FolksBtrippin BSN, RN

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    Verbal abuse from a TBI patient

    FolksBtrippin replied to Crumityk's topic in General Nursing

    You are not being insensitive. Given the fact that most of his insults are specific to you being a woman, he may do better with a male. I would not blame you at all for going to your sup and...
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    Horrible first job - need advice

    FolksBtrippin replied to PAnurse94's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Get out of there and get a lawyer. Sue them. Your sup forced you to lie to avoid hospital accountability. Horrible, terrible place that needs to be punished for abusing staff this
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    Medical Gloves Survey

    FolksBtrippin replied to dpreece1's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer nitrile. Vinyl is inflexible, latex is an allergy issue, breaks easily and smells terrible. At present I wear gloves mostly for injections. I am most likely to be exposed to blood, but there...
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    Verbal orders for narcotics

    FolksBtrippin replied to Geslina's topic in General Nursing

    ✋...Did the first nurse give the narcotic already? It sucks to be her. I would not be touching that with a 10 foot pole. She needs to get back there and put the order in. Not doing it for her...
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    10 Ways Nurse Leaders Can Make Work Enjoyable for Staff

    FolksBtrippin replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Team building the wrong way: Games during a staff meeting. Anything requiring people to reveal personal information about themselves. After work events that you are not paid to attend and cost you...
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    Verbal orders for narcotics

    FolksBtrippin replied to Geslina's topic in General Nursing

    As others have stated, I would call the doc and get the orders myself or not give the meds. I would probably skip an incident report though. And I wouldn't document that something hadn't been...
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    A Nurses Duty to act

    FolksBtrippin replied to Mellissa81's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it's a nurse's duty. Also the duty of Enzo the baker, the Hooters waitress with the red hair, that 8 year old next door with the new Iphone and dirty Joe from
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    Acute in patient psych gowns vs street clothes

    FolksBtrippin replied to sister zyprexa's topic in Psychiatric

    Street clothes. Unless there is a real reason on an individual basis to prohibit street clothes. It's very important to maintain as much choice and dignity as possible. As far as someone cutting with...
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    Mandatory Influenza Vaccine

    FolksBtrippin replied to AllisonMcTigue's topic in General Nursing

    Wearing a mask is not an option at any of the hospitals near me unless you have religious or medical
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    Mandatory Influenza Vaccine

    FolksBtrippin replied to AllisonMcTigue's topic in General Nursing

    All the hospitals around me require vaccination or you will be suspended until you comply. Most if not all of the nursing homes do
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    Rules for refusing assignment

    FolksBtrippin replied to Cry_0527's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    If hospital policy (or more likely your employment contract) states you can refuse the second pull, go to HR and report that you did that and are now being accused of insubordination. But undersand...
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    I have NO idea what speciality to choose. Please help!

    FolksBtrippin replied to CassColl's topic in General Students

    Depending on where you live, you may have choices, because the job market for new grads is very good in many areas. For this reason, I think it's good to think about what you might want to do or not...
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    Employee Complaint

    FolksBtrippin replied to FlyingFishofFury's topic in General Nursing

    I think RNs sometimes forget that phlebotomists and other skilled techs work under us. So we need to be careful that what we're saying to them couldn't be construed as telling them to do something...
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    Share day already scheduled before interview?

    FolksBtrippin replied to NurseKelly2012's topic in Nursing Career

    I did not get a share day and that is not typical for where I live. But I would have appreciated it. It would have given me a preview before accepting the
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    Nursing sucks

    FolksBtrippin replied to lawandaluxnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Martyr much? Nurses should not have to accept poor working conditions and underappreciation from management. We are in demand. Why on earth would we do that? Do you not see the irony in your claim...
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    Having a "soft personality" make for a bad nurse?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Katlin1315's topic in General Nursing

    She may mean well but she is incorrect. You will find a way to do things that will be different from her way. She will not understand your way and that is
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    Should I accept the job?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Nursing

    I think new grads should go where their interest lies. If you don't know what you're interested in yet, then pick the job with the longest and best
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    Serious Mental Illness: How Can We Help?

    FolksBtrippin replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Support and fully fund assertive community treatment. Become educated about what is already being done to support the chronically mentally ill in the community and don't doom and gloom. Longer...
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    Sign off/low census policy???? Is this an issue????????

    FolksBtrippin replied to ronurse99's topic in General Nursing

    We have call offs in this order. Requests. Per diems. Over time. Extra shift. Part time and full time rns on a rotating basis. It's mostly 12s. A few
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    The ANA supports physician funding over safe patient ratios!

    FolksBtrippin replied to DannyBoy8's topic in General Nursing

    It makes me sick. Such betrayal. I am at a loss for
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    Doctor teaching nursing class

    FolksBtrippin replied to Christian96's topic in General Students

    Certainly MDs can teach a & p, patho, pharm, micro. You don't want an MD teaching your core nursing classes
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    Older Student, Unprofessional Nurse During Clinical

    FolksBtrippin replied to Nurse Magnolia's topic in General Students

    It's a unit to unit type of thing. Some units are very toxic. Others are very professional. Sounds like this nurse was venting. Maybe inappropriately. Or maybe not. I work in psych and there have been...
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    Job searching: heads up or no heads up?

    FolksBtrippin replied to dma13's topic in General Nursing

    It's professional courtesy to give your boss the heads up. If your boss is satan incarnate though, use your
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    Manager said something covertly racist

    FolksBtrippin replied to sugarmagnolia3's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is a do nothing situation. A wintry disney song comes to mind. I'll spare
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    Misdemeanor Charge

    FolksBtrippin replied to Learning242's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Were the charges dismissed or dropped? Were you found not