czyja

czyja MSN, RN

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  1. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's a cop out. You did what you needed to do. You advocated for your partner in at the time and you set things up to prevent the same thing from happening again. Sometimes one's sense...

  2. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. What a horrid experience for your partner (and you). Was there nobody at this facility with whom you might have discussed this behavior? Did you report it to the state? At a minimum you might...

  3. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you dear Kanzi. It was fine indeed. A wee 17 y/o bourbon with just a smidge of water po hs induces an lovely sense of calm of well being followed by restorative sleep. And good sleep makes...

  4. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, my well stocked bar in my gay household seems to be out of scotch. I am enjoying a bourbon and water.

  5. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously, are you joking? Maybe its because I live in a bubble out here but I haven't heard anything this foolish in a while. Oh, lemme tell you about my extravagant high-risk lifestyle that will no...

  6. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Women religious have done work that nobody else would - including providing compassionate care to HIV+ pts back in the days when others were frightened to do so. I do not think this fact is lost...

  7. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps not judgement. I dunno - I cannot put my finger on

  8. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    One would imagine so. BTW the story about the men dressed as 1950's nuns taking the Sacrament did hit the local news. The Archbishop apologized in some way shape or form. For what exactly I do not...

  9. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch. Things have taken a judgmental tone. St. Isaac of Syria came to mind as I was reading the last few posts. He wrote that "we know nothing of God's justice, only His mercy." He based this...

  10. One Day in Bangkok

    czyja replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    This is an interesting phenomenon, not limited to Americans, and I wonder if it has ever been studied. I know a woman from Ukraine that travels back to Kiev for dental care because she does not...

  11. New nursing student and AIDS patient

    czyja replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Dark times. The was great suffering and great heroism. The thing that stuck me was that even 1983 I knew the disease was blood born (and I was working in kitchen!). Gowns and gloves were required in...

  12. New nursing student and AIDS patient

    czyja replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Good plan. I remember visiting and HIV+ friend in the hospital in Boston in about 1983. The cleaning staff would not clean his room. The meals he ate (during his last days mind you) were served on...

  13. New nursing student and AIDS patient

    czyja replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    On further reflection I think you are correct. Sorry to have been on my high horse in my post. Last I checked "full blown AIDs" was not a diagnosis. It is striking that a student in a nursing...

  14. One Day in Bangkok

    czyja replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    Medical care in the developed Asian countries is quite fascinating. They have a two-tiered system: state operated clinics and hospitals providing a modicum of services at a regional level of quality...

  15. New nursing student and AIDS patient

    czyja replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    . Indeed. Although I think one has to come into contact with nervous tissue to get CJD. Is this not so? Although I am one of those pre-nursing groupies on this site may I observe the following? The OP...

  16. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Aw shucks, I'm blushing. My application to UCSF SON has just been submitted, so if you know anybody on the admissions committee.... With respect to the Byzantine church. A good online resource is...

  17. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    I take two day off from this forum and I come page to three pages of reading. My my. The above to two quotes struck me as deeply connected. We seem to have moved from a political bent to an ethical...

  18. Celsius and Fahrenheit

    czyja replied to punkstar's topic in General Nursing

    Journals require it. Life science protocols use it (ie protein, DNA extraction, various "kits" from manufactures, etc). Physical scientists use it because it converts very easily to the kelvin scale,...

  19. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Some find it offensive for the following reasons; 1. It is seen as a label used by the straight community to describe the LGB and (strangely) T community. Although it was coined by a psychiatrist of...

  20. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. You are spot on with this. I see what you are saying. Perhaps I am too hung up on the semantics of all this. And putting in these terms makes is much more that a gay/straight thing. Thank

  21. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    But are there not situations when this is important information? For example, a woman visits an acutely ill male pt. and involves herself in his care in someway or another. Is she his spouse, his...

  22. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    I am rather enjoying this thread because I think it brings up some important issues in our society in addition to LTC and nursing. I am pleased to read the varied opinions, thoughts, experiences, and...

  23. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    czyja replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Right. And not only "far more likely." Any man who self identified as gay in the early 1980's watched many if not most of his gay friends die. And he lived in fear of an HIV diagnosis himself. During...

  24. Anyone with RSD?

    czyja replied to Hoozdo's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I know. Isn't that horrid? This would drive the shrink I work for NUTS. The pt's PCP (and very often the pt's insurer) would think the pt was drug seeking therefore pt would not get adequate pain...

  25. Anyone with RSD?

    czyja replied to Hoozdo's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    i am glad you found a good online support group. this is tough disease - i have seen it about half a dozen times in the psychiatrist's office where i work. some of the pts recovered quite well. take...