Tenebrae BSN, RN

Mental Health, Gerontology, Palliative

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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    Tenebrae replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    I'm aware that due to my own personal biases I may be projecting a little here. My brother in law just died from pancreatic cancer and my mum has terminal lung cancer. She has made her wishes known...
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    Former drug addicts becoming nurses?

    Tenebrae replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an addict. MY drug of choice was temazepam. Working in palliative care, I've never once felt tempted to misappropriate drugs from the work place. And I never would. I have a career that I love...
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    Do You Have To Be Religious/Spiritual to be a good Nurse?

    Tenebrae replied to Soliloquy's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Well
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    I Think I my CPR Instructor Didn't Know What She Was Talking About

    Tenebrae replied to darobow's topic in General Nursing

    Tourniquets are not used here routinely. There have been issues with them staying on too long and then resulting in permanent tissue damage. I looked after someone who had nicked their radial artery...
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    Ambulating post op day zero

    Tenebrae replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    That wouldnt have worked for me. Unfortunately because I was on the table so long i have aggravated an old tail bone injury and the only positions that didnt leave me in alot of pain were lying down...
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    Ambulating post op day zero

    Tenebrae replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    Our surgeons all have different regimes however the common thread is that a patient needs to be mobilising from day
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    Ambulating post op day zero

    Tenebrae replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    I had a gastric bypass in December and was keen to mobilise while still in recovery. If I had of had a nurse who told me i couldnt mobilise when i get back to the ward I would have quite happily told...
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    NCLEX in 4 days, should I study the night before?

    Tenebrae replied to Alexx_xox's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I studied the day before but put the books away at about 1700 and had that night to rest I passed How has your study worked best in the
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    Getting yelled at by a doctor for the first time....

    Tenebrae replied to NewbieNurse93's topic in General Nursing

    Non narc scripts are printed however narc scripts need to be written on a special three layer
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    Is it legal for your boss to dictate where you poop?

    Tenebrae replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say no. However you Yanks have some weird employment laws that would never be accepted in
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    First time posters

    Tenebrae replied to AceOfHearts<3's topic in General Students

    Because they dont really want advice, they have already made up their mind that they are right and the other person is wrong. What they want is validation and someone to hold their hands and say "its...
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    New Grad hired in the ER, question.

    Tenebrae replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    I think your instructors dont know what they are talking about. A person's ability to think critically is not limited by the area that they are working in. No sour grapes here either, I ended up...
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    Misconduct

    Tenebrae replied to Abbycat's topic in General Nursing

    Gak that would never fly here. If a patient needs a new chart, doctor has to do it. Although it is the nurses responsibility to chase it up with the
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    Misconduct

    Tenebrae replied to Abbycat's topic in General Nursing

    Why is a nurse transcribing the MAR? Surely that should be the responsibility of the doctor or nurse
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    Repealing ACA

    Tenebrae replied to OnceMorewithFeeling's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm from New Zealand, why do I think our system works, if I get sick or end up in an accident, I (like the rest of my country people) can be assured that we wont end up with medical bills of several...
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    Repealing ACA

    Tenebrae replied to OnceMorewithFeeling's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Because letting the for profit health insurance companies (whose only concern is making money and who will fight tooth and nail to save money by denying life saving treatments such as bone marrow...
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    bedrails

    Tenebrae replied to nancydrew6's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Those patient ratios sound hideous. Re bed rails, the problem with using bed rails if that you have Mrs A who is highly agitated, highly active at night, if you stick bed rails on, its likely Mrs A...
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    Bed rails protocol/algorithm?

    Tenebrae replied to Tammy90's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We dont have a specific one for bed rails. Bed rails are counted as a restraint and if its felt that the patient needs bed rails, we have to go through the restraint assessment form to be able to use...
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    Doctors vs NP's?

    Tenebrae replied to FrankRN2017's topic in General Nursing

    how does that work? The direct entry thing I mean Here at bare minimum an applicant to nurse practitioner training needs a bachelor of nursing, and masters in
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    Why are they called, "Chucks?"

    Tenebrae replied to NPbyDay's topic in General Nursing

    We call those chex
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    Why are they called, "Chucks?"

    Tenebrae replied to NPbyDay's topic in General Nursing

    Nooo thats a
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    Nursing Spirituality

    Tenebrae replied to EGspirit's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    When you tell me that my patients suffer because of my lack of belief, thats a fairly broad speaking statement with bullying overtones You arent being bullied for your beliefs, people are taking...
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    Nursing Spirituality

    Tenebrae replied to EGspirit's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I take exception to this comment. Someone may not be conventionally religious, doesn't mean they are not capable of delivering exceptional nursing
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    Nursing Spirituality

    Tenebrae replied to EGspirit's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    To paraphrase the words of Stephen Fry "I do the right thing because its the right thing to do. Many christians do the right thing because of some sense of fear of the christian god" For me there is...
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    Nursing Spirituality

    Tenebrae replied to EGspirit's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    By the time I realised (about 30 seconds ago) I had not referenced the above statement it was too late to do