FolksBtrippin BSN, RN

Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice

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    Older Doctor doesn't think nurses should be in charge

    FolksBtrippin replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    I want to revise this, because telling the doc you need haldol is not really a problem. There was other stuff that was really bad where I worked. From a bully nurse manager who ran over the docs....
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    FolksBtrippin replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    If I had known that this was possible, I would not have become a nurse. In nursing school we went over a case, where the nurse gave a med by the wrong route, which ended up in the patient's death....
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    Older Doctor doesn't think nurses should be in charge

    FolksBtrippin replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen both problems. I have seen RNs (at the direction of the nurse manager) boss physicians (and NPs) unfairly. And I have seen physicians (and one particular NP from a direct entry school)...
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    When parents are not upfront on medical forms

    FolksBtrippin replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Denial is not a river in
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    What's up with this RN?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a ton of social workers and just a couple RNs. The social workers use "this writer" in their notes. Yuck I think it stems from APA
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    2019 UPENN BSN/MSN

    FolksBtrippin replied to Syra007's topic in School, College Programs

    I've been accepted into the PMHNP program! I start in May. They finally interviewed me. I was not getting their emails, but it's all fixed
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    Do not understand scheduling issue

    FolksBtrippin replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Advanced Practice

    Doc has a poor bedside manner and needs help getting her own patients so they are routing your patients to her, because you have a good bedside manner and lots of patients want to see you. If I were...
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    Do you miss bedside nursing?

    FolksBtrippin replied to anewsns's topic in General Nursing

    I don't miss working in the hospital. At
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    Extreme nurse burn out need help please

    FolksBtrippin replied to NURSEJSS's topic in General Nursing

    I recommend that you don't go back to work there. I agree that this is a workmen's comp situation. Also, please call OSHA and make a report about the workplace violence you suffered. I'm very sorry...
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    Took My NCLEX yesterday 75 Questions - Help?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Dreamer_9982's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I felt the same exact way when I passed in 75. The questions were hard and I wasn't confident. But I did
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    questionable IM injection

    FolksBtrippin replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    Viscous = dense and thick
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    Non important documentation

    FolksBtrippin replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I refuse to double chart anything. If I need to make a separate report on something it's going to reference my original documentation
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    Deciding on CEUs

    FolksBtrippin replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    I always sign up for trainings that are offered by my employer for
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    questionable IM injection

    FolksBtrippin replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder why the 50mg/mL was used. I would ask for 100mg/mL for the future. That's part of the problem right
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    questionable IM injection

    FolksBtrippin replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised that 4 mL was administered. Is this 100mg/mL? Because my understanding is that we max out at 300
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    Did this patient overreact?!

    FolksBtrippin replied to Apatientnow's topic in General Nursing

    I'm calling troll/bot post here. There seem to be a lot of these lately. "Ectopic abortion" etc. Wondering how much extra traffic these inflammatory posts bring to the site. Anyway, I'm tired of it...
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    questionable IM injection

    FolksBtrippin replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    What med is it? I administer a lot of IM depot meds in community psych. I agree with Klone never to use the dorsogluteal, you can easily injure the sciatic nerve. Go for the ventrogluteal instead. In...
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    Law School???

    FolksBtrippin replied to callie16's topic in Nursing Career

    We had a professor at my alma mater who is a nurse and a lawyer. She's super smart. She's faculty for both the nursing school and the law school. I think the crossover of these two fields is an area...
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    local anesthesia and drug test

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

    Some drugs do cause false positives on initial urine drug screens. But a urine drug screen is not enough to exclude someone from work or school. If your screen is positive for one of the drugs...
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    Religion & Ectopic Abortion

    FolksBtrippin replied to Happy.Nurselet's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Show me where the pope has stated that having an ectopic pregnancy removed is an "excommunicable offense." This is BS. You know it and I know
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    I'm back with math help needed again please!

    FolksBtrippin replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Dimensional analysis is the bomb. Makes it all faster. I learned it from Khan academy, when I took chem. Kind of forgot it again until med math, but relearned it fast. It's worth it, imo. I can do it...
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    Should I Go Right Into Psychiatric Nursing?

    FolksBtrippin replied to khepting's topic in General Students

    I went right into psych. No regrets. Do what you want to do. The job market is
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    Religion & Ectopic Abortion

    FolksBtrippin replied to Happy.Nurselet's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Also... "Excommunicable offense" Hahahaha. There is no such thing in the Catholic Church. You can't even excommunicate yourself. Your parents baptize you and you are a catholic forever more. You...
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    Out to a stressful start.

    FolksBtrippin replied to Trampledunderfoot's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you like your job, you learn a lot and you are happy over all, but you see potential issues. That's a keeper for now. If you get miserable at some point it might be time to leave,...
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    Interview..what to do?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Toaster2k18's topic in General Nursing

    This. That's what I did and it worked for