Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. What to do? Underwhelmed RN, stuck in a rut!

    Libby1987 replied to IGSD777's topic in General Nursing

    If you're under 40, I would get my BSN. Having 20+ years ahead of you, I'd want to make sure I had the advantage of more doors open as the job market

  2. I&D...sterile procedure?

    Libby1987 replied to deefizzle's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of bacteria do you suppose is introduced into the open abscess with a clean pair of gloves? Do you all not properly store and don your clean

  3. I&D...sterile procedure?

    Libby1987 replied to deefizzle's topic in General Nursing

    Comparing imbedded hardware closed with sutures to an I&D of an encapsulated abscess that is left open to drain is apples and

  4. As EpiPen Prices Skyrocket, Nurses Suggesting Patients Use Syringes

    Libby1987 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Patient Medications

    I remember my kids' 1st MD dispensing a vial of epi and syringe when my first was an infant. I don't recall the reason but something about an allergic reaction and living remotely. Just before I left...

  5. Which position for a nurse with a young baby?

    Libby1987 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    That really made me think. Being on the other side of raising my kids, and their dad getting to spend a lot of time with them after school and on the weekends, I'd go with the job that wouldn't give...

  6. New grad, do not feel challenged at all. Help?

    Libby1987 replied to RNinCali15's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wonder how exhausted these managers are of being the revolving training ground for would be NNPs who grab their 2 years and run? I'd probably keep my long term nurses in place as long as I could...

  7. Hoyer lift use in homecare - how much training is required?

    Libby1987 replied to jm_emt's topic in Home Health

    I would imagine, with the pressure to reduce re-admissions, that most facilities transferring a patient new to requiring hoyer lift transfers are referred to home health. Certainly all a family needs...

  8. Are your bedbound (or total care) homecare patients usually forced into LTC?

    Libby1987 replied to jm_emt's topic in Home Health

    They can't be forced unless they're deemed incompetent and conserved. Most aren't in my experience and you have to fail at home, which often lands them repeatedly in the ED until they're finally...

  9. I&D...sterile procedure?

    Libby1987 replied to deefizzle's topic in General Nursing

    Good clean technique would be fine for my kid. Abscesses aren't sterile anymore than any other dirty

  10. Judge Sends Man to Prison Because He Can't Pay Hospital Bill

    Libby1987 replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in Nursing News

    An habitual bad check writer isn't the best poster child for inability to pay medical bills. Do you have any law abiding cancer patients thrown in jail for inability to pay their medical

  11. New grad, do not feel challenged at all. Help?

    Libby1987 replied to RNinCali15's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Does 4 kids in the NICU give anyone else

  12. Was this workplace violence? What should I do?

    Libby1987 replied to Irving's topic in General Nursing

    Social experiments come to mind. I'd need to know if the 80 hrs were optional or mandated. Does he need to be fired or given a sane

  13. Which position for a nurse with a young baby?

    Libby1987 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an afternoon/evening person so I'd go for the 3-11. Easy childcare is huge. Sleep will be easier and in line with family's sleep schedule. Mornings/early afternoon are the best hours to do things...

  14. Judge Sends Man to Prison Because He Can't Pay Hospital Bill

    Libby1987 replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in Nursing News

    Did I miss mention of his hospital bill? He's writing bad checks despite not paying his medical bills. I would be interested in knowing the nature of those

  15. Orientation for New Grad in Home Health

    Libby1987 replied to NewGradRN114's topic in Home Health

    I cannot speak for your area but where I am, those quick and easy visits are rare. In fact if it seems easy, you're probably missing something. It used to be common to tell someone "this will be an...

  16. Anxious about job market

    Libby1987 replied to julesjameson3333's topic in General Nursing

    I have friend's daughter who just graduated from a BSN program at 22 that was hired straight into public health in one of the toughest state markets. But it is in a less populated county and she had a...

  17. Orientation question

    Libby1987 replied to NeuroRehabRN's topic in Home Health

    Our clinical director has learned not to let them out in the field prior to completing modules, it's painful when you have staffing needs. To catch up, we schedule in their remaining orientation,...

  18. Orientation for New Grad in Home Health

    Libby1987 replied to NewGradRN114's topic in Home Health

    cough cough. Are you kidding?! That shouldn't be legal. We have strict guidelines in California and have to prove how we will address meeting state regs with our new grad orientation. We provide 2-3...

  19. CNA's,Housekeeping and Dietary Aides make the same salary in LTC?

    Libby1987 replied to PoppyLizz's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I couldn't answer why the pay is the same, perhaps people who work in dietary and housekeeping would enlighten us to why the jobs are considered equitable. I was just thinking however, to piggyback...

  20. CNA's,Housekeeping and Dietary Aides make the same salary in LTC?

    Libby1987 replied to PoppyLizz's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I have less of an issue with the wages as I would with the patient ratio. If I needed to earn a living (versus working short term for job experience) I would build a clientele and work

  21. Trying to learn from mistakes

    Libby1987 replied to Learningtobenurse101's topic in General Nursing

    Geeze, I thought you were referring to patient controlled anesthesia and narcotics. And then I was confused by posters calling this common or acceptable practice. I still wouldn't call that outside...

  22. Trying to learn from mistakes

    Libby1987 replied to Learningtobenurse101's topic in General Nursing

    That's just flat illegal, not a scope of practice issue. Why did you mislabel

  23. Telling Patients/Residents You Love Them?

    Libby1987 replied to robynnel's topic in General Nursing

    My first knee jerk response was no, not therapeutic, but then I don't work with this population. An isolated confused geriatric can never be told they are loved? Put that way, it's heinous to think...

  24. Trying to learn from mistakes

    Libby1987 replied to Learningtobenurse101's topic in General Nursing

    When a new nurse is hired, the hiring managers are hopeful and the preceptor, whether wanting to precept or not, is motivated to increase staffing. They definitely start out wanting the new nurse....

  25. ER deaths

    Libby1987 replied to ToriAneal's topic in Emergency

    I don't work in a hospital but I was a home health nurse in my small community for years. I loved either knowing my patients or being separated by 1-2 degrees. A lot of my kids' friends' grandparents....