Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. Can Text Convay Enough

    Libby1987 replied to Reigh7's topic in General Nursing

    Your intent is admirable. I can't think of a situation where humanity doesn't somehow have a positive

  2. Bullied by a colleague

    Libby1987 replied to enc123's topic in General Nursing

    That isn't bullying. You are lacking interpersonal and leadership skills and honestly don't possess the experience and/or wiring to be in a charge position. I think you should use this situation as...

  3. Is Medicare reimbursement for DME becoming much more difficult?

    Libby1987 replied to jm_emt's topic in Home Health

    Good grief, I meant

  4. The "How was your day" question

    Libby1987 replied to dma13's topic in General Nursing

    I respond somewhere near the truth with keeping it simple. If work kicked my butt that day then I say it kicked my butt. Or, it was a tough one where's my wine? Most don't want details, nor should we...

  5. ADN in 2016 completely useless?

    Libby1987 replied to Mr.Care's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I don't think you're asking the right questions exactly. I think they should be, "Is a nursing degree useless in a saturated market?" And, "If I am going to enter a saturated market, will the ADNs be...

  6. Why are nurses sexualized?

    Libby1987 replied to Sykadia's topic in General Nursing

    I'm reminded of when I graduated at 22 in 1987. In a Nun owned/ran affluent hospital where I was a boy crazy soft hearted young woman required to wear white dresses and hosiery taking care of male...

  7. No dnr

    Libby1987 replied to aphillipi's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    As a home health nurse who participated in the hospice transition, I apporached each patient individually. For those with end stage cardiac, resp and/or renal disease etc I did have the prolonging...

  8. Average pay for experienced med-Surg but new to HH nurse

    Libby1987 replied to lowayu's topic in Home Health

    I wouldn't hire a perdiem nurse without previous HH experience but if FT I would hire you in Northern California at $62/routine visit, $124/SOC with differentials for visits in between. You would...

  9. Easily annoyed

    Libby1987 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to good self care, reading Leadership and Self Deception a few times 180'd my tolerance for anything thrown at

  10. Social Class and Nursing

    Libby1987 replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    And now I want to have a glass of wine with my horse friends martymoose, Kalycat and

  11. Social Class and Nursing

    Libby1987 replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    You and your mom know very little of the requirements in different fields of nursing or you wouldn't say something so ignorant. I work with nurses who are of the task oriented mindset you speak of,...

  12. Narcan pens for kids to use on parents?

    Libby1987 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Including our declining health that will increase exponentially and further drain what will be our shrinking tax base, I 100%

  13. Medicare's ridiculous requirements or is this my company?

    Libby1987 replied to I<3H2O's topic in Home Health

    We've been doing all of this things like that for years. Not 100% positive if all is required to that degree but we do excellent in our surveys and

  14. How to deal with energy parasites?

    Libby1987 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    Deflection? Redirect the conversation. Give them a complicated math question sort of thing or some undesirable task. Teach them to want to avoid you as interactions with you comsistently result in too...

  15. New grad needing advice on job hunt

    Libby1987 replied to oceanblue52's topic in Home Health

    Wow, I just got approval for a new grad orientation program from the state of California, it's pretty rigorous too. I can see why they made me jump through so many hoops when there are agencies like...

  16. Flu shots for homebound?

    Libby1987 replied to CabanaDay's topic in Home Health

    Flu vaccination is one of Medicare 5 star criteria, I bet OP's agency has since found a way to provide the

  17. Question on home health

    Libby1987 replied to ddeckerlvn's topic in Home Health

    That many patients would be fraud as there is no way to meet compliance and reimbursement criteria. Not to mention insane working conditions. 6 visit equivalents for a fully oriented nurse with...

  18. WGU will not accept me

    Libby1987 replied to jenam2you's topic in Western Governors University

    This statement comes from a place of inexperience, they're not calling you stupid but they are saying their program is geared toward RNs with working knowledge. (Echoing other posters) Have any of...

  19. Social Class and Nursing

    Libby1987 replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    Reading all of the responses with different perspectives, I'm reminded of my former mother in law. She was raised in a working class family in the mid west, took a bookkeeping class right out of HS...

  20. How to deal with energy parasites?

    Libby1987 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    If I'm in a thoughtful frame of mind, I first try to find out the underlying cause of the neediness and then address that if

  21. Patient expires after you give pain medication

    Libby1987 replied to CoastMedRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Many years ago when I sat on a hospice advisory board, I learned from the medical director that the pain is often what keeps them alive, as in overstimulated, and once controlled the body is able to...

  22. Social Class and Nursing

    Libby1987 replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    I think expectstions define social class as well. Some of the stuff I read on this site, the way people are treated and what they will tolerate, says much about the class they perceives themselves to...

  23. Is Medicare reimbursement for DME becoming much more difficult?

    Libby1987 replied to jm_emt's topic in Home Health

    It's brutal. Hospital beds are rare now, whereas in the past there was one in every home, even if collecting dust. (An exxageration but there was clearly abuse going on). And low air loss mattresses?...

  24. Tetraplegia vs Quadriplegia?!

    Libby1987 replied to mcurie's topic in General Nursing

    That was sort of a riddle, or Dr Suess

  25. 6 weeks to get a fitness routine going

    Libby1987 replied to obpyum's topic in General Nursing

    My jump start has to include cutting sugar and all but the most nutrient dense carbs. I get back into work out mode by making myself simply show up. If I walk through the gym doors 2-3 times...