eriksoln BSN, RN

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    Ok, this one hasn't been done in a while....

    eriksoln replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Eh? You mean he pulled a Tony Dorsette and changed his name for the public? I did not know that. What was his orig.
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    Shortage of Nursing Instructors/Teachers?

    eriksoln posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I hear that there is a nursing teacher shortage a lot of times. It usually follows a post about someone not being confident in getting into school and such. Is the nursing teacher shortage that...
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    "Do you wanna.......huh...........do you really wanna?"

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I might be onto something here. Am I allowed to accept tips for giving dilaudid? >_> Oh heck with it, doctors and administration take kick-back. Why should I be the alltruistic
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    HEYYY........... Someone pointed out to me: Why can't nursing be called "A labor of LOVE"? >_> Ok, ok They aren't talking about the same thing, but you get the
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    Ok, this one hasn't been done in a while....

    eriksoln replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a light hearted thread in AN Central where I admitted where mine came from. I think I brought it up once after too. My screen name is a Dungeons&Dragons player I created and had a lot of fun...
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    What would you do?

    eriksoln replied to RockNess's topic in General Nursing

    "What would you do?" Well, I've seen this too....patients who are angels with family/sitters around but DEMONs when they are gone. I remember, while a new nurse, trying my best to get a sitter (with...
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    Patient/Resident actually being a bully to staff

    eriksoln replied to TheFloorisCold's topic in General Nursing

    Even with the imcreased focus on "customer service" and all, I don't act like anyone's Butler or hand maiden. No value in it for me and TBH, it clouds the theraputic relation I am obligated to build....
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    You MUST be freaking kidding me!?

    eriksoln replied to wishinguponastarLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen more than a few posts on this site about new grads (how long post graduation do you lose the "new" part of that anyway?) going more than 3 months without even an interview. You, on the...
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    Just for fun.... re: call bells...

    eriksoln replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would further OP's suggestions with my own: Make it so call bell use can be programmed differently for individual patients. So, Pt. A fresh out of the ICU with six different lines attached to...
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    A question for those who teach (school setting).

    eriksoln posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I'm returning to school. I want to obtain my Master's in Informatics. Step #1 is getting my BSN. I will be starting towards completing that goal this fall semester. My fear is: My beliefs and...
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    If a MD says "Don't Call Back"- do you write that as an order?

    eriksoln replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would not write it as a verbal order without telling them so. There are definite steps and formalities to entering a verbal order that must be followed (the doctor initiating it by stating it is an...
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    Bullied by the Young

    eriksoln replied to sorry's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What was going on? Why were the younger nurses doing this? There has to be more to the story than "A few young nurses walked into work one day, bullied an older nurse, and she left." Why didn't...
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    Why is LTC so hated

    eriksoln replied to MadameFreckles's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree, the idea that LTC nurses have nothing to offer/teach nurses from acute settings is off base. But consider the source............and the source btw is not people like DNS. Its acute care...
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    Why is LTC so hated

    eriksoln replied to MadameFreckles's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am one of those people who used to say "I would retire before I worked in a nursing home." I still feel that way, despite my interviewing with a LTC facility when I wanted off night shift. My...
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    What do you do if you are assigned a patient you know outside of work?

    eriksoln replied to cogath's topic in General Nursing

    I think, in the end, that is about what it all boils down to. Case by case basis, with the patient being the decision maker. My friend of a friend, he was relieved to know someone was taking care...
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    What do you do if you are assigned a patient you know outside of work?

    eriksoln replied to cogath's topic in General Nursing

    Ha ha. Funny you use the example "mother's friend". I'm thinking about that now and I'd probably walk away from it. Yeah, guess all my experiences have been more with aquantences than with close...
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    What do you do if you are assigned a patient you know outside of work?

    eriksoln replied to cogath's topic in General Nursing

    Why? Me: I use it to my advantage. Chat with them a bit, ask how things are going and use the familiarity to foster a good learning environment for them (pt. teaching is a chinche with people you...
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    has anyone ever discharged a patient with their IV still in?

    eriksoln replied to TracyVaRN's topic in General Nursing

    To answer your question: Yes, most certainly I have done this also. You made me remember a story from when I was working my first year too lol. I D/C'd a girl, in with, [sigh] abdominal pain....
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    Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    eriksoln replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    To further your point about turf wars, I'll add, you can probably fill several pages with ND and not say anything everyone else isn't already doing............without all the dressing up of it. The...
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    How to Handle Student Incivility

    eriksoln replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I'm lucky I guess in that, whenever I've had a student assigned to a patient in my assignment, they've always been professional and kind to the patient. Have not yet had one of these exceptions...
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    How to live/eat working the nightshift?

    eriksoln replied to Cindy143x0's topic in General Nursing

    I recently transferred from one unit to another because I wanted less nights. On my old unit, there were a limited number of 36hr/wk positions (three 12hr shifts/week full time) so I had to work...
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    How do nurses really feel about CNA/PCTs?

    eriksoln replied to barbamatt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    CNA/PCT's have to be taken/judged just like nurses, or........well, any other group of people out there. You have to look at them on a case by case (person by person) basis. There just is no...
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    Is nursing really a profession?

    eriksoln replied to RN Marx02's topic in General Nursing

    If it is, OP better take the "It is a profession" side of the debate. IDK many school teachers who want to hear
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    Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    eriksoln replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    I have a thread up about nursing not being a profession. I used the ridiculousness of Nursing Diagnosis as part of my point. Its like the kid in the playground with coke bottle sized glasses, a...
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    Is nursing really a profession?

    eriksoln replied to RN Marx02's topic in General Nursing

    Ewwwww That was NOT NICE Wonder what OP will think if they read the entire