Anna Flaxis

Anna Flaxis BSN, RN

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  1. What sort of physical labour do nurses do?

    Anna Flaxis replied to kater_92's topic in General Nursing

    ...as little as

  2. Feeling micromanaged...

    Anna Flaxis replied to n1wgmp's topic in General Nursing

    I'm afraid I'm going to side with your unit educator on this one. Heart rate variability can be a strong predictor of mortality. Setting more narrow alarm limits can result in earlier recognition of...

  3. When you want to slap your co-workers

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

    I feel your pain. I work with some folks who will spend 30 minutes fluffing and puffing a level 3 acuity patient while I carry the rest of the ER by myself, and then they look like deer in the...

  4. 95 Theses of Healthcare Injustice

    Anna Flaxis replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    Really? The OP stated: I see the original rant as being more about how the business of healthcare in the USA is being conducted. I see a lot of truth here, that we, as an industry, enable poor...

  5. ED Nursing Notes

    Anna Flaxis replied to rubyagnes's topic in Emergency

    Although I'm not certain that it's all that critical whether you use the word "ambulatory" rather than "walking", I tend to use language such as: "Pt ambulatory with steady gait to rm XX", or "Up to...

  6. 95 Theses of Healthcare Injustice

    Anna Flaxis replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    And this is exactly why many of those suffering burnout/compassion fatigue don't feel safe coming forward. This saddens

  7. 95 Theses of Healthcare Injustice

    Anna Flaxis replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    No, that's not what I'm saying at all. I think that ER nurses are more likely to be able to relate to the feelings expressed by the OP, for reasons that I think are pretty obvious, so I won't...

  8. 95 Theses of Healthcare Injustice

    Anna Flaxis replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    Because it was posted in the General Nursing Discussion forum, not the Emergency Nursing forum. OP, I feel you- and I guarantee there are many, many other ED nurses who feel you, too. Just as we're...

  9. A Headache is not an emergency

    Anna Flaxis replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

    Alrighty

  10. A Headache is not an emergency

    Anna Flaxis replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

    Did you even read my post that you

  11. What are these wounds??!

    Anna Flaxis replied to NurseQT's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Scurvy?

  12. Where do ER RNs typically move onto?

    Anna Flaxis replied to muhammadmq's topic in Emergency

    Hospice.

  13. New grad - PCU or ED?

    Anna Flaxis replied to FLRN_0713's topic in Emergency

    If your goal is inpatient, stay inpatient. Even though PCU is with adults, it will still give you the foundation for switching to a pediatric inpatient population. The ED is a completely different...

  14. Eaten Alive in the ED

    Anna Flaxis replied to MillennialNurse's topic in Emergency

    I've seen this happen, only it was a charge nurse that would pull resources away from the nurse she didn't like, so she'd be in the room by herself with a crumping patient. She also had "pets",...

  15. A Headache is not an emergency

    Anna Flaxis replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

    CSnyder823, a ruptured eardrum isn't an emergency. But, I can understand how a person might not know that, and think something seriously wrong is happening, and be scared, and go to the ED. I'm...

  16. Heat stroke & DIC????

    Anna Flaxis replied to angle71054's topic in Emergency

    This may be slightly off topic, but you seem a bit surprised that the patient walked in, and did not come by ambulance. Some of the sickest people I've seen have been walk-ins. The sickest don't...

  17. Another Nurse Hijacks My Patient and Family

    Anna Flaxis replied to rnccf2007's topic in General Nursing

    This is unacceptable and needs to stop now. This type of behavior undermines the primary nurse, reinforces attempts to split staff, and can result in medication errors or other mistakes because the...

  18. A Headache is not an emergency

    Anna Flaxis replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

    I'll let you in on a little secret. Lots of doctors just follow the path of least resistance.

  19. A Headache is not an emergency

    Anna Flaxis replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

    A headache certainly can be an emergency, although I do agree that most of the time, it is not. But this is what the triage process is for - to use the tools at our disposal to determine whether we...

  20. "I do the same thing as an RN"

    Anna Flaxis replied to WheresMyPen's topic in General Nursing

    Disclaimer: I am chiming in late, and I have not read any of the previous responses. I am replying to the original post. All I will say is you are spot

  21. Pendulum Swinging too Far on Pain Meds?

    Anna Flaxis replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    No, I don't think this is a case of under-medicating. It is reasonable to start at the low end of the dosing range, and it's true that he should be thinking ahead to his post-operative pain...

  22. Do you HAVE to have your BSN?

    Anna Flaxis replied to banfftank8's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    In a word,

  23. Can I ask to work exclusively day shifts?

    Anna Flaxis replied to kassiahgp's topic in General Nursing

    You can ask anything you want. Whether you get it is a whole other

  24. Someone in my charts....

    Anna Flaxis replied to Maevish's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is the crux of the issue. In some small units, there is a reasonable expectation that you will provide care for any/all of the patients in your unit. For instance, in my ER, we provide...

  25. Tele and Stroke

    Anna Flaxis replied to certjunkie87's topic in Cardiac

    I think you need to get *all* the nurses trained in NIHSS, but start with the Charge Nurses. This way, you can transfer the pt to the gen med floor, freeing up the tele bed, and at least the CN can...