Libby1987

Libby1987

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  1. Is this normal? Am I over reacting or just new with nerves? New HHA on Hospice case

    Libby1987 replied to PhillyRNtoBe's topic in Home Health

    Your agency should have provided their dying client with someone with relevant experience, that is their responsibility. Re you personally, since you're in nursing school, I would advise you to learn...

  2. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

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

    I'm coming from the basis that I never said that fear of litigation would affect *my* response. I said that could be the fall out. I never said *I* was afraid of the fallout. Posters responded that...

  3. Childhood Obesity: Breaking the Cycle

    Libby1987 replied to cynboys's topic in Patient Education

    I don't think lack of education is the underlying problem. There are too many (my anecdotal informal appraisal) middle class with access to all of the media as well as college education who are obese....

  4. Shift Work vs Monday to Friday - Which would you prefer?

    Libby1987 replied to MaleNurseYH's topic in General Nursing

    I work Mon-Fri flex time and have been fortunate to have my important holidays off. It works well with my family and personal/social schedule. My philosophy has been you can get used to anything...

  5. Wound Vac

    Libby1987 replied to mugs's topic in General Nursing

    KCI has good tutorials on their website, if you're going to be working with them, you'll like having the information. Plus, down the road if you run into something new/different, you'll be familiar...

  6. About paying off student loans

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    I've got kids in college, raising them as a single mother without child support. Don't even try to school

  7. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

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

    The bigger issue is not whether we would apologize to the patient but the culture of hateful bigotry at this facility. The other staff LAUGHED in the presence of this patient. An apology to the...

  8. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

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

    My answer had nothing to do with what I would do personally, I was only suggesting what the possible fallout could be, primarily to the facility. But with my post being quoted repeatedly, it seems the...

  9. Doctors vs. Nurses

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

    There were no Starbucks or water bottles when I worked acute care. We grabbed a cup and filled it from the sink. I will sometimes carry chocolate covered espresso beans, caffeine rush without the BR...

  10. new RN frustration; med surg makes nurses become bitter people??

    Libby1987 replied to ChooSoul's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Wait! From my position, HH in CA, we call this skilled nursing and/or rehab. This is not LTC, these are the THR d/t fx with co morbidities who weren't ready to go home. Or the perf with IV atb's and...

  11. New grads and Home Health -placed on Vent Cases

    Libby1987 replied to ShannonShidler's topic in Private Duty

    I'm confused why this work is being called home health, isn't this Private Duty Nursing? You could get more well rounded experience working on the home health

  12. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

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

    So theoretically speaking, whenever a coworker makes an error, you go to the patient and apologize for the incompetent care? You don't allow mgmt to handle it? You do it? In the case of mgmt not doing...

  13. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

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

    I'm not sure if you realize what question I was responding to but I in no way support wrong doing or avoiding doing the decent

  14. Some people are too smart for nursing

    Libby1987 replied to Careerchange88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You must be referring to inpatient? I have to go to the gym to make up for my lack of physical activity and I primarily work alone with an abundance of autonomy. I don't get the "should have been a...

  15. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

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

    Can I respond to your question? Woudn't acknowledgement and validation of abuse by another employee have an impact on liability? "Even your own staff said I was abused," would be admitting abuse? Not...

  16. I'm a nurse and I don't like people.

    Libby1987 replied to addylpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Coming from the opposite angle, with the exception of large crowds I am 100% extroverted.. I work in home health and with the advent of EMR, I pretty much work exclusively from home and alone. I...

  17. Adequacy of orientation

    Libby1987 replied to Photofosterrn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not in acute care so I don't know how much this applies, but our new nurses would benefit from some outside learning on their part, which they don't appear to do. There seems to be an expectation...

  18. new RN frustration; med surg makes nurses become bitter people??

    Libby1987 replied to ChooSoul's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I don't understand the shock, you're a college grad with a professional license after just having been trained in the hospital. I also don't understand the lack of initiative to be like a soldier and...

  19. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

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

    Well they do continue to impose their personal beliefs on the rights of other human

  20. Older nurses-what's your advice on working towards retirement?

    Libby1987 replied to RatherBHiking's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends largely on your survivor's benefits. My dad's was very modest and mom lost half when we lost him. If you do it, commit the extra money to retirement otherwise it will be too easy...

  21. our sweet elders

    Libby1987 replied to mvm2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sorry, a safe childhood should be an inalienable right. We have a significant number of patients who have uninvolved adult children. My first thought is that complicated family dynamics go way...

  22. About paying off student loans

    Libby1987 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Right now there seems to be a widening pay gap between someone with a college degree and one with a marketable skill. Which brings up a whole new tangent. A different type of intelligence and...

  23. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

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

    Well I have a friend who's black. Newboy, your coworkers make for some active threads. I hope you never leave, you're needed to balance them out. I hope to be like Brandon and Gooselady when I grow...

  24. I hate night shift

    Libby1987 replied to Wrangler156's topic in General Nursing

    In pink of all colors. How do you get pink? I'd like to get

  25. A slightly dishonest question about transfering credits...

    Libby1987 replied to trolloc6340's topic in General Nursing

    A bankruptcy chapter for grades. If you're going back to school at 35, it's a shame that your grades from the past haunt you so. It's not a crime to fail a course for petes sake. And it doesn't seem a...