Roy Fokker BSN, RN

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    "The Jesus Factor"

    Roy Fokker replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Atheists in foxholes Atheists in Foxholes monument respectfully, PS: I deleted a link to a third resource - not because I thought it was in-appropriate... but because I thought most folks who read it...
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    ABG interpretation?

    Roy Fokker replied to ChrisStudentNurse's topic in General Nursing

    stumbled upon this late, but i agree with you that it's a pretty good topic to have a good discussion on!moderator note: moved thread from male nursing forum to general nursing forum. happy...
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    Do other RN's imply you give "too much" nursing care??? (long vent)

    Roy Fokker replied to ICURN_NC's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a very demanding patient. Family dynamics were completely screwed up. Patient's daughter was VERY demanding and "in your face". Patient was a very recent stroke victim. 82 years old. Very...
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    Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

    Roy Fokker replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    Wolfie!So AWESOME to hear from you again! :) We all have a lot of "catching up" to do
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    How many days off after 3 nights?

    Roy Fokker replied to skicharles93's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked 5 12 hour noc shifts in a row for a couple weeks. Management schedules me for 4 shifts in a row - 3x12s (my usual) and an extra 8 or 12. We are horridly under staffed on nights and I don't...
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    Good judgement skills or not?

    Roy Fokker replied to nevergonnagiveup's topic in General Nursing

    Ok. Assume you didn't call RR. Sats were 82% and not improving. What if the patient bottomed out? Willing to take that chance? Hind sight is 20/20. When you are Johnny-on-the-spot, you don't have the...
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    Some days it just stinks to be an aide

    Roy Fokker replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    Bethin: I understand your frustration. You did the right thing. This reminds me. I just had a discussion with my tech last night. She was feeling over-whelmed and stressed out (can't blame her. She is...
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    Adjusting to night shift--HELP!!

    Roy Fokker replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

    Send me your mailing address. I'll personally mail you my statistics textbook - guaranteed to help you sleep anywhere, anytime,
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    I am so stupid!!!!!!!

    Roy Fokker replied to edisonnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You want stupid? How about trying to aspirate a J-TUBE to check for "residual" ?? Yep. Been there. Done that. A co-worker pointed out the obvious fact in between guffaws :imbar Guess I learned...
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    Government classifies nurses as 'unskilled workers'

    Roy Fokker replied to karensflowers's topic in General Nursing

    Ka-Ching! Bulls eye!(Insert other assorted compliments for gettin' the right answer :))
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    Do you call your physicians by their first name?

    Roy Fokker replied to I<3H2O's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Residents and PAs - we use first names. Attendings and Surgeons - Dr.____ Some of the senior MDs - uhhh, better not try and get too chummy with 'em :uhoh21: They still belong in age of "nurses=hand...
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    Government classifies nurses as 'unskilled workers'

    Roy Fokker replied to karensflowers's topic in General Nursing

    Since it is well known that foreign nurses don't have to take the NCLEX and don't need to have a license in the US to work; we can justifiably come to that conclusion.cheers, EDIT: It's been many...
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    So I lost it? Am I out of Line?

    Roy Fokker replied to fizz2Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't been a nurse for very long either and while we're horridly understaffed on nights (50% understaffed) - mine don't sound as bad as yours.As Tazzi said - no stock of Tylenol? Are you kidding...
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    Anyone sporting a beard?

    Roy Fokker replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I sport a biker handlebar
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    do you actually wait?

    Roy Fokker replied to StacieRN's topic in General Nursing

    There was this case of a lady who was a direct admit with c/o of bloody stools. Around 0400 vitals check, tech came and told me she had assisted pt. to bedside commode and and there seemed to be a lot...
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    liability insurance

    Roy Fokker replied to dbay's topic in General Nursing

    I bought my policy through NSO this year. cheers,
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    hyperstension/hypertension

    Roy Fokker replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with the "must be a typo or other error" camp. Ne'er heard of 'hyperstension'.
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    hospitalists

    Roy Fokker replied to fronkey bean's topic in General Nursing

    I feel bad for ours - they get dumped on, big time. All nurses know what it "feels like" to be dumped on - so we kinda count some of our hospitalists as "one of us". We're going through a transition...
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    Matrix???

    Roy Fokker replied to LUVtxNursing's topic in General Nursing

    We must work at the same hospital/unit
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    Question numbers in the NCLEX?

    Roy Fokker posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ok, this might appear to bea "strange" question. When I took my NCLEX - all I had was questions, options and a timer in the upper-right corner. My questions were NOT numbered. Neither did they tell...
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    what do you all think about 12 hour shifts?

    Roy Fokker replied to emmycRN's topic in General Nursing

    I did 5 nights a week for 4 months. This also meant doing every other weekend! Never again! I love my 4 nights off a
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    Loans, Debt, Contracts & all that bad stuff...

    Roy Fokker replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

    I have a little over 50K in debt (out state tuition) plus books and other expenses. The way I figure it out, it's going to take me a good 3-4 years to pay it all off. I try and keep my (non-student)...
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    Code Red/Code Blue/Code whatever....what do you have/what are they for?

    Roy Fokker replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    code blue: cardiac/respirator/medical emergency code red: fire [color=dimgray]code grey: stroke code 99: combative patient code pink: abducted infant code brown: utility failure code bravo:...
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    Whats with the scrubs?

    Roy Fokker replied to scattycarrot's topic in General Nursing

    Basta! Thread locked for Staff Review. cheers, Roy allnurses.com
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    Do you shower when you get off work???

    Roy Fokker replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. But I do clean up before I leave work.... AND after I come home. I typically undress and change clothes right away however! I'll be starting mine tomorrow noc - my second week of 4 straight in...