nyapa RN

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    Non compliant and frequent flyer patients

    nyapa replied to dona4jc's topic in General Nursing

    It's interesting how this thread has turned to specifically talking about pain and iv drug users. I think as nurses we will find there will always be frequent flyers. And we only need to look at...
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    Mrsa!!

    nyapa replied to nghtfltguy's topic in General Nursing

    I think the condition should be treated with respect, not fear. The media used to carry on about HIV. Once there was better education attitudes improved. When the media stop flapping their wings and...
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    Made a Med Error and sick over it!

    nyapa replied to Martinette's topic in General Nursing

    To me, it seems you are beating yourself up because you are someone who puts their all into their work, who likes to "dot the i's and cross the t's ". And you care. You had to hang blood, you had an...
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    Permanent nights..now anxiety/panic when I try to sleep...

    nyapa replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    Try something that will take your mind off things. Have a warm bath, followed by camomile tea, and then listen to some relaxing music as you sleep. I used to use 'Enya'; not sure if you have heard of...
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    The Race That Stops a Nation!!!

    nyapa posted a topic in International Nursing

    Surprised this thread hasn't been posted yet! OK, so what are you up to tomorrow? Have you got a bet on? Or are you having a sweep? Or what about a Melbourne Cup lunch? We are having a Melbourne Cup...
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    Will you work during a Pandemic?

    nyapa replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Love it Scrubby! I really can't answer this question. I know when they ask us every year whether we are willing to come in or stay at work during a cyclone I am hesitant to do so. Let me ask: once...
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    First Prac...

    nyapa replied to AusNurse2B's topic in International Nursing

    Oh, I'm so glad you are enjoying it. Hard yakka, some not so nice sights, but you have still got your gloves on and getting into the thick of it. And it is so good that you have an excellent...
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    Need advice from nurses please!

    nyapa replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Nursing

    It will help if you know how Hepatitis C is transmitted and contracted. Basically it is in the blood of an infected person. So contact between the blood of an infected person, and a wound of your own,...
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    Held Down and Forced to Take The FLu Shot

    nyapa replied to Nurse_FF_EMT's topic in General Nursing

    I'm shocked, it goes beyond the pale. You do as much as you can for your mum, and get the
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    Don't wanna always give baths, clean up feces, etc., where to work?

    nyapa replied to WannaBCRNA's topic in General Nursing

    Thats the difference I think. You've done it, you are not 'above' it, but you've recognised that you find it hard to cope with and you are going somewhere where you think you may be more useful. I...
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    Don't wanna always give baths, clean up feces, etc., where to work?

    nyapa replied to WannaBCRNA's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it is great to have CNA staffing. We usually have one (patient care assistant) on our floor a shift, and every little thing that person does is so appreciated. I call them the 'quiet achievers'...
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    How Many People Really Love Their Nursing Job And Why?

    nyapa replied to 987!'s topic in General Nursing

    There are some pretty horrible things about nursing which from what you are saying you have already seen on these boards. But as others have said, this is a place where we come to say things and we...
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    Don't wanna always give baths, clean up feces, etc., where to work?

    nyapa replied to WannaBCRNA's topic in General Nursing

    I'm finding this really sad. Why are we suddenly standing on fences throwing things at each other figuratively speaking. (BTW there are times I've had to literally duck poo being thrown at me...not...
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    Don't wanna always give baths, clean up feces, etc., where to work?

    nyapa replied to WannaBCRNA's topic in General Nursing

    That's a shame! Among my group, all of us expect to 'get down and dirty'. I mean, many new grads come from previous areas which deal with this sort of work; aged care workers, disability workers,...
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    Don't wanna always give baths, clean up feces, etc., where to work?

    nyapa replied to WannaBCRNA's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch! Don't think that is
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    Should the Title Nurse be Changed ? ? ?

    nyapa replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    "Direct Care Provider" is a very vague concept. It could be any person involved in caring for a person. I understand that there is a negative image associated with the title 'nurse'. But that is the...
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    Frustrated here........

    nyapa replied to CaroleN199's topic in General Nursing

    Best of luck Nursiegurl. Maybe if you just ring around the various hospitals to find what the opportunities are. Or you could join an agency. Is it essential in the US to do a grad year
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    Insight Dialogues: What Would You Do?

    nyapa replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    And if she insists on you doing it, well, just ask her could she demonstrate the most effective way of doing it... Then she can suffer the ensuing behavioural
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    Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

    nyapa replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Actually I've been told I talk in my sleep about nursing too after a hard shift. Oh, and that I often speak in Indonesian (I lived there for a while). Don't ask me why! Perhaps our minds are still...
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    Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

    nyapa replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    error, check
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    Don't wanna always give baths, clean up feces, etc., where to work?

    nyapa replied to WannaBCRNA's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is wholistic. You care for the whole person. Cleaning up mess can actually be part of ongoing assessment of your patient. You assess the type, you assess the amount, you consider what are the...
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    Sloppiness results in write-up

    nyapa replied to longjourneydream's topic in Emergency

    Don't quit! From what I see you have written, everyone is generally happy with you, and they are willing to support you. They obviously want you, or they wouldn't be putting in all this time and...
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    Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

    nyapa replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Addit: I didn't read the other posts until I'd finished my own. Just about everyone is talking about cars! How scary is
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    Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

    nyapa replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Oh no...you poor thing! I know after a bad shift I have come out in 'automatic pilot', got in my car, and driven somewhere totally different to where I intended to go... Perhaps the most stupid thing...
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    Collodial silver?

    nyapa replied to BRANDY LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of this. Scary