eriksoln BSN, RN

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    A few questions.

    eriksoln posted a topic in Camp

    I would love to break into the camp nursing world sometime in my nursing pathway. I do believe, for personal reasons, I will wait until I have my BSN (currently working on it). I have a few...
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    A few questions.

    eriksoln replied to eriksoln's topic in Camp

    Thanks so much for the input. Camp nursing definitely sounds more and more like something I want to
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    when the day shift arrives

    eriksoln replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in General Nursing

    Hello. How are you? I'm
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    doctors using to ER to adment ?

    eriksoln replied to Trekfan's topic in Emergency

    Thats what I thought too, "admit". Besides the problems already mentioned, direct admits present a number of problems that just are not worth inviting in your door when going through the ER is...
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    Advice for an EMT in Nursing school

    eriksoln replied to A-fib's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.statnursing.org/ I went to a workshop by this group between my 3rd and final semester of nursing school. I wish I had heard of them before going to nursing school. You won't be able to...
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    Community College? You must be stupid.

    eriksoln replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Students

    This. While I do understand the push for a "well rounded education" and all, truth is: Those days are done. Education is becoming utilitarian in style. No more requiring courses like "History of...
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    Customer Service? Maybe on your home planet.

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

    We actually do already have a "tipping" system in place TBH. In the public's eyes anyway. If things are good, PG scores go up, if not........they go down. To me, that is like telling the restaurant:...
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    Customer Service? Maybe on your home planet.

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

    Restaurants have a unique way of dealing with "entitlement". Ever watch the movie
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    Customer Service? Maybe on your home planet.

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

    Why'd you call security instead of "Dealing with the problem using theraputic communication and people skills"? Because this person crossed the point in which "the customer is always right" no longer...
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    Customer Service? Maybe on your home planet.

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

    Yep. It's a fad. Before this, it was pain management and all of its accompanying baggage (don't judge, be sure you reassess pain).........but you don't hear much about that anymore. When I started...
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    Customer Service? Maybe on your home planet.

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

    Eh, yes and no. Dealing with difficult people certainly separates good and great nurses...........I think an awful lot of patients go beyond the accepted difinition of simply being "difficult"....
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    Suicidal man at nurses' station

    eriksoln replied to *Posh*'s topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm. Food for thought I guess. Up to this point, my worst encounter with mental illness has been: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/ok-ummm-well-492720.html When I first read the OP, I...
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    If YOU were the patient, would you feel comfortable...

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

    Remove "sometimes" and you got my approach to it. Maybe I'm in the minority but yes, it bothers me and it is one of the main reasons I won't go to hospitals myself. I will be one of those old men...
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    when the day shift arrives

    eriksoln replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in General Nursing

    I think day and night shifters have different definitions of "being nice" and "calm and supportive". Honestly, when I work nights, I don't have the energy to vent my frustrations when anyone is...
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    RN to BSN Project - need camp nurses input!

    eriksoln replied to lawrencenurse's topic in Camp

    Oh my gosh. I'd love to be able to view your video once you are done with it. I want to break into camp nursing but..........will wait until I have my BSN..........for various
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    Is this fair??

    eriksoln replied to cna23's topic in General Nursing

    My first RN job ever was much like the one the OP describes. On paper, they say you are encouraged to take your break. In RL: It is never a good time to take it. No matter when you go, someone is in...
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    Which Healthcare fields ARE hiring?

    eriksoln replied to loveblossom's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmmm Which HC fields are hiring? The ones in the best position to bring in BSNs at ADN prices. The ones who have night shift positions to fill still. The ones who just got done raising the nurse/pt...
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    What scares you most as a rn?

    eriksoln replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    I know.................... Hate people who are so aggressive about making a point, its like...........win win win.............I must win the debate.
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    How soon is too soon...

    eriksoln replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    I ate his/her liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti...
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    What scares you most as a rn?

    eriksoln replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the guy everyone gets for stuff that makes their stomach turn and churn. Vomit, sputum, trachs, BM, loose BM, blood..........eh, w/e. It don't bother me. I work on a M/S unit, so, the one thing...
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    In One Sentence; if you weren't a nurse, you'd be a ________

    eriksoln replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    Dexter? who? oh, I need to meet this
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    In One Sentence; if you weren't a nurse, you'd be a ________

    eriksoln replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    Are you allowed to admit what you'd probably be is a serial killer? Will I get modded for it? I know all the details too. I used to be a landscaper before I was a nurse, so I think the breaking...
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    What's the issue with med surg?

    eriksoln replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

    A year an a half ago, when census was low (seemed to be for every hospital), for some reason the admin. made it mandatory that when ICU didn't have enough patients, they could float ANYWHERE. Before,...
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    What's the issue with med surg?

    eriksoln replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

    I've said it before and I'll say it again (or, rather, ask it again): How in the world did good "customer service" and safe healthcare get interpreted as............pretend you are a quadriplegic and...
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    My Student is draining me.....

    eriksoln replied to AngelofLTC's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know your student but I'm willing to bet they work as a CNA somewhere. Sometimes this is a good thing, other times it is not. They've probably heard all the bad habits nurses around him are...