Chaya ASN, RN

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    My Feet!! Oh Bad Feet!

    Chaya replied to allamericangirl's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    And get custom orthotics made! Expensive, but there is no substitute (I know; I tried the
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    patient privacy, arghh!!!!

    Chaya replied to renee2004's topic in General Nursing

    The situation Renee described is inexcusable, but I can see how such a situation is possible with this cockamamie regulation. At my hospital we honor written requests (as well as verbal request from...
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    social anxiety

    Chaya replied to brandy119's topic in General Nursing

    Could have been written by me! Specifically, I have a hard time with phone calls as well as initiating conversation and "mingling", so initially approaching patients in my clinicals was challenging. I...
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    What do you think is a major problem in nursing?

    Chaya replied to sweetyjen's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Lack of respect in general. Specifically; lack of public knowledge about what it is that nurses really do and lack of visibility of the nursing profession. In every medical format show on TV, nurses...
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    Without Nurses We Have Nothing!

    Chaya replied to NoDayButToday's topic in General Nursing

    Hi NDBT- I love your screen name. Nursing students are able to work as a CNA here after one or two clinicals. I did two shifts a week my last semester and highly recommend it. I was able to work eve...
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    Anyone else hate "winter nursing"

    Chaya replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    For us, summer mirrors the winter. We get the pnuemonia and falls plus lots of staff call-outs in the winter. But in the summer we get lots of CHF and COPD exac from the heat, plus staff taking...
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    co-breastfeeding

    Chaya replied to beesnest's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Like they say-takes all
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    Should I quit my job?

    Chaya replied to jacesmom2's topic in Nursing Career

    How about going to 3 days/ wk? Can you do part-time for a while financially? If not- I would stick with it. 3-11 is hard when the kids are in school BUT makes life sooo much easier in the summer when...
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    Assignments and floating...how do you deal???

    Chaya replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in Nurse Management

    For our unit we keep a float list. Per Diems float first. An "extra shift" doesn't count as a float. Beyond that, we have a chart- each person's name and the last time the "wenT". Earliest date floats...
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    Skechers...WE DID IT!!!

    Chaya replied to ragingmomster's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yay. Hated the ad. Wrote to the company and told them, truthfully, that I usually ONLY buy Skechers for work and play, usually about four pairs a year but that I could not bring myself to purchase...
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    Need help deciding to go into rehab nursing?

    Chaya replied to payday's topic in Rehabilitation

    Never done anything but. However, those who have something to compare it with have told me it gave them a good basis for med-surg and especially helped with time management- you're juggling a number...
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    Essential Skills~Input from ALL Nurses!!!

    Chaya replied to msnursealot's topic in General Nursing

    Learning to do a quick, focused assessment based on the pt's hx. but also keeping alert for anything else significant that jumps out at
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    How do you all like the pain scale???

    Chaya replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    ITA, but as long as TPTB want reams and reams of documentation I'll have to sling this BS at them. A fair number of my pts cannot think in those terms so I have to put it into words for them, them...
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    fingerstick on mastectomy pt!

    Chaya replied to janetrette's topic in General Students

    I have heard of this. The rationale was increased risk of infection but I don't know if this has been
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    Any facilities that stop accepting pts if there is insufficient staff?

    Chaya replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

    Up until the last few months when we needed to send a patient out acute from out subacute facility it was not uncommon for the doc to call three or four ERs before finding one that was not on divert....
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    boyfriends biopsy

    Chaya replied to EMTI19's topic in General Nursing

    What a wonderful holiday message. I'm so glad for both of you. Sounds like you'll be a great
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    What does your spouse do?

    Chaya replied to vaughanmk's topic in General Nursing

    DH is a computer guy. I sorta understand what he does but couldn't make it into a handy job label... Not sure what it means but I'm noticing lots of military or law enforcement matches
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    What type of nurse uses a machine that can look at the heart!

    Chaya replied to 2bnursekemmie's topic in Nursing Career

    At our facility it's a radiology tech who's a specialist in cardiac
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    Help with "Bait & Switch" tactics at new job

    Chaya replied to TennNurse's topic in General Nursing

    ITA. From the sounds of things, surprise #9 would be putting in the time and they sleaze out of the bonus
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    considering rehab - is 8:1 with a CNA good?

    Chaya replied to kek's topic in Rehabilitation

    I work eves in an inpatient Rehab; we get cardiopulmonary and some ortho (post CABG, COPD, knee and hip replacement/ fractures). We usually have one RN or LPN plus one aide for 5-6 patients on days,...
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    Underwear question

    Chaya replied to aegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Health Assessment "lab" 1998. 1 male and 17 female nursing students of all ages between 21 and 47 (me) and all sizes stripped to underwear and johnnies to practice physical exams. Lo and behold- 8 out...
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    Offended by Prayer

    Chaya replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    Seems pretty respectful to me but I would be a little uneasy saying it if I knew nothing about the family's
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    A new pet peeve of mine

    Chaya replied to TracyB,RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Can't even count the number of times we're trying to take an order off with two nurses and a secretary squinting at some doc's handwriting (who of course isn't reachable by then) and trying to put the...
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    Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

    Chaya replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    Three of the best floor nurses I've ever known failed their boards the first time. The tests do not necessarily assess your common sense, people skills, dexterity, etc. Don't give up. See if you can...
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    Examining each other?

    Chaya replied to abr's topic in General Students

    We were given time alone in a curtained exam area to change into a gown (leaving our underwear on) before our partner did the exam. As an old married lady I had the only man in the class for a...