Roy Fokker BSN, RN

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    Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    Roy Fokker replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    LUVyourCNA: I work with three LPNs. Two have been on the job for 25+ years. The other just retired from active military duty (special forces medic) and has done extensive time in CCU/ICU and multiple...
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    Girl with rare disease doesn't know pain

    Roy Fokker posted a topic in General Nursing

    @ :: http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/11/01/painless.child.ap/index.html Thought I'd share this with
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    What do you think of Nursing Care Plans?

    Roy Fokker replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    i agree.careplans in nsg. school was the pits! ack! ptooie! yuck! and other assorted expressions of disgust :trout: but just as we don't realize we are actively performing trigonometry and vectors...
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    Difficult situation

    Roy Fokker replied to weesyanne's topic in General Nursing

    I once did something thoughtless to a PT. :imbar She was ambulating one of my patients and I asked her, in front of the patient, when was the next time she would be able to make rounds. She made a...
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    Ideas on how to prepare for NCLEX

    Roy Fokker replied to daisygurl's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked tech support as a consultant for my university's IT department, we had a big stenciled abbreviation pasted on our wall:RTFM - Read The F______ Manual
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    Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

    Roy Fokker replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    Never
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    Don't just get to work on time....

    Roy Fokker replied to clee1's topic in General Nursing

    I like to be on work before time - helps me avoid any last minute rush my preceeding nurse may have and if I get done with report sooner, I also get a chance to ask them further questions on my...
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    How do you deal with ICU superiority complex?

    Roy Fokker replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    "It's harder to recognise a pattern when you are a part of it" You maybe speculating but I suspect you are more right than wrong.In my limited experience, I have found that most co-workers respond...
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    New Nurse 6 Months-float ?

    Roy Fokker replied to SALLYSMG's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't floated - yet. We don't float an awful lot from my floor - we are pretty much a "dedicated" surgical floor (all though of late we've seen more medical patients being admitted). Our techs are...
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    Most RN's first borns?

    Roy Fokker replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    Second born with one older brother. Parent's neither drink nor
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    med administrations via GT/NGT

    Roy Fokker replied to travel4ever's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't have a mortar and pestle on your floor, do what I do: Put the pills between two medicine cups and use the flat end of anything (usually my pen) to mash 'em in. :) Works pretty good - even...
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    MD's professional handwriting skills

    Roy Fokker replied to hppynurse2's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Steph,If you conducted that study in India, China and South Africa, I'd guarantee you, you'd get different results each time. Again - being a boy or a girl doesn't pre-dispose you to better...
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    Going to India-- what meds to take?

    Roy Fokker replied to AmericanChai's topic in General World

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    MD's professional handwriting skills

    Roy Fokker replied to hppynurse2's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry Steph - but I honestly think such "studies" are hogwash.They do little but perpetuate gender stereotypes. I could extrapolate your "study results" and claim that "since boys have better math...
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    I need advice..RN or not..What to do

    Roy Fokker replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men in Nursing

    It's quite alright! We welcome opinions from our female membership too!
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    You know you're a male RN when......

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

    You know you're a male nurse if: - you listen to your co workers moaning about "husbands/boyfriends" descend to "moaning about men in general". You clear your throat and say something like "insert...
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    MD's professional handwriting skills

    Roy Fokker replied to hppynurse2's topic in General Nursing

    Our ER docs do this - but I think it's standard practice in the ER ?Some of my fellow nurses joke that MDs go to school for all those years just so they could learn to write like pre
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    Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    Roy Fokker replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Here's my list:1. Name, Sex, Age. Admitting date and diagnosis. Procedure date (maybe different from admission date). Attending MDs, Hospitalists, internists, primary MDs. On-call MDs if need be. Code...
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    Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    Roy Fokker replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Don't eeeeven get me started!There is one nurse on PM shift I don't bother listening to her taped report on. She just regurgitates what is already on the chart - no observations of her own. No...
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    MD's professional handwriting skills

    Roy Fokker replied to hppynurse2's topic in General Nursing

    There are a couple of docs and surgeons on my floor who really need to be sat down and talked to about their pathetic handwriting. Many of the docs do fine - I'm actually more irritated by their lack...
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    Anyone NOT use prefilled flushes?

    Roy Fokker replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    The first thing I do when I walk out of the report room is stuff me left pants cargo pocket with 5-7 flushes and 3-4 cannula-tip caps. AM or PM shift is usually so busy that flushing heplocks isn't a...
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    Scripting Nurses?

    Roy Fokker replied to Cindylufus's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO? Smells like the "Ask me if I washed my hands today" button....
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    Did anyone lose weight AFTER becoming a nurse?

    Roy Fokker replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    Can you please explain this to my folks?They are absolutely livid that I'm leading an unhealthy lifestyle! "All you do is sleep all day" (uhh, I work 5 nights a week?) and "you don't get enough...
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    Did anyone lose weight AFTER becoming a nurse?

    Roy Fokker replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't lost weight - but I haven't gained any iehter... despite an utter and almost complete lack of gym/exercise. I figure the 10+ miles I walk a week on the job, plus the lifting and...
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    The Circumcision Discussion

    Roy Fokker replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The United States is the only Western nation with a majority Christian population that practices large scale circumcision for non-religious reasons. If circumcision was all that much more beneficial,...