Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. New grad RN needs advice: Med surg offer waiting on perianesthesia outpatient position

    Libby1987 replied to stephaniekendrick's topic in General Nursing

    An awesome schedule at a great place to work, offered to a brand new grad. It sounds fantastic but I doubt all it how it appears to be. Depending on how many years you plan to work and all of your...

  2. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    Libby1987 replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    Just thinking about the glove thing, the absence thereof.. Customer service seems to be a big deal now, think about being told not to wear gloves to clean an incontinent patient because it might...

  3. How flexible is home health?

    Libby1987 replied to jessimee's topic in Home Health

    We love having perdiem staff for the census swings and vacation coverage but we won't train a perdiem nurse without HH experience. There's a lot to learn in HH and training a new HH nurse takes a lot...

  4. Are you jealous of other nurses jobs/abilities?

    Libby1987 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    One nursing job isn't more impressive than another, it's how you perform it and hopefully enjoy it that matters. It's cool to be good at something no matter what it is. I tell my kids that you can't...

  5. Baby Boomers, Gen X'ers, & GenY/Millennials: Can We Work Together?

    Libby1987 replied to Bridgid Joseph's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the youngest of the Boomers (I pick Breakfast Club) and was raised by the Greatest Generation (late in life oopsie). I only wish all Boomers lived up to the

  6. How important is it to you to be a nurse?

    Libby1987 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I like my work, I get pretty involved in it and look forward to projects and am driven to make things happen. But I don't how important it is to be a nurse. If I wasn't a nurse I would have the same...

  7. Have You Finished Your Taxes?

    Libby1987 replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I have them done early every year. I was married to a small business owner and tax time was always so anxiety ridden, much in part due to his idea of book keeping was having a grocery bag of receipts...

  8. Do you like HH Nursing?

    Libby1987 replied to maxov's topic in Home Health

    I'm a career HHN and I like it to love it on any given day. It's hard work but satisfying where patient appreciation is easy to obtain. It does take a few years as well as being inherently wired for...

  9. Is it ever okay to follow up with a patient you've cared for outside of work?

    Libby1987 replied to Momma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    If it feels like work then it's probably within professional boundaries. And I like my job so that doesn't mean you have to loathe

  10. Is it ever okay to follow up with a patient you've cared for outside of work?

    Libby1987 replied to Momma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    We often go to funerals when requested as well (home health) but still very much in a home health relationship role. Always for them, never for us and not as a friend but as professional support in...

  11. Life, death, and dying.

    Libby1987 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    The ironic part is how non death defying we can be when we aren't dying and actually have a chance to lengthen our

  12. Is it ever okay to follow up with a patient you've cared for outside of work?

    Libby1987 replied to Momma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    You can't ever go back and in my work we often have patients return to care and then it just wouldn't be the

  13. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    Libby1987 replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    I forgot about running the tape on an IV bag and marking the hours out as a guide. Maybe that's why the pumps were such a relief versus a stress when we learned how to operate

  14. Is it ever okay to follow up with a patient you've cared for outside of work?

    Libby1987 replied to Momma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've had a few contact me to give an update and I run into them often at the local grocery store in our small town where there's a usually a warm exchange with an update volunteered but even as a home...

  15. Lied to in Interview

    Libby1987 replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    A few days into orientation and they expect you to cover a unit down two nurses? Good decision not to go in but I would follow that with a resignation

  16. Job Offer in Home Health

    Libby1987 replied to iowanursemom's topic in Home Health

    Healthcare in the U.S. shifted into the home to reduce costs decades ago and the pay isn't generally less than in the hospital. And like the above poster stated, we most commonly see the same chronic...

  17. Why do some nurses "hate their jobs"?

    Libby1987 replied to iculvr's topic in General Nursing

    I agreed with the school having the responsibility, until just now. I literally just changed my mind about it. Is it really up to an educational program to warn students that they're likely not going...

  18. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    Libby1987 replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man, you bring so many more memories. Things like pain mgmt. "Pain is what the patient says it is" came around for a good reason and it wasn't for satisfaction surveys. I remember a few sadistic...

  19. A Newly Defined Type of Constipation: Opioid Induced Constipation

    Libby1987 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    Are any of these new meds developed for a population who couldn't find an effective bowel program and/or effective traditional meds and methods were

  20. What offends you (nursing related)?

    Libby1987 replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    Exerting more time and energy to avoid a task then simply and proactively performing it. Lack of

  21. When Others Say You Aren't Right For Nursing

    Libby1987 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    If most of my friends and family expressed concern about me being a nurse, I'm sure there would be a common theme between them and I'd give it consideration to what they were saying, or at least I...

  22. Fleas bites in home health

    Libby1987 replied to mismatched's topic in Home Health

    Just guesses here.. Does insect repellent work? Avon Skin So

  23. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    Libby1987 replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yes, above poster brings back memories of smoking inside just going out and gloves just coming in. Can you imagine, smoking and no gloves unless you were cleaning goop and sometimes even

  24. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    Libby1987 replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, yeah that was before the 80's. Capes didn't go with our big

  25. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    Libby1987 replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    I worked and had most of my clinicals in a private non teaching hospital, we were still expected to give up our seats to the physicians and many had been established in practice so you can imagine....