Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. Nursing is a passion?

    Libby1987 replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That's sort of how it worked for me. Once I gained enough competency and the confidence that goes with it, my energy could go to other things besides being burned up in

  2. Unhappy Speech Pathologist

    Libby1987 replied to SLPrnTobe's topic in General Nursing

    Our SLP's are happy. They work a combo of peds (I think in schools but not sure) and part time with us in home health. Well paid and respected. Your reasons for not liking ST so far does not bode...

  3. Nursing is a passion?

    Libby1987 replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I disagree. I think what keep wages and working conditions what they are (in the U.S. anyway) are too many going to/graduating nursing school and too many having painted themselves into a financial...

  4. Nurses: How far is your commute?

    Libby1987 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Used to be a few minutes but now 35 minutes of scenic hwy. I can do almost anything short term if it was a step to where I wanted to be, some means to an

  5. Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    Libby1987 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I can relate, nights were rough on me, always constipated and seriously sleep deprived. But is there no responsibility on those choose to pursue a education in an industry known to have night...

  6. I want to quit nursing.

    Libby1987 replied to Nomad_Nurse1's topic in General Nursing

    OP, why did you change your user name mid thread? It made me chuckle considering the basis of this thread, but maybe there was a good

  7. Changing professions after age 50

    Libby1987 replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    If OP says she needs to keep up her wages, it doesn't make sense to me to rack up more debt and increase COL at 50 to make the same or possibly less money. I would rather find another job with...

  8. Nursing is a passion?

    Libby1987 replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't think passionate is a dirty word. Like my example, a veterinarian might be passionate about their work with animals, even if they don't like the billing and obnoxious pet owner aspects of it....

  9. New to HH

    Libby1987 replied to jojo489's topic in Home Health

    Don't expect to be doing a lot of narrative. Mostly documenting billable skilled service and progress towards goals. Lots of check boxes. Every nurse from LTC/rehab is trained to document in...

  10. Digoxin twice a day?

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in Cardiac

    Oh geeze, that's why I shouldn't post before coffee, it's mcg. A pretty small dose for dig. It's the twice daily that has to be wrong,

  11. Nursing is a passion?

    Libby1987 replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Home health is a passion of mine and a large part of who I am. Like another trade say a veterinarian who might be passionate about their work, I enjoy much of it and it supports me and my kids. I...

  12. Changing professions after age 50

    Libby1987 replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    Home health is too much liability? Home health requires general nursing knowledge with a need to understand reimbursement, regulations, practice in the home setting and presents a huge learning curve...

  13. I want to quit nursing.

    Libby1987 replied to Nomad_Nurse1's topic in General Nursing

    I think having this attitude with the safety net is the perfect combo, tenacious but having the security and confidence that you'll never feel like you have to tolerate true

  14. I want to quit nursing.

    Libby1987 replied to Nomad_Nurse1's topic in General Nursing

    I had a rough first year. I wasn't tough and was used to being over validated. I know that need to find someone who will tell it to me straight. But I stuck with it until I became skilled, then...

  15. No longer want to be a floor nurse

    Libby1987 replied to shlay51's topic in General Nursing

    I like to see people in those policy making/enforcing roles come from floor/trench experience. For someone who hasn't worked successfully in those areas to to start monitoring and/or setting protocol...

  16. Nutrition to nursing?

    Libby1987 replied to RD2RN's topic in General Nursing

    Based on your post I don't think your experience in a dialysis clinic exposes you to nursing in general and being in healthcare already I think you should have a much better idea of what nursing...

  17. Administering Tylenol to a friend

    Libby1987 replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    I was at a soccer tournament years ago. One of the players on the team, 13ish, was having obvious seasonal allergy symptoms and was asking everyone if they had any kind of allergy med. We were...

  18. Sabotaging in nursing

    Libby1987 replied to Dexterosa's topic in General Nursing

    This is what the story sounds like to me.. I tolerated abuse for so long and got no reward for it, he ended up dumping me anyway, he was supposed to love me after all the years I gave him when no one...

  19. Vent: Smashed confidence

    Libby1987 replied to mrs.rn2be's topic in General Nursing

    Hugs. That was horrible mentorship and can see why you would loathe going there with that kind of poor resource. But your confidence in yourself should be high, it sounds like you adapted, learned...

  20. The effects of not reporting harassment

    Libby1987 replied to Funkymiss187's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad to read he is being dealt some consequences (I agree it's his responsibility to control his reaction, I don't believe he needs to be protected from a common reaction to unexpected illness and...

  21. The effects of not reporting harassment

    Libby1987 replied to Funkymiss187's topic in General Nursing

    duplicate

  22. How does prn home health nursing work?

    Libby1987 replied to HumbleRN35's topic in Home Health

    That's agency

  23. Left my job, please Help

    Libby1987 replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    Are you eligible to retroactively offer your manager 2 weeks notice, perhaps without consecutive shifts now that you've had a chance to recover from hitting the wall? At least to get it on record or...

  24. Confused about PTO

    Libby1987 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure they don't mean that your accrual stops at 29 days whether you use it or not, or that you cannot take more than 29 days in a calendar year? Maybe you can cash out 2015 PTO and use it to...

  25. How does prn home health nursing work?

    Libby1987 replied to HumbleRN35's topic in Home Health

    It might be hard to orient on a part time basis to all that HH entails with learning the regulations, documentation as well as treating an adult patient population with chronic illness and complex...