FolksBtrippin BSN, RN

Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice

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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...
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    Immediate threat to public

    FolksBtrippin replied to anonuser2024's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't responded because I don't know the answer to your question. But I am curious as to how things are panning out for you? What happened that this immediate threat to public was decided? Also, I...
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    Should I quit NP school?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Nurse7995's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It's not failure to decide on a different path. It sounds like you really like your current job, and it's wise to take some things off your plate when you're pregnant. You're not going to be bored...
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    What should I do if I go into nursing?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Ts2906's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you choose nursing I recommend that you go straight for the RN and skip the LPN. I have a lot of respect for LPNs, but there are very few bridge programs into RN, and for this reason, I think it's...
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    Nurse Managers: Scrubs vs. Professional Attire

    FolksBtrippin replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I would wear business casual, it helps people know who you are. S Don't wear anything you couldn't provide care in, in case you have to do
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    Post discharge care of patients with delayed ride home

    FolksBtrippin replied to Angela Guyer's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above and would add that a discharge order is not the same as a discharge. The nurse completes the discharge, but just like with every physician order, it must not be completed unless...
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    Insurance form

    FolksBtrippin replied to Patricia Hunt's topic in General Nursing

    What is the form? You should know what you are signing and agree with the information, and it should be according to your
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    lorazepam with morphine

    FolksBtrippin replied to Vtachy1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We still give lorazepam and morphine together in hospice. It's a no no outside of hospice because of the increased respiratory
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    NICU RN in trouble in VA

    FolksBtrippin replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    I've done some reading on this and I haven't found anything on what the actual evidence is against this nurse. It gives me the feeling of a witch
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    4th Year Nurse - Should I delete my tiktok content?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Stephen Curry's topic in General Students

    I don't know what you mean by "highly inappropriate". Inappropriate for a nurse? It isn't appropriate for a nurse to use patient information for jokes. But you aren't a nurse yet so it's not that....
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    I was deemed an unsafe student in nursing school and it affects my confidence as a nurse now

    FolksBtrippin replied to dsaprog's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if the OP is still around, but I feel like we've all had someone who felt it was their special place in life to either warn the world that we weren't fit to be a nurse, or put us through some...
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    Calling in for no sleep

    FolksBtrippin replied to Nurse131382's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it's okay to call out. I firmly believe it's your employers job to have an adequate pool of per diem staff to cover you when you can't work for any reason, and we contribute to the problem when...
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    Will it come back to haunt me

    FolksBtrippin replied to RNMoxie's topic in General Nursing

    The BON is actually not required to investigate any and all
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    Will it come back to haunt me

    FolksBtrippin replied to RNMoxie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not currently in a leadership role but I have been a nurse manager. What do YOU think you should have done differently? What would you do as a nurse manager if a nurse under you behaved the same...
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    Will it come back to haunt me

    FolksBtrippin replied to RNMoxie's topic in General Nursing

    I think you came up with a very good solution and I commend you. Obviously you did nothing wrong. Move
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    Is it weird to approach a manager about a job position?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Sweetpea04's topic in General Nursing

    I am all for going to the manager in person, and I think if you can get someone mutual to introduce you, that's even
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    new role consideration

    FolksBtrippin replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    I loved working on my first ACT team. There was a lot of driving for sure, but we had company cars. We were very successful at keeping people out of the hospital and jail. We mostly kept people housed...