nyapa RN

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    Any Nurses With Anxiety Disorders?

    nyapa replied to Susanna23's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I would find out why the school wants you to take out disability assistance. Take their reasons with a grain of salt. They are not automatically right. Do they have someone with the qualifications to...
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    Know any RN's who became MD's?

    nyapa replied to Anesthetize's topic in General Nursing

    I knew two: 1. the first was an EN (LPN) before she did her degree. I'll never forget the day when I said to her, not realising that she'd been there, that "I'm only an EN". She told me off roundly!...
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    Incident reports: Who uses, completes and where do they go???

    nyapa replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing seems to be done at my facility. Most are written for falls, and the main reason for them being written is as a legal record of what occurred. Oh and they are mainly used for statistics, both...
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    Do You Have a Bad Back from Nursing?

    nyapa replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't worked caring for dependent / full care patients for a while. When I did, I had a couple of episodes in six months where I found it difficult to move from a sitting to standing position and...
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    Nurse Stabbed

    nyapa replied to BRAGGY's topic in International Nursing

    Yes; where do I start (I worked mainly in medical wards)...Though I admit, no one has come at me with a knife... Mine too - and the family of the nurse as well. And it would help if hospitals would...
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    Information Needed

    nyapa replied to Scooty Puff Jr's topic in International Nursing

    Applesandoranges asked this question recently and I had a bit of fun at the time trying to find information. So I've gone and copied what I wrote verbatim ... hope it helps
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    Shakeup of nurse education.

    nyapa replied to Levin's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Grace. I was a hospital trained EN (why did I have to hand in that qualification - I worked hard for it!). I am a university trained RN. I'm lucky to see the best of both worlds. What I object to...
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    Rich nurses?

    nyapa replied to tiij's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, that's an interesting comment. What do you do that we don't
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    How many of you felt like you failed but passed?

    nyapa replied to *lisa*'s topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You go through all the questions and you think, Oh heck, it should have been this, and Oh no... You don't think about the good things you wrote because of course this is what your career is based on....
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    Would you recommend nursing?

    nyapa replied to BRAGGY's topic in International Nursing

    You mention you have seen the problems / disputes between employers and employees. I agree - no form of abuse should be allowed. But the nurse has to deal with ppl/patients, some of who can be...
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    Would you recommend nursing?

    nyapa replied to BRAGGY's topic in International Nursing

    Good point; they will know whether they like it or not. Its interesting that Howard has been talked down from making the course a three year programme "equivalent to a nursing degree" (yeah right!) to...
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    Aged Care in UK...

    nyapa replied to nyapa's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks for your help. I will pass it on to my
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    Aged Care in UK...

    nyapa posted a topic in International Nursing

    My mother in law is English and has just moved from her own home into a self contained unit specifically for elderly ppl. Apparently they have a "warden" and some one who delivers meals and checks...
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    Shakeup of nurse education.

    nyapa replied to Levin's topic in International Nursing

    Our ENs do two years training! So, these poor ppl will end up as equivalent to Cert 111 qualifications? In other words, not nurses? Or will there be a three tiered system? But they have a bonus to...
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    Shakeup of nurse education.

    nyapa replied to Levin's topic in International Nursing

    1. Who will be teaching the nurses? Those who graduated from universities. 2. Will the student nurses be paid, or will they donate their time for free? 3. Will this method of training be recognised...
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    Nursing Rounds

    nyapa replied to GatorRN21's topic in General Nursing

    I have been involved in this. It is difficult, because there are some things that you can't say like "this pt can be aggressive" or "they are investigating for..." (when doctors have suspicions about...
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    How has Nursing changed you?

    nyapa replied to NC Girl BSN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Are you saying healthcare is based on money not care and respect for life? If so, I have to agree. And if so, there are times I feel the same way. I hate being treated like dirt, if I can't get to the...
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    "I don't know how you can do that!"

    nyapa replied to nicuRN2007's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am not a NICU nurse. I am coming to an end in a period where I am working in isolated paeds; most of our patients are under 2yrs and I have found it really hard to assist with painful procedures....
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    daughter stressing in clinicals

    nyapa replied to joannep's topic in General Nursing

    Has your daughter sought counselling? It may help her determine what she really wants, whether it be in the nursing field or no. It may also help her developing coping strategies and problem solving...
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    Are nurses unsupportive spouse magnets??

    nyapa replied to sticknurse's topic in General Nursing

    Some interesting comments here. 1. My husband and I are very supportive of each other. He is no longer working, but that is due to inability not intention. So he does things around the house; in fact...
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    Grad Nurse Support Circle!

    nyapa replied to bronween's topic in International Nursing

    Would you believe we didn't have an interview? They told us they could gauge the information they needed from our clinical reports when we were on prac, our referees/references, and our covering...
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    Help needed for new grad-to-be

    nyapa replied to AussieTina's topic in International Nursing

    I really hope you went well in the interview. A stupid question though - what is benchmarking? When do you find out the
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    Do patients/families that are hostile, rude affect your morale?

    nyapa replied to smartynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Affect my morale? Just talking about it affects my morale. This is probably because having suffered physical abuse at the hands of patients (and I know I'm not the only one) that no matter how hard I...
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    Grad Nurse Support Circle!

    nyapa replied to bronween's topic in International Nursing

    Nearly there girl, you'll be finished before you know
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    Lets do this differently for a change.

    nyapa replied to teeituptom's topic in General Nursing

    I am an "old day" EN (LPN). I am a "new day" RN. I certainly don't remember classifying our newer members in those terms. A place of work doesn't run smoothly unless we all help each other. I...