eriksoln BSN, RN

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    FMLA

    eriksoln replied to cecilsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    So, in theory, you get the 12 weeks every year. Guess thats what the person I knew did. She called off about four or five times a month, but it came and went in spurts. One month there'd be like 8...
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    Just tell your boss your Facebook updates increases your productivity

    eriksoln replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Off topic but: Kingdoms of Camelot was the one that hooked me in. And, we had a brief period of time that we could get in FB and I did it from time to time. It only takes two minutes to log in and...
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    FMLA

    eriksoln replied to cecilsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Really? I knew a CNA once that had it year round for blood pressure issues. It was never ending. Or maybe we just thought she
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    Need help on mark twain quote!

    eriksoln replied to TeeGuneys23's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Something got flip flopped. Schooling is the schoolwork, education is the entire body of learning including personal experiences. Its just a warning that book smarts doesn't equal smarts....
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    FMLA

    eriksoln replied to cecilsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital never had rewards for good attendance. They had the attitude "What next, do we have to reward you for following the rules............like no fire arms allowed on the premesis?" I know of...
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    Just tell your boss your Facebook updates increases your productivity

    eriksoln replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, you can not get on FB where I work. Game sites and such are blocked also. I can go to yahoo to view sports scores of the day, but many of the articles and such are blocked (they are tagged...
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    Longterm care nightmare job

    eriksoln replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree in principle but would add that many of these people have been turned in and 99% of the time, nothing is done. Management and administration are much too busy to be bothered with such things....
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    Just tell your boss your Facebook updates increases your productivity

    eriksoln replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Well, honestly, I come on this site if I have a little ten minute break. Its my little part of the planet where I can say what I am really thinking. Plus, I have a thread with my two kittens,...
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    Just a change of pace.

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. The silence is both stunning and very telling.
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    To recommend or not to recommend?

    eriksoln replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    I would also add too that, this particular nurse we are discussing is 24. I don't know about the rest of you, but when I was 24, I had much worse issues going on with respects to my personality and...
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    To recommend or not to recommend?

    eriksoln replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    I can see this may turn into a "new nurse vs. vet. nurse" thing but I'm not going there. I've known MANY bad apples during my career. Some were vets, some were not. Yes, I think your friend there...
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    Does anyone else find this offensive?

    eriksoln replied to megan3485's topic in General Nursing

    IDK. When I read it, my impression was not "LPN is the same as Medical Assistant" but: We have this position, and want to fill it with either an LPN or a Medical
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    Hypersomnia - any experiences?

    eriksoln replied to Meraki's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Its funny, with all the medical advancements and new theories and everything..........sometimes the old wisdom is still best. I work night shifts and have struggled with sleeping issues. I used to go...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    eriksoln replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    From a personal perspective, the worst was the clueless charge nurse who didn't use the abduction pillow right on a hip repair pt. Rather than lay it flat between the legs to promote abduction, she...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yeah. I was wondering that. How does high turnover keep you in budget. High turnover is the biggest killer of business who can't get it under control. When I was younger, I worked in the restaurant...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I got that in school sometimes. I was a CNA at the same hospital we did clinicals at. While other people were trying to find the BR and kitchen or supplies, I was doing my pt. care. At first, I'd...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yeah. Thats one thing about school I've always wondered about. Students in their final year talk about having 2...........gasp:eek:............even 3 patients as though it is some titanic sized...
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    Non-clinical nursing - What is out there?

    eriksoln replied to Sarah27's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, OK. Gottcha. So you were pretty far into nursing before you realized it did not jive with your personal values. But at that point, it was too far to go back. That does make more sense. I would...
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    Seriously...

    eriksoln replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    A little something that may shed some light on the thumbing of the nose at your attempt to become more complaint by us in here and your co-workers: I like my current manager a lot, but as I said, she...
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    Non-clinical nursing - What is out there?

    eriksoln replied to Sarah27's topic in General Nursing

    One of those things I bet where, if you could go back in time and have a discussion with yourself.....................things would be different. There are lots of ways to "help" people other than...
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    Am I stupid for giving this up?

    eriksoln replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    I was warned over and over by friends in the field (worked as a CNA in school) that the first year in nursing for EVERYONE is unique, hard, trying, often depressing and for some traumatic. I often...
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    Longterm care nightmare job

    eriksoln replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I was a CNA at a hospital, not a LTC facility, I witnessed this on a certain neuro/trauma unit. Thats bad enough in and of itself. But this lady took it a step further: SHE WAS THE CHARGE...
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    Seriously...

    eriksoln replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to say it's a "Murphy's Law" thing more often than not when I've had a bad day. I like to get my "tasks" out of the way ASAP, I don't mess around and socialize or take breaks until the...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I had a few different answers in mind for this, but..........eh, everyone else did it for me already. Except for one thing: Again with the "laborer = loser" attitude. Being a laborer does not equate...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm confused. A lot of the stuff in the areas of your post under quotes from me............are not from me. IDK. Maybe they are your anssers, they kinda fit in that way if you look at it that