Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. New job updates?

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in Home Health

    Oh, I'm up

  2. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

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

    I can't think of any but there was a patient who manipulated time and then called me heartless for not offering condolences on recent loss of a loved one. She had spent 30 min debating the admitting...

  3. Thoughts on switching to HH nursing

    Libby1987 replied to NurseB2014's topic in Home Health

    Congratulations! Medicare guidelines and

  4. Changing fields, scared

    Libby1987 replied to considermebranded's topic in General Nursing

    Your situation sounds more than what basic coping mechanisms will help but I hope you find better working

  5. Call offs

    Libby1987 replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Is 5 a total of 5 days in a year or 5

  6. Is it still financially worth it to become CRNA?

    Libby1987 replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    She had a brief stint in ICU years ago prior to going to PACU, just a couple of years I believe. Someone mentioned working while going to school. My sis was/is a workaholic, she had months of PTO...

  7. Question regarding an opportunity

    Libby1987 replied to nitasarn's topic in Home Health

    This is a situation where a nurse that you don't know is assessing and documenting on a patient you don't know and then signing your name to MD orders after they've been tweaked by someone else you...

  8. does every rn out there hate their job? sonography/x-ray tech instead?

    Libby1987 replied to Bailando's topic in General Nursing

    I've loved my home health career, have worked on the mgmt and clinical side, but I graduated at a time when the opportunities were much better for new grads and had great learning experiences under...

  9. What do you like and don't like about your current job?

    Libby1987 posted a topic in General Nursing

    And what area do you work in? Obviously not a HW question, but I will be making a change and although my qualifications are limited I'm also curious about the different good aspects in different...

  10. IS THIS TRUE???

    Libby1987 replied to nurse2211's topic in General Nursing

    LOL! I said it was med school in the 80's. Looonng time

  11. Unused medical supplies

    Libby1987 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have forever thought that DWB accepted medical supplies but I just checked their website and they don't due to impracticality. I can't find any organization that accepts small scale donations of...

  12. Unused medical supplies

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I have a friend whose daughter is a nursing student and goes on those types of missionary trips, I'll check with

  13. IS THIS TRUE???

    Libby1987 replied to nurse2211's topic in General Nursing

    I don't recall bed baths but we didn't practice any assessments or procedures on each other. We also didn't have a skills lab. This was the 80's and we had ample opportunity in our clinicals which was...

  14. New job updates?

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in Home Health

    Where will you be moving in

  15. Is this normal?

    Libby1987 replied to studentnursemon86's topic in General Nursing

    I bet nursing school has contributed to this self doubt and questioning. Nothing like nursing school to scare and create

  16. Nursing loans really that bad? 120K

    Libby1987 replied to nursequery1's topic in General Students

    For 120K I'd have to at least love the work or be commensurately compensated for it and how can you even

  17. You will all probably hate me for this

    Libby1987 replied to Lulu Belle's topic in General Nursing

    OP, just popping in to say your post is food for thought, and we don't have to completely agree for it to be so. It never hurts to temper ourselves a

  18. Nursing and the sex industry

    Libby1987 replied to itsme0987's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only one who thought nurse's cap and white fishnets after reading the

  19. What am I getting myself into?

    Libby1987 replied to k8e_97's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing has been very good to me, I went into home health early after a year in the hospital as an RN following a year as an extern, but this was nearly 30 years ago. Any and every opportunity was...

  20. Open mouth, insert foot...

    Libby1987 replied to Christy1019's topic in General Nursing

    Best

  21. What do you like and don't like about your current job?

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Farawyn, I know what you mean about missing other nurses, my job is pretty isolated from my coworkers as

  22. suspended for doing the right thing...

    Libby1987 replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This can't be the nursing supervisor's and principal's first kid with DM, I wonder why they didn't point out the social/psych

  23. Open mouth, insert foot...

    Libby1987 replied to Christy1019's topic in General Nursing

    This goes waaay back to my nursing student days while working at a family restaurant. I was bringing the check to the table and realized that I miscalculated and said "Oops, I almost charged you an...

  24. What do you like and don't like about your current job?

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Likes = liking the shared contributions but also acknowledging the difficulties at everyone's

  25. What do you like and don't like about your current job?

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Klone, loving the hardest part of your job, that's such a tough balancing