Chaya ASN, RN

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    common to have a med nurse?

    Chaya replied to jenj1928's topic in Patient Medications

    It would make me very uncomfortable to have anyone else administer all my meds for me (I'm not talking about giving a pain med while I'm at lunch). Communication would have to be so extensive it would...
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    When will hospitals "go green"?

    Chaya replied to itsmycalling's topic in General Nursing

    This has bothered me a lot too. Unfortunately, with MRSA, C Diff etc rampant I can't see how we can avoid single-use disposables in almost all area of patient care. And it isn't like we're all that...
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    i'm a RN

    Chaya replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    I give them a "time out"! No, really, we have sheets of paper made up to read "Communication notes" across the top that we leave for the docs/ case manager. I give them a sheet, ask them to write down...
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    Am I the only one?

    Chaya replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, sounds like my day yesterday. I had worked (3) 12 hour shifts in 4 days. The weekend is usually busy but a little slower than the weekdays. Not this weekend- my last day on was 12 hours of...
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    Chaya replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Actually a serious loophole here is that if you suffer a catastrophic illness or accident causing you to lose that paycheck and your medical insurance along with it, you will fall between the cracks...
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    Back to basics

    Chaya replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would definately recheck manually plus on the other arm if OK to do so, and help pt back into bed. Also if pt asymptomatic would encourage PO fluid intake and retake pressure again in 15-20
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    Lessons learned from the other side of the call light

    Chaya replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    I also came into nursing after my experience on the other side of the call light, because of the knowledge, expertise and compassion of the nurses my Mom had during her last illness. In turn, I have...
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    "The Turn"

    Chaya replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Had this happen to me while working with another nurse with CC experience. She helped me turn/ reposition my dying pt; he was gone about half an hour later. She said she was thinking "Hmm. I...
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    How do you convice elderly people of certain things?

    Chaya replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone else noticed in the last few years that the expiration dates on foods and meds sold now are considerably shorter than stuff sold a few years back? (Like a few months as opposed to a couple of...
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    Wow a bag of pretzels, your right admin, this is a good place to work

    Chaya replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    X-Mas bonus? My hospital sent me A LETTER SOLICITING A DONATION!!!:icon_roll (Actually they gave us a pretty useful fleece jacket for Nursing
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    Patients ordering their own meals

    Chaya replied to cdktRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not that fond of it. We have a pretty fast pt turnover and it's hard for staff to keep track of who orders themself and who needs help, who has already ordered and who needs to be prompted before...
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    Open Wound Assessment documentation

    Chaya replied to RN1day2be's topic in General Students

    -Size of wound -Drainage on old dressing: amount/ color (ie;bloody, sero-sang, purulent)/ odor -appearance of wound bed -tunneling (may need to "sound" it with a sterile swab) -appearance of...
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    Is Joint Commission more hindrance than help?

    Chaya replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, primo example of where JCHAO goes wrong. Does anyone else find it COUNTERPRODUCTIVE to make the Code Cart less accessible in an emergency??
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    Most stressful moment as a nurse: spouse on vent + decision making

    Chaya replied to flaerman's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry for your loss. I hope you will find the peace you
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    "You put me and my unborn child's life at risk"

    Chaya replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    If she is assessing pts in that setting, she should know that it's a given that she will be exposed to all sorts of risks all every day. It's up to her to decide the level of potential risk she is...
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    Single patient use BP cuffs

    Chaya replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    "Nurse on a stick" Never heard that before, but I love it! (You can bet I'm hijacking that term first chance I get!). I'm troubled by use of a common cuff also, same for the common finger probe on the...
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    Has being a nurse made you examine your own spirituality?

    Chaya replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    I have become more spiritual, in a fashion. I have learned that even giving state of the art medical and nursing care, bringing about healing is never totally guaranteed. There's too much we don't...
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    Hostile and demanding patients. How do you handle them?

    Chaya replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This may be totally out of the blue but in my experience , I've had several patients present like that when they came in. I've found if you take a smoker and hospitalize them, they will be generally...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Chaya replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yep. You might be just sick enough to go into nursing! (Said with
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    Do you remove occluded or infiltrated IV right away or wait until new start done?

    Chaya replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    Can't see any rationale for leaving it in and doing so might potentially increase the risk of infection or fibrin being forcefully flushed through by an unsuspecting nurse-out they come where I'm...
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    inside the mind of a nurse.....

    Chaya replied to ERRN92's topic in General Nursing

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    your first....

    Chaya replied to misslo's topic in General Nursing

    It's been years but I still remember-I felt like a total imposter! Like-OMG- people are going to think I'm a NURSE or something...Oh yeah-that's the IDEA! (Apparently that's not an uncommon reaction...
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    new orders at end of shift

    Chaya replied to august07's topic in General Nursing

    I will look at the order to see how critical the order is. If this is an order for labs to be done the next AM I leave that for the oncoming RN/ UC to take off but if the Rx is Stat I will at least...
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    Pulling Meds for Multiple Patients

    Chaya replied to trustsupplyguy's topic in General Nursing

    I would think the reasoning against pulling meds for multiple pts from the pyxis would be that the pyxis records the time each pt's meds are pulled and it is assumed that the patient then receives...
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    When being nice comes back to you

    Chaya replied to sharona97's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for sharing your experiences (sniff, sniff). When my daughter was little and asking if Santa was real I used to tell her that Santa was the spirit of the holiday- the giving spirit. Good...