Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. Time for hospice referral?

    Libby1987 replied to casias12's topic in Advanced Practice

    What was his function and quality of life prior to the GI bleed? Is there an underlying cause for the GI bleed other than over anticoagulation? What would be the underlying cause for life expectancy...

  2. New Grad and Newlywed

    Libby1987 replied to RDBSN16's topic in General Nursing

    Graduating at 21, married at 21/22 you have time to get a couple of years of experience sans whatever pregnancy symptoms you might end up having. I had *easy* pregnancies but still had some mild...

  3. Failed preceptorship

    Libby1987 replied to Spurse32's topic in General Nursing

    For what it's worth, my psych clinical was my worst. I was young, task oriented and pretty clueless about the role and function of any type of behavioral nursing. I was confident and self motivated to...

  4. Did You Know the Specialty You Wanted to Work In Before Clinicals?

    Libby1987 replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I wanted ED. I did my senior practicum in the ED of level 1 trauma center. Had some pretty awesome experiences. After graduation and a year on a post op unit I fell into a different field...

  5. I'm So Over Nursing. I would rather work at Costco!!

    Libby1987 replied to rnfrombama's topic in General Nursing

    Have you read into why Costco is successful in ways and able to offer employee pay and benefit pkgs that mega companies like Target and Walmart do not? About the specific demographic they

  6. Are There Jobs for Inexperienced RNs Besides Floor Nursing?

    Libby1987 replied to jack1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't want to come across as snarky or disrespectful but I just gotta say, the speed in which acuities and doing less with more is increasing rapidly, having worked or being familiar with another...

  7. 2016 2017 per visit rates per state DETAILS!!!

    Libby1987 replied to RNLASVEGAS's topic in Home Health

    Your SOC should be twice your routine visit rate. Or 3 X your hourly

  8. Is this bad customer service?

    Libby1987 replied to emmafrancis's topic in General Nursing

    Why in the world are you purchasing inpatient items? There's probaby a reason behind one hospital having more customer service resources than the other. One probably caters to lucrative procedures...

  9. Are There Jobs for Inexperienced RNs Besides Floor Nursing?

    Libby1987 replied to jack1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Actually I didn't think this thread was really about floor nursing but rather about ability to cope under pressure during the learning curve. Perhaps OP truly thinks it's about the floor but I believe...

  10. I messed up today.

    Libby1987 replied to Crorns's topic in General Nursing

    Neither beat yourself up nor make excuses. You missed something. It wasn't huge thankfully but if it were no excuse would make you feel better so don't get used to falling back on them. You don't need...

  11. I messed up today.

    Libby1987 replied to Crorns's topic in General Nursing

    I remember my first job working on a surgical unit and leaving a patient unnecessarily on CL 2 days post op. I did nothing because the MD hadnt come in and placed an order to advance her diet....

  12. Are There Jobs for Inexperienced RNs Besides Floor Nursing?

    Libby1987 replied to jack1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wasn't referring to any particular type of treatment, merely whatever might help you manage your fear through the learning process. And I only offered that as what you described will impact you in...

  13. Are There Jobs for Inexperienced RNs Besides Floor Nursing?

    Libby1987 replied to jack1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Home health is the new Med Surg, but working

  14. Conflicted

    Libby1987 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    You love your job and you're well on your way to becoming proficient. Having a job you can easily pull off and enjoy while raising a family is pretty ideal. Unless you already have the future father...

  15. Are There Jobs for Inexperienced RNs Besides Floor Nursing?

    Libby1987 replied to jack1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If they didn't let you go after 3 mos, perhaps they thought you could manage and were at a stage where they expected a new nurse. I think I'd want to get treatment for my "personality" and contact my...

  16. I'm So Over Nursing. I would rather work at Costco!!

    Libby1987 replied to rnfrombama's topic in General Nursing

    Per Glassdoor, Sacramento Costco supervisors are paid in the $23/hr range, whereas Sacramento RNs average 100K/year. (I'm not sure that includes all RNs but I can vouch for making low 100s for years...

  17. Have you gained sympathy for Nurse Ratched

    Libby1987 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Well now I want to watch the movie, I can otherwise only remember slivers of it, not enough to

  18. RN Clinical Sales Liaison ???

    Libby1987 replied to nurse.j.'s topic in General Nursing

    From a HH admin position, I can back up Nutella's point of late Friday patient teaching. In some cases depending on all of the logistics, we won't accept a patient until the products are delivered to...

  19. Can Text Convay Enough

    Libby1987 replied to Reigh7's topic in General Nursing

    What?

  20. New nurse and feeling so discouraged

    Libby1987 replied to KHT's topic in General Nursing

    If you can, try to think of these shifts as layering on experieence. Truthfully, if they were all smooth this early on in your nursing career, you would be stuck in your growth. It's jus tnot remotely...

  21. Dr. complaint

    Libby1987 replied to Kavikziggy77's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think his complaint as described is justified but I do think he would be reasonable in complaining about the patient's lack of management preceding this avoidable ED

  22. Most of my coworkers are leaving...

    Libby1987 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you're asking the right questions. You need to establish a work record and demonstrate mastery of something before the optimal doors and/or jobs become open/accessible to you. What *I*...

  23. holidays... sick call...

    Libby1987 replied to imsickagain's topic in General Nursing

    I'm imagining a fire fighter feigning illness on Christmas after having it off last year, and one of his buddies having to cancel Christmas plans to cover

  24. Coworkers discussing my health info

    Libby1987 replied to Catcar1963's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you had had a medical leave for a more conventional condition, the patient relationship and lines crossed was still enough on its own to be concerning. Regardless of who is behind the gossip and...

  25. I'm So Over Nursing. I would rather work at Costco!!

    Libby1987 replied to rnfrombama's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to hear from someone who has worked at Costco, I've heard they are happy employees. From a retail perspective, there seems anecdotally to be less disgruntled customers at Costco than anywhere...