FolksBtrippin BSN, RN

Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice

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    Financial survival and Accelerated BSN...thoughts?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Free_bird_J89's topic in General Students

    Any chance you can get a job at a hospital you want to work in as a nurse
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    What should I choose?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Dlansey's topic in General Students

    I would definitely fix the car and I would not pay for a cna under any circumstances. Where I live, going through your first semester of clinical is equivalent to being a cna. No exam is
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    NCLEX help - delegation and UWORLD

    FolksBtrippin replied to Cecegirl1030's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ditto on Nicuismylife. The concept is that you can't delegate your documentation to anyone. Including another RN. If you did it, you document on
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    Unhealthy habits/Facebook posts from friends/family that make you :( ?

    FolksBtrippin replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    I don't give unsolicited advice. I do give advice when people ask for it. And they usually can't even handle that. So... yeah. I will sometimes refute a point though when someone is inviting an...
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    Getting around the 18 y.o requirement

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

    What we are missing when we send 14 year olds to college is context. Even if a 14 year old is smart enough, mature enough, etc, the context of college is wrong for a 14 year old. Yes, it is! Do you...
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    Getting around the 18 y.o requirement

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

    Send her to high school so she can be an adolescent, go to prom, crush on people her own age and do all the rite of passage stuff one needs to do in order to become a young adult, much less a
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    Forcing patients to attend groups?

    FolksBtrippin replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Well that is the problem right there. The priority should be establishing stable housing for the people who will take it. Not all of them will. Are there group homes for people on disability in your...
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    Stank Face during Clinical: How to prevent?

    FolksBtrippin replied to hepnande's topic in General Students

    I also have a very expressive face. It gets me into trouble sometimes. Sometimes I look very angry when I'm just concentrating, or thinking hard. I've learned that if people ask me if I'm okay when...
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    Forcing patients to attend groups?

    FolksBtrippin replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

    What do you mean by using the hospital as a flophouse after they've blown through their disability checks? Where were they staying before? Is it like, under a bridge, hotel, hospital, back to under...
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    Forcing patients to attend groups?

    FolksBtrippin replied to femaleRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Participants at our mental health day program got free transportation passes for the city. Some folks were just showing up for their trans passes and nothing else. Some people felt that this counted...
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    Report Descrimination

    FolksBtrippin replied to startingover2016's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, seriously, if someone lies about you to a potential employer you can sue them for slander or libel. I'm not saying that happened. I don't know if it happened. I don't think the OP knows
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    Report Descrimination

    FolksBtrippin replied to startingover2016's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto on the post being very difficult to understand. Did the person you talked to say, we won't give you an interview because we heard from our source that you have ADD? If that happened, it is...
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    HELP! BS degree, trouble with accelerated BSN programs

    FolksBtrippin replied to kyleegillen's topic in General Students

    I just graduated from an ABS program and never took the TEAS.
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    One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

    FolksBtrippin replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Expect people in pain and distress to act badly. Don't expect politeness. Avoid judgment. Don't say, no one deserves to be talked to the way you are talking to me. Avoid threats. Don't say, if you...
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    Failed out in last semester

    FolksBtrippin replied to Aspirational Beauty's topic in General Students

    I'm very sorry about what you're going through. I think you are on the right track when you are thinking about moving to where you have more support. Especially if it means that you would have stable...
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    Resigning: Counter Offer Advice?

    FolksBtrippin replied to RG-RN2014's topic in General Nursing

    To be clear, I'm talking about negotiating with the present employer who wants to keep OP, not the new potential employer. No one should ever make the mistake of worrying about pissing off the...
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    Resigning: Counter Offer Advice?

    FolksBtrippin replied to RG-RN2014's topic in General Nursing

    I think if you want to stay, now is the time to ask for what you want. You are in an excellent position here for negotiation. There is none better. Think about what would improve your life. More...
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    "Fixin' to die"

    FolksBtrippin replied to ktwlpn's topic in Nursing News

    It makes her sound ignorant to you, because you are biased against people who use this regional expression. To me, it makes her sound Southern or maybe Midwestern, I'm not sure. I admit I am ignorant...
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    Do Female Docs Provide Better Care to Their Hospitalized Patients Than Male Counterparts?

    FolksBtrippin replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a woman. And I'm not surprised that we do this better. We do lots of things better. But it's not cool to rub it in. And it really isn't useful information, since both sexes should have equal...
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    RT says her scope is wider than mine. Ok?

    FolksBtrippin replied to CardiacDork's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Laughing and still laughing!!!! "Your scope is so wide, I can't even GRASP it." "Be careful going through that door with your wide
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    Having a hard time with the people in my nursing school...

    FolksBtrippin replied to tbnurse1's topic in General Students

    I felt the exact same way and I just graduated. There were only a few people I liked in school. It was hard for me because in the general public I am the type of person who likes most people. I got...
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    What do you do with extremely mean/disrespectful patients?

    FolksBtrippin replied to auson16's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the time when you think someone is being obnoxious, that person doesn't think they're being obnoxious. That person usually has a problem with
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    What do you do with extremely mean/disrespectful patients?

    FolksBtrippin replied to auson16's topic in General Nursing

    How would you feel if a patient called you a stinky polar bear? Really think about how you would feel. Now think about the comments you heard that influenced you to feel disrespected. How are those...
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    Am I ill-suited to the ED?

    FolksBtrippin posted a topic in Emergency

    ***Please do not move to student nurse forum. I want advice from nurses***** I chose to have my leadership (capstone, senior practicum) clinical in the emergency room. I have a strong interest in...
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    Is it wise to start taking courses for BSN while in ADN program?

    FolksBtrippin replied to Shookclays's topic in General Students

    I am leaning towards take the BSN classes, but I would want to know which classes we're talking about before I give you a resounding