Anna Flaxis

Anna Flaxis BSN, RN

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  1. Double Whammy Nursing Shortage???

    Anna Flaxis replied to twinmommy+2's topic in General Nursing

    I can't think of any other profession where lives are in our hands and we'e not getting our breaks and we're working off the clock and we're working off the clock to catch up on our documentation, and...

  2. ED Cheat sheet?

    Anna Flaxis replied to MILOBRI's topic in Emergency

    My very first night in the ED: 2 mo. old infant in cardiac arrest. Everything was documented on the gurney sheet. Interesting thing was that in my last week at work, we had a 4 mo. old in cardiac...

  3. emergency prepared

    Anna Flaxis replied to rayea's topic in Emergency

    Ugh, that's a tough call. I've never worked prehospital (except in a volunteer capacity with EMTs around), but if the person is up walking around, that's a good sign. It means they're capable of...

  4. Cry baby CNAs

    Anna Flaxis replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's a choice. Not to toot my own horn, just trying to make an example, but when I was a CNA, I took it as an opportunity to grow as a human being by showing compassion and humility assisting people...

  5. Cry baby CNAs

    Anna Flaxis replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always say please and thank you, no matter who I am asking. I do not see CNAs as beneath me. But if you don't like being a CNA, then don't be a

  6. Does your SO understand job stress?

    Anna Flaxis replied to Tobygo2's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, my SO understands job stress, and likes it when I work less. We both value our time off more than our earning potential. We could both make tons of money if we wanted to work a lot, but we...

  7. What is the general view of a home health nurse

    Anna Flaxis replied to HHN2472's topic in Home Health

    Home Health is its own specialty. You are dealing with complex patients with little to no backup. Your assessment skills and critical thinking skills are, well....critical. I've found patients are...

  8. feeling overwhelmed...

    Anna Flaxis replied to yaleli's topic in General Nursing

    Another consideration is whether you are in a union shop or at will. In my union facility, this would never fly. The charge nurse would have been in the wrong, and you would have been well within...

  9. Nominated for Daisy Award :)

    Anna Flaxis replied to julz68's topic in General Nursing

    I've kept all the nice notes I've ever gotten for my care. It *is* a good feeling. It's true you can get sour grapes from other nurses. I remember when one particular doc and I set the record for...

  10. emergency prepared

    Anna Flaxis replied to rayea's topic in Emergency

    Yes, I would keep him right there so long as the scene was safe, and encourage him to stay in one place and wait for EMS to

  11. Last nail in the coffin of my JOKE of a nursing career...??

    Anna Flaxis replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    No advice, just sorry this happened and I hope things get better

  12. Help ! Urine test came back diluted!

    Anna Flaxis replied to samantha120.'s topic in General Nursing

    I just peed in a cup on Tuesday too. In the instructions for the test, it said not to drink excessive fluids before the test. I drank one glass of water to be sure I could "go", and it turned out...

  13. Compassion, easily lost?

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

    Try walking out of an unsuccessful resus to check on your other patients and be greeted by the guy with chronic dental pain complaining about the long wait and demanding to know when the doctor will...

  14. emergency prepared

    Anna Flaxis replied to rayea's topic in Emergency

    As others have stated, hold pressure on any bleeding, hold c-spine, do NOT give anything PO. Also, on the moving the patient thing, I would NOT move anyone unless there was imminent danger to them if...

  15. ED Cheat sheet?

    Anna Flaxis replied to MILOBRI's topic in Emergency

    ...or on the gurney

  16. IV question

    Anna Flaxis replied to Nenemb13's topic in General Nursing

    Smells like a homework

  17. Online CPR renewal

    Anna Flaxis replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going through this right now with my ACLS. I'm taking the written test portion online through the AHA, and have scheduled a skills check with a local training

  18. Cry baby CNAs

    Anna Flaxis replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've been a CNA, an LPN, and now an RN. We all work hard. When I was a CNA, I worked my tail off. I cannot believe some of the patients I was given when I was an LPN. That was wrong. As an RN, I...

  19. Management hate

    Anna Flaxis replied to beckster_01's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I really like your attitude. I have experienced working with really ineffective management, and it really stinks. Even so, you are still responsible for your own actions. So far in my brief time...

  20. Searching a Patient's Belongings

    Anna Flaxis replied to cheethaj's topic in Emergency

    Also I think there is a difference between cataloguing (as in, do you have any dentures, hearing aids, or eye glasses, etc.) and searching, as in checking for any weapons or substances of abuse....

  21. Tattoos are taboo at work. Yes? No?

    Anna Flaxis replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    At my work place, tattoos must be

  22. How do you brighten your patients day?

    Anna Flaxis replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I walk into the

  23. If You Can't Handle the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen!

    Anna Flaxis replied to GreenApplesauce's topic in General Nursing

    Floor nursing is tough. There is so much role stress/role ambiguity that, if not managed effectively, threatens to overwhelm the nurse and contribute to burn out. You have to make the experience of...

  24. Help with cleansing a necrotic/ischemic toe/foot?

    Anna Flaxis replied to josephjohn87's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Thanks, that makes perfect

  25. Help with cleansing a necrotic/ischemic toe/foot?

    Anna Flaxis replied to josephjohn87's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    That makes absolute sense, which is why you wouldn't want to soak it, but does this negate a gentle rinse to remove loose debris as