eriksoln BSN, RN

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    When "The Calling" wears off?

    eriksoln posted a topic in General Nursing

    Believe it or not, this isn't another debate over: Is nursing a calling or a job? We all have our own reasons for entering nursing as our career of choice. Some feel a biblical calling that makes...
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    Hate my boss...what a jerk

    eriksoln replied to lifein08's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work on a unit where the boss was famous for coming out of the office, insisting this/that be done........then when things got really interesting because of it.......she'd return to her...
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    They won't stop calling me!

    eriksoln replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Wonder if my old voicemail message would do the trick for OP? "Hello, you've reached [insert first name]. I have caller ID so: I either can't come to the phone or I looked at the caller ID and don't...
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    When "The Calling" wears off?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine in recovery calls it "Acting your way into right thinking". I am in the dumps, but not 100% sure why. I think a lot of it has to do with work. I went back into M/S to be free of...
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    They won't stop calling me!

    eriksoln replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    At first I was like "Eh?" cause I thought you meant the other Mother song: MOHTER NOT ABOUT TO SEE YOUR LIGHT AND IF YOU WANNA FIND HELL WITH ME I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT IT'S LIKE TILL YOU'RE BLEEDING OOOH...
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    They won't stop calling me!

    eriksoln replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

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    When "The Calling" wears off?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Mine was outside, definitely outside. >_> Wait. Which one means you are
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    They won't stop calling me!

    eriksoln replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Thats the part I had to learn in "Time for some introspective thinking." On another note though: I think you should change your screen name. I think you are more of a StrawberryHurricane or a...
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    When "The Calling" wears off?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Jedi Mind Trick would be nice though as a nurse: While next to hospital admin.: "You don't want to lower the nurses wages." While next to the CNA: "You hate the internet, bathing people is much more...
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    When "The Calling" wears off?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Now there is a good ANC thread. Thread title: "When you heard your calling to be a nurse, what voice was it in?" Many will say Jesus or a long gone relative or a sick child. Me: I have to choose...
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    When "The Calling" wears off?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Oh? I gotta figure this stuff out. You know, it took me.........well, too long.......just to figure out how to hop between AN and
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    When "The Calling" wears off?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad to hear that after looking back over 30 years of being in the profession, you found it did in fact "wax and wane." I wonder sometimes, while my motivations seem to be less altruistic and...
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    When "The Calling" wears off?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I like this My judgement gets a bit cloudy when I'm down in the dumps and I make things out to be much worse than they are. This is good soul medicine for
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    When "The Calling" wears off?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Sigh. Even my writing is suffering lol. A better title would have been "When We Can't Hear the Calling Anymore". Ah well. I'll just pretend it is
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    They won't stop calling me!

    eriksoln replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    it most certainly is. i'm still feeling it now even though i've taken steps to correct my approach to things. hope it isn't too
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    They won't stop calling me!

    eriksoln replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Want to know what my week was like? I thought it was Sunday all day today
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    They won't stop calling me!

    eriksoln replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    See, the problem with having no one else in line to replace the people who were fired, to me, truly is an administration/management problem, 100%. What leads to the problem: 1. Training the minimal...
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    They won't stop calling me!

    eriksoln replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. It kills the profession. Makes it sound as though anyone who watches "Care Bears" movies and likes to make koochy koochy noises can be a
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    They won't stop calling me!

    eriksoln replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    i'll take you up on it. stalk me, stalk me, stalk me please :). i want to set the record for "most stalked an member". i will be voted "most likely to be killed by an obsessed stalker". on a...
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    They won't stop calling me!

    eriksoln replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    What scent of bodysoap is that? I use Axe right now but might change to what you are using. >_> Cause I'm finding out, the Axe commercials are bogus. I'm yet to have a beautiful woman throw...
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    They won't stop calling me!

    eriksoln replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah. Kinda....cut from the same branch. I had this stigma that, if I didn't feel like I gave complete holistic care then I was failing as a nurse. So, even though I'm not top notch........if I...
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    They won't stop calling me!

    eriksoln replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    G MA RN, you sound a lot like me a few months ago in another thread that was..........loosely related to this one. In it, I offered the idea that nurses were as much to blame for poor staffing as...
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    They won't stop calling me!

    eriksoln replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    This. But, "Just say no" means.......actually saying no, not ignoring your phone when it rings. Its hard, I've had to do it too but........eventually you have to pick up the phone and tell them how...
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    Can't sleep. Ever. And I'm getting fat.

    eriksoln replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry you have to go through this. I went through it when I was full time nights and, unfortunately, didn't find the solution. I had to get off nights, now I only work 4 nights/month and even then...
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    indecisive

    eriksoln replied to sapfhire's topic in General Students

    Can't really say what is best for you because everyone's situation is different. Do you have to work too? How well do you do with shortened/accelerated classes? Me, I took Sat. only A+P classes...