Chaya ASN, RN

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    Is there pain with organ failure?

    Chaya replied to mc3's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    In my experience with pts with renal or hepatic failure they feel really sick with the accumulation of toxins but aren't experiencing specific pain per
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    I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    Chaya replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How bout a big neon arrow pointing to the waterless handwash dispenser or sink that flashes when staff comes through the door entering or leaving a pt room? And maybe a klaxon or siren that sounds if...
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    I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    Chaya replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If you aren't professional enough to wash you're hands regularly, how is wearing a button going to accomplish this? Might this not give our patients the message that it is their responsibility to...
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    Will it wreck me? Would it wreck you?

    Chaya replied to NurseDaddy2006's topic in Male Nursing Students

    NurseDaddy I think it depends on how far you've come personally in resolving your own feelings. One of my clinicals in Rehab/ LTC was at the facility where my Mom had died two years previously. I had...
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    working sick...need advice:)

    Chaya replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    This is similar to what they teach us about pain; ie; pain is what the patient says it is. You are the only one who can assess how sick you feel so why ask your managers if you really need to come in?...
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    good student, bad nurse...

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

    SophiaJoy, please bring us up to date. You've been in my thoughts-how have you been doing the past few weeks? My situation when I got out of school was very similar; great on paper but struggling when...
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    I feel so stupid

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

    I would be PO'ed by your co-worker's attitudes. They may have found the suggestion humerous coming from you and hopefully were "laughing with you". But it makes me uneasy to think they were making...
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    Giving pain meds thru a colostomy?

    Chaya replied to Blackcat99's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    We give morphine sub-cu to our "care-and-comfort" patients but a patient who is still able to take oxycontin orally will receive a more even level of pain
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    not used to feeling dumb

    Chaya replied to Sandy46's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First off, give yourself a big pat on the back for challenging yourself; for leaving behind a work environment you were comfortable in to try to take on a totally new and different skill set. Don't...
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    Hot Flashes!!!

    Chaya replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    Another soldier in the Menopause Wars here. Not sure if I'm winning or losing...but I find I get further if I try to go with the flow (or lack of ). Example: Hot flash while I'm in bed? Time to run...
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    Holiday gifts

    Chaya replied to KrustyTheNurse's topic in Nurse Management

    Something I wish our administrators would give us would be one of those keychain CPR face protectors cause those suckers cost 8-10 bucks to replace but I'll bet a hosp could get a deal on a large...
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    How do you cope with the death of a patient?

    Chaya replied to jhawkgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Have to admit I got pretty creeped out the first time or two. We don't see a lot of deaths. I offered to assist with post-mortem care whenever the need arose until I felt more able to handle the...
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    Bus accidents

    Chaya replied to Jeanine's topic in School

    I think the most valuable use of your time would be as "point" or information liason; you would have access to records providing info the EMTs might need in the field or info needed by ER before...
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    Ever had a nurse or doc as a patient?

    Chaya replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    Many of both, two most memorable. The retired MD had pretty advanced Alzheimer's and was with us post MI. We had to keep preventing him from "painting" with stool he had dug out of his rectum (or...
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    unanswered questions

    Chaya replied to parkermcgee's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Some of the best nurses I've ever known failed NCLEX the first time."Book smarts" have zero to do with bedside nursing- the NCLEX is just your ticket to get in. Use a different review this time around...
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    Sex at School Increasing, Some Educators Say

    Chaya replied to bergren's topic in School

    Our local paper just cited a study which found that TV programs showing sex has increased (doubled, I think it said) in the last few years. In addition, fewer of these programs have anything in the...
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    Pt assignement of 7 or more in rehab

    Chaya replied to SusanRehabRN's topic in Rehabilitation

    Whether that ratio works depends on a number of things: patient acuity, non-licensed back-up, and which shift. In our 4 unit sub-acute rehab facility the day nurses have 6-7 patients with a CNA for...
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    Was anyone a not so great High School student and become a GREAT college student?

    Chaya replied to emndarmic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was a B- to C+ student in high school. I was taking all compulsory courses and most of them I found so BORING it made my eyes cross. I just wanted to get out of there. Plus, throw in hormones,...
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    Study in Thailand

    Chaya replied to Chaya's topic in International Nursing

    Suzanne- Thanks so much for responding. I thought I remembered you posting from Thailand months ago. My daughter will be going to Payap University ( I did have it wrong) in Chiang Mai. The program is...
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    Complicated Issues

    Chaya replied to HillNPStudent's topic in Cardiac

    Lovern- How about an
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    why do people think doctors are so superior?

    Chaya replied to MagicalThinking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A. Money talks. Self perpetuating cycle-Docs make more, therefore are accorded more respect, so society perceives them as deserving of higher salaries... B. Docs dress the part- they wear crisp white...
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    I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    Chaya replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Gonna pin it right next to my "Ask me if I brushed my teeth" and "Ask me if I wiped my --- "
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    Learning to balance multiple patients

    Chaya replied to lisa1130's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was also concerned about having multiple pts as a new nurse. One good thing is that you don't have as much wasted "down" time when your pt is out of their room for a procedure or you need a certain...
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    Is buying a present for a pt. appropriate?

    Chaya replied to estrogen's topic in General Nursing

    What I am unsure about, and am trying to find an answer to, is the appropriateness of any gift to a patient such as mine in general. See, I'm asking myself, what if he starts to think of me as a...
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    STUDENTS: what do you want out of staff nurses? NURSES: vice versa....

    Chaya replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    The biggest thing I want from our students is COMMUNICATION. Can't emphasize that enought. My goal is to provide my patients with a consistent continuem of care. For their sake, I need to know the...