AmericanChai

AmericanChai

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  1. Feeling pain with nerve damage

    AmericanChai posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was just wondering about something and seeing if anyone has observed or experienced this with any patients. If a person has no sensation in a body area, can the body still "feel" the pain and react...

  2. Child does not want g-tube removed

    AmericanChai replied to AmericanChai's topic in Pediatric

    I just wrote an article and it was published by Complex Child on-line magazine about the lesson I learned here. :-) Just wanted to share. BTW my dd has had a great weight-gain month . . . fingers...

  3. CPR rescue masks

    AmericanChai posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just took a CPR class (starting nursing school in a few days!!) and I wanted to get a couple more face shields to carry in the car, my purse, etc. in case anyone ever needs help when I'm out and...

  4. When a patient won't accept help from family/support system

    AmericanChai posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm just a nursing student at this point (just got accepted into nursing school so no experience). I had a recent situation with two elderly family members that got me thinking about about how to...

  5. When a patient won't accept help from family/support system

    AmericanChai replied to AmericanChai's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Lots to think about! It was not so much of a refusal of care as it was a misunderstanding of the medical system, and the elderly man being combative. In this case the man trusted the surgeon to treat...

  6. Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    AmericanChai replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Attention GWCC Oct 09 students-- if you want to meet others of us please PM me. We are setting up a local group that's more secure than a public forum.

  7. Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    AmericanChai replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hi Rachel!

  8. Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    AmericanChai replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Has anyone in the Oct Gateway program received their info and welcome packet yet?? I'm going nuts waiting for it to

  9. Question about drugs used for endoscopy

    AmericanChai posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    Hi! I am a pre-nursing student and I thought I would incorporate my recent experience into a paper I'm writing on the effects of drugs on the nervous system. I had an endoscopy yesterday to dx a 4 cm...

  10. Child does not want g-tube removed

    AmericanChai replied to AmericanChai's topic in Pediatric

    Thanks again for the informative replies to my earlier post. :) I just wanted to update that today was the GI appt. She had gained 1.5 pounds on their scale, which was pretty good, but the GI felt we...

  11. vaccinations and tests needed for nursing school?

    AmericanChai replied to AmericanChai's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Thanks so much! I am thinking I can check with my ob/gyn for the titers because I know I was screened for a lot of things when I was pregnant. I was found to not be be immune to rubella and was given...

  12. vaccinations and tests needed for nursing school?

    AmericanChai replied to AmericanChai's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Thanks for looking for me. :) I have not found anything specific yet, just a general mention of tests and drug screening. Hopefully the info packet will come soon. If not I'll have to call them after...

  13. Child does not want g-tube removed

    AmericanChai replied to AmericanChai's topic in Pediatric

    Her baby doll has a button, too. She's had her button since age 2 and I don't think baby doll will graduate from her tube. I would LOVE to have a graduation party for my daughter, but my older one...

  14. Child does not want g-tube removed

    AmericanChai replied to AmericanChai's topic in Pediatric

    Thanks for your answers! I guess because this is new territory (no one ever expects to be the parent of a child with medical issues) I did make some mistakes. The thing is, once we found out what her...

  15. Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    AmericanChai replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I spoke to someone in the GWCC nursing program who helps create the schedules, and she said typically Mon-Tues are classes from 8 AM to 3:30 PM, and clinicals are on Wed-Thurs. I can expect to finish...

  16. Banner Nurse Fellows Program

    AmericanChai replied to UofAPNP2B's topic in Arizona Nursing

    It looks like I'll be joining those of you at GWCC!!

  17. Am I being too sensitive?

    AmericanChai posted a topic in General Nursing

    I saw this ad today while browsing. I found three more like it (below). In the first add it looks like a baby's tummy (click-- to big to post here), and the first thing I saw was a feeding tube...

  18. Am I being too sensitive?

    AmericanChai replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your replies . . I shared the ad with a group of moms who currently have tube-fed kids, and they felt it was in poor taste. OTOH probably the creators of the ad have no idea that it...

  19. Preventing Pseudomonas in the home environment

    AmericanChai posted a topic in General Nursing

    My neighbor's son has a health condition that requires regular cathing. He also has a c-tube (in the colon) and has to flush his colon with a laxative solution daily, and he is incontinent. This is...

  20. Preventing Pseudomonas in the home environment

    AmericanChai replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    I will ask what the doctor or nurses have been telling them about spreading this. Maybe I can suggest she speak to someone about it. The mom is under a lot of strain. She tends to be emotional and...

  21. Hard to find a job with new RN certification?

    AmericanChai posted a topic in General Students

    I'm just about to apply to nursing school, and my step-mother, who graduated last semester, is scaring me. She is having a very hard time finding a job because everyone wants experience. She had the...

  22. Ethical question

    AmericanChai posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm just as student right now, but I am exposed to families with NICU babies a lot on a support board I belong to (my child is tube-fed but otherwise pretty healthy). I was just wondering-- I see tiny...

  23. Digital voice recorders

    AmericanChai posted a topic in General Students

    I am about to apply for nursing school! I noticed that many of my fellow students were using the hand-held digital voice recorders. I was wondering if this is something I should be shopping for. Did...

  24. Anyone really bored?

    AmericanChai posted a topic in General Nursing

    Want to come help me with a case history project. Seriously my lab partner and I are about to go crazy with this. We keep going back and forth with it and think maybe we are missing some big clue....

  25. Need micro case history help!

    AmericanChai posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I first want to say I am not looking for someone to do my work for me. My lab partner and I are working on this together and having a hard time figuring out the diagnosis based on the info given. Can...