Tenebrae BSN, RN

Mental Health, Gerontology, Palliative

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    South Carolina LPNs Arrested For Not Changing Wound Dressings

    Tenebrae replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    At the risk of stating the obvious, if you are doing your job, and documenting you shouldnt need a camera team These people didn't do their job, they lied about it and patients were
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tenebrae replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Oh heck no. ? I see myself as someone who owns their mistakes, learns from it and doesnt make the same mistake. The way RV is at the moment I can see her making an equally fatal
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tenebrae replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    She killed someone. She didn't just kill them she left Charlene Murphey paralysed and unable to breath, fully conscious if the fact that she was suffocating to death while unable to alert anyone...
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    Confused new nurse seeking advice ... please help?

    Tenebrae replied to jss1985's topic in General Nursing

    You have a great opportunity for learning. I'm working in older adults mental health and the amount of medical learning I have had over the last year has been
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    Unions - Yay or Nay?

    Tenebrae replied to Kiwi82's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Its great you've had the experience you did. It's one hospital in one part of the country. We have a national collective agreement that ensures that all nurses in the entire country get the same...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tenebrae replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps she geniuinely doesnt believe shes done anything wrong. Which makes it more important that the BON doesnt give her a
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    EMR Passwords

    Tenebrae replied to Advocatenursemama's topic in General Nursing

    This was in the days of paper
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    EMR Passwords

    Tenebrae replied to Advocatenursemama's topic in General Nursing

    A reputable IT department has access to user names, and the ability to reset a user password to something like hello1. When entered into the computer it will prompt the user to reset the password to...
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    EMR Passwords

    Tenebrae replied to Advocatenursemama's topic in General Nursing

    It floors me that nurses think its acceptable to alter another nurses charting. Had to have this convo with a nurse who had altered something in my note. She was like 'you put the time in wrong...
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    Phasing Out ADN?

    Tenebrae replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    So much of what I learned in my BSN has not been remotely useful in my 12 years of nursing. My year 3 cultural safety paper was taught by one of the most culturally unsafe nurses I have ever...
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    Unreported Fall

    Tenebrae replied to Danita Mc Donald's topic in General Students

    Can also be that the patient fell and didn't report it. Had a few recently that were mobile but a massive high falls
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    EMR Passwords

    Tenebrae replied to Advocatenursemama's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but appropriate encryption is necessary. Our IT department can not retrieved a forgotten password, the only option is is to reset to something generic eg 'welcome1' which prompts the system...
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    EMR Passwords

    Tenebrae replied to Advocatenursemama's topic in General Nursing

    Our IT will reset a password to eg "welcome1' however when its entered into the system it prompts the user to change the password OP change your password and make sure you change it
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tenebrae replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Which is fine, You seem to want to shut down the opinions of the people who disagree with
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    LTC RN Supervisor

    Tenebrae replied to nursingstudentwannabe's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I used to have overall supervision of 75+ residents on the afternoon shift, 40 in the care centre, 20 in the memory care centre, and 15+ in the serviced apartments That involved giving meds for...
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    Staffing Ratios and a big reason that they'll not likely happen soon

    Tenebrae replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I wish that shocked me more. Cant believe that there are still nurses who think its appropriate to ream people out for body functions beyond their
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    Home Health Nurses Beware: Docking PTO for Missing Productivity Targets is Legal

    Tenebrae replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    If they are docking the employees PTO they are taking money from the employee Do you think this is
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    Home Health Nurses Beware: Docking PTO for Missing Productivity Targets is Legal

    Tenebrae replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    If someone determines that you havent met a set of predetermined set of guidelines they will take away your PTO, even if you are working your normal rostered hours In other words they are...
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    Jury to Decide Fate of Nurse Accused of Murdering Babies

    Tenebrae replied to Julia Liou's topic in Nursing News

    IMO having worked in mental health for a long time I can honestly say there are very few people who are so sick they truly don't know right from wrong. Many don't care, however that doesnt make...
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    Home Health Nurses Beware: Docking PTO for Missing Productivity Targets is Legal

    Tenebrae replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    America needs better employment laws. Specifically laws that protect the rights of the employees as opposed to massive
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    Jury to Decide Fate of Nurse Accused of Murdering Babies

    Tenebrae replied to Julia Liou's topic in Nursing News

    I frequently have feelings of incompetence and have had thoughts of suicide. Never once had the urge to murder a patient let alone 7 'I frequently feel like I want to hurt people and have...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tenebrae replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    When I made the med error (post my mum dying). Read the name if the meds, name of the patient and completely orificed over tea cup and gave it to the wrong patient who had no need of cardiac rhythm...
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    Brazilian Butt Lifts (BBL): Increased Mortality Rate

    Tenebrae replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Mullets are doing a repeat with our young lads. Those should have been left in the
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tenebrae replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Actually its a statement of fact. The Tennessee board of nursing did nothing about this case, allowed RV to keep practicing. Had they did their job perhaps this case would have never gone to...
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    Hospice morphine overdose

    Tenebrae replied to Robbie8121's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think possibly robbie has had an experience that was crappy and traumatic for them. Could be that I'm underestimating them and they really are a troll. Morphine is one of the drugs that...