FolksBtrippin BSN, RN

Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice

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    Union-yes or no

    FolksBtrippin replied to RNBSN08's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It's called paying dues and it's not absurd to pay dues. If you don't pay dues you are stealing the service. That's not okay, and of course it can't work that way. What if taxes were optional?...
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    Union-yes or no

    FolksBtrippin replied to RNBSN08's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    You make a lot of claims but mostly they can be boiled down to these 3: 1. When employers have to hire union, jobs go away. FALSE. 2. Unions stifle growth. FALSE. 3. Hospitals with unions dont update...
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    Union-yes or no

    FolksBtrippin replied to RNBSN08's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Baseless
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    Feedback appreciated

    FolksBtrippin replied to jinct's topic in General Nursing

    I concur that the nurse should not have given your patient meds without consulting with you, and should not have given double the dose and then should not have refused to document it. All those things...
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    What does your username mean?

    FolksBtrippin replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    The cat be
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    What does your username mean?

    FolksBtrippin replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Folks be trippin. Because they be
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    Anxious, depressed, and might need to go to HR.

    FolksBtrippin replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    I am so happy for you! You will regain your confidence in time as I did. Lots of love from me to
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    Employment drug screening

    FolksBtrippin replied to VampireBaby's topic in General Nursing

    I work for a non profit community based mental health agency and they did not do a drug screen upon
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    New RN, how to save face

    FolksBtrippin replied to ERN19's topic in General Nursing

    It's done! Go check it
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    New RN, how to save face

    FolksBtrippin replied to ERN19's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm... I'm now tempted to start a thread. "Your most bonehead moment in nursing" If I get 5 likes I'll do
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    New RN, how to save face

    FolksBtrippin replied to ERN19's topic in General Nursing

    Just forget it, we all do this
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    Help with behavior-based interview questions!!!!!!!!!

    FolksBtrippin replied to Calbrunette's topic in General Nursing

    What questions? I tend toward honesty in interviews. It works really
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    Resume Question- To Include, or Not to Include?

    FolksBtrippin replied to UrbanHealthRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, put your MPH on your
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    Is this a med error?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Beachgirlxo2017's topic in Patient Medications

    Not a med error. 100 mg of vistaril isn't too much to get at one time. But it is a situation for clinical judgment. Was the vistaril for anxiety? Was it PRN? Was the patient anxious at the time you...
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    PXYIS

    FolksBtrippin replied to Kenny Gee's topic in General Nursing

    Why didnt they count before they called you and threatened board action?
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    Positive pre-employment drug screen! What will happen?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Pmb's topic in General Nursing

    You don't need to request anything. If they are going to keep you from a job they need the gas chromotography because a screening is not a definitive test. The screening is just to find out if they...
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    Positive pre-employment drug screen! What will happen?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Pmb's topic in General Nursing

    I think you would know it if you took the adderall. If you are taking your daughter's adderall to stay awake, feel focused, get high, then you have a drug problem. Do you? Rhetorical. A uds is not a...
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    Clinical manager undermining

    FolksBtrippin replied to Tenebrae's topic in General Nursing

    I am guessing that she wants to pretend that the patient is not experiencing an increase in symptoms so that it doesn't look like the patient needed a transfer? Isn't there an honest way to handle...
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    Never feeling good enough, despite milestones

    FolksBtrippin replied to CaliRN2019's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're just feeling a lot of ambition. Ambition is good when you let it make you smarter and better and bad when you look down on others instead of getting smarter and better. Stay on the...
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    Exit interview survey, tell the truth, lie or ignore

    FolksBtrippin replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    I chose to be as honest as I could. In truth, my feelings were so strong that it was hard to be objective. I knew I would not receive a negative review. The company only reports your start date, end...
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    Do I share my medical history as part of my story to become a nurse?

    FolksBtrippin replied to LeviY's topic in General Nursing

    I am not solidly on the side of non-disclosure. I think it could work in your favor or against your favor and most likely you would get some combination of both. Certainly, your experience as a cancer...
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    Job Flip-Flopping: When Will I Find My Place?

    FolksBtrippin replied to tinyRN72's topic in General Nursing

    There are a lot of nursing jobs out there, but a lot of them suck. That's why so many nurses job hop. At least we're not broke and unemployed
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    Should I do my "year in med surg"?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Decisions7's topic in General Nursing

    If your heart is in psych, don't be afraid to stay. I did and I have no regrets about that. But if you aren't sure, go ahead and try med surg if you want to. There's really no right
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    Ethics

    FolksBtrippin replied to chingay's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to be unfair. I think you have been put into an impossible situation. It makes sense that there would be a lot of moral distress and consequently, turnover. I agree with you that...
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    BSN but not a nurse

    FolksBtrippin replied to PirateArrrNnnn's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    There is no threat to the integrity of nursing when we respect a person's BSN without RN licensure. The only threat to the integrity of nursing is the petty need to strip others of their earned...