Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. The "Fat" Deception

    Libby1987 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    The hidden research was exposed years ago, and not received well. Gary Taubes received a media beating and was ridiculed due to permeated politics despite having the real research. It has been so...

  2. Forced to resign after 7 weeks

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

    I can't imagine how hard it would be to start out in acute care today, I was fortunate to have graduated in a much different climate. In my area of nursing it is evident that school prep doesn't...

  3. HH or Home Hospice? Which one??

    Libby1987 replied to mb55's topic in Home Health

    The sheer volume of non intuitive bureaucratic info you have to learn and assimilate as well as learn how to logistically schedule and then make changes on the fly without getting rattled make the...

  4. Denied PTO for my marriage

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

    Going hard against the grain here, a wedding in its planning infancy is just a fancy future party at this point. You can throw a dart at the calendar and many dates would work. If your first...

  5. The "Fat" Deception

    Libby1987 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    This should be old news, especially on a forum such as this. My experience? Great health and weight on a high fat low carb diet, clean eating of course. That's the bonus, the diet naturally cleans up...

  6. New Grad as a Assessment Nurse? Need advice

    Libby1987 replied to EvaMilly87's topic in Home Health

    Is this the only home health job you've pursued? If not, look for a larger organization with more educational resources and stronger orientation program. The above scenario is reprehensible, we give...

  7. New Grad as a Assessment Nurse? Need advice

    Libby1987 replied to EvaMilly87's topic in Home Health

    In California nurses are required to have a minimum of 12 months working in their licensed capacity before working in home health care. To get around that an employer has to apply for a waiver with...

  8. Roxanol and the dying hospice pt in a LTC Facility

    Libby1987 replied to chrisann86's topic in General Nursing

    Did you give any roxanol at all during your shift? What about the preceding shifts, any given then and how

  9. Don't be an Autobot

    Libby1987 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Our patients are surveyed, from a different entity contracted by Medicare but with same type of questions. Regardless of staffing, it has been evident that those care issues, both a focus in the...

  10. The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    Libby1987 replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    After reading this, and now I see the post just above this one, I cannot possibly list my worst

  11. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    Libby1987 replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    I made 104K/yr for years in an affordable part of California. 3 BD/2BR newer home in safe area rents for $1,300. Mon-Fri (though potentially a weekend/month that rarely was required). No OT. Flex...

  12. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    Libby1987 replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    Where are you located OP and what area of

  13. Can nurses do more for patients coming from ECFs with stage III pressure ulcers?

    Libby1987 replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    In the U.S., is reimbursement tiered in ECFs/SNFs? To pay for increased staffing? I'm thinking not as in my experience requests to place total care patients are much tougher than those with higher...

  14. Chinese births in U.S. hospitals?

    Libby1987 replied to Plumrose15153's topic in General Nursing

    I'm trying to figure how this could bother me and other than being paranoid into thinking they're trying to build a covert military I can't think of anything. The US has way more problems and expense...

  15. My Rude Awakening!!

    Libby1987 replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    Not defending in any sort of way but I imagine this group of CNAs have seen many nurses come and go, even if they were great coworkers most of the nurses are likely temporary trying to gain the...

  16. Unhealthy habits/Facebook posts from friends/family that make you :( ?

    Libby1987 replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    OP said "morbidly obese 5 yo". If OP is not exaggerating, this is a friend and OP knows whether there are reasons other than sick eating issues in that house and the kid isn't already...

  17. PCP refuses to release client's labs despite signed consent/release

    Libby1987 replied to smartblnde's topic in General Nursing

    Send the request with consent to the lab. Seriously doubt the physician is intimidated or doesn't want the patient educated. Probably too busy to

  18. Healthy Weight Week: Eat Healthy Lose Weight

    Libby1987 replied to JanineKelbach's topic in General Nursing

    I believe we all know what to do but what really needs to be addressed is why we don't design our lives, both in terms of schedules and priorities, to maintain our mental and physical health. Before...

  19. Unhealthy habits/Facebook posts from friends/family that make you :( ?

    Libby1987 replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    No fat shaming here but if I had a friend who had a morbidly obese 5yo and I had enough background info to know it was primary the result of how my friend fed him I would have to do something other...

  20. Hunting down the California BRN

    Libby1987 replied to benjaeli's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a California nurse so my experience is much more minor but since email wasn't mentioned I will share my experience. I just went through a bit of an ordeal with the renewal process, much of it my...

  21. Getting around the 18 y.o requirement

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

    As a mom I'm trying to think if I would ever encourage my kid to go to nursing school in today's healthcare regardless of intellect, but a kid like OP's? Nursing

  22. Yacker Tracker in the NICU ???

    Libby1987 replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    Does it alarm, give a print out of who was talking too loud, or a shock to the perpetrator (there you go Risk Manager ) ? I would be all over that, when the manager came in I would simply state, "That...

  23. confessions of a RRT

    Libby1987 replied to yahoomagoo's topic in General Nursing

    What about your fellow RRTs? How do they respond to all of the nurses bashing them? They must have collectively filed well substantiated complaints against the nurses for their attitudes and patient...

  24. Better Health Care Elsewhere

    Libby1987 replied to Ashley Hay, BSN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I can only speak to Northern California but I have had positive experiences the vast majority of the time from both sides of the fence, nurse and patient/family member. A question that begs to be...

  25. Do new grads learn complete physical assessment in todays world???

    Libby1987 replied to Gods_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't complain about that particular omission in care unless the problem began with the nurses not assessing. If the opportunity was there and they just didn't take it, then yes I would state...