FolksBtrippin BSN, RN

Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice

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    Termination From Employer For Refusing EUV

    FolksBtrippin replied to RaineyRN7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Don’t worry OP, there are plenty of places in the US where vaccines (and masking) are not valued and they have loads of dying people and not enough nurses. You can go work
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    Per policy, I am not allowed to give an opinion on whether to COVID vaccinate

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Vaccines do not require an order in any state. That’s why we can open vaccine clinics and give vaccines to hundreds of people a day with no doctor
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    Per policy, I am not allowed to give an opinion on whether to COVID vaccinate

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Vaccines are really a nursing responsibility though. Vaccines do not require an order. I actually don’t think it’s appropriate to defer to the doctor on
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    Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) vs. Allow Natural Death (AND)

    FolksBtrippin replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Best article I’ve seen in a while.
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    I got a clinic job! Thank you for all the wonderful advice on here.

    FolksBtrippin replied to Aliceozwalker's topic in General Nursing

    Of course you can keep doing this! This job or another one. Don’t worry about that. Rotating shifts in the hospital is the pit below the pit of hell. No wonder you’re doing better.
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    What would you do?

    FolksBtrippin replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Nursing

    No. But HR is not going to let a manager put the company in danger of a lawsuit. They will educate her about what she can and can’t say in a reference. That I’m sure of. I had a manager who...
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    Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

    FolksBtrippin replied to Delia37's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not a false sense of security. That’s like saying it’s a false sense of security to want your spouse to wear a seat belt just because you can still die in a car crash without one. This is...
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    Family Angry About ER Transfer

    FolksBtrippin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that further evaluation wasn’t necessary. It was. Just because nothing was wrong doesn’t mean you didn’t need to find out that nothing was wrong. What...
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    Feel Awful after 1st COVID Vaccination

    FolksBtrippin replied to Glam03's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I felt absolutely awful after the second vaccine, just a wee bit tired for the first. Like you, I also had palpitations. I did not vomit but only drank broth and tea. It was 24 hours. My son...
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    What would you do?

    FolksBtrippin replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. Employers and HR especially know that the biggest reason people leave their jobs is a poor relationship with their boss. it doesn’t matter whose fault the poor...
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    Super Unhappy New Grad RN, HELP. Advice needed.

    FolksBtrippin replied to Sweetlilcutie1998's topic in General Nursing

    There are more choices than hospital and outpatient. Start looking for and learning about home health and public health both of which are high need right now and where you will learn a lot....
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    How to educate spouse about what I do as an NP?

    FolksBtrippin replied to deliverator's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You’re certainly unrealistic about the superiority of your choices over other people’s choices. The OP is describing a minor marital problem, the type of which happens in marriages all the...
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    How to educate spouse about what I do as an NP?

    FolksBtrippin replied to deliverator's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Made the wrong choice in a spouse or made the wrong choice in the behaviors you are
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    Dismissal From Nursing Program - Is all hope lost?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Rach1234567's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I’m pretty sure it
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    Dismissal From Nursing Program - Is all hope lost?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Rach1234567's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wow. Either trolling or should not be a
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    Dismissal From Nursing Program - Is all hope lost?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Rach1234567's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I’ve read your post several times and I still don’t understand what you are trying to say. I’m not sure what happened that you thought was unfair, but you clearly made a very big mistake. And...
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    Dismissal From Nursing Program - Is all hope lost?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Rach1234567's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Because of FERPA, schools cannot know about your educational history unless you give permission. It does seem to me that you have a problem with professionalism. Would you agree with that?...
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    Is someone justified in harassing someone to tell them if they got vaccinated or not?

    FolksBtrippin replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No, this is not drama. Folks who want to get vaccinated but don’t want their family or friends to know would have a hard time doing it discretely at a mega site or even the local Walmart. It’s...
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    HOSPITAL FACTORS to want to work there

    FolksBtrippin replied to Mursemade's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals are normally a hard no from me but I do sometimes work in one when the pay is outrageously
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    Per policy, I am not allowed to give an opinion on whether to COVID vaccinate

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes. My sentiments exactly. And that will be part of the
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    Sneaky Administration

    FolksBtrippin replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Executive Director purposely scheduled meetings for times that I was unavailable so that he could funnel people into our program who were not medically
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    How many jobs have you had in your career?

    FolksBtrippin replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I like what Davey did. Here’s mine. 2017-2018 Child psych crisis unit. Quit after one year because of toxic coworkers and boss. 2018 - 2020 ACT team. Furloughed because of COVID which...
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    Second Thoughts on Becoming a Nurse

    FolksBtrippin replied to ThePrudentStudent's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated nursing school at age 40. It was a good decision and I wouldn’t sway anyone from it. You can make nursing work for you, but you have to choose a good job. Many nursing jobs are terrible,...
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    Fail drug test or pass on job? New Hampshire?!

    FolksBtrippin replied to mommieeern's topic in General Nursing

    You can get an inexpensive Home Screen at the drug store (the dollar tree also sells them for literally one dollar). If you are a heavy user it sticks around a little longer. For most people, it’s...
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    I don't want to be Charge!

    FolksBtrippin replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you're looking. I repeat this a lot, because it's the basic fact of our profession. There are many nursing jobs. But many of them suck. That's why so many nurses are job hoppers. Jobs...