Tenebrae BSN, RN

Mental Health, Gerontology, Palliative

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    MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    Tenebrae replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a link to the medical report? There is no criminal code within western countries that dictate a death sentence for
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    Being sued

    Tenebrae replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    You come into a thread meant in humour to express your belief about what appalling human beings we all are for finding humour in ridiculous situations (not at people) If you don't like the...
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    Being sued

    Tenebrae replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    Virtue signaling
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    Being sued

    Tenebrae replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    Called accident compensation. Basically its a no fault injury coverage scheme. Covers your costs related to your injury. If you need time off due to your injury it will pay up to 80% of your wages. If...
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    Have you ever requested a patient be removed from your workload?

    Tenebrae replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I currently work in acute pysch, and yes I have had patients that I struggle to care for. I have one at the moment who seems to know exactly how to stick the knife in (metophorically speaking), and...
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    Colleague asked me for a Tylenol from my med cart. What to do?

    Tenebrae replied to FromMNtoCA's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I live in NZ We get treated more like cinderella trying to clean with ten castles all at
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    Colleague asked me for a Tylenol from my med cart. What to do?

    Tenebrae replied to FromMNtoCA's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That is horrifying. we carry cards of it so colleages can access it if need be. Obviously if the colleage was taking home several cards then yes questions would be asked. As problematic as our...
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    Colleague asked me for a Tylenol from my med cart. What to do?

    Tenebrae replied to FromMNtoCA's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd nab a paracetamol from work. Doesnt mean I'd help myself to the drugs in the locked safe. Dear new nursing colleages, just because someone asks you for a paracetamol, or ibuprofen doesnt...
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    Nurses Refusing to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations!? | Nurses Week Contest

    Tenebrae replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Its sort of like abortion in that if you don't want to give a vaccine, don't work in an area that requires you to give vaccines. don't sign up to work in that area and then state you won't give...
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    "Thank you for your service"

    Tenebrae replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I've had people thank me for the nursing care I've provided for them, had someone give me flowers which made me smile. Never became a nurse for the thanks and flowers, it is lovely when you are made...
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    MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    Tenebrae replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    As a pysch nurse, often we have to restrain people who are floridly psychotic/high on meth or synthetics and a harm to other patients/staff In the 18 months I've worked on the ward, there has...
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    MNA and Nurses Respond to the Killing of George Floyd by Police

    Tenebrae replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Someone on my facebook feed was banging on about how the cop who killed George Floyd wouldnt get a fair trial to all the media distortions and dramatics. I'm like "the cop obstructed George...
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    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    Tenebrae replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We've had several cases recently of people who went through 2 weeks in managed isolation, 2-3 negative tests. Discharged to the community and within a few days found to be postive and symptomatic with...
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    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    Tenebrae replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Speaking as someone who lives on an island in the south pacific, I would like to respectfully say, please keep your unvaxed population, we don't want them.
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    How Long Do You Expect To Be a Nurse?

    Tenebrae replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for nine years. Primarily in primary health, gerontology and mental health. My eventual goal is to complete my masters and qualify as a nurse practitioner and nurse prescriber....
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    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    Tenebrae replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Fried with
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    Blood splashed in eye- patient status unknown

    Tenebrae replied to NurseEr2000's topic in General Nursing

    I felt fairly freaked after my first needle stick injury. Again it was a very low risk exposure but didn't stop me from worrying. Occ health put me through a regime of testing day of exposure, then I...
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    Do you agree with Gov. Cuomo?

    Tenebrae replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I've worked in one rest home that was totally put into lock down from one new admission from the public hospital that had norovirus (the hospital didn't advise the
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    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    Tenebrae replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think it was Samoa where the measles vaccine was reconstituted with some expired muscle relaxant as opposed to water, two young ones died, leading to some of the worst numbers of death in the recent...
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    Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    Tenebrae replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Donald Trump was on the news boasting about how he passed his MoCA. I mean Sheesh thats not a difficult test if your cognitively intact. As for his racist comments could you post some direct links to...
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    When One Patient Affects the Care Other Patients Receive

    Tenebrae replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I had one of those the other day. Patient with acute pysch issues and lots pf physical comorbidities. Tells me at 1730 that they havent been able to pee properly all day, bladder scan showed 850mls....
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    Psychiatric patients refusing to move rooms?

    Tenebrae replied to Ashleynurse101's topic in General Nursing

    Your supervisor sounds like an ***. With those nurses I have to fight the urge not to bang heads together (metaphorically of course) and remind people that we are here for the best care of the...
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    Being sued

    Tenebrae replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    Its more of a giggle here because of our ACC law, it removes a persons ability to sue over health related
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    New Grad Needs Advice - Hostile Work Environment

    Tenebrae replied to aap2020's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is I woud never knowingly treated someone differently based on the colour of their skin either. In my opinion a jerk is a jerk. That opinion is based on their actions and attitudes, not...
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    New Grad Needs Advice - Hostile Work Environment

    Tenebrae replied to aap2020's topic in General Nursing

    I forget where I found this article, however for this white girl it explained white privlidge really well. The full article here Being a white woman, it was pretty humbling reading this...