Jayla

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1. HTN in African American community

   Jayla posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm not a big daytime tv person, so I don't have a strong opinion about Oprah either way. The other day I happened to be watching her show, and she made a comment about HTN in African Americans that I have some issue with. She said HTN is so preval...

2. Lung Cancer Stigma

   Jayla replied to Jayla's topic in General Nursing

   I just want to be clear--I do support a cure for every type of cancer. Of course, I do not want anyone to have to go through what my family is going through. My point, however, is that many people view those with a diagnosis of lung cancer as some...

3. Lung Cancer Stigma

   Jayla replied to Jayla's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you! Also, for everyone's information: Radon is considered to be the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. today. Radon gas can come up through the soil under a home or building and enter through gaps and cracks in the foundation or i...

4. Lung Cancer Stigma

   Jayla replied to Jayla's topic in General Nursing

   No, I absolutely do not think it is intentionally said to be hurtful or insensitive. I agree with the above posts. From someone who is personally dealing with this disease: just because such a comment is not meant to be hurtful, doesn't mean it isn'...

5. Lung Cancer Stigma

   Jayla posted a topic in General Nursing

   Given all the recent media attention to cancer, I have been thinking about my recent and personal experience with this disease. In November 2005 my father was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Since that time, I cannot tell you how many people h...

6. question for cardiac nurses

   Jayla replied to Jayla's topic in Cardiac

   Thank you so much for your response--definitely food for thought. I would imagine it would be hard to find a job on a more specialized unit with no cardiac nursing experience, though. I'm not opposed to having M/S patients; I just don't want to end...

7. question for cardiac nurses

   Jayla posted a topic in Cardiac

   I'm looking to switch into a field of nursing that would both broaden my skill set and provide a challenge. Up till now, my focus has been community/public health nursing. I'm not feeling challenged and after looking around I have noticed a lot of ...

8. Would this discourage you?

   Jayla replied to jennifers's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Yep, went back to school in 2000 after graduating with a degree in Anthroplogy in 1998. I took all my prerequisites part time (2/semester) at a CC while working full time at a hospital as a CNA. The job had tuition reimbursement, so I had no loans ...

9. Plan B

   Jayla replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

   The problem I see is that several of the young girls/women who have requested plan B repeatedly also come in for STD testing very frequently. Many times they are positive for Gonorrhea or Chlamydia, sometime herpes and syphilis. So, what I worry abou...

10. midwife or MD?

    Jayla replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So why oh why would someone say that they would only want to be attended by a midwife who has nursing training? I know i have little or no understanding of systems outside the UK, but please, give specialist midwives a chance, after all thats what th...

11. opinions about epidurals

    Jayla replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello all! Thanks for all the responses! I feel like I've gleaned a lot from reading these posts, considering I have yet to experience labor myself. I did not intend for this to turn into a debate about which is better--natural vs. medicated. I belie...

12. midwife or MD?

    Jayla replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the replies! I think it's great that there is such support for midwifery--I guess I'm not surprised though. I'm glad to hear no one's had a bad experience with a midwife. This is pretty much the response I thought I'd get, but was just c...

13. Assisting in abortions

    Jayla replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse, particularly an ER nurse, you assume the responsibility of saving the lives of people who take risks you may be against--every day. For example, you might be morally against IV drug use, but if a patient is brought through the doors coma...

14. midwife or MD?

    Jayla posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    For those of you who work with pregnant/laboring women: for a normal, low risk pregnancy, which type of provider do you think is best? Either for you, personally, or your patients? I have not had a baby yet, but my preference would be a nurse midwif...

15. Need Book Recommendations in Culture and Nursing

    Jayla replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    A very comprehensive book about providing health care to latino patients is called, well, The Latino Patient (Nilda Chong). It discusses many cultural aspects of providing health care to people from central and south america. Of course, it only perta...