eriksoln BSN, RN

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    Annoyed by what I saw in the dining room...vent

    eriksoln replied to mom2cka's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously. What Orange Tree said. I had to read the post like.......well, a lot...........to figure out what the problem was. Then I was like :smackingf "Oh,ok, because it was a doctor." Meh, IDK...
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    I'm such a hypocrit.

    eriksoln posted a topic in General Nursing

    Huh. I remember a long time ago, when I was new to this site, argueing about leaving the floor to smoke. I was a smoker then, saw nothing wrong with it. Now, I'm one year into being a non-smoker and...
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    I have a question to nurse that smoke

    eriksoln replied to BOOYARN's topic in General Nursing

    not getting on my soap box here, just pointing out something that helped me quit: smoking is a stimulant. it awakens you and makes you more alert. it does not relax. you only get that relaxed...
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    I have a question to nurse that smoke

    eriksoln replied to BOOYARN's topic in General Nursing

    Who fired the nurse and how did they find out about it? There might be more to it: Is smoking allowed where the cig hand-off took place? Was the nurse not on break/lunch? I've done it. I've...
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    Favoritism in assignments

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

    i've never once been fired, and i've taken on many many "in crowds" face to
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    I'm such a hypocrit.

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it is physical too. Yes, you do actually start going through withdraw when you've gone to long without one. You get.....tunnel vision, it clouds your mind. Actually, you don't have to leave...
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    I had an epiphany today

    eriksoln replied to nurse2033's topic in General Nursing

    I was considering taking my travel nursing skills to a higher level when I read this: https://allnurses.com/nursing-articles/saudi-arabia-good-275983.html Kinda sounds like what you are describing....
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    I'm such a hypocrit.

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Funny. I got to talking to some friends who knew me when I smoked because of this thread. They laughed at me. I remember what I said in the threads I mentioned before now. Yeah, I didn't give...
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    Has anyone had a pt's family member take pictures of you during care?

    eriksoln replied to TonyaM73's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, I'm saying someone in the habit of taking pictures of people who don't appreciate it, and continues to do so, will run into the wrong person eventually and regret it. Not necessarily a "nurse",...
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    If you could do it all over.....

    eriksoln replied to GeminiRN2007's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    reminds me.....................of me:p, when i wrote the "nurse vs. not nurse" thread. i was very angry when i started that thread. took a long break from the site after posting it. went back and...
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    Has anyone had a pt's family member take pictures of you during care?

    eriksoln replied to TonyaM73's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You know how when we went to school we learned "book nursing", and then there was "real nursing". The textbook definition of how things should be done and what happens in real life ARE GROSSLY...
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    I had an epiphany today

    eriksoln replied to nurse2033's topic in General Nursing

    Another patient with all the answers, but its your fault when their answers don't work. I feel for the guy. I'm a little over a year removed from smoking. Quitting smoking is THE WORST.....period,...
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    If you could do it all over.....

    eriksoln replied to GeminiRN2007's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This thread made me think of "The Shawshank Redemption" and the little speach "Red" or Morgan Freeman gives the the parole officers. He talks about wishing he could go back, talk to himself when he...
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    Opportunity-rural hospital or urban hospital

    eriksoln replied to DesiderataRN's topic in General Nursing

    For me, I find people putting a lot of emphasis on things like what unit to go to so on so forth, but that doesn't seem to be what makes me like/dislike a job in the long term. For me, what matters...
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    Hooters as Job History...Could this hurt my chances of getting a job?

    eriksoln replied to AMD88's topic in Nursing Career

    Yeah, thats what I don't get. Hooters is not all that exciting or "dark and mysterious" or anything. I mentioned a friend who goes there for the wings. I went once. The outfits are not all that...
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    Nurses, it's time to harden up

    eriksoln replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in General Nursing

    This hospital has thrown up the proverbial white flag and is pretty much focused on making money at this time. I'd say Quality assurance has "taken a back seat", but that'd be giving them too much...
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    Doctors office job..think I made a mistake...

    eriksoln replied to Marshall1's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Ditto. Hospitals sell this idea that the only real nursing that goes on is in their facility. I'll tell ya what, how bout we switch places. I'll do your job. Doc don't have to talk to me. In fact,...
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    Nurses, it's time to harden up

    eriksoln replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in General Nursing

    While I agree perception is reality, I have to agree "eternal optimism" is every bit as poinsonous as negativism. Since we are throwing around Freud/Confuscious quotes, here is mine: Optimist says...
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    "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    eriksoln replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    See, I agree with the view that if its not bedside with a pt. its not nursing. Thats the point of calling it "nursing".......you NURSE people. You don't nurse paperwork. Its like this: Sports stars...
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    "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    eriksoln replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of my mother's from church was going through nursing school and realized she made a big mistake. She wanted NOTHING to do with bedside nursing and made it clear she would not be doing it...
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    "The New Style" of education.

    eriksoln posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyway, on to the real topic: A comment I made on another thread concerning pt. education got me thinking. Seems to me that a great challenge us nurses face as we try to deliver the care we always...
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    Jobs not being advertised?

    eriksoln replied to ConsideringNursing79's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I remember from career training class about job advertisements: As someone already said, only about two thirds of jobs are "advertised". The reason for this is, it costs money/time to do...
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    "The New Style" of education.

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, you love my rants. You know you do. You need my rants so rational people like you have something to be compared
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    Hooters as Job History...Could this hurt my chances of getting a job?

    eriksoln replied to AMD88's topic in Nursing Career

    I had a friend in nursing school who went there, took her young daughter, for the wings. Yes, for the wings, not the waitresses. She always said the scariest part of going there were the customers,...
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    "The New Style" of education.

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    This policy to me seems to follow the "its the image of care, not that care that matters" philosophy. I know many managers and, unfortunately fellow nurses, who are better at smiling their way...