Roy Fokker BSN, RN

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    Dear nurse, I really don't want to bother you

    Roy Fokker replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Steph,I understand and agree with this as well.
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    Eat Young/Unhappiness - Mostly Med/Surg?

    Roy Fokker replied to RachieH's topic in General Nursing

    hi tweety,i'm always somewhat apprehensive when it comes to sharing my opinion about such matters - and it's mostly because i have such a radical, fundamentally different outlook on life,...
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    Dear nurse, I really don't want to bother you

    Roy Fokker replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Steph,Yes, I know that. I know family has no business wandering the ER and doing stuff. I've "done my time" in the ER too :) (admitedly, not for long. Hence why I refrain from comment in most ER...
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    Dear nurse, I really don't want to bother you

    Roy Fokker replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is the crux of the whole
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    What's in a name?

    Roy Fokker replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    Our portable computers are called "Cows" - Computer On WheelS. We use 'em for charting and med admins and drag them with us to patient rooms. On the MOU (Med-Oncology Unit), some of 'em have felt...
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    Eat Young/Unhappiness - Mostly Med/Surg?

    Roy Fokker replied to RachieH's topic in General Nursing

    My meager life experience has taught me this: Events can only affect you to the degree and level you allow them to. No doubt I'll have some of y'all tell me "Wait. You're young yet. Talk to me 10...
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    Introducing Tweety & Trauma Nursing

    Roy Fokker replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Way to go Tweets! :w00t: cheers, yet another
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    Trouble c accents at work?

    Roy Fokker replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    I speak English - not American Plus, I can imitate Fez or Apu easy as pie - always breaks tension But I have to be careful about what words I use. Example - I have to remember to ask for an...
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    Money from a patient?

    Roy Fokker replied to jack4408's topic in General Nursing

    More than hospital policy - is it ethical? Personally? I don't think it is ethical and I would return it to Mom. If she insists - I would ask her to donate it to the hospital fund. Or make a donation...
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    What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    Roy Fokker replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have problems changing pans - saved me a few items on "patient assessment" check off list [Assess bowel movement, flatus, urine, skin
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    Heart Attack Grill (20/20 ABC show)

    Roy Fokker replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not in concurrence with the majority opinion here.I'm not sure I can label the restaurant without having experienced it first. I think the BON is being absurd in threatening lawsuit. Allow me to...
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    Insurance: The Urban Legend.

    Roy Fokker replied to Zizka's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto.Might have something to do with the extensive roots amongst area Mennonite churches - or the 'not for profit' status of the establishment, but there are no differences at work.
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    What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    Roy Fokker replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto.I've had two preceptors for my first job (our Med-Surg floor is split in two - Gen.Surg and Ortho). Both of them were excellent - the ortho one more so. She kept telling me that she didn't want...
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    need help in stopping smoke

    Roy Fokker replied to alexnaison's topic in General Nursing

    I tried for 7 years and finally quit last year (been 9 months now! ) Cold turkey. I woke up one day and said "Enough is enough! Cigarettes do NOT control me or my life". And that was
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    I don't want to gag

    Roy Fokker replied to fathernurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Things that have worked for me: 1. Distraction 2. Altoids. 3. Telling myself that it could be worse (removing the gut from a headless, water logged, bloated corpse being autopsied or slipping and...
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    heplock needle size

    Roy Fokker replied to greenbean's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto.I've mostly done 20s. The smallest I did was 24 - but that was peds. We don't have a "floor policy" but given the amount of blood we pass on my floor, we end up putting in 18s or 20s anyways if...
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    Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    Roy Fokker replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    My first perceptor was awesome. Second one was a bit so-so. But I lucked out because one of the LPNs on the floor was phenomenal and she helped me loads. But the staff (bare one or two) of 'em were...
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    Disrespectful co-workers

    Roy Fokker replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    Please doNOT put up with public abuse! It's perfectly OK to say "I see we have a disagreement/problem - can we please discuss this in private?" The first response a rude person is going to come up...
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    How smart are you?

    Roy Fokker replied to psycteach's topic in General Nursing

    I worked two jobs and went through full time school. I thought I had it bad ... .... untill I met a classmate who worked a fulltime job and was raising a 2 year old girl all by herself while attending...
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    shy girl

    Roy Fokker replied to iluvmynavyman's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to say that "Nursing will change you - and you won't even realise it sometimes!"I'm not really a 'shy' or 'bashful' person. And I won't say that "it's not a big deal" - because I know...
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    How smart are you?

    Roy Fokker replied to psycteach's topic in General Nursing

    I'm super smart.... You just won't know that from my test scores. All jokes aside - I think I'm average intelligence. But I'm terrible at written testing - especially those testing theory. Every...
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    z-coil shoes, foot pain gone

    Roy Fokker replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    I've walked across wet floors (not damp... wet - including additives) and not face this problem.But I enourage you to share it with the company - they are quite perceptive to customer concerns ... the...
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    z-coil shoes, foot pain gone

    Roy Fokker replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    I look at my Z-Coils as "preventive care". I'd rather spend $200 today for a pair and avoid getting bad feet than shell out hundreds REGULARLY 10 years down the line to some podiatrist! Plus, the...
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    International nursing students in the US

    Roy Fokker replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration Advice

    You need to file NOW. Yesterday infact... it is THAT important.Talk to your HR/Managers. Try to reason with them as to how important this
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    Nurses Eat Their Young

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

    Yesterday at orientation we had a talk about nurses eating their young (and believe it or not, my mind did an involuntary *groan* :chuckle) I pointed out that while there are certainly experienced...