eriksoln BSN, RN

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    using a tape recorder at work?

    eriksoln replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    My first two years, I carried around a little touch screen. It had a drug guide and a manual of diagnostic tests downloaded on it. It also had an "alarm" feature. I had it preprogrammed for the...
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    PGH nurses...Please help LTC question

    eriksoln replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    This should help, it helped me. I'm actually very close to where you are searching and this site made me chance my mind about a couple of them....
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    LTC vs. Hospital, good move or not?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I've actually decided to take a look at homecare nursing. I can get day shift just like I want and it may be more my niche. Not that Nursing Homes are completely off the list, but............they...
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    LTC vs. Hospital, good move or not?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    As I check these local places out on the web, is there a definite way to tell if a place is "for profit" or not? A few people (away from my current job) suggested going part time at wherever it is I...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yep. Thats about what it boils down to. lol, like I said, some people really feel like you've belittled them or stabbed them in the heart when you tell them you don't believe nursing is a...
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    Customer Service...........yay or nay?

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

    Yeah. I guess the situation I described, by itself, really isn't that bad. There were other issues at that hospital. Totally obsessed with getting "Magnet status". They were more concerned with...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Oh, although I do think its sad to consider nursing your image...............in the thread you are referring to, I'm speaking of the desire to think you are above or better than people who work as...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well, two reasons acutally: 1. To demonstrate my point of what "acting like a nurse" in our private lives leads to. Lots of people have said this to me, that nurses "talk down to others". Its how...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    IDK, I was raised differently I guess. I believe in taking pride in what you do, but not bragging. I believe in asserting yourself while at work, but when you are at home, you are leaving work at...
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    Customer Service...........yay or nay?

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

    No. No problems there. Trust me, I'm not so far on the "nurses only need post" side that I think students/CNA's or anyone else near the situation shouldn't be here. Heck, I can even understand SOME...
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    Customer Service...........yay or nay?

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

    Yeah, I mentioned that in my thread "Nurse vs. Not Nurse" which focused on non-nurses posting in a nursing forum. I've always wondered, are these people the same that I see in my hospital on a...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm presently working at getting off nights. I think that will improve my outlook on a great many things, not just nursing. I already explained why I think I have such strong opinions about the...
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    Calling briefs "diapers"....*vent*

    eriksoln replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I am a strong opponent of the new "Hotel Service" mentality that has polluted the medical field, but I don't this falls under that category. These are adults who have been independent, self...
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    Calling briefs "diapers"....*vent*

    eriksoln replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. I was taught never to call is a diaper. Obviously the dementiated screamers don't care much. It's the AO ones with just a little bit of stress incontinence that might take offense to...
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    Diet Coke Commercial: Nurses are Extraordinary

    eriksoln replied to s_david_a's topic in General Nursing

    I liked the Polar Bears MUCH more than this commercial I have to admit. So odd, that whole advertising campaign was extraordinary, and one day Coke was like "OK, we're done with the Polar Bears, bye...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's not cultivated by medical employers either. Come to my unit for a day or two and tell me where its being taught/cultivated/encouraged. Night shift ratio of 8-10 pts. On any given night, usually...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thats about where I've settled with it. I do realize I'm grouping people who claim to be acting out of "professionalism" in with the real professionals to a certain degree, but you have to admit, a...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    And with the medical field, neither does the
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Be careful or you'll end up running into a Succubus. :oOK, now I sound like a D+D player. :devil:And I
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thats a good way of putting how I saw it. Truth is, I've had a bit of a change in heart. I think my problem is, the worst nurses I've ever seen are they type you just described. So, I automatically...
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    Did being a CNA help you get an RN job?

    eriksoln replied to kdrose01's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    This wasn't in PA, it happened when I was travel nursing, but I knew a CNA who couldn't get an interview at the hospital she worked at after she graduated. Seems to be the manager didn't want to...
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    So, I'm leaving my unit of 2 1/2 years

    eriksoln replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    My manager does the "write up for dirty shoes" when she finds out people are trying to transfer. She also calls the manager of the unit you want to go to and gives them a little "inside scoop"....
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    Tired of nurses threatening to quit!!!

    eriksoln replied to bradyc's topic in General Nursing

    Wonder if her personality, the complaining part of it, is what is actually holding her back from getting the FT position? IDK. Seems quite possible. Only OP can answer this, but is there an issue...
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    Diet Coke Commercial: Nurses are Extraordinary

    eriksoln replied to s_david_a's topic in General Nursing

    Truth be told, if I had to settle down on only one soft drink to have for the rest of my life, it wouldn't be either. RC Cola, Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Tom Tucker Mint Ginger Ale and Arizona Green...
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    Anyone know any good resume writing services???

    eriksoln replied to Lunalitsa's topic in General Nursing

    Thats the service I use and I think they are great. Very happy Pongo customer