eriksoln BSN, RN

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    RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    eriksoln replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Pregnant nurses freak me out. I'm like :eek::eek: all day with them. Now them, I don't mind helping, and in fact I've been told "Leave me alone, I am not a cripple, I am pregnant" by them. I should...
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    Why do I miss the REALLY good threads?

    eriksoln replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah. There is a local gas station near me, one of those "supermart gas station" type places that sells all kinda of food 24/7. Big handout spot for the twenty and under crowd. Every night I go in...
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    RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    eriksoln replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Oh, just to make sure its understood and to clarify: The term "needy nurse" doesn't apply to people who "need help lifting". Heck, I get help because its easier on the pt even technically I could do...
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    RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    eriksoln replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    See, that wouldn't bother me. On the other hand, if I was doing all the lifting all day then at the end of the day the old (modest) lady who wanted peri care done by a...
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    Why do I miss the REALLY good threads?

    eriksoln replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    No no no, OMG.................I remember a heated argument about donuts and who was entitled to them (students vs. the staff nurses). "If the students brought them in but put them in the kitchen...
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    Why do I miss the REALLY good threads?

    eriksoln replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    ewwwww:mad: you already got me going. i'm hard core anti-distracted driving. hate people who text and drive. i won't even talk on the phone much less................ lets make a thread about all...
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    RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    eriksoln replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I have to step in here. Lots of nurses will more than likely be offended by this but the reality of nursing is.......the labor side of it (lifting, transfering etc.....) is a part of it, and its not...
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    Does anyone enjoy being a nurse???

    eriksoln replied to Butterfly0328's topic in General Nursing

    For me, its not being a nurse that gets old it is all the other things associated with working at a hospital that gets on my nerves. I hate nights and my hospital has issues staffing its night shifts....
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    RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    eriksoln replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm more your age. I wouldn't flame you for this attitude. I might point out the importance of not using the OP or younger people on here in general as your test population for any generation's...
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    Nurses who steal narcotics....

    eriksoln replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, but that's where we disagree. The information is out there. Anyone who uses casually knows they are putting themselves at risk for addiction. If you smoke pot...........it probably won't happen...
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    RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    eriksoln replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Just to throw in my little All the data in the world about age/retirement/increasing NEEDSdoesn't add up to much. Its only been a year but if you want to check me, go back to some of the threads...
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    Is nursing for me?

    eriksoln replied to 2RNornot2RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've had short periods of time where I felt exactly as you do. I've even posted on here how I was going to pursue a different career path. In the end, I always stayed with nursing for this/that...
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    RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    eriksoln replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Did anyone else after reading the opening statement have a Saturday Night Live scit run through their head like this: Nurse: "We need to hire more new grads. The care on this unit is lacking and...
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    Nurses who steal narcotics....

    eriksoln replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    your points rely on bunching addicts into one group though. you place casual users of social drugs (pot, alcohol) in with people who have a problem. my orig. post yes, has an assumption in it....
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    Nurses who steal narcotics....

    eriksoln replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Yes and no. Ok. Where do you draw the line then. If the pedophiles decide "hey, it was a chemical imbalance in my brain that caused me to do it" do we now give them all second chances? Eliminate...
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    Patients who want to change doctors after problems

    eriksoln replied to CecileSF's topic in General Nursing

    I've had many patients ask me this. :cool:Usually its the patients of a select few certain doctors who ask. It's simple. I basically quote to them what is expressed to us in nursing 101. We are...
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    RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    eriksoln replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    That is pretty much what happened to electricians.....field got oversaturated and wages plumeted. I'm no economics expert though and I'm not convinced thats how it will happen with nursing. Why? Well,...
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    Nurses who steal narcotics....

    eriksoln replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Sartre (and myself) would counter "We are defined by what we do, not by the reasons for what we do." If ever the BON were to wise up and start reconsidering second chances for "impaired nurses", I...
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    Tums makes GERD worse?

    eriksoln replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    Whan I got diagnosed with GERD, my GI doctor told me "no quick fix medications". He was a firm believer in diet/lifestyle changes and short term protonix use while making said changes. I was one of...
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    CNA shift for fulltime student and wife

    eriksoln replied to ELizabeth T's topic in General Nursing

    I did exactly what you are proposing for three semesters, got away from it during our senior/final semester. It was hard. Things you will run into: 1. Routine daily "chores" become too much of a...
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    Time for some introspective criticism perhaps?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, odd interpretation. I actually talked about that before, but not in this thread. In my eyes, us taking the staffing into our own hands takes the power from management. If nurses create their...
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    Time for some introspective criticism perhaps?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I forgot to say too, I think the bolded part up above is the first step. Nevermind if you can play hero from time to time, a lot of stuff would be solved by eliminating unecessary call offs. Not...
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    Staffing and Nursing Fatigue

    eriksoln replied to TheMrsRN's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital's policy to prevent fatigue is to let you know if your work slips, you are gone, regardless of the hours you worked or the staffing ratios at the time. Works well for them in these times...
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    Maybe I'm just old and cynical, but....

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

    Ever see the Bill Cosby stint where he does Noah? God "calls" Noah on some imaginary phone and talks to him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0KHt8xrQkk "Nursey" "Yes, who is this. Can't you see I'm...
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    Maybe I'm just old and cynical, but....

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

    I wonder what all these "In nursing for the calling" types would do if they realized 90% of their patients make jokes about them as soon as their shift is over and they leave. Funny this thread came...