eriksoln BSN, RN

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    Prove my Mom wrong, please

    eriksoln replied to NurseBanana's topic in General Nursing

    I knew a girl in my class who graduated and had a child during spring break. She was lucky in that her due date fell during a semester break I guess. But even then she had problems from it. Also,...
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    I need help regrading an ethics opinion piece!

    eriksoln replied to misyan's topic in General Nursing

    I would give a very concrete and not so helpful "yes and no" when asked if I agreed with the measures taken. I don't strongly disagree with them, but at the same time, would say making the student...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This actually is where I see nursing failing requirement #3 "Demonstrates a high degree of autonomy" from my opening post. Like I said a few posts back, I don't take needing doctors orders to...
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    OK we get it STUD, you're straight

    eriksoln replied to bigrigcowboy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I went from landscaping to nursing. I must say, I agree here completely and then some. The homophobia in landscaping was so intense..............it just made people act like if you didn't walk...
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    OK we get it STUD, you're straight

    eriksoln replied to bigrigcowboy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    This stuff makes me laugh actually. I guess I'm fortunate in that I've become immune to worrying about what others thought my sexuality was. I had no choice. I would be a stark raving lunatic if it...
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    "Bait and Switch" and "Social Experiment" thread titles

    eriksoln replied to nursel56's topic in General Nursing

    I saw the thread with supposedly false screen name. IDK, I'm not convinced it was really as premeditated as the OP said. Wonder how many of these people are............trying too hard to make a...
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    Overtime pay versus holiday pay

    eriksoln replied to Noimanurse's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has a system that would have avoided your problem: For holidays, we get "holiday time", simply put we get 8 hrs PTO. We have 30 days before and after to use this "holiday" time for a day...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ah ha. Yes. Way back in this thread, someone suggested "craft" for the new term. "Nursing Craft". I think that one fits best too. Because of the "artistic skill" needed. I've always said nursing...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thats all I'm saying though. Cut the crap like NANDA. Refocus our educational policies and some of our procedures to be more.......pt. focused rather than walking in circles trying to impress our...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I hope "ordinary ward work" does not equal pt. care. If so............well, thats between you and your patients. Ordinary ward work is why we exist. The point of nursing is to "nurse" people back to...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Do you feel that time was wasted if it was suddenly announced that nursing IS a skilled trade, not a profession? Go to any thread discussing RN to BSN curriculum, the majority of the people,...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Kinda depends on your description for "more qualified". Entry exams for nursing programs these days are designed to measure only the most basic core knowledge (expected to be known from pre-reqs) and...
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    Started new job - how do I bring up time off for vacation

    eriksoln replied to NewPaltzRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the posters who say this is too late to worry about it anymore. The time to mention this was in the interview. As you said, you didn't think of it during the interview and you were...
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    If we had a conservative nurses forum

    eriksoln replied to FLmomof5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yeah, that was my question. How does it even come up? I'm too busy with patient care to bother going around asking if people are right or left wing. And that is my advice. Don't bring up your...
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    Massive RN Layoffs

    eriksoln replied to Obamacare's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Since I am so good at playing devil's advocate, I don't feel uncomfortable doing it now. Are we reading too much into the OP's screen name? I don't agree with her post, for the most part, but don't...
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    Murphy's Law?

    eriksoln posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just completed my last day on a unit that I am leaving. I am staying at the same hospital, but going to another unit offering me a much better schedule. My last day at this place was AWFUL in...
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    Murphy's Law?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of nurses on my old unit tried to talk me out of going. Gave me the "The grass is always greener on the other side" analogy. IDK. I'm leaving cause I hate nights and I'm doing MUCH less...
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    Capturing Charges on Nursing Units

    eriksoln replied to themurseman's topic in General Nursing

    Just don't go with that sticker system so many use, it never works up to its fullest capacity. I too have seen places that use supplies out of a pixis and always thought it was pretty OCD, but now I...
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    Giving Up?

    eriksoln replied to LoveANurse09's topic in General Nursing

    I think about it all the time. If I leave nursing, it'll be because I don't feel like I am living up to my own expectations for it, not because of the way things are. I always said nursing was a...
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    Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    eriksoln replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    NOT THAT I CONDONE/RECOMMEND/LIKE false documentation but, when it comes to my rights, eh..........to heck with the rest of em. At a hospital near me, they started to try the same iron fisted approach...
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    Hospitals that fall short of what you expect

    eriksoln replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    When I was travel nursing, I did go to one hospital that was OBSESSED with obtaining magnet status. I mean, this place played donkey and carrot for the title to the point of losing all focus...
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    Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    eriksoln replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hmmmm, maybe the job market there is such that such tactics work, for the time being anyway. I have to give a thumbs up to my hospital who handled the situation right: They wanted as many people to...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That is a whole other debate. FN was displaying severe psychological issues IMO. Can anyone say OVERCOMPENSATION? I know anyone who met her during her lifetime can. I could write a ten page...
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    The Lack Of Teamwork Is Astounding!

    eriksoln replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Would you believe I wrote my first response BEFORE I read this? I
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    The Lack Of Teamwork Is Astounding!

    eriksoln replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I agree 100%. This is not as much a liability of your co-workers as it is a sign that the leadership is either misinformed/uninformed or has friends in the "charge nurse" group of workers....