Tenebrae BSN, RN

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    Shouldn't Have Gone Down that Rabbit Hole ...

    Tenebrae replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    A flow over effect from capitalism
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    Dismissal from nursing school without failing any course

    Tenebrae replied to Beebee18's topic in General Students

    I was the fat girl in my nursing program. I had so many issues with nursing tutors and registered nurses who wanted to make my size an issue, who even went as far as telling me that if I didnt make a...
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    Bored after 3 months?

    Tenebrae replied to saradista's topic in Rehabilitation

    I deal with a-lot of nurses who assume that critical thinking could not possibly occur outside of the acute environment. So please dont tell me what I know or dont know, especially when its coming...
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    Shouldn't Have Gone Down that Rabbit Hole ...

    Tenebrae replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, I'm a kiwi. I dont think our system would work in the US because of the state and federal level legislature, however Australia has a similar political system and if a nurse graduates in Brisbane...
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    Shouldn't Have Gone Down that Rabbit Hole ...

    Tenebrae replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I'm amazed that there are non accredited nursing programs allowed. Here, all nursing programs are approved by nursing council. With the aim that completion the student is prepared to sit the state...
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    Bored after 3 months?

    Tenebrae replied to saradista's topic in Rehabilitation

    FYI critical thinking is not the exclusive domain of the ICU/critical care nurse Any half decent nurse should always be utilising their critical thinking skills regardless of their
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    Observing a Friend's Surgery

    Tenebrae replied to Annamm's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    When I was doing a placement in outpatients, I recognised one of the names on the list as being one of my clinical tutors. I said to my preceptor, "Look I know this person they are one of my tutors,...
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    Bored after 3 months?

    Tenebrae replied to saradista's topic in Rehabilitation

    IMO jumping from job to job is more likely to hurt your chances of getting into flight nursing than spending a year or two in the job you are currently in. A work history of a few months there, a few...
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    Jahi McMath is finally at peace

    Tenebrae replied to anon456's topic in Nursing News

    Glad her corpse can finally rest in peace. Although I find it disturbing that any reputable surgeon would operate on someone who has been issued a death
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    Eating the patients' food?

    Tenebrae replied to blackmamba123's topic in General Nursing

    When food goes back to the kitchen, its chucked out. As long as my patients get fed first and get as much as they want, i dont have an issue with food being consumed by
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    Blood Transfusion

    Tenebrae replied to Suzeee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Never seen it And perhaps if its really that urgent to get an answer for, leaving it the night before your exam is not that
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    Surgeon for an instructor

    Tenebrae replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    When my mum was sick, her daughters included an emergency medicine consultant, Registered Nurse and radiographer. Never assume Anyhow, learning the terminology is just as much about so you can...
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    Surgeon for an instructor

    Tenebrae replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    I would have loved having a surgeon teaching us patho. Hopefully we would have gotten more than the three hour lecture on each body system that we
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    Foley Catheter Issue?

    Tenebrae replied to JustANurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    I always watch the patients face when I'm inflating the balloon. My logic is that if the balloon is still sitting in the urethra and I try to inflate it with 10mls sterile water, the patient is going...
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    Long hair at the bedside

    Tenebrae replied to kakamegamama's topic in General Nursing

    I get sometimes that it can feel tight and uncomfortable when scragged up in a knot, but for the love of god if you are doing a procedure, or its touching/intruding into your patients space, tie it...
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    If you apply and accept a job, don't bail out for no good reason

    Tenebrae replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly I never ever thought I would end up in long term care, because it wouldnt be challenging. Now that I've worked in long term care for the last four years, I have come to see that any job has...
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    Gloves required for ALL oral meds.

    Tenebrae replied to Leonardos's topic in Patient Medications

    Neither do I Which is why I'll probably never make management because I simply dont care enough about the money side of things, just give me what I need to do the job for my patient. When I was...
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    Gloves required for ALL oral meds.

    Tenebrae replied to Leonardos's topic in Patient Medications

    Fortunately not many over and above what is normal for a place like that. It helped that the floor nurses all said the same and the CNA's had enough common sense to use what they
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    Gloves required for ALL oral meds.

    Tenebrae replied to Leonardos's topic in Patient Medications

    Yup. Each CNA does personal cares for at least five-six different patients Funnily enough that policy was never enforced after the nurses started telling the CNAs to use as many as they had to do the...
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    If you apply and accept a job, don't bail out for no good reason

    Tenebrae replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I think if you take a job, comit to it for a minimum of six months and preferably a year. It looks dodgy as hell IMO with a whole bunch of short term jobs on your CV unless you are travel
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    Annoying words/behaviours during report

    Tenebrae replied to NewRN'16's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I find threatening them with an enema always
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    How do you deal with personal attacks at work?

    Tenebrae replied to NewRN'16's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a very challenging enrolled nurse (our equivalent of an LPN) in my first facility who would go as far as publically lambasting me because I wouldnt do things her way. After about six months of...
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    I hate wound care terminology

    Tenebrae replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a wound geek. My first position out of college was district nursing where we did alot of wound care, from non complex skin tears and abarasions to venous ulcers, cavities, negative pressure...
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    I hate wound care terminology

    Tenebrae replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Was this LPN blind, deaf and mute? Because thats the only way I can possibly think someone could miss a wound that bad That said, I did have a colleage who when handing over to me told me that the...
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    To Suction or Not To Suction, End of Life & Hospice Patients

    Tenebrae replied to NickICU-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm anti suctioning in end of life patients. I prefer the use of postural drainage, that is 2-3 nurses turning the patient onto their side with their head down and allowing the secretions to drain...