Anna Flaxis

Anna Flaxis BSN, RN

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  1. Epic Charting System

    Anna Flaxis replied to mbutler14's topic in Emergency

    I like Epic. Not difficult at

  2. Extricating accident victims is more dangerous in this day and age?

    Anna Flaxis replied to Alnitak7's topic in Emergency

    What is it about people who drive Prius's? It seems to me like they're all bad drivers. They drive like grannies. Really super frustrating to drive around. I always die a little inside when I get...

  3. Charge nurse unnecessary comments

    Anna Flaxis replied to thevez's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Again, try to find the answer to the question for yourself before you ask another nurse. This makes a huge difference. It's the difference between asking others to do the work for you and you taking...

  4. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I wonder if this type of discussion has anything to do with locale? For instance, I'm on the West Coast, and there is a lot of lip service to things like collaboration and patient centered care,...

  5. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just a general comment, to nobody in particular, whenever I have a student/new nurse/new tech, I always make a point of asking them if there are any skills they need to check off on, and I always...

  6. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Altra, we must be reading different posts, LOL. Either that, or we come from really different learning and work cultures. It's also really possible that our own life experiences are filtering what...

  7. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Good to see I'm not on your ignore list, icrRNmaggie!

  8. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm only basing my opinion on the content of the original post. I was not there. The student in the original post did not eagerly step up to practice a skill that was within the parameters of his...

  9. Goodbye...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wait, before you go, if it isn't too late already, is your user name Music In My Heart, Song In My Heart, Musical Notes In My Heart or ???? Seems like everyone has a different

  10. Charge nurse unnecessary comments

    Anna Flaxis replied to thevez's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can see myself saying "What am I going to do with you", not in order to offend, but as a way of lightening the mood, bringing a little humor into the situation, and trying to establish some...

  11. The culture of AN

    Anna Flaxis replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. I don't think we need to increase the level of moderation that already exists here. People are free to take a break from the forums, and to post or not to post. Also, there is this nice...

  12. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't think it's a bad thing to offer the student an opportunity to practice a hands on skill, and I do agree that the student needs to be aware of what they are allowed and not allowed to do in the...

  13. My PT called 911

    Anna Flaxis replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in Emergency

    Had a patient with Borderline Personality Disorder call 911 when her demands weren't being met quickly enough. They called us and let us know. Another time, a patient came in by ambulance for a...

  14. Question on reacting to tachycardic afib

    Anna Flaxis replied to DatMurse's topic in Cardiac

    I'm honestly more concerned about the patient becoming hemodynamically unstable. The heart just can't take that kind of workload

  15. Cyclic vomiters (drive me up the wall)

    Anna Flaxis replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Thank you for sharing your story, HoneyMagnolia. I have never cared for a pediatric patient with CVS, and I wonder if there might be some key differences between childhood and adult onset of CVS, as...

  16. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I love to teach, and I love to learn. However, I have to admit that I come down on the side of the folks expressing concern about this learning opportunity potentially being outside the nursing...

  17. Help with words? "Nodding off"

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in General Nursing

    "Drowsy but rouses to

  18. Goodbye...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Farewell (I hope, LOL). I may not always agree with you, but I've enjoyed your posts. Take

  19. Cyclic vomiters (drive me up the wall)

    Anna Flaxis replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Oh, believe me, I get it. Unmet needs are at the root of so many of the "repeat customers" we see in the ED, and their behavior can just grate on your nerves. I get especially annoyed at the nickel...

  20. Cyclic vomiters (drive me up the wall)

    Anna Flaxis replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    I think that, while CVS may have psychogenic causes in many of its sufferers, it is very real and an awful thing to have. Imagine feeling sick as a dog for days and days, unable to participate in...

  21. The Dark Side of Passion

    Anna Flaxis replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    I totally get it. PM me if you want. I'm safe. Take care of yourself,

  22. Icu patients

    Anna Flaxis replied to shorty3's topic in Emergency

    I've had it happen. How did I handle it? I just prayed that my other patients remained stable until I could get my ICU patient up to the

  23. Question on reacting to tachycardic afib

    Anna Flaxis replied to DatMurse's topic in Cardiac

    Hee

  24. Question on reacting to tachycardic afib

    Anna Flaxis replied to DatMurse's topic in Cardiac

    I understand that incontinence was her chief complaint- it's what brought her in. If it's not normal for her, and it happened three times, she has good reason to be concerned. If she was having any...

  25. Question on reacting to tachycardic afib

    Anna Flaxis replied to DatMurse's topic in Cardiac

    Most likely, the ER doc was sharp enough to know this person was not safe to send home and needed to come in. Incontinence is not an admissable diagnosis. I would imagine that during his/her...