Tenebrae BSN, RN

Mental Health, Gerontology, Palliative

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    It's just a ******* straight cath!!!

    Tenebrae replied to %D#2's topic in General Nursing

    So a straight cath is the same as an in out catheter? Personally if thats the case, I think its a brilliant idea. We have one very demented patient with a long term IDC who in the first 8 weeks they...
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    Another reason unions suck!

    Tenebrae replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Your unions sound wierd. I'm a member of a union which is national and it has nothing to do with how holidays are allocated. Those are done within each facility and the responsibility of the clinical...
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    Tenebrae replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned today that while families may know on an intellectual level that their loved one not going into hospital will hasten their death, they arent ok with that when rubber hits the road. Went into...
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    One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

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

    Use of therapeutic silence can be helpful, allowing the patient to have a rant and acknowledging that its ok to feel sad/angry/scared etc. Consistency also works really well, eg if you say you will...
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    Tenebrae replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    - Apparently its possible for someone to go from being "fine" at 0650 handover and when I check their temperature at 0730 they have a temp of 39.5 C and their o2 sats are 68% - I've also learnt that...
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    1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    Tenebrae replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    So does a
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    "I would never want you as my nurse!"

    Tenebrae replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't want me as a my nurse
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    1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    Tenebrae replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Snerks, sounds like my morning report. Patient A was fine at 0700, at 0730 they had a temperature of 39.5 d celcius and an O2 sat of
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    What would a single payer system look like?

    Tenebrae replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My mum was diagnosed with small cell carcinoma of the lung. She was in for the diagnostic bronchoscopy within the week, in for palliative chemo within three weeks. She gets to keep her house, and...
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    What would a single payer system look like?

    Tenebrae replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I had a GI bleed a few years ago, got in for the urgent gastroscopy within the week. I had a patient who needed urgent surgery, first for a fractured long bone, secondly for the wash out out the...
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    Post PEG tube removal dressing

    Tenebrae replied to Cristina_Bambina's topic in General Nursing

    is there any exudate? If yes I would go for something like atrauman, gauze and mefix. If not, something like gauze and mefix. I'm not a fan of paper tapes I find they dont stick all that
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    Ridiculous NCLEX Wait Times

    Tenebrae replied to terrafermata's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Student nurses have the opportunity to sit their state final exam three times a year, March, June/July and November. We have to wait six weeks for result. Suck it up
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    I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    Tenebrae replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    At the risk of sounding cliche, nursing school prepares you to hit the ground running as a novice practitioner and hopefully not hurt or kill too many patients. You start learning when you start...
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    Am I violating HIPAA

    Tenebrae replied to TNNurse95's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If this is true, your husband is an
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    Administering Tylenol to a friend

    Tenebrae replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    I realise this thread turned a corner into craycray about 100 posts ago:roflmao: To the OP. In my current job we have a whole bunch of standing orders for various things, eg tylenol for pain,...
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    Scanning in the supply room

    Tenebrae replied to elizabeast7's topic in General Nursing

    We dont scan meds or supplies. Patients get what they need when they need it. In my LTC patients pay or are subsidised X amount per week. In the public hospitals, we use what we need, put back what we...
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    How do I deal with "needy" nurses

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

    I'm a nurse. I would like to let you know that needy nurses dont just do it to the CNAs/HCAs/techs, they do it to us as well. Case in point. I was filling in an incident form for a patient and my...
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    Your monitoring program allow whipits?

    Tenebrae replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'll support a you to the cows come home. Addiction is an evil nasty disease that i liken to a dog who thinks its out taking its master for a walk but soon realizes it has a choke chain on which the...
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    Horrible Treatment at Drug Testing

    Tenebrae replied to Maria425's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That sounds so dodgy I've only ever had to have a drug screen as part of a pre employment screen. I couldnt pee enough to get the sample but had the option to come back the next day better hydrated....
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    Your monitoring program allow whipits?

    Tenebrae replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Not on a monitoring program and the only drug I'm taking at the moment is low dose codiene for osteoarthritis. That said, this is a really dumb
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    Is my school weird?

    Tenebrae replied to sfrgirl's topic in General Students

    Yes that is very weird At my school we were responsible for doing the pre reading however we always went over them in clinical labs and got signed off prior to doing them in that clinical
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    1/9: What I learned this week - Worst. Vagina. EVER.

    Tenebrae replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    1. Apparently my uber all manager is the vengeful type. She got the receptionist to ring me day before yesterday telling me that yesterdays shift change wasnt going to work (bear in mind this was...
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    Osteoarthtis

    Tenebrae posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I had a fall at work yesterday. Someone left the standing hoist right outside patients door way and in the dark corridor (night shift) I missed it and took tripped over the feet of the hoist....
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    I Should Be in Jail

    Tenebrae replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I remember as a student on paediatrics. I had this beautiful wee mite who was having to have regular suctioning to clear heavy secretions. This wee mite didnt cry, or struggle just lay there and...
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    I Should Be in Jail

    Tenebrae replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I work with the elderly. One recently. A wonderful chap who i shall call George (name and identifying details changed to protect privacy) had a hard fall and possible compression fracture of some of...