Tenebrae BSN, RN

Mental Health, Gerontology, Palliative

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    male nurse problems..

    Tenebrae replied to 2bnurseDuties's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you want a hand with your patients, be prepared to help others No, you will also have to deal with urine, blood, vomit, sputum and other assorted body
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    Pain Seekers

    Tenebrae replied to missswiss44's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are they conscious? What are their vital signs? When did they last have it? How often can they have it? What are they rating their pain as? What non verbal indicators of pain are they showing? Eg...
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    Pain Seekers

    Tenebrae replied to missswiss44's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Does it occur for a moment that these people may have genuine issues with ongoing chronic pain? For people living with chronic pain, its unlikely that any analgesia routine will ever completely deal...
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    Ethical question-WWYD?

    Tenebrae replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    And what do you think will happen if the person dies and you have the means to save them and dont use
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    Should nurses be able to pull chest tubes?

    Tenebrae replied to Ninjateagan's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am assuming when you say "pulling a chest tube" you are talking about removing it? Is your preceptor comfortable letting you do this if you have talked through the procedure? I would often take out...
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    If people make me feel bad, I've been bullied

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

    One thing I've found from nursing school and my two years out. Constructive feedback is always specific. One knows exactly where they went wrong and can develop and action plan to ensure they don't...
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    If people make me feel bad, I've been bullied

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

    There's ways to accomplish the same thing without jumping down their necks in front of the
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    informed consent

    Tenebrae replied to shortd's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In district nursing I would regularly gain consent for treatment. Basically if the patient didnt consent there was nothing we could
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    group work in an online program

    Tenebrae replied to mmc51264's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I found that group work blowed enough doing my three year BN. Couldnt imagine how much more that would suck trying to do that
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    hearing impaired

    Tenebrae replied to buffybuffy's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    At the end of the day if there is another method of ensuring that a nurse can hear properly and ensure safe continuous nursing care, I'm all for it. For me, hearing aids are neither here nor there its...
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    Ondansetron.... iv or im ..... doctor's prescription....

    Tenebrae replied to 2bNurse_kinjal's topic in Patient Medications

    If your answers are based in evidence based nursing praxis, they would have a hard time doing
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    hearing impaired

    Tenebrae replied to buffybuffy's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Suck it up and wear the hearing aids...... Far as I'm concerned its no different from wearing thick glasses because I'm this side of legally blind. Its what I have to be able to do to function in...
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    Ondansetron.... iv or im ..... doctor's prescription....

    Tenebrae replied to 2bNurse_kinjal's topic in Patient Medications

    If I was your professor, I would want you to tell me that you can not change the route of a medication without a doctors signed order. I'd also want you to tell me why did the MD prescribe this...
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    CT Supreme Court Decision: Teen can't refuse Chemo

    Tenebrae replied to SC APRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm a really big fan on informed consent. If a child after having a fair and balanced exposure to all the facts about a particular treatment then chooses to decline treatment I'm ok with this at...
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    Healthcare deductables

    Tenebrae replied to CriticalCareRN1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    you want a system that is unregulated by government. Prior to the ACA you had a healthcare system that was free to do and charge what ever it liked. Some examples of this free market that...
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    Will my scars from cutting be a problem?

    Tenebrae replied to S.F Skylar's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking as a former self harmer, I certainly dont wear them as 'a badge of honour" I'm done being ashamed of that part of my life however. I've moved on. Wearing long sleeves is not practical for me,...
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    Will my scars from cutting be a problem?

    Tenebrae replied to S.F Skylar's topic in General Nursing

    1. First of all, as people have said, dont resort to telling lies. Its far more likely to come back and bite you in the butt later. 2. Ex self harmer here. Havent self harmed in many years however...
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    Healthcare deductables

    Tenebrae replied to CriticalCareRN1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Coz free industry helped sooooo much
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    Tenebrae replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Its interesting to hear about how different countries do things. Our new borns dont get their first set of shots until 6 weeks. The only thing they get at birth is IM vitamin
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    patients on methadone plus PRN pain meds

    Tenebrae replied to sassyann85's topic in Patient Medications

    This statement is just wrong. The problem with treating an IV drug user like everyone else, is that they arent like everyone else in regards to pain management. A patient who is opiod naieve will...
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    patients on methadone plus PRN pain meds

    Tenebrae replied to sassyann85's topic in Patient Medications

    Why dont some nurses ever stop to think that if they were less judgemental of people whose lifestyles they dont agree with the people concerned might actually reach out for help as opposed to...
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    Healthcare Facilities running out of medications + supplies

    Tenebrae replied to calivianya's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Dressing packs and gauze. We had a numpty who was responsible for our ordering and somehow he managed to forget to order those nursing
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    Tenebrae replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Its where unions are very useful. That manager would not have been able to get away with that sort of
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    Tenebrae replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Requoting for truth. Helped my butt out when I had a manager trying to fire me because I wasnt good at kissing their ***. Silly me had thought I was being hired to nurse
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    Tenebrae replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Yea right. It's been happening much longer than the intro of the