Anna Flaxis

Anna Flaxis BSN, RN

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  1. Calling in sick on 4th shift

    Anna Flaxis replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    "You signed up for it" is an expression. It means that when you accepted the job, you accepted the conditions that came along with it, such as being mandated to work a 4th shift every other

  2. Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

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

    This.

  3. Calling in sick on 4th shift

    Anna Flaxis replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    Well yes, there is that, but I didn't get the sense that that was the OP's concern. I do agree that falling asleep at the wheel is a legitimate hazard that comes with working long shifts and driving...

  4. Calling in sick on 4th shift

    Anna Flaxis replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    I do it all the time. Since I practice good hand hygiene and follow infection control protocols, I don't feel "infested" unless something unusual happens, like I get a 400lb patient with C-Diff or...

  5. Charting things done by others...

    Anna Flaxis replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    I frequently chart things that were done that I didn't necessarily do. I'm not charting that I did them, just that they were done and at what time. I work in the ED and so I usually am aware of...

  6. Drug Seeker Stories

    Anna Flaxis replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Had a guy admitted to the inpatient unit for chest pain, to undergo cardiac angiography the next day. On a heparin gtt and everything. He was getting morphine 2mg q 1 hour as well as lorazepam PRN,...

  7. Impossible standards

    Anna Flaxis replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    What??? Noooo... a finger lac is a 4 unless they need IV access and a plastics/hand surgeon. Anyway, I agree with most here, level 3s are Q2, unless they are in the lobby. In the lobby, they are Q1,...

  8. Hired for one shift but scheduled for another!

    Anna Flaxis replied to Bsumer704's topic in Emergency

    In my neck of the woods, New Year's Eve is not a holiday. Here, the winter holidays are Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. How many of those you have to work will be dictated by...

  9. Evaluate this situation. What did I miss?

    Anna Flaxis replied to Billy_Ruben's topic in General Nursing

    I would have called for a temp >/= 38.5, orders or

  10. What is the average nurse's opinion on medical assistants

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

    Honestly? I don't lose any sleep over MAs. They occupy zero of my consciousness. I'm not sure what your question is. As far as your work climate, I see no reason for people to be unpleasant to one...

  11. Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

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

    OP, if you don't absolutely LOVE cleaning butts, then you have no business going into nursing school! I mean, the

  12. Triage Nurse, No Experience

    Anna Flaxis replied to lmh112's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes. I'm guessing you're probably doing telephone triage for a service/medical office? Do they at least have decision trees/protocols for you to follow, or are they relying on your nursing...

  13. change of vocation and not sure of terminology?

    Anna Flaxis replied to Wanny's topic in General Nursing

    I have no idea what you're talking

  14. Not doing well in nursing school?

    Anna Flaxis replied to succinate's topic in General Students

    It is completely possible to get As in nursing school. I did it working full time and raising teenagers. What it meant for me was that during my waking hours, I was doing one of three things;...

  15. What would you have done?

    Anna Flaxis replied to MsSocalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would have advocated for my patient, and if I felt the physician was missing some info, I would have filled him in. Some docs can be asses and act out, but that shouldn't prevent you from providing...

  16. New Graduates who don't welcome feedback

    Anna Flaxis replied to Majain2013's topic in Emergency

    I wonder where the OP went? Did they not welcome our

  17. I can't believe the MD did that

    Anna Flaxis replied to cardiacfreak's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be curious to know for sure. I think it's entirely possible that there is more to this clinical

  18. I can't believe the MD did that

    Anna Flaxis replied to cardiacfreak's topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious, was the patient anticoagulated? It sounds as if this patient was a poor candidate for deep sedation, and perhaps for anticoagulant therapy as well. Maybe the thought process was that the...

  19. New Graduates who don't welcome feedback

    Anna Flaxis replied to Majain2013's topic in Emergency

    When I was a new grad, once off orientation, I wanted to be left alone to get my feet under me and learn and practice and become a better nurse. I chose my mentors based upon who on my unit had a lot...

  20. What are your pet peeves?

    Anna Flaxis replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    A pain score greater than 10 on the 0-10 scale. Three minutes explaining why they're here when "my stomach hurts" would suffice. Food requests for people with abdominal pain whose workup isn't even...

  21. Incompatible medications and IV tubing, IV's.

    Anna Flaxis replied to MunoRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Try not to overthink it.

  22. Would you commute an hour to a job you wanted?

    Anna Flaxis replied to nursebythesea's topic in General Nursing

    I do.

  23. Incompatible medications and IV tubing, IV's.

    Anna Flaxis replied to MunoRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Again, I was just theorizing. According to the Infusion Nursing Standards of Practice, 2011, under Standard 43, Practice Criteria II, Section D: When compatibility of infusates is verified, use of...

  24. Incompatible medications and IV tubing, IV's.

    Anna Flaxis replied to MunoRN's topic in Patient Medications

    The main difference that I can think of is that the primary generally has continuous forward flow of an IV fluid such as NS (or K+/dextrose containing fluid, but nevertheless, still forward flow of an...

  25. I regret forever not going to medical school

    Anna Flaxis replied to nurse2dr's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I really dislike working with doctors that think of nurses as "low". I would hate to think of anyone going into medicine for the