Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    Libby1987 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I do make my share of typos, but the repeated incorrect use and/or spelling of words on this site surprise

  2. 2017 Nurse Salary

    Libby1987 replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

    Re stating mortgage, they are very subjective. My mortgage for instance is very low due to a decent divorce settlement and not representative of the area. Others can be affected by amount of their...

  3. Surviving the Real World of Nursing: 8 Tips for the New Grad

    Libby1987 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    We have both single moms and childless new nurses, the burden is so much more difficult on the moms, I can't even imagine trying to learn a new trade such as nursing having dependents as well. Just...

  4. Work load concern for clinical manager

    Libby1987 replied to MissRigg's topic in Home Health

    You sound like you're at either start up or trying to rebuild an agency that never fully launched? How many new admissions does that average out per month? 30 or 40? We run anywhere 80 - 100/month,...

  5. What Do You Love About Nursing?

    Libby1987 replied to Allison007's topic in General Nursing

    I believe I know exactly what Davey Do means here. I've felt this exactly but never had the words to speak it out loud without sounding out there. Nothing gives me a greater sense of purpose than...

  6. How to transition from LTC to Home Health?

    Libby1987 replied to VegGal's topic in Home Health

    What nursing skills do you practice? For instance in HH you need comprehensive assessment skills, strong pharmacology, knowledge of disease mgmt, care planning, multidisciplinary team leading,...

  7. Nursing imagination or reality?

    Libby1987 replied to potatoz's topic in General Nursing

    The demands of the industry make it hard to be traditionally caring. Nursing nor most healthcare roles these days are for the tender hearted. Fierce resilience that thrives with constant change and...

  8. Nursing imagination or reality?

    Libby1987 replied to potatoz's topic in General Nursing

    And whatever you imagine uncomfortable to be, accept that you have no idea just how uncomfortable it can be starting

  9. How to annoy irritating Drs.

    Libby1987 replied to Avid reader's topic in Nursing Humor

    I should have read your post before jumping into the

  10. How to annoy irritating Drs.

    Libby1987 replied to Avid reader's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm not taking myself too seriously, my question was aimed at clarifying what you meant, annoy irritating Drs or charm

  11. How to annoy irritating Drs.

    Libby1987 replied to Avid reader's topic in Nursing Humor

    You're giving a mixed message here, are you trying to annoy or charm them? I'm literal so "annoy" does not equate

  12. New RN's: Is it normal to help your preceptor with all their patients tasks

    Libby1987 replied to NewRN'16's topic in General Nursing

    If you only cared for your small assignment, you wouldn't be well prepared for going out on your own. If you were assigned total responsibility for a full load, including assessing and charting on...

  13. How to transition from LTC to Home Health?

    Libby1987 replied to VegGal's topic in Home Health

    What is your scope in your LTC

  14. Relationships with client family

    Libby1987 replied to Hshea's topic in Home Health

    I've been a small town home health nurse. I've worked and lived here for 28 years and most of my patients were only 1-2 degrees of separation. The way I've maintained my boundaries is by respecting...

  15. Love Being a Nurse: 33 Years and Going Strong

    Libby1987 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    My experience pretty much aligns with yours, except mine has been all home health minus the initial couple of years of inpatient. Coming on 30 years in 2017. I was 23 when I entered home health and...

  16. INR 5.2 read as 2.5

    Libby1987 replied to Ethio22's topic in General Nursing

    I think that was my patient! Literally had to wrap his fingers to control bleeding from fs with very pronounced bleeding under his skin. Treated in ED and

  17. INR 5.2 read as 2.5

    Libby1987 replied to Ethio22's topic in General Nursing

    Aren't INRs checked daily in acute care? Especially when bridging? Even with that error (if this story is accurate and true), continuing the same dose X 1 from a 5.2 seems unlikely to bleed to

  18. Seeking job choice advice...appreciate all feedback

    Libby1987 replied to Lucky724's topic in General Nursing

    Since they are both part time, I would consider taking both but keep the prn hospital job hours at a minimum. Because they are at such opposite ends of the care continuum, I would do this in order to...

  19. Why Do Nurses Quit?

    Libby1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    If these groups of clique-y nurses were brought together and asked why they're not supportive of and/or the cause of losing the new grads/hires, what would they

  20. It seems like everyone but nurses make more money

    Libby1987 replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    Regular ole garden variety bachelors degrees? Aren't a lot of those grads underemployed since the

  21. Be honest: do you feel valued by your employer?

    Libby1987 replied to sunnyskies9's topic in General Nursing

    In the way that they treat me verbally and allow generous autonomy,

  22. It seems like everyone but nurses make more money

    Libby1987 replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    That seems to be what attracts people to nursing, higher entry level wages but 20 yrs of solid in demand experience rarely results in commensurate

  23. New home health nurse. Advice/tips needed.

    Libby1987 replied to sirdearis88's topic in Home Health

    No it's not, experienced nurses with the inherent wiring for autonomy and managing a case load are not proficient until they've had adequate orientation and experience. The learning of the complex...

  24. Help! I've hurt my back....now what?

    Libby1987 replied to localgirl85's topic in General Nursing

    The two rural public health nurses I've known worked primarily with peds doing a lot of assessment and

  25. Aged Care Duty of care question

    Libby1987 replied to Huwscor's topic in General Nursing

    This is a side track.. Do you mean they can be admitted with psychosis because of the sexual assault behavior? I ask because I had a patient with psychotic dementia and we couldn't get her admitted...