chaka_1709

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1. Homebirth safer then hospital birth????

   chaka_1709 replied to RNlovesherPharmD's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Personally, I wouldn't want a home birth. a) in case of emergency, I want to be at a hospital; b) ew; I don't want that mess at my house... or the memories (especially if something goes wrong); c)...

2. SIDS Pediatric Code

   chaka_1709 replied to harrird's topic in Emergency

   *Hugs* Your story brought tears to my eyes. I'm a nursing student and I'm not sure if it was in class or on a thread here that was discussing whether family members should be in the room during a...

3. Obamacare: are you for it, against it, or unsure?

   chaka_1709 replied to Lucidity's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I'm for it as long as we follow a model that works in other countries that have socialized healthcare. Question for Jewels... you do know that UK (and pretty much every modern nation) has socialized...

4. Student Clickers?

   chaka_1709 replied to arbor-vitae's topic in General Students

   We used those in one of my nursing classes. We didn't have to buy for them though. We were assigned a number so I guess if it was missing you would be held

5. OB "Goodie" Bags for Moms

   chaka_1709 replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Can I have a Vera Bradley diaper bag that matches my kindle case and wallet please. lol. I'm not an ob nurse or mommy... yet... so I'm not sure what the hospitals in my area give. I know one hospital...

6. How clean is a "bathed" patient?

   chaka_1709 replied to tiredtech's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

   As a new cna I don't usually find time in my day for all of the patients to get baths and usually have to rush through it if I do give a bath. However, when night shift comes on and I tell them this...

7. Really Really Confused? How does this all happen?

   chaka_1709 replied to JayCimone's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I agree with getting BSN. A lot of job postings state that they prefer bsn over adn. If you can, get your prerequisites at a community college (make sure your credits can transfer). It is usually...

8. How would deal with these type of CNAs?

   chaka_1709 replied to Born_2BRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   There are some CNA's that don't do anything. However, as a cna myself on a busy floor I try my best. But I'm new also so I'm still getting used to doings things as fast as possible and figuring out...

9. Is your program this way?

   chaka_1709 replied to fitzy5's topic in General Students

   Oh wow, my program is no where near that bad. 80% of the professors are nice and are very approachable. There are a few bad apples, but the previous semester always warn us. I have to say I love my...

10. Question for Women's Health Nurse Practitioners

    chaka_1709 replied to Hopeful1003's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That is a major issue. A lot of women go to ob/gyn for birth control. Also, I know its your values/beliefs but as a health care provider your job is to provide teaching and let the patient make her...

11. Be polite, I don't have superpowers!

    chaka_1709 replied to EmmaZ06's topic in General Nursing

    lol. I'm a cna and I will be paged to 3 different rooms at once then a minute later they will redo the pages in a more hasty tone. And they keep paging every minute until myself or someone else...

12. My thoughts on Mental Health Nursing

    chaka_1709 replied to Elladora's topic in Psychiatric

    When I did my mental health clinical my mom and fiance asked me the same questions. "Omg, aren't you scared?"; I only had 1 day that I was a little bit frightened because a couple of the patients had...

13. Do I need 2 stethoscopes?

    chaka_1709 replied to meghan91's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I bought a cheap one on allheart but the it sucks. It would always end up on the bell side and I would have to turn it for minutes before it would finally get on the diaphragm side. So for my final...

14. Should you arrive on time or super early for job interviews?

    chaka_1709 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I plan to be there about 30 mins early in case of traffic or anything else, but I don't walk in until 5 to 10 minutes

15. OMG, wash your hands!

    chaka_1709 replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!! I don't understand why people don't wash or hands and think its