Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. New Grad off Orientation

    Libby1987 replied to froggy93's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, a nurse comes on not totally miserable, admits she/he might be missing something and will continue to have questions but so far isn't feeling panicked or that the work is impossible. And says...

  2. New Grad off Orientation

    Libby1987 replied to froggy93's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There is a continuum where new/all nurses/people fall in terms of learning, organization, stress mgmt, confidence with humility, soft skills etc. We've had newer nurses who blew us away, and others...

  3. Home Health Orders for Educating CG

    Libby1987 replied to jsbschach's topic in Home Health

    Teaching a caregiver to perform a procedure such as a catheter or dressing change requires a physician's order. It's ideal to have captured all of the patient's education needs on the POC or in...

  4. Nurses and holiday exhaustion

    Libby1987 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Amazon Prime and Zappos. Everything went in gifts bags. Tree, stockings, live fund raiser wreath and large poinsettia covers the decorations. Simple menus. Gratitude for a steady job*, I've never...

  5. have any of you left nursing

    Libby1987 replied to StillRN's topic in General Nursing

    I did, for 10 years to be a SAHM. I didn't intend for it to be 10 years but that's what it morphed into and I was ready. 10 years later my life was different, I was different, and I re-entered with a...

  6. We were all wrong about nursing home nurses

    Libby1987 replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    70 RNs or 70

  7. Nursing Informatics to CRNA

    Libby1987 replied to TheBerriGirl's topic in Nursing Career

    I know I'm old school but how about a couple of extra shifts per month to make those payments and get the loan paid down versus more work and no payments

  8. Totally Disapointed

    Libby1987 replied to OSUFan1's topic in Rehabilitation

    I don't know where you're located but I had a recent meeting with a rehab adminstrator and was told how additional training for the nurses was going to be needed to deal with the rising acuities...

  9. I want to quit ICU after one week.

    Libby1987 replied to Lady4Scrubs's topic in Critical Care

    If you're not in or going for nursing school then do what enriches your life while paying the bills. If DD is it, them go back and thrive in that

  10. What to do?

    Libby1987 replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Nursing Career

    I'd wait and see how the clinic hours actually pan out before thinking about an additional job. I managed to make a comfortable living and maintain long term job satisfaction with flexible hours in...

  11. I want to quit ICU after one week.

    Libby1987 replied to Lady4Scrubs's topic in Critical Care

    Are you in nursing

  12. hiring older nurses

    Libby1987 replied to KThurmond's topic in General Nursing

    If you know of any older nurses with strong patient care skills/experience and appear strong and in good relative health with a great patient focused attitude, I have a job for

  13. Have you met your husband at nursing? Is nursing a good career to meet men?

    Libby1987 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the question was about a higher potential for meeting men as a nurse in a healthcare workplace, I didn't think it was about nurses meeting and marrying other

  14. Need advice for a friend

    Libby1987 replied to scrabblern's topic in Home Health

    I'm in California but qualifying hospital stays are not required for Medicare reimbursed home health services. Medicare pays for SN visits for PICC care but it doesn't cover the drugs or fluids in...

  15. I've been suspended

    Libby1987 replied to Sheila2155's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A student reporting anything unclear? "What do you mean, 'John's quiet?'" Unless this patient had been notably unquiet, i.e. restless and yelling, that statement was so vague that I would have asked...

  16. Would you choose nursing again or another health profession?

    Libby1987 replied to Abbr's topic in Nursing Career

    I would choosing nursing again if I were to do it all over again back when I did it. It's been a good career that I'm still passionate about. Now though, hands down PT. The other therapies are good...

  17. Soon to be a new grad and found out I'm pregnant

    Libby1987 replied to Harlowe's topic in General Nursing

    If they hire you, they won't want to replace you, they'll be depending and expecting you to come back. The biggest hesitancy/risk to the employer usually comes from new moms deciding not to come back...

  18. 1 month new ICU job. I want to run

    Libby1987 replied to RNMeagz's topic in Critical Care

    Coming from a naive perspective, how does one get bored after only 3 years in ER as their only nursing experience? Was it a lower acuity

  19. Have you met your husband at nursing? Is nursing a good career to meet men?

    Libby1987 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't go into any field to meet a spouse but I would have thought it not crazy to think that working for a huge hospital based system could lead to many social relationships including possibly...

  20. Can you talk some sense into me?

    Libby1987 replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you have recent experience and know what to expect but still say you're tired (after two years of *rest*) and don't care for clocking in for shift work, are you sure working as a APRN in CC...

  21. Can you talk some sense into me?

    Libby1987 replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts before coffee.. What's the big deal about working weekends and holidays? If you're pushing 50 (23 yrs as a nurse?) then you've had plenty of weekends and holidays with a boring job to go...

  22. Need advice for a friend

    Libby1987 replied to scrabblern's topic in Home Health

    Qualifying stays are not required for home health. There are other criteria but that isn't one of them. We don't do peripherals not because we can't but because they're too high maintenance and...

  23. Need advice for a friend

    Libby1987 replied to scrabblern's topic in Home Health

    Medicare would cover a nurse to make a visit to restart an IV if they otherwise meet other criteria for home health care but we also don't manage peripheral lines, has to be at least a PICC. (I...

  24. Can You work as an RN towards the end of Nursing school?

    Libby1987 replied to LelahRN2be's topic in General Nursing

    I guess they don't do this anymore but in my state university program, the way the classes were set up, you were eligible to take state boards (pre NCLEX) after the first 4 semesters. A few chose that...

  25. Question regarding where I stand with my job (long, but with paragraphs!)

    Libby1987 replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you, holiday card, grocery list.. that doesn't justify interrupting any medical