Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. Student Loan Debt

    Libby1987 replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Students

    This is true when you go back to school as a parent of 3 kids. I truly hope this works out for you, it's a gamble that you won't be able to get out of. And how it turns out will have a huge impact on...

  2. Student Loan Debt

    Libby1987 replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Students

    I was feeling a little lowly about my state university education after reading some posts here, but I just read that my alma mater's nursing program ranks top 25 in the country. I really don't get...

  3. Selfish ramblings of a nurse who doesn't make $52 million a year.

    Libby1987 replied to bluebirdflyx's topic in General Nursing

    That's understandable. Both ideally and realistically, a nursing salary should cover a secure lifestyle and ability to put a kid through school. Back in the day, let's say our fathers (not mine, he's...

  4. Better Looking females get better grades?

    Libby1987 replied to sadbuthappy's topic in Nursing News

    I was waiting to read how increased confidence and assertiveness, perhaps even better received social skills from years of positive reinforcement, might have an impact but the study didn't seem to...

  5. Selfish ramblings of a nurse who doesn't make $52 million a year.

    Libby1987 replied to bluebirdflyx's topic in General Nursing

    You might be able to make a little forward progress, but my sense of entitlement is firmly planted at the front of the

  6. Needlestick hep c + patient and post exposure testing

    Libby1987 replied to KRN589's topic in General Nursing

    Wouldn't/couldn't your OB advise you and order whatever labs he/she thought important? (I'm not understanding why you need to wait on employee

  7. Selfish ramblings of a nurse who doesn't make $52 million a year.

    Libby1987 replied to bluebirdflyx's topic in General Nursing

    Back of the line

  8. Student Loan Debt

    Libby1987 replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Students

    Okay wait. Are we talking about the cost of actual education, ie tuition, books etc? Or the actual cost of education plus more borrowed to live off of? If people are borrowing money to live off of,...

  9. File this one under "things I think but won't say"...

    Libby1987 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    That people who couldn't/wouldn't perform good self care seem to be the ones who, or their family members, have the hardest time accepting the inevitable. Why didn't they start fighting back when it...

  10. bored to tears

    Libby1987 replied to KThurmond's topic in General Students

    I also had a very dry monotone history teacher way back when. What a disappointment it was. Of all the classes that can potentially captivate and have influence it's a history class. But on the scale...

  11. Unpaid Mandatory Meetings?

    Libby1987 replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Nursing

    I believe OP said 95% compliance would be a contributing factor to raises, not that they would be withheld without

  12. Heading out to the Bay Area

    Libby1987 replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    I make that much outside of the Bay Area. Will generalize a starting base of high 50's/low 60's. Congratulations to your husband. You guys will be

  13. Selfish ramblings of a nurse who doesn't make $52 million a year.

    Libby1987 replied to bluebirdflyx's topic in General Nursing

    I honestly don't understand this. My knee jerk reaction is that you carry a lot of debt but that would be presumptive of me. As a single parent, I cover my daughter's COL while she's in school which...

  14. Unpaid Mandatory Meetings?

    Libby1987 replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Nursing

    I could treat it like a grocery store fall then, which could be more lucrative and timely than WC. And if the huddles turned out to be obviously beneficial I would campaign for making them a regular...

  15. Unpaid Mandatory Meetings?

    Libby1987 replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Nursing

    If we're talking 5 min of a non patient care meeting that would make my day and patient care go better, and lead to a raise, this is not the hill I would die on. I have hills that I would and have...

  16. Using Both Ports Of Central Line

    Libby1987 replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    It is interesting coming from the HH perspective, isn't it? We teach lay people how to competently administer combo abx therapy and managed their lines following established protocols and schedules in...

  17. Horizontal violence in the workplace

    Libby1987 replied to soulshine101's topic in General Nursing

    A variety of multiple choice/rating answers, circle ABCD/none of the above. Give a week to submit into a secure container. Make the questions cut to the core, don't dance around with...

  18. Does the travel aspect of nursing make up for the jobs cons?

    Libby1987 replied to TimTamJimJam's topic in Travel

    Go into nursing prepared for constant high expectations from your employer dealing with unhappy customers with a lot of responsibility in a fast paced environment. Then double

  19. 2016 Salary thread

    Libby1987 replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know the real reason for the wage disparity between Northern and Southern

  20. Stuck between two job offers

    Libby1987 replied to NURSEJSS's topic in General Nursing

    I understand why they do it but unless you can afford to put your 1st 2 mos of wages away to buy your way out I wouldn't make such a deep-seated

  21. Questions and feelings on nursing

    Libby1987 replied to jenna1394's topic in General Nursing

    There are a limited number of positions with long lines for M-F days with no holidays. I would go for PT, best pay for schedule and job satisfaction in my experience of working closely with

  22. "Be a nurse! It will be fun!", they said

    Libby1987 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Yrs, not hrs

  23. How long SHOULD orientation be?

    Libby1987 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I know there isn't a black and white answer, but what are the orientation needs of your new nurses (not talking seasoned nurses, but either new grad or relatively new nurse, the field is new to...

  24. How long SHOULD orientation be?

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure what you mean. Classroom/HR orientation for 2 days? Isn't the residency itself a type of orientation

  25. Sepsis

    Libby1987 replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    We've had so many patients with urosepis, didn't they just used to call it pyelonephritis? That's the common dx I remember from way back when and I rarely hear it