FolksBtrippin BSN, RN

Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice

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    Gloves at all times?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught in nursing school to wear gloves when touching something wet or infected, wear gloves when passing meds and don't wear gloves when touching dry, non infected skin. When I worked my first...
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    CoWorker using a patient's medication

    FolksBtrippin replied to BlondieRN19's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, you don't really know if the nurse was disciplined or not. Management won't tell you about that. Sometimes discipline is just a verbal warning not to do something again. If I was supervisor to a...
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    CMA playing "Nurse Manager?" CMA boundaries? NPD?

    FolksBtrippin replied to RenaissanceNurse's topic in General Nursing

    My opinion: You haven't even met this CMA and you have already diagnosed her with a personality disorder. You are anxious, and perhaps hypervigilant because you were recently in a toxic environment...
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    How Soon After Graduation Did You Take NCLEX?

    FolksBtrippin replied to TONI SLOAN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Take NCLEX ASAP. You are going to pass it. Just get it out of the
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    dealing with stress response

    FolksBtrippin replied to guest1074638's topic in General Nursing

    Let me first validate that your manager was totally incompetent and mishandled the situation. What he or she should have done is given support staff firm boundaries on when and how they are allowed to...
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    Was RN school easy for you?

    FolksBtrippin replied to EV1518's topic in General Students

    Academically, it was not hard for me. I found the politics challenging though. Overall, I learned a lot and my school made me a really good
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    Advice on Strategies to Pass Med Surg from Students Who've Been There Before

    FolksBtrippin replied to bob bib's topic in General Students

    I would not recommend using supplemental material this time around. Stick with the assigned course materials. Does your professor do a test review? If possible, you need to go over your incorrect...
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    Nurses calling POA to notify

    FolksBtrippin replied to NurseB96's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked inpatient child psych, it was my job to call the parent and inform if I had to initiate restraints on a child. I would think you'd need to call a guardian but not a regular POA as I...
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    Dismissed from a Nursing Program (Need Advice)

    FolksBtrippin replied to nursing123's topic in General Students

    The most important thing is to really and truly understand what went wrong so that you don't repeat the mistake. Usually, this takes time and reflection. It's usually not the best idea to get back in...
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    Most of the class cheating??

    FolksBtrippin replied to Katherin7's topic in General Students

    There was rampant cheating in my cohort. Not the type that you are describing, but other types of cheating. It was infuriating. This was a state school, with an excellent reputation. My class was a...
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    Feeling defeated and alone. Advice on finding a mentor

    FolksBtrippin replied to torpedohamster's topic in General Nursing

    What was your former specialty and what is the new
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    Jobs for RNs

    FolksBtrippin replied to NewGradRN96's topic in General Nursing

    I get it. I hated the hospital. I work in the community now and I'm very
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    Jobs for RNs

    FolksBtrippin replied to NewGradRN96's topic in General Nursing

    I see your point. It would be better to find your niche in nursing first so that you pass along something good instead of passing along your resentment. Unless you were going to teach NCLEX prep. That...
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    Jobs for RNs

    FolksBtrippin replied to NewGradRN96's topic in General Nursing

    She's not unhappy as a nurse. She's unhappy at her job. Maybe that seems like the same thing, but it's not. I was unhappy in the hospital, but I always loved being a
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    New Grad: How do I handle harsh criticism from other nurses?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Sunny-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Here's one way of dealing with her. "I don't find your feedback helpful because it doesn't contain practical advice. Maybe you're just slow and have a hard time catching on? I certainly do hope you...
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    Ethical Question

    FolksBtrippin replied to JK123's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't tell you what I'd do without more information. Why did the coworker take a picture of the blood and show it to you? Where was the blood? Was the patient in the
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    Pennsylvania RN License by endorsement

    FolksBtrippin replied to MHDNURSE's topic in General Nursing

    It took 3 months to get my temp PA license by endorsement. Not sure if PA was the slow poke or NJ though. For the criminal background stuff, I believe I had to get fingerprinted. I remember going to...
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    Allergic to Benadryl?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Brittneesher's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen it from overdose, the patient had 875mg of benadryl and was hallucinating. Have you seen it from a regular
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    Which specialties of nursing have more autonomy and less micromanagement?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Naturally Brilliant's topic in General Specialties

    I have a lot of autonomy in my job now on an ACT team. I am very well respected by the whole team and no one ever overrides my decisions. My boss, an NP, always has my back and trusts my judgment....
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    Help w/job decision?

    FolksBtrippin replied to ivyleaf's topic in General Nursing

    I would take the new job, because for me carrying a caseload in outpatient is draining. Also, given that you want to eventually get into UR (not sure what CDI is?) I think the new job is your better...
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    Millennial Nurses Have Issues

    FolksBtrippin replied to Nurse Yoni's topic in General Nursing

    Nevermind.
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    Millennial Nurses Have Issues

    FolksBtrippin replied to Nurse Yoni's topic in General Nursing

    Okay
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    Saying No to extra shifts, is it bad if you're new?

    FolksBtrippin replied to AngelaB236's topic in General Nursing

    Pick up shifts only when you want to with no feelings of
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    Drug tested. Now what?

    FolksBtrippin replied to everchangingRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Gabapentin definitely will not show up on a basic panel UDS. Just relax about that. But you do need to get a script for it if you need
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    How to "calm" down autistic pediatric patient?

    FolksBtrippin replied to carti's topic in General Nursing

    Risperidal is approved for autism agitation and works well for kids who get overwhelmed and self injure (headbanging) or have destructive meltdowns. It sounds like this might not be the case for your...