Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. What's it like? Home Health Nurse Practitioner

    Libby1987 replied to runningbull's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I made that as an RN in California for routine visits lasting 30-45 min. Distance varied from 5 min to 45 min apart and I could manage 8 visits on any given day but I could only sustain a 6 visit...

  2. Refusing to float

    Libby1987 replied to NurseKC123's topic in General Nursing

    How many shifts are you floated per pay period? How many serious medical errors/incidents have been made as a

  3. Oasis.......Yikes

    Libby1987 replied to rockchickrn's topic in Home Health

    To piggyback on above post, Oasis is also used to rate your agency's performance and results are posted on the CMS website. Many healthcare systems are now declaring that they will only refer to 5...

  4. Drug urine test after 12 hour shift

    Libby1987 replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I didn't intend to be insensitive but you're right. My response to being reported by several sources as having uncontrollable twitching and then marched off for a drug screen would have scared me...

  5. The right to an opinion

    Libby1987 replied to ElectricCabbage's topic in General Nursing

    We provide a professional service and are obligated to provide appropriate opinions based on EBP. For example, I will advocate for a patient when they are exhibiting non verbal symptoms of discomfort...

  6. Leaving current job after only 5 months

    Libby1987 replied to mlang's topic in General Nursing

  7. Does having a medical coding cert give you a better chance to get in nursing school

    Libby1987 replied to KZ2016's topic in General Nursing

    I was responding to your statement of "facilities just aren't going to let you take hippa (hipaa) protected medical information home". The market may be over saturated and checking out the job...

  8. Frustrated and Unsure

    Libby1987 replied to ajlamb's topic in General Nursing

    Dissenter here. I listen to my anxiety. Not necessarily the one in the moment when I try something for the first time but definitely the one that nags at me. There are a lot of nurses who stay only...

  9. Does having a medical coding cert give you a better chance to get in nursing school

    Libby1987 replied to KZ2016's topic in General Nursing

    Ours work from home on password protected

  10. Drug urine test after 12 hour shift

    Libby1987 replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Our results aren't immediate FWIW. If I were pulled to give a sample for suspicion, I would be confident that I hadn't purposefully taken any substance but I would be freaked out enough by the...

  11. Does having a medical coding cert give you a better chance to get in nursing school

    Libby1987 replied to KZ2016's topic in General Nursing

    It will also be a benefit for giving you a perspective of the financial side. Understanding what goes on behind the curtain can help make sense of some of the

  12. How You Can Lose 50 Pounds In 90 Days

    Libby1987 replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not saying they had longevity, I'm saying eating a paleo diet now, without the harsh environmental exposure plus all of our modern advantagss is the idea behind the diet. I don't follow a paleo...

  13. When our older nurses die :(

    Libby1987 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. They are a breed of their own with so many enviable virtues. I knew of sisters who never married, retired and in their late 80's still running a tight ship in their shared home and taking pride...

  14. Leaving current job after only 5 months

    Libby1987 replied to mlang's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to be the dissenter and say that while I would give heavy consideration to the new offer and may likely choose it, I wouldn't do unconscionably as if it were no biggie. Whoever felt...

  15. Nurse Resigns by Sending 'I Quit' Cake to Her Employer

    Libby1987 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    You killjoy! :-) Serioulsy, wow. You know this will get around as well. It almost seems too convenient though, is there any way that's a fake

  16. How You Can Lose 50 Pounds In 90 Days

    Libby1987 replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just in case you are making a serious statement, I think the environmental conditions had a bigger impact on their longevity. The idea now is to eat a natural diet with the benefit of not being...

  17. Light Duty, workers comp, cast

    Libby1987 replied to sashamay's topic in General Nursing

    Do you believe you've received the right treatment for your

  18. Favorite sayings?

    Libby1987 replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    Live the Life you imagine. Never miss an opportunity to eat, sleep or pee. The right thing to do is usually the hardest, and the right

  19. Nursing student asks nurses the question..

    Libby1987 replied to 2bNurseDR.T's topic in General Nursing

    Someone posted several pages back re shorter hospital/unit stays make it difficult to pre assign patients. That made me recall my student and RN experiences in the 80's when stable post op patients...

  20. Dashing a patient's hope or just being honest?

    Libby1987 replied to xanderfan's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have emotional control so much as it takes a lot more to get to me. My tolerance for people at their worst has improved so much that my go to response now is a sort of removed compassion. It's...

  21. To The Girl Thinking of Becoming a Nurse (a note to myself at 17)

    Libby1987 replied to BobiJo's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not religious and barely spiritual and I still loved this and can relate to so much of it. I am blessed to love what I do and thankful for the experiences I've had and it has shaped me into a...

  22. Advice Greatly Appreciated!

    Libby1987 replied to beli1025's topic in General Nursing

    I think any of us can understand how a new nursing job can be too stressful to tolerate but you started off by listing lack of joy. I can't think of many, or any, high responsibility jobs that would...

  23. Dashing a patient's hope or just being honest?

    Libby1987 replied to xanderfan's topic in General Nursing

    I just re-read and this time around it doesn't sound like a genuine question but more of a type of defeatist sarcasm. I'm not sure his age but maybe he wasn't looking for the answer he already

  24. How You Can Lose 50 Pounds In 90 Days

    Libby1987 replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in General Nursing

    How is it strange that it

  25. Dashing a patient's hope or just being honest?

    Libby1987 replied to xanderfan's topic in General Nursing

    I've gotten quite a few of these kinds of questions and without knowing anymore about this patient's profile I would have said something along the lines of.. This isn't a treatment for your tumor but...