Chaya ASN, RN

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    Wal-Mart has Everything

    Chaya replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Took me a few days to find this but thanks for the chuckle, Fran!
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    Please allow me some arrogance!

    Chaya replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    All your years experience, your cool head and compassion and now The Letters After Your Name- that's an unbeatable combination Tweety! Let's just say the mortarboard becomes you, Tweety! Congrats on...
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    Learn from mistakes

    Chaya replied to LisaJanae's topic in General Nursing

    Take a look at what you're giving and see if it makes sense. If you find you are about to give 14 pills to makea dose , or four vials of an antibiotic-step back and triple
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    called me a maid

    Chaya replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    The Girl. I get that a lot; just not to my face ("Put the light on-The Girl will
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    Dont know if I will ever volunteer to do overtime agarin!!!

    Chaya replied to dmn1012's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just one thing to add. If you can only do part of a shift OT make sure it is the last half of the shift. I have never gotten out on time when I tried to do the 1st half of an extra shift. But come in...
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    Help!! I used the threading method for my eyebrows and now I have bumps all over!!

    Chaya replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in New York Nursing

    Saw a feature about this on TV a while back. They use a length of thread that is looped over one hair at a time then pulled to remove
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    Have you ever heard of this? UGH!!!!

    Chaya replied to Heloisea3's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if my memory serves from my earth child days, the articles always said it tasted like liver! (That alone would have kept me from trying
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    Improving Patient Satisfaction

    Chaya replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    From a patient's point of view, "Scripting" would seem to be totally inappropriate coming from a highly trained professional whose job (AND their patients' lives) depend on critical thinking and...
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    interosseous access (IO)

    Chaya replied to Christie RN2006's topic in General Nursing

    Haven't placed one in real life but am re-certing in ACLS currently and they just showed us a training video in the technique using a hand held drill-type device. In the film they used hospital...
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    Have you ever heard of this? UGH!!!!

    Chaya replied to Heloisea3's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work in OB but yes, eating or burying the placenta did undergo a certain popularity among back-to-nature type moms a few years back.Never heard of it being done to prevent post-partum...
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    Looking for feedback

    Chaya replied to Roseyposey's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you are going to be in school I would go with the more stable clinic situation if you can get by on the pay. You will have enough stress and changes in your life as it is. Working on a floor would...
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    Terms we will not admit to using

    Chaya replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    wt* list (Whenever we have to call a Doc b/c we can't decipher handwriting or need to call another facility with crictical info on an admit we collate everyone's questions into a "what the heck???"...
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    Big difference between last day as student and first day as RN?

    Chaya replied to zaggar's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Your question brought me back to day one! For me the difference between being a nurse and being an aide was both definite but subtle because I came back and worked on the same unit after orientation....
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    When does the anxiety go away?

    Chaya replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    It'll take a few monthes but will gradually lessen. The more exposure you get the more you will internalize the knowledge. One day you'll see a pt with a certain set of symptoms and you will realize...
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    Help getting organized?

    Chaya replied to superdeluxe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We're not supposed to pull meds before we give them, even if kept in separate bags in unopened blister-packs. Seems if there's any short cut we can take to get thru the med pass in a timely fashion,...
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    (Naive?) Student with a moral/ethical nursing dilemma...

    Chaya replied to dykely's topic in Research

    Did you mention (or show) your websearch to your patient's nurse? Or even mention it to one of his md's? Even if this is bogus I would feel perfectly appropriate asking the md if (s)he has ever heard...
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    How long to keep malpractice ins policies?

    Chaya posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm off work for a while and rattling around the house alone for a few days; I took a GOOD LOOK at the clutter level around here so I'm trying to unbury myself from the mounds and mounds of paperwork...
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    Help getting organized?

    Chaya replied to superdeluxe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In school our instructors wouldn't allow us to use a clipboard because they didn't want it being carried from room to room and set down on dirty tables,
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    will lower back problems restrict my ability to be a nurse?

    Chaya replied to navyvetRNdreams2b's topic in General Nursing

    Also important to remember: proper body mechanics when bending/ lifting etc is going to be crucial to being able to stay on the job and avoid injury. If you are doing therapy make sure your therapist...
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    Does nights or first shift give your insulin?

    Chaya replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen it two different ways but with rare exceptions the nurse on whichever shift did the accucheck gives the insulin coverage. If the night nurse does the accucheck (s)he gives the insulin....
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    rhonchi dilema?are you a wheeze or not?

    Chaya replied to onduty23's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I always learned they are different. Wheezes are described as having a "musical" quality; once you hear that there is nothing else that sounds quite like it. A person who is wheezing may have junk in...
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    turning non-emergent pts away

    Chaya replied to Jennifer, RN's topic in Emergency

    Anyone work in an ER facility with ajoining walk-in clinic for the sore throats/ boo-boos,
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    Charge nurses?

    Chaya replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work the night charge takes an assignment. During the day/ eve the charge nurse does assignments for the next shift, watches the tele monitors, gets paperwork moving for admissions/ answers...
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    Did I miss the memo???? (rant)

    Chaya replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. You don't HAVE to do any of the stuff you mentioned. But these are the things that make the difference between just doing your job vs. shining at what you do. Sounds like doing these things...
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    Should I tell my friend that she is dying?

    Chaya replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it would be at all out of line to try to speak with the case manager associated with the case and just let them know the situation as you have stated it here: that your friend's husband...