FolksBtrippin BSN, RN

Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice

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    Contested a Doctor's Order Psych ?

    FolksBtrippin replied to mhadvrn34's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused why you didn't give the med after getting the order from the hospitalist. I think you should have given it. Also, I think you should have asked the hospitalist first. Next time go...
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    RN vs. EMT

    FolksBtrippin replied to TaylorJ's topic in General Nursing

    You did the right thing. Sorry the EMT behaved that
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    Non bedside nursing jobs?

    FolksBtrippin replied to ericninetwo's topic in General Nursing

    I'm working in developmental disabilities now overseeing group homes. Lots of overlap with psych but its not psych. And its not bedside. I'm an administrator, but I also change diapers now and...
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    Drug testing for preemployment

    FolksBtrippin replied to NewRN97's topic in General Nursing

    Well maybe you'll know about it
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    Drug testing for preemployment

    FolksBtrippin replied to NewRN97's topic in General Nursing

    False positives happen for a lot of meds. If your UDS comes up positive, a sample is sent for gas chromatography which is definitive. And you'll never know about it.
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    Bullied at work, and the DON won't do anything about it. (venting)

    FolksBtrippin replied to NewRN'16's topic in General Nursing

    OP Your post comes off as racist. That may be holding you back with the DON. I'm not saying they aren't bullying you. But speaking creole in your presence isn't bullying behavior. And...
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    Group chats and cheating?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Emeraldstorm's topic in General Students

    What OP is describing is precisely why I did not have friends in nursing school. I refused to cheat and I also refused to snitch. Looking back, it was a big, systemic problem. I should have told...
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    Nurse Saturation

    FolksBtrippin replied to implathszombie9's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know. But I can tell you that I am constantly turning down jobs. There's no shortage of jobs for me. There's a shortage of good jobs, and that's because there aren't enough nurses. So the jobs...
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    Nurse Saturation

    FolksBtrippin replied to implathszombie9's topic in General Nursing

    NJ
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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've had no orientation. I'm the only nurse. I don't want to rant and I also don't want to quit because I like the job and I think eventually I will be good at it. There are 10 group homes...
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    Nurse Saturation

    FolksBtrippin replied to implathszombie9's topic in General Nursing

    I live in an area that is supposedly saturated with RNs but it truly is not. Where I live, if you are an RN you can get a job very, very easily at a nursing home, in home care, psych hospitals...
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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    So, I've still been dealing with a lot with this job. I've wanted to update, but also not give away info that would reveal my identity. I am very grateful for the responses I've gotten....
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    Being written up

    FolksBtrippin replied to Springdaisy04's topic in General Nursing

    On what ***ing planet is this malpractice? Asking for a
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    Being written up

    FolksBtrippin replied to Springdaisy04's topic in General Nursing

    Did you really lie or were you just trying to make sense of the situation? I might have said the same thing if I was in your shoes, but I would not admit to lying. Not every untruth is a lie....
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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    This particular home had previously been run by nurses. There is one very sick person there who needs to be in a skilled nursing facility. I was not told about that person's very serious medical...
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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    Also, for whatever reason, execs have hidden very important info from me. I try to wrap my mind around why. Do they not know how vital this info is? If there was another nurse there, she would have...
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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not feeling like I want to stay anymore. I'm feeling the opposite now. But it's not the on call. I want to do what callioter has suggested, and go through each home fixing what's...
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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    I'm salaried and on call 24/7. I feel like they would be happy for me to actually work 24/7. I was called all
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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    I wull be out of town because I scheduled a shadow day with an RN who works my job in a different region. Very important for me to see how she does this
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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    I might quit. This is too much. I'm reticent to give details, but there are some people in our homes who are way too sick to be there. I'm really scared for them. I feel like one of our...
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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of fraud did you
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    OMG, I cannot believe what I did. What I should do now!

    FolksBtrippin replied to SoNan's topic in General Nursing

    It seems to me like you didn't really know what a PICC line was, and now you do. Did you expect a peripheral and get really surprised when you saw how long it was? You have learned from this...
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    Checking visitor's vitals

    FolksBtrippin replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    I was visiting my psych patient in her home when her son came in and said he was dying. He was pacing, diaphoretic. I used my pulse oximeter. His heart rate was around 150 and his SPO2 was normal and...
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    Checking visitor's vitals

    FolksBtrippin replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    You did the right thing. No good deed goes
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    Ethical Question...

    FolksBtrippin replied to Wantingananswer88's topic in General Nursing

    Is this person rounding with the physician or not? It doesn't really sound like an ethical