Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. Wound and vac assistance?

    Libby1987 replied to Zelda21's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.kci1.com/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1226689404554&ssbinary=true page

  2. Wound and vac assistance?

    Libby1987 replied to Zelda21's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't first

  3. Career advice.. Administrator - Home Health?

    Libby1987 replied to Laicia's topic in Nurse Management

    Update?

  4. Choosing a Specialty

    Libby1987 replied to Karamia0x's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a clock in clock out task oriented type, I'm more project/autonomy oriented. I've loved my career in home health as both a case manager and supervisor. How I actually got there was starting...

  5. Don't know what to do..

    Libby1987 replied to Bellaxx392's topic in General Nursing

    Can you consider becoming a home health aide? Daytime hours with possibly some flexibility with keeping appts but not having to clock onto a shift to relieve someone else. And I think the pay might be...

  6. Full time working moms - how do you manage it?

    Libby1987 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing to consider, with a lower income my kids qualified for FASFA. When my wage increased 30% they no longer

  7. How much do you make?

    Libby1987 replied to middleagednurse's topic in Private Duty

    What is the difference in pay with your intermittent visit counterparts? And compared to inpatient rates in your

  8. About paying off student loans

    Libby1987 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I completely get the impossibility of paying off 200K for an expensive non marketable degree and not being able to find a job, but I'm not fully understanding the issue with paying off a moderate loan...

  9. Where will I have the least amount of contact with men?

    Libby1987 replied to nightflower's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Everyone comes with their own stuff but this seems more than a simple preference. Gender issues are different but if a male came on here saying he needed to work with as little exposure to women as...

  10. Getting info

    Libby1987 replied to TheTrueBunny's topic in General Nursing

    For the most part there is a ceiling in wages as a staff nurse, that should pay modest rent and keep the lights on in most areas. It's going to be getting a job that has a reasonable orientation...

  11. Husband just got into ASN program -- should he pursue it?

    Libby1987 replied to Mindylane's topic in General Students

    I would have thought that going straight into BSN without working would have been considered an alternative route to new BSN grad. Is it the year lapse in clinicals that is part of the consideration?...

  12. Aging Nurses - Where do we go?

    Libby1987 replied to TamDar429's topic in General Nursing

    Good

  13. Husband just got into ASN program -- should he pursue it?

    Libby1987 replied to Mindylane's topic in General Students

    A nurse who goes straight from ADN to BSN bridge is penalized by being disqualified for new grad programs even if they don't work

  14. Circumstances it's OK to quit without notice??

    Libby1987 replied to Cola89's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've only quit once without notice, because my payroll checks kept bouncing. Short of being in immediate danger or a real danger to my patients I would otherwise not up and quit on my team or my...

  15. Really Need Some Last Minute Advice!!

    Libby1987 replied to Tori86's topic in General Nursing

    Calling off the same day you give notice isn't exactly *giving notice*. If you can function safely, then dig in and finish the 2

  16. Visitors on Working Days

    Libby1987 replied to applesxoranges's topic in General Nursing

    Your boyfriend and you both need to come to the conclusion of whether he can understand and respect having a partner that works night shift. It doesn't matter if you worked the make up counter at...

  17. Packing strips

    Libby1987 replied to muirite's topic in General Nursing

    Your HH agency should have had it overnighted to you. And the nurse should have had some back up 1/4" in their car stock. Poor form! Her surgeon's office will likely have

  18. New Nurse feeling a bit overwhelmed

    Libby1987 replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    This is one of the most open minded things I have read. It's so hard to receive criticism and so courageous to allow yourself to be vulnerable and open to

  19. Depression and Coronary artery Bypass graft

    Libby1987 replied to darren_callcareer18's topic in General Nursing

    This question is very relevant to real life adult med and I agree with roser13 for you to be mindful in your

  20. Home care nurse needs serious advise re ? abused dog

    Libby1987 replied to nurse4sale's topic in Home Health

    That doesn't sound like legal abuse. It's not how I keep my dogs, ever, but just in a crate inside the house? You'd risk losing your job over something animal control would take no action over. Now...

  21. Would you leave your current position over scheduling issues?

    Libby1987 replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't leave an otherwise good job without giving my mgr a chance to keep me. Scheduling is a hard job, following the path of least resistance is natural, perhaps you haven't made your scheduling...

  22. Pain medication advice PLEASE!!

    Libby1987 replied to PVL_RN86's topic in General Nursing

    I have a feeling that tone was based on perception. It sounds like OP is new, or she would have done more than simply asked her patients if they wanted a pain med or determined they didn't need pain...

  23. California Jobs... I'm giving up!

    Libby1987 replied to Nevada_RN's topic in California Nursing

    I know of an ADN with only a year or so of SNF experience who was hired in Jackson at SAH. I don't know which dept, only that she got a job at the

  24. Pain medication advice PLEASE!!

    Libby1987 replied to PVL_RN86's topic in General Nursing

    What time do the PTs start seeing patients in the

  25. Pain medication advice PLEASE!!

    Libby1987 replied to PVL_RN86's topic in General Nursing

    It's conventional to give knee patients pain med prior to therapy whether or not they have pain with guarded movement. Otherwise it is likely that they won't be able to optimally perform their flexion...