FolksBtrippin BSN, RN

Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice

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    Looking for thoughts/opinions of experienced nurses

    FolksBtrippin replied to FashionablyL8's topic in General Nursing

    Clozapine can cause life threatening neutropenia. You should hold clozapine for a fever, low blood pressure, low heartrate. I would have sent this patient to the emergency room. Was the...
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    New Grad Contract — Enforceable?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Swirl531's topic in General Nursing

    If you mean a contract that states you owe the hospital x dollars if you leave before 1 year, those are not legal to create in my state, and I don't think they are enforceable anywhere. I think...
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    Being forced to give corporate access to my medical records?!

    FolksBtrippin replied to IRN2011's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Incredible story. I hope it works out well for you. I would think that if your doctor clears you, you should be fine. But I have seen some nonsense. Incidentally, at my last assignment,...
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    Patients Viewing Nursing Notes In Real Time

    FolksBtrippin replied to Tnurse24's topic in General Nursing

    I write every single note as if the patient is reading it while I'm writing it. And I work in psych. Quote the patient or family exactly, don't make value or moral judgments, facts only and...
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    I'm way too scared to even start. I need help

    FolksBtrippin replied to PrettyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Getting fired is a tough blow to your confidence. It might help if you understand or face why you were fired so that you can make sure it doesn't happen again. What was the reason you were...
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    Sexually assaulted at work

    FolksBtrippin replied to Thinkingx's topic in General Nursing

    Have you filed for workmen's comp? This is a workplace
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    Asked To Change My Nursing Note...

    FolksBtrippin replied to Cdonocdo's topic in General Nursing

    Your incident report was shredded? By the DON? Thats something I would take to the next
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    I'm way too scared to even start. I need help

    FolksBtrippin replied to PrettyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    It's been 1 and a half years, not 5 years. Your time in the clinic counts. That was nursing. It's a different kind of job than SNF but it's still a nursing job. Stop calling yourself dumb for...
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    Asked To Change My Nursing Note...

    FolksBtrippin replied to Cdonocdo's topic in General Nursing

    The most striking assessment piece that doesn't fit opioid overdose is the dilated and fixed pupils. You should see constricted pupils with opioid
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    What if I'm not meant to be a bedside nurse?

    FolksBtrippin replied to jms01's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't beat yourself up! You became a nurse at the most stressful possible time! You are succeeding in a neuro clinic. Please don't feel like a failure. You are a nurse. Be the...
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    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    FolksBtrippin replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The one that UD16 responded to. That poster states that s/he bullies on purpose because s/he works in psych and it is necessary! That's terrible and part of the problem not the
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    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    FolksBtrippin replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm actually really disappointed that this poster works in psych. Psych patients are so often traumatized by bully Healthcare workers, and then people like me have to work really hard to regain their...
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    My current job is putting my license at risk, and I feel my only option is to quit while I still have my reputation. How do I address this in interview?

    FolksBtrippin replied to wernicke's topic in General Nursing

    Most employers will not even ask. But if they do, you always phrase it in the positive of what you are looking for. I'm looking for a positive work culture, where coworkers support each...
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    Nurses aid**advice!

    FolksBtrippin replied to Jstna96's topic in General Nursing

    When you become the aide that won't work with this nurse or that nurse, you've just made it difficult to schedule you. It might even be easier to just take you off the schedule. Your first solution...
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    Four 12s in a row?!?! ??

    FolksBtrippin replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    4 12s in a row, yuck! I used to regularly work fri, sat, sun 12s and I hardly got out of bed on Monday. I once worked a 12, a 16, slept 8 hours at the hospital then worked a 12. That was...
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    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    FolksBtrippin replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    When we want someone to make a good decision, we educate. It's a basic tenet of nursing. The person might still make a bad decision. But if we educate-- a process that includes respect for...
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    When One Patient Affects the Care Other Patients Receive

    FolksBtrippin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I do have a couple of tips for you. 1. Let go of the fear of being reported. Adopt the attitude that people are allowed to report stuff and your job is not to prevent a report to a governing...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    FolksBtrippin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I just left this type of job. But I learned to direct people to the person they should actually call when they mistakenly called me. Very simply like this: "the manager on call is...
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    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    FolksBtrippin replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What do you disagree with? My personal decision not to bully people who choose to decline vaccination? I think that's
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    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    FolksBtrippin replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I got vaccinated. My second dose made me sick as hell. Fever, chills, palpitations, shortness of breath, body aches, nausea and passive suicidal ideation. Both my body and mind were not okay. I didn't...
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    How Long Do You Expect To Be a Nurse?

    FolksBtrippin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I'll probably be a nurse in some way for the rest of my career. I might become a nurse practitioner and I might not. Right now, I really like all the amazing opportunities I have. Nursing is...
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    AHA BLS confusion

    FolksBtrippin posted a topic in General Nursing

    Folks, I am confused about whether or not I can renew my AHA BLS online. I've been working in community psych which required American Red Cross BLS, and now I am starting a travel position that...
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    Nurses make me sick

    FolksBtrippin replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    I also cringe at the "I'm here to save your *** not kiss it" stuff. I haven't really seen any crying that I thought was self aggrandizing, but I can imagine it. I see it for what it is though....
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    How to Deal with Staff Who Don't Like You?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you don't like them. So you're even. Just do your job and don't sweat it. If you don't want to answer a personal question, then don't. If they ask you why got that shift just shrug...
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    I don't know if I should call out or not r/t snow storm

    FolksBtrippin replied to SoNan's topic in General Nursing

    The one time I stayed at the hospital after working 16 hours for a snowstorm I felt like a queen. They laundered my scrubs and gave me something to wear to bed. They gave me soap, shampoo, deodorant,...