's horrible to feel badly about work performance. Some things to consider.. 1) delivery 2) bring a solution. Prepare to bring a complaint to mgmt with the issue, a solution and how it...

  3. Mentor quits meeting

    Libby1987 replied to mcnurse88's topic in General Nursing

    If you ask her, be sure to give her *permission* to tell you straight up what drove her away. Tell her you want to learn what not to

  4. Unsupported at home.

    Libby1987 replied to NewbieNurse91's topic in General Nursing

    That is so minor of an issue, and being the only specific you've provided, that I think you've lost perspective. You sound overwhelmed and on the edge and he sounds exhausted. You guys gotta figure...

  5. Unsupported at home.

    Libby1987 replied to NewbieNurse91's topic in General Nursing

    The first year is tough no doubt but imagine if the situation was reversed. I don't think I could cope with a husband who came home often crying and venting with no apparent end in sight. Well...

  6. SBAR Report-Nursing as a 2nd career worth it?

    Libby1987 replied to greenjellico's topic in General Nursing

    Your situation is screaming what to do and it's not piling on more for a job you may not be able to perform full time in the positions you can obtain as a new grad and part time positions aren't...

  7. Staff resistant to change - why?

    Libby1987 replied to Kim2020's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ^^

  8. Staff resistant to change - why?

    Libby1987 replied to Kim2020's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't care if this one is homework, the responses will benefit everyone. Here are a few causes, usually in combination, that I know to perpetuate resistance.. 1) Everyone is already at a saturation...

  9. Had a day that reminded me of why I became a nurse.

    Libby1987 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Love happy

  10. When patients keep calling 911

    Libby1987 replied to JJ the crit RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Acute care hospitals with this not uncommon behavior need to work out, if they haven't already, a legally sound protocol. You cannot decide and act as an individual staff member or even as a

  11. Why are nurse managers jerks?

    Libby1987 replied to Cola89's topic in Nurse Management

    During my career, I have alternated clinical and management roles and working both *sides* made me more understanding and tolerant of the other. I really think clinical staff would benefit from...

  12. Relocating

    Libby1987 replied to Chiparoni77's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals and healthcare systems in So

  13. New Grad Tele job no contract vs OR Fellowship 3 year contract

    Libby1987 replied to SAS2016's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!! I have Raynaud's so can really relate to the cold issue. I think I'd put foot warmers in my shoes in addition to the thermal

  14. I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

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

    That's your example of a patient who makes you feel like a drug dealer? Can you come up with someone who isn't a self mutalating young-ish girl who has destroyed her life? How do you not fall over in...

  15. so... i assisted in a code today... BUT

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

    I'm not clear how the patient actually got her med and whether you were the one who gave it. You believe that she wanted medication for constipation or she got her PRN 30 minutes late? Was it her...

  16. Suspended for a Medication Error

    Libby1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This really resonates with me, makes me tear up actually. When I made my med error, hung blood with D5W convinced that I understood the rationale and therefore didn't confirm with the P&P, I was...

  17. Calling off on two week notice?

    Libby1987 replied to Kalypso22's topic in General Nursing

    You really cannot find anyone to cover the few hours you need to make the benefit? If it were me, and this is really how I operate, I would tell them that zero coverage is available and that I need to...

  18. Relocation assistance

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the replies, they give me perspective on my compensation

  19. Is the Baby Boomer Generation not going to get good care?

    Libby1987 replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Who wants to sign up to figure how to stretch our entitlement dollars which, already at 25% of our spending, still isn't enough and will dwindle with both the uptick and the influx of utilizers. I'm...

  20. Oh no! Prohibited to Practice Letter

    Libby1987 replied to Nurse Nanobot's topic in General Nursing

    The shift is covered either way by the

  21. Is the Baby Boomer Generation not going to get good care?

    Libby1987 replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sure many more deaths are prolonged by treating UTIs, fluid overload and respiratory complications than any successful resuscitation (how often does that even happen to the chronically ill and/or...

  22. Is the Baby Boomer Generation not going to get good care?

    Libby1987 replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have informally picked by strongest child to be my advocate, I need to make it formal but her understanding is that if I can't request myself then I am a no treat, not just a

  23. Is walking away from patient care worth it?

    Libby1987 replied to thecrossfitrn's topic in General Nursing

    I left patient care for administration and love it. Difference is that I thrived and loved my patient care position as well. It put me in the position of helping a good work environment become even...

  24. IVIG home infusions - HELP! And a few other home health questions..

    Libby1987 replied to BowHunterRN's topic in Home Health

    It is not possible to learn how to practice as a home health nurse (RN job description) from a prn schedule. Nurses don't expect that for acute care positions, I don't know why it would be considered...

  25. Is the Baby Boomer Generation not going to get good care?

    Libby1987 replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I predict our society will crumble, and will have to hit the proverbial rock bottom, before we change both our attitudes towards preventive lifestyle and family responsibility. 30 years in HH, I used...