Tenebrae BSN, RN

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    Depression + Anxiety as a Nurse

    Tenebrae replied to jesslahti future LVN's topic in General Nursing

    I live with major depressive disorder and GAD. I take medications and have been a registered nurse for close to eight years now. No one will care if you have depression, they just want to know that...
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    What does the floor really think of nursing students?

    Tenebrae replied to superduper's topic in General Nursing

    I love teaching, I'm passionate about nursing and love sharing information education with others. I love enthusiastic students, students who are wanting to know more about what we do in my facility,...
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    Is it outside the scope of practice for an RN to tell another RN to call 911?

    Tenebrae replied to Guest688994's topic in General Nursing

    What a load of bull If your nursing judgement is telling you the patient needs more help than you can provide, you are well within your parameters to tell anyone to call 111. Think about it, if a...
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    In trouble afraid of being kicked out don't know what to do

    Tenebrae replied to Sweetb90's topic in General Students

    OP you have been given some good advice. I had a situation in my final year. I wrote a public facebook post about living with clinical depression. Someone copied and posted it to my head of school and...
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    To Vaccinate Or Not To Vaccinate, That Is The Question

    Tenebrae replied to Joe V's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I got a tetorifice booster yesterday. ? The idea of dying from lockjaw from a gardening injury really wasnt appealing. On the other postive side, it also had a booster for whooping
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    To Vaccinate Or Not To Vaccinate, That Is The Question

    Tenebrae replied to Joe V's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not sure if its been mentioned yet, there is research coming out of the US that suggests measles wipes out a body's immune memory, basically the body has to relearn how to protect the body against...
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    To Vaccinate Or Not To Vaccinate, That Is The Question

    Tenebrae replied to Joe V's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not mandatory, however like all choices in life, there are consequences if a parent chooses not to vaccinate their child against easily preventable diseases, they should not be surprised when school...
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    To Vaccinate Or Not To Vaccinate, That Is The Question

    Tenebrae replied to Joe V's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Actually it is. Without vaccinations children and adults face very real possibility of disability or death from easily preventable diseases Where I live, we are having one of the worst outbreaks of...
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    RaDonda Vaught Update - State Health Officials Reverse Decision and File Medical Disciplinary Charges

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

    Its not about vengence. Its about nurses being responsible for their practice and dealing with the consequences of their actions if they get it wrong (sort of like being an adult I
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    My facility is restraining a resident and I feel that I can't help.

    Tenebrae replied to Nursingstudent___'s topic in General Nursing

    Working in long term care, we would routinely do a full set of obs TPR and BP on all patients once a month and more often if clinically indicated eg patient feeling unwell, neuro obs post fall. The...
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    RaDonda Vaught Update - State Health Officials Reverse Decision and File Medical Disciplinary Charges

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

    The BON really dropped the ball. Perhaps if they had of taken the action they should have in the first place it may not have progressed to the patient suffering a hideous death, slowly suffocating...
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    Please help with pediatric dosage calculation

    Tenebrae replied to Michelle747's topic in General Students

    Always look at what the question is asking you If the order is for 5mg of drug X per kg and the child is 10kg, what dose will you administer. it makes sense to do the following 5mg X 10kg = 50mg. if...
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    Unfair Clinical Evaluations

    Tenebrae replied to guest723's topic in General Students

    OP its a tough situation. I had some abolutely appalling situations as a student with nurses that were truly appalling human beings, not sure how they managed to function as nurses. That said, these...
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    Vaccination for clinical

    Tenebrae replied to Grad 2020's topic in General Students

    Hopefully you benefit from herd immunity. We are in the process of loosing herd immunity due to the huge decline in people getting their kids
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    I've Been Employed at 7 Facilities as a New Grad RN

    Tenebrae replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    If you have only been a new grad since Jan 19 what were you doing working in med surg in the middle of
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    Panicking Over Vaccines 3 Weeks until School Starts!!!

    Tenebrae replied to guest1122560's topic in General Students

    what does your school
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    Was I wrong to report a co-worker?

    Tenebrae replied to beyondhere's topic in General Nursing

    You reported what was reported to you. Your employer will investigate and decide what needs to happen next You did good
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    Patients of gun violence vs others

    Tenebrae replied to vetpharmtech's topic in General Nursing

    My sister is an ED consultant. She was working in the department on the day of May 15 when a white supremacist killed 51 people and wounded a further 50. She said it at the time the bullets used by...
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    ICU Nurse Fired For Refusing 3rd Patient

    Tenebrae replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I think the problem is not so much just the acutity of the patient but if they accept the assignment it begins to create a precedent that management will use to say "oh but these nurses did it fine"...
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    Your most bonehead moment in nursing. Or 2. Or 3.

    Tenebrae replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    Asking one of my retired nuns if their visitor was their
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    Support Planned Parenthood Today!

    Tenebrae replied to elkpark's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Em nope. ? Have never wanted children. Can cluck over peoples babies with the best of them however I have a number of genetic issues that need to end with
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    Another Nursing Facility Closes

    Tenebrae replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My previous place of work is in the process of closing down. The building was irreparably damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes and the powers that be finally decided it wasnt worth it to keep...
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    New RN, how to save face

    Tenebrae replied to ERN19's topic in General Nursing

    Bone head stories are much like med errors in that any nurse who says they have never made one is probably telling porkies
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    New RN, how to save face

    Tenebrae replied to ERN19's topic in General Nursing

    I recall once doing a home visit to a deaf client who lived on a majorly busy road. "do you notice the noise much from X street" Fortunately I realised what I had said at the same time as the patient...
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    Clinical manager undermining

    Tenebrae posted a topic in General Nursing

    Clinical managers opinion formed on the sole basis of seeing said patient for 30 seconds in the patient lounge (alot of this is a rant because I'm really really angry) ? Back story: Mrs Smith (not...