Tenebrae BSN, RN

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    So Sick Of This Nurses Eat The Young Crap

    Tenebrae replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    My first boss in district nursing was brilliant. She was an excellent teacher, more than happy to share her knowledge and encourage me to move beyond my comfort zone in terms of completing proceedures...
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    LIAR: ADN RN prompted to lie about holding a BSN... is it passable?

    Tenebrae replied to kitkats4breakfs's topic in Male Nursing Students

    ]Dishonesty is not remotely compatible with excellent critical thinking skills. Its like trying to transfuse a patient with blood group O+ and giving them AB- and crossing your fingers hoping it wont...
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    LIAR: ADN RN prompted to lie about holding a BSN... is it passable?

    Tenebrae replied to kitkats4breakfs's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Perhaps not in the US, you seem to have different standards and some not good, for example 5+ attempts at NCLEX If you were a nurse in New Zealand who was found to be lying about your qualifications,...
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    LIAR: ADN RN prompted to lie about holding a BSN... is it passable?

    Tenebrae replied to kitkats4breakfs's topic in Male Nursing Students

    It would be grounds for deregistration here. Either temporary or
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    LIAR: ADN RN prompted to lie about holding a BSN... is it passable?

    Tenebrae replied to kitkats4breakfs's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Are you taking the piss? For one thing, if your register is anything like ours, it has your qualification on it, as well as your registration number and the date when you qualified. And for another...
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    RN forging doc's signature

    Tenebrae replied to Student Mom to Three's topic in General Nursing

    Did the nurse sign their own name or the doctors? I work in LTC. If the doc wants a spec sent, we sign it as the one who gathered the
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    New Grad RN can't find a job

    Tenebrae replied to morganv's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I graduated in December 2012. No new grad position. Applying for multiple jobs and no success. In the end I had to move cities and started out doing temp nursing, which was how I got my permanent job...
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    Working the same unit you were once hospitalized (psych)

    Tenebrae replied to Ddestiny's topic in General Nursing

    From my own perspective...... As a student in my final year I had do a placement on the inpatient mental health unit I'd been hospitalized a year before. The nurses were brilliant and everyone was...
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    Most surprising/shocking/interesting thing you've seen

    Tenebrae replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    a 20cm skin tear full thickness down to the bone Fortunately after alot of work managed to get the edges
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    Nurses forced to work as aides

    Tenebrae replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Havent seen anyone say anything to the
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    Nurses forced to work as aides

    Tenebrae replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Still not missing the pointIf any of my patients needs anything it will be done. Either by myself or one of my health care assistants. For example Mrs S had a massive code brown yesterday. The health...
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    Nurses forced to work as aides

    Tenebrae replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Speaking as a fairly new nurse (of two 1/2 years), the reality of nursing as a student, and actually being a nurse was very different. As a student I had a great time learning procedures and the like....
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    Nurses forced to work as aides

    Tenebrae replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have no troubles doing hands on nursing care, from showering, washing, code browns etc. I have alot of my job that can only be done by an RN. If I get too far behind doing cares that the aid usually...
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    Nurses forced to work as aides

    Tenebrae replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Actually no it isnt. I have an outstanding team of CNAs. Dont know how I would run my shift without them. That said, if I had of wanted to do the work of a CNA, I would not have done my nursing...
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    Nurses forced to work as aides

    Tenebrae replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Dont know what its like in the US but in NZ, we can work as a nurse aid we can only do nurse aid duties however we are held to the standard of an
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    Being Bullied

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

    I got bullied badly as a student. The bully was female young and absolutely stunning Just
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    Family member hurt my somewhat fragile new grad confidence

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

    Wow I forget just how judgmental nurses can be. I like how you assume nasty behavior from one post on a message board. My bad behavior, you mean about not wanting the nasty ***** who accused me of...
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    Tenebrae replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    when I did my acute placement on our local surgical ward. Often families were asked to wait before coming into the post op area to allow staff to ensure the patient is stable and deal with any issues...
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    Family member hurt my somewhat fragile new grad confidence

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

    Its her prerogative. Patients and their families should be able to be involved in the healthcare decision making As a student had the funness of being bullied. Fortunately because it was a small town...
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    What to do when your manager is the bully.....

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

    Why? If you are recommending against a particular course of action its helpful to have more than "because I said
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    Bedside reporting as a management tool of humiliation

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

    i had a stay in hospital just before Christmas. Sleeping was a mission and sometimes had to get sleep when I could. Had any of the nurses woken me up for bedside report I would have been telling them...
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    About the "do not crush" medications

    Tenebrae replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC We often get patients who struggle with taking pills. Our policy is that if a patient is unable to take the med its current form we must get an order from the patients GP for it in...
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    Falsification of Documentation?

    Tenebrae replied to lowetidern's topic in General Nursing

    Dont do it. What I would tend to do is document something along the lines of 'due to a technical difficulties, photos taken on admission lost. Photos of wound retaken on X
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    Do comfort care patients get oxygen?

    Tenebrae replied to quirkystar's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Comfort cares, does it have potential to provide comfort to the patient or their family It would depend on the circumstances. If it was a patient in end stage COPD or lung cancer and had the potential...
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    Tenebrae replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    If a patient is conscious enough to eat a hamburger one assumes their swallowing reflex is intact So why would someone be suctioning a patient with an intact swallow reflex unless there were major...