Tenebrae BSN, RN

Mental Health, Gerontology, Palliative

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  1. Lets look at the facts You do know that Charlene Murphy died, fully conscious and aware of the fact that she was suffocating? She was unable to alert anyone of her plight, because she...
  2. I know that. 😂 I was responding to the previous posters implication that sex work was all bad (friend who works about a 3rd of what I do and makes double what I do) Public assistance is...
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    Foley ordered for patient able to void on own?

    Would I insert a catheter into a patient that is able to pee and is having a 0ml post void residual. Absolutely not. And have no problems documenting and telling a doctor why their catheter...
  4. Theres a great saying "when you point a finger theres 10 fingers pointing back at you" (sic) I could say the same to you, do you own your mistakes or are you too busy judging those of us that you...
  5. Try clicking on the next thread, Its novel I know there is more than one discussion going on. When she keeps popping her head up and demonstrating that she learned nothing fromo her...
  6. If the board of nursing had of done more than waive a wet bus ticket near her wrist IMO it would never have gone to criminal charges. I'm more concerned about a BON who says to a nurse like RV...
  7. I've worked in unsafe nursing environment think clinical responsibility for 75 residents. (I left because nothing was ever going to change) However the responsibility for ensuring the...
  8. RV didn't read the label on the vercuronium. Systemic issues aside, they are not responsible for a nurse failing to adhere to the five
  9. I've never seen a vial of vercuronium. And I could still tell apart from versed. Not sure if people are aware all medications come with this nifty invention called a label that tells us what the...
  10. I believe so from what I've
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    GT infinity pump question

    I had a patient on a pump the dose was 100mls/hour over 8 hours. The rate is the amount going in per hour. The dose is the total amount given over that
  12. I look on the EMAR and see that my patient has medication due. This is the five rights I cover from that one point 1. right patient, I know that Mrs Smith in room 1 is due meds 2. right...
  13. Why do you get an opinion? Yet anyone who disagrees with you needs to sit down and shut
  14. If the board of nursing had of done their job and not just slapped her on the wrist with a wet bus ticket it would have never gone to criminal charges
  15. I adamantly disagree that it would happen to me. I check the name on the medication packet/box before proceeding. We had a patient on vancomycin for an infected hip. Long term ABS. Even though I...
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    HESI Dosage Calculations

    I struggled with maths when I started my degree. We were recommended maths and meds for nurses https://www.amazon.com.au/Math-Meds-Nurses-Dolores-Saxton/dp/1401834566 It takes you...
  17. Versed, in a glass phial doesnt need to be reconstituted doesnt have a warning label about being a paralytic Vercuronium, in a glass phial with a red top, and needs to be reconstituted. Has a...
  18. How is a hospital responsible for a nurse not reading the medication label? don't get me wrong, not to say the hospital has massive systemic errors at the end of the day she didn't read the label...
  19. No, it couldnt. I had to draw up vancomycin the other day. Do you know the first thing I did? Checked the box to ensure the correct medication, checked the phial in the box to ensure I had...
  20. Must of missed that interview. Not once has she expressed any remorse or owned her mistakes in public
  21. No it wasnt just a mistake, she didn't read the phial of medication. VERCURONIUM vs VERSED, Never mind the 8 plus other safety checks she bypassed. The whole tragedy could have been averted if she had...
  22. because if someone asked me to speak in my city - tell me when I need to show up - out of my city, pay my transport and accomodation costs if I need to stay over. Neither of those...
  23. she could have owned her mistake. Shown how she had learned from the mistake and to stop it happening again Not played the victim As for loosing her income, at least she is still breathing...