Anna Flaxis

Anna Flaxis BSN, RN

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

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am far from "hysterical" about this, but I do think it's really risky to knowingly bring such a virulent pathogen across international borders. I do not trust the press, I do not trust the...

  2. Ideas for improving flow...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    We are a Level 4 with two Level 2s within ten minutes if going lights and sirens. We do not have a cath lab nor a neurosurgeon, so we don't get the STEMIs, Stroke Alerts, or Trauma Activations by...

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

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Which is all fine and dandy for you, but many travel insurance companies won't cover you if you fly to Nigeria and contract Ebola, because it's foreseeable. The workers in this case knowingly took a...

  4. Nurse burnout-How do you handle it?

    Anna Flaxis replied to Nursepreneur's topic in Emergency

    My secret? Per diem status. I don't have to provide health insurance for a family, and I rent out my house so my mortgage gets paid. I love the freedom of not having a regular FT work schedule! If...

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

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I travel internationally as well, and I understand the risks associated with doing

  6. 4th week at ED.. it's hell, we should be called gods of labor

    Anna Flaxis replied to tarotale's topic in Emergency

    I love the ED. Love, love, love it. Wouldn't be anywhere else. Your ED sounds a lot like mine. We have EKG techs, RTs, and phlebotomists, but we don't have techs to assist with keeping up on...

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

    Anna Flaxis replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think this is a mistake. There is so much we still do not know about the Ebola virus. The doctor who contracted it was known to take up to thirty minutes painstakingly donning his PPE prior to...

  8. New nurse and critical patients

    Anna Flaxis replied to fencer1119's topic in Emergency

    The OP tried to consult the pharmacist. I guess the pharmacist wasn't their

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

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

    Well, I wish I worked with you guys. How do you get others to take their breaks? Or do you not and let them work themselves to death if they want to? What about patient

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

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

    As I stated in the original post, I have experienced being too busy to take a break. For instance, when I worked on the floor, having five patients, two of which were fresh post PCI, one on a heparin...

  11. "If you're not doing anything..."

    Anna Flaxis posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Two patients in the department, neither critically ill- three nurses present. I've just discharged my patient, turned over the room, and now am sitting down to check my work related email after...

  12. New nurse and critical patients

    Anna Flaxis replied to fencer1119's topic in Emergency

    Not if your facility has a protocol for that drip. Then the physician can write for the med "per protocol", and you just follow that. Kinda hard to do though if you can't find the darn drip book!...

  13. "If you're not doing anything..."

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

    Again, it wasn't really about the fax. It was a pretty obvious power trip, in my mind. I guess you had to be there. And yes, you got me- I am such a lazy slacker who has no concept of teamwork that...

  14. New nurse and critical patients

    Anna Flaxis replied to fencer1119's topic in Emergency

    You need to have some sort of pocket reference, whether it is a smart phone with Epocrates, Medscape, and whatever other references you like, or an actual physical pocket guide. I like the Medscape...

  15. "If you're not doing anything..."

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

    Thank you for the responses. I think it's interesting that I never stated whether I did or didn't send the fax, let alone how I responded to my coworker. I find it interesting that some folks here...

  16. Giving med with known adverse effects

    Anna Flaxis replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    NSAIDs carry the risk of upper GI bleeding, and alcoholics have an increased risk for bleeding, so maybe that's why the doc prescribed Vicodin. It may have been the safer option in the prescriber's...

  17. In at 6:30, out at 9:00 and not a drop of food. I love this job!

    Anna Flaxis replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    Are you covered by a collective bargaining agreement (in a union)? If so, your break policies should be clearly outlined. If not, know that federal law does not require employers to provide rest or...

  18. Hard Time Dealing With Patient Rights

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

    Pot, meet

  19. Hard Time Dealing With Patient Rights

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

    No, he wasn't. He said: Seems he has a pretty good grasp on the situation to me. Anyway, I feel like we're beating a dead horse

  20. Documenting for someone else

    Anna Flaxis replied to EquusAnonymous's topic in General Nursing

    My understanding is that federal law requires documentation of: Date vaccine given Date of publication of the Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) Date the VIS was given to the patient (or parent/legal...

  21. Hard Time Dealing With Patient Rights

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

    ...except that the OP's question had to do with two specific situations. In the first one, absolutely zero harm would have come to the patient for refusing to allow a student to auscultate her lungs-...

  22. Hard Time Dealing With Patient Rights

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

    What??? Again, this doesn't make any sense. All I can do is infer meaning since your post isn't coherent. From what I can infer, what you meant to say to the OP is that in cases where an emergent...

  23. Hard Time Dealing With Patient Rights

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

    In several of my posts I have referenced the exception for being mentally altered (i.e. impaired judgment). Why do you insist on ignoring that and behaving as if I am saying otherwise? It's...

  24. Hard Time Dealing With Patient Rights

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

    What??? That makes no sense. You have an opinion that seems to be, from what I can grasp, that in situations where you, as the nurse, feel it is appropriate, you can disregard a patient's refusal of...

  25. Hard Time Dealing With Patient Rights

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

    Please don't call me dear. It's condescending. You are totally wrong if you think you can touch a person who has told you "No". Naturally, if a patient refuses nursing care, we can attempt to educate...