FolksBtrippin BSN, RN

Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice

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    New Grad Wk6 ICU, defeated.

    FolksBtrippin replied to NewbieRNbsn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You're not alone. Starting in the ICU as a new grad is very hard. I want to encourage you to stick it out, because I think you can do this. Don't worry too much about your preceptor tattling. Just...
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    Private duty nursing and going to school with patient

    FolksBtrippin replied to Alyk3309's topic in School

    Great question. I think there needs to be a behavioral plan for the student, and the plan needs to define who is responsible and what kind of intervention will happen. The nurse should be part of...
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    Foley Cath organization

    FolksBtrippin replied to JenRiver's topic in General Nursing

    I order my foleys to be delivered to the house and then keep them in the box they came in. I put the foley kits, leg straps, flush kits in the same box and that's my foley box. I've never crushed or...
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    Nj endorsement

    FolksBtrippin replied to Sophia Aluko's topic in General Nursing

    I expedited my NJ license by driving up to the board office in Newark. That was 2016. Recently when I had an issue I called and waited for a LONG time on the phone. They move you up the line when you...
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    Psych RN with No Skills

    FolksBtrippin replied to Hiedi's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, you do have skills. Anytime you go to a new specialty, you have to learn the required skills. I went into hospice from psych. I let the employer know that I didn't know how to do...
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    Threatened with being fired for calling off for bowel prep

    FolksBtrippin replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    This is definitely a situation for HR. I'm disgusted that you were treated this way. We all deserve
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    Clicking of TAR

    FolksBtrippin replied to reneejones92058's topic in General Nursing

    This is reason 178 of why I hate nursing homes. It is absolutely horrible when your boss, who is a NURSE, asks you to document that you did something you didn't do, and don't have time to do. I always...
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    New grad nurse ICU vs Psych

    FolksBtrippin replied to L0g1c's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think the answer really depends on where you want your career to go. Where do you want to be in 5 years? In 10 years? Its very hard to start in the ICU. This doesn't mean you shouldn't do it,...
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    Need a different job

    FolksBtrippin replied to Nurse_girl's topic in General Nursing

    If patient load is your biggest stressor, nursing home is the wrong choice as you will have many more patients. I have worked in a variety of environments and nursing homes are some of the most...
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    RN nurse getting fired from multiple jobs

    FolksBtrippin replied to Cycling101's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I'm sorry you're going through this, and I'm glad you have a private duty job. Do you like it and are you doing well? You said you weren't working in a hospital. Where were you...
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    Have any of you ever been stuck by a needle and not felt it?

    FolksBtrippin replied to ka2rn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I stuck myself on the finger, it was kind of like a slice on the side of my finger. I felt something, but wasn't sure because it happened very fast, my patient jumped when I gave him an injection....
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    Academically dismissed

    FolksBtrippin replied to nurseveronica's topic in General Nursing

    There was a woman in my program who was academically dismissed from her first attempt at nursing school. She was at the top of the class in our class and she was humble and hardworking. I respected...
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    Why do we feel guilty about calling out?

    FolksBtrippin replied to PizzaNurse2023's topic in General Nursing

    It's a sick day, call out sick. Bring a doctor note in if you have one. We feel guilty because our culture is very screwed
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    Should I take the job even knowing it's unsafe?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Lozzie's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting, what is meant by "regulations"? Talk to your contact at the NICU. I would think that even if they can't hire you until a few months from now, they should still be able to interview you...
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    Filing a grievance against your manager- opinions

    FolksBtrippin replied to Nurse4lifewithparrots's topic in General Nursing

    You have a union and that's good. File a grievance. She cannot break the rules of the contract with the union, and she also cannot retaliate against you for filing a grievance. You are in the right...
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    Should I take the job even knowing it's unsafe?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Lozzie's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the things you mentioned in your post are things that vary from one unit to another. I agree with the folks who said it is easier to get a job when you already have a job, so I think it's a...
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    Feeling unfulfilled in my career.

    FolksBtrippin replied to Sweetpea04's topic in General Nursing

    Well first of all, you are doing great. You are a successful RN in your 20s working in many different capacities. In no way, shape or form are you a failure. You discovered that you like working...
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    I need your advice/opinion desperately

    FolksBtrippin replied to throwaway1's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't mean to suggest that you pretended to ask the doctor. It's just something I've seen people do, and along the same lines of what I was talking about. I should have left it out of my comment to...
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    I need your advice/opinion desperately

    FolksBtrippin replied to throwaway1's topic in General Nursing

    I think you can improve on a few things. 1. Let a patient fire you without taking it personally. Sometimes patients do fire the nicest nurse. That's okay. You might even see it as a break from a...
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    Conflict of interest

    FolksBtrippin replied to John Mingo's topic in General Nursing

    To respect confidentiality, don't share any information about the patient from one facility to another. Don't mention anything when you see the patient either, to the patient or to anyone else...
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    Accusation of Med error

    FolksBtrippin replied to Rock34's topic in General Nursing

    Anything could have happened. Literally anything at all. Facilities can and do drop agency nurses for the littlest thing, and when they don't have a good excuse to do it, they will sometimes make...
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    LPN left facility to get coffee-License suspended for patient abandonment

    FolksBtrippin replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I understand that some SNFs do not have a culture of giving report (and I think that's terrible) but in the very least you have to accept the keys, and handoff the keys. You can't go on break until...
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    Time management

    FolksBtrippin replied to Serotonin2's topic in General Nursing

    "Too thorough" does not help you improve or give you any real information at all. "Too slow" is something you could work on, if it's truly the problem. Is that the problem? You can always...
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    Conflict of interest

    FolksBtrippin replied to John Mingo's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see how that could be a conflict of interest. Are you a
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    Should I quit NP school?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Nurse7995's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Yes, my first school had an official policy to let me take 3 semesters off, and if I did not come back, I would have to reapply. I didn't come back. But they did ask if I wanted to come back for a...