Anna Flaxis

Anna Flaxis BSN, RN

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  1. Is it normal to go from straight As in prereqs to b- grades in nursing classes

    Anna Flaxis replied to SarahBean87's topic in General Students

    Yes, it is normal. Nursing courses are much tougher than straight ahead science classes, as it should be. If you make it, you're going to have lives in your hands. If you can't make it in nursing...

  2. Perspective and sympathy

    Anna Flaxis replied to KelRN215's topic in Pediatric

    I don't work exclusively with peds, but they are a part of the patient population I serve. I have cared for people experiencing everything from death (both expected and unexpected) to the common cold...

  3. Dropped pills

    Anna Flaxis replied to mandaaRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I wouldn't worry too much about it! The patient took it upon herself to pick up the pills off the floor and ingest them. There is no appropriate place in the medical record to document this. I...

  4. PICC Line access

    Anna Flaxis replied to Djadia's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    The anesthesiologist is correct, assuming that the catheter tip is in the SVC at the cavoatrial junction and there is no fibrin sheath; then the infusion will still be delivered to the right atrium....

  5. Debate over inservice question-Spinal Cord Injury

    Anna Flaxis replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    Question: What good will it do to stabilize the neck and spine if the patient does not have a patent

  6. Question about marijuana use as a nurse

    Anna Flaxis replied to sasha_t's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Actually, the use of medical marijuana does NOT fall under ADA protection. Even if the person is disabled, their use of medical marijuana is still in violation of Federal law. The Federal Government...

  7. Question about marijuana use as a nurse

    Anna Flaxis replied to sasha_t's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    As others have stated, whether your BON will license you I do not know. In my state, as long as you are using MM as directed by your prescriber, it will not prevent you from being licensed. However,...

  8. Things I wish I could say to my doctor...

    Anna Flaxis replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    Doctors don't make an hourly wage. They are reimbursed per visit. They have a lot of overhead just to keep the lights on, such as paying the lease on their building, purchasing supplies and...

  9. Waitressing as a pre-req?

    Anna Flaxis replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I think any job where you must juggle a million things at once is great practice for being an RN. That includes waitressing, no doubt! Any time I've been a visitor in the hospital, I have never felt...

  10. Organizing the maddness

    Anna Flaxis replied to Safe student nurse's topic in Emergency

    Hi, Safe student nurse, and welcome to AN! I'm confused. Are you a student nurse, or are you working as a nurse in an ED? There is a forum for nursing student assistance, if this is a student...

  11. The soul crushing part about nursing

    Anna Flaxis replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with JMBnurse. I think sometimes family members need "permission" to let go. I think that for some, there is a tremendous amount of guilt that comes with thinking you didn't do everything...

  12. Just a question to understand the ER better

    Anna Flaxis replied to sheilahdee's topic in Emergency

    Every ED must have a triage system. The ESI system is but one. If that is the system that is used by your facility, then that is the system you must follow. Regardless of which system your facility...

  13. Differentiating PICC from CA-DVT

    Anna Flaxis replied to rkealy's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Oh, okay,

  14. Just a question to understand the ER better

    Anna Flaxis replied to sheilahdee's topic in Emergency

    Susie2310, Once the patient has been determined to be an ESI Level 2 acuity (which he would be, as a person with ESRD on hemodialysis experiencing a rapid heart rate), no further "hands on" assessment...

  15. Differentiating PICC from CA-DVT

    Anna Flaxis replied to rkealy's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Yes, that's true. That's why I stated that the positive D-Dimer in addition to the doppler would confirm a clot. Perhaps I should have been more clear.

  16. Differentiating PICC from CA-DVT

    Anna Flaxis replied to rkealy's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    A positive D-Dimer in addition to the doppler results would confirm a clot. If the D-Dimer is negative, there is no clot. It's possible that the clot broke loose and traveled to the pulmonary...

  17. The soul crushing part about nursing

    Anna Flaxis replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    Did she have a prosthetic heart

  18. Random drug tests

    Anna Flaxis replied to roreyn02's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I haven't said anything about legalizing it. That's a whole 'nuther

  19. Random drug tests

    Anna Flaxis replied to roreyn02's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Actually, you said "no you should not let someone smoke pot in your car, home, etc." I think it's fair to ask the OP why he can't just ask his relative not to smoke in his car, but telling him what...

  20. Just a question to understand the ER better

    Anna Flaxis replied to sheilahdee's topic in Emergency

    I worked in a Regional Trauma Center serving 8 counties and close to 80,000 people per year. Nobody weeded me out. I left of my own accord because I did not want to be a part of a system that I...

  21. Random drug tests

    Anna Flaxis replied to roreyn02's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    All kinds of things are illegal: Strange and Funny: 53 Crazy

  22. Just a question to understand the ER better

    Anna Flaxis replied to sheilahdee's topic in Emergency

    I know, I know, I said I was bowing out. Samadams, what about those EDs where they have up to 150 people in the waiting room, and the average wait time is 24 hours or more? I'm not excusing shoddy...

  23. Random drug tests

    Anna Flaxis replied to roreyn02's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This is an issue of morality. Morality is subjective, it is not universal. Different people have different opinions based upon their own individual moral compass. What is moral and what is lawful...

  24. Just a question to understand the ER better

    Anna Flaxis replied to sheilahdee's topic in Emergency

    I'm sorry about your bad experiences with your parents' care. Clearly, you are very angry about it. That's understandable. I can only offer my sympathies. However, in this instance, as the OP...

  25. Just a question to understand the ER better

    Anna Flaxis replied to sheilahdee's topic in Emergency

    samadams8, I mean this in the very best possible way, but you are thinking like a critical care nurse. The very first step in triage is the rapid visual assessment. This is even before you elicit the...