eriksoln BSN, RN

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    That is not how you address one on the telephone.. *vent*

    eriksoln replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, but the "become better informed" part isn't that easy. Not that I've really put any effort into solving the riddle, but I'm willing to guess.............there really is no answer to be found....
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    That is not how you address one on the telephone.. *vent*

    eriksoln replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, it is very complicated. So you are saying its not the same as a D/C. That's interesting and would explain the phone calls AND how HIPAA is being respected if the patient is not fully D/C'd from...
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    That is not how you address one on the telephone.. *vent*

    eriksoln replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There is a case manager on my unit like this. When nurses try to blow her off she reacts like this. Its funny to watch because you'd think it would come off as sarcasm, but it doesn't, she...
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    That is not how you address one on the telephone.. *vent*

    eriksoln replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i don't think you can separate the two issues though, they are not islands. if the root of the "rudeness" is that they, like me, are nervous about whether they should be talking to you at...
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    That is not how you address one on the telephone.. *vent*

    eriksoln replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ha ha ha ha:lol2: I was going to ignore this but since KareBear gave kudos to waksbr, I can't help myself. I just got a chuckle out of those two threads with KearBear's comments followed...
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    That is not how you address one on the telephone.. *vent*

    eriksoln replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ha ha, this is kinda funny actually. In another thread, I kinda called out LTC nurses and told them to educate people in other fields about what it is they do and how it does actually use nursing...
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    "Do you wanna.......huh...........do you really wanna?"

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Only if my nursing book is allowed to have Dark Elves, Hobbits, Dragons, Wizards and a little bit of baseball mixed in with the nursing. [Having fun pretending he knows some fashion this all ties in...
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    Ok, this one hasn't been done in a while....

    eriksoln replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love LOTR. And I bet Gollum isn't taken as a user name either, I could have had it. Ever done a LOTR movie marathon? I did. Whoa, thats a lot of
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    Ok, this one hasn't been done in a while....

    eriksoln replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, well.................to each his own. DemonRat was the best. Your theme song would have been: I am the DemonRat I feast upon your cat Tender is its fur Dying as it burns You could sing it to all...
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    Ok, this one hasn't been done in a while....

    eriksoln replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Eh? But we want to vote on your new name dude. My first impressions: Demonfire DemonRat HulkSmash ImpalerRN Dr.Doom Fluffy Which do you
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    Is lack of attention to "The primary purpose" killing the medical field?

    eriksoln posted a topic in General Nursing

    Long time ago, when I was a landscaper, I had a friend who owned a business. He owned a laundry-mat. He started it off right too: Put in new dryers that worked better, fixed some issues with the...
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    "Do you wanna.......huh...........do you really wanna?"

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Had a manager who was VERY deep into PG scores tell me something similar. Basically, they said: There are, unfortunately, a small portion of patients who will give us all 1's and 2's regardless of...
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    Ok, this one hasn't been done in a while....

    eriksoln replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    You mean its not referring the the marker? Oh. My bad. I like our interpretation more anyway. I'm going to go on playing dumb and read it that way. I had this vision of a mom, walking around with a...
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    Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    eriksoln replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    I might, if you work in the ICU. I'm tired of M/S. Its NOT my
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    Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    eriksoln replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    I think I'll use that line with my demanding pt. tonight...........well, except the "I'm a woman"
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    Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    eriksoln replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    My CNA can beat up your CNA. Lets see ya negotiate outta that. >_> Oh, you said they can't negotiate as well. I'm so confused.
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    Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    eriksoln replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah. You guys stop acting like I'm not a good nurse just cause I'm a guy. Being a girl don't make you a better nurse. IN FACT........................ I'm willing to be I'm more girly that the...
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    Ok, this one hasn't been done in a while....

    eriksoln replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    u have a maltese falcon? and you named it "clover"? very odd. i would have named it "death jet" or "dark bomber bird" or something cool like
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    "Do you wanna.......huh...........do you really wanna?"

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/lack-attention-primary-570405.html
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    "Do you wanna.......huh...........do you really wanna?"

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    i like using the term "patient care" as our description of "customer service". while patient care does implement some of the common approaches of customer service, it is much more than that too. tbh,...
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    "Do you wanna.......huh...........do you really wanna?"

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    My MSN is going to be in Informatics. If I own a company, it'd be geared towards that. Probably involve going around the country teaching hospitals how to better implement their systems. I'm going...
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    "Do you wanna.......huh...........do you really wanna?"

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Oh. Wonder if I'm allowed to rewrite this and submit it? Hmmmm, does this actually fall into the category of "ethics" though? A little bit of a stretch maybe, but not totally foreign to "ethics"...
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    "Do you wanna.......huh...........do you really wanna?"

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    What contest? There is a contest going on? I wanna play . I actually could write this better if it were for a
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    "Do you wanna.......huh...........do you really wanna?"

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 90% there with ya. I believe having an assertive and in-control personality/mentality is a big part of nursing these days. The ability to talk down/calm family members and make people who are...
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    "Do you wanna.......huh...........do you really wanna?"

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    >_>