Anna Flaxis

Anna Flaxis BSN, RN

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  1. Ideas for improving flow...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    No, not every cardiac arrest needs to go to the cath lab, but a frequent cause of V-Fib arrest is AMI, and those patients need emergent PCI. Why bring a cardiac arrest to a small community hospital...

  2. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I would tend to agree with this. We are a nation of fear. It is so

  3. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    With this I agree. Fear can be useful, as when it prevents us from taking unnecessary risk that can put life and limb in danger- but it can also prevent us from taking those risks that can lead to...

  4. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Honestly, I don't expect an immediate Ebola-plague-epidemic to wipe out half of the U.S. I think this will have repercussions later on down the line, like twenty years from now when we find out that...

  5. Unsafe ED

    Anna Flaxis replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ugh, I'm sorry this happened. Frankly, your entire facility sounds terribly unsafe. I'm glad you got out. Good luck in your future

  6. New Grad in the ER

    Anna Flaxis replied to Kalnizz's topic in Emergency

    I work in a tiny ER also, and I must say that I'm surprised they hired a new grad. Although on the other hand, those tiny ERs can be hard to staff, and maybe there was something about you that made...

  7. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    To me, critical thinking means not just accepting blindly what I am being told to believe. I am a skeptic. I question everything. "Oh, well the CDC says ________ so it must be true" is just not in...

  8. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How do we know anything? We only know what we're being told. I wonder what we're NOT being

  9. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    NPR quoted Samaritan's Purse spokesperson Melissa Strickland stating that Dr. Brantly followed strict protocols and that "It would take at least thirty minutes to get that suit on properly". Also,...

  10. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I find it interesting that Dr. Brantly was meticulous with his PPE and yet still he was infected, and that Nancy Writebol didn't actually provide any patient care, and yet she became

  11. Cleanser for catheter placement

    Anna Flaxis replied to mellowman's topic in Emergency

    The "iodine allergy" is a bit of a myth. Simply because a person states an allergy to iodine does not automatically mean that they will have an adverse reaction to the iodine used to prep for foley...

  12. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Anna Flaxis replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    "Horrible rash" x2 days to left upper extremity. "9/10" pain. No rash noted on inspection, just a slightly pink spot from where the patient had been rubbing it. Doc even came out of the room to ask...

  13. Ideas for improving flow...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    I understand your concern. Typically we do not receive CPR in progress, since they need to go to the cath lab which we don't have- unless of course, the medics can't get an airway and we're the...

  14. Just Take Your @#*! Break!!!

    Anna Flaxis posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    First a bit of background. There are a lot of posts about not having time to take rest and/or meal breaks- about working straight through a shift without even having a chance to use the restroom. I...

  15. Ideas for improving flow...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    I've been looking at other EDs who have done things like implementing "pull until full" and eliminating zone doctoring (which doesn't apply to us since we only have one doc on at a time), and having a...

  16. Ideas for improving flow...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    Duplication of care, like I'll be in medicating a patient, then another RN comes into the room with the same meds, not knowing that I was in there already. Or two RNs show up with a sling or...

  17. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Oh, LOL!!! I totally didn't get that! That's pretty funny,

  18. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Must....not....snark.....must....not...snark......*sitting on

  19. Ideas for improving flow...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    We run a pretty traditional triage, up at the front window, then to the waiting room to wait to be called back. If we're not busy, we can just bring the patient right back and basically "pull until...

  20. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, that was a little snarky of me, but I am not taking away anyone's opportunity to express their opinion just by being a little snarky, LOL. I just thought it odd that she quoted me to express her...

  21. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Okay...good for

  22. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I definitely don't equate nursing with martyrdom. The way I see it, if I don't take care of myself, I can't take care of anyone else. To recklessly throw myself in harm's way is doing a disservice...

  23. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't think it's the same thing at all. Driving a car is a necessity in our society, unless you have the luxury of arranging your life differently, or if you live in NYC. ;-P Making the decision to...

  24. Turfing patients to other hospitals

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

    We transfer (we do not "turf") patients to other facilities when we cannot provide the level of care the patient needs. For instance, we do not have a cath lab, so STEMIs go to the nearest hospital...

  25. HELP PLEASE! New grad nurse about to quit new Nurse job before orientation is over.

    Anna Flaxis replied to NewGradKH's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I want to be supportive here. Really, I do. But what I am about to say might not sound like it. I'm willing to take that risk in hopes that you will give me the benefit of the doubt that I am not...