FolksBtrippin BSN, RN

Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice

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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, I also feel like this will eventually be rewarding for me. The regs we follow seem to be under DDD instead. Our direct support staff are not CNAs or HHAs. The medication aide...
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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I looked at the last internal nursing audit, which is quarterly, and it seems like the previous RN just checked off everything as passed. I know that not ALL of these problems happened...
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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 in NJ. I don't know the answers to your other questions, but I will try to find
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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    This is really helpful, thank you. I am in NJ,
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    Job: Clinic vs Hospital vs Case management

    FolksBtrippin replied to Pocadots's topic in Case Management

    I'm not sure where you are, but you're probably going to have to get over your reluctance to work with COVID patients, because if they're not everywhere yet, they will be, even in your "clean...
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    Am I able to change from Psychiatry to ICU

    FolksBtrippin replied to NurseL20's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a psych nurse and I would need a really good orientation to adjust to ICU. My assessment skills are excellent from working in the community with people who don't communicate well. And I am...
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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    This does help, thank you. The state is coming in November. I do not feel like I have enough time, but I am just going to do my
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    Please help me with this new job overseeing group homes

    FolksBtrippin replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    Privately
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    What's up with the RN vs Paramedic hate?

    FolksBtrippin replied to ErikWeeWoo's topic in General Nursing

    Paramedics get paid a lot less than we do and some of them are quite resentful about
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    Is it appropriate to "show off" that you are a Nurse on social media?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so much happier since I deactivated my
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    Scared of being harmed at work.. Am I overreacting?

    FolksBtrippin replied to mell0nurse's topic in General Nursing

    You should not be by yourself. That is not safe in a
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    Advice

    FolksBtrippin replied to Dtwjj's topic in General Nursing

    Your manager made a personal attack on you, so that is why you are taking his comments personally. He has poor leadership skills. And now you want to back off from being charge which is surely...
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    ER nurse dealing with bullying...

    FolksBtrippin replied to guest1156666's topic in General Nursing

    Your CN takes an issue with you going in the separate break room. I'm not sure why. She wanted the NM to tell you not to do that. Instead the NM was all... "Are you happy here?" Which made you...
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    Bait and switch

    FolksBtrippin replied to doberman's topic in General Nursing

    Start with communication to your manager that you want to circulate at least XX% of the time. Leave them some room to float you in an emergency. Like at least 5% of the time you can suck it up. Ask...
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    Anyone else wearing old scrubs whilst shopping/running errands?

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

    I garden and clean the house in scrubs because they are so convenient for that. The pockets are so handy and the dirt comes right out in the wash. I wear an old scrub top when I dye my hair....
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    2020-2021 influenza vaccine

    FolksBtrippin replied to JVBT's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What's the problem with getting it too early? If the current year is available I
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    Blacklisted from HCA

    FolksBtrippin replied to nursingsprettycool17's topic in General Nursing

    They don't have to hire you again. But you probably don't really have to pay them 10K
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    CDC tells states: Be ready to distribute vaccines on Nov. 1

    FolksBtrippin replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What the *** does "Get Ready"
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    Infection Prevention Misinformation

    FolksBtrippin replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hoosier, Please tell me you are joking. I am stunned and
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    Not sure what to do

    FolksBtrippin replied to love_of_sunflowers's topic in General Nursing

    Where I live, it is very difficult for LTCs to hire and keep RNs. A quick offer is to be expected with many nursing positions because there are not enough of us. And you are an experienced...
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    Orientation. Advice on precepting

    FolksBtrippin replied to Sweetheart2005's topic in General Nursing

    Okay. Precepting is a skill also. Just like your preceptee needs to work on some things, you probably do too. You seem to me to be hypervigilant. I suggest backing off a
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    Co-worker feels left out & referred to me as a bully today

    FolksBtrippin replied to Nurse162's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It isn't your fault that Erin feels hurt about how close you and Bretta are. It also isn't Erin's fault that you feel upset that she expresses her feelings to the NM. You aren't bullying her...
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    Orientation. Advice on precepting

    FolksBtrippin replied to Sweetheart2005's topic in General Nursing

    You should have a metric for evaluating her and should not invent your own through a "log." That's not helpful. Do you have a precepting class at your
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    What should I do in this situation? (Very afraid)

    FolksBtrippin replied to LvlupNurse's topic in Nursing Career

    A performance improvement plan should be specific and measurable. You shouldn't need to ask anyone else how you are doing on it, because it shouldn't be about anyone else. Example: Problem: Nurse has...
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    Unfairness at work

    FolksBtrippin replied to Loveishope1970's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very sorry for your loss. If I were you, I would be bitter. Nurse managers are often shortsighted. This is the kind of thing that makes people quit. PTO requests should generally...