chadash

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    What Is Your Definition Of Caring?

    chadash replied to IIIseeyaa's topic in General Nursing

    i agree that it is does not have to be a heartfelt emotional connection. but a connection is definitely made in care giving. you listen, you assess, you determine the best action. you step out of...
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    Am I right or wrong...please tell me

    chadash replied to davidndenise2001's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand the PT order to sit her up only if she is at 90 degrees but I may have missed the purpose of why they suggested that. With hip replacement patients, I understand the precautions...
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    Nurses - Leading your subordinates (Nurse Aides, Nurse Techs, Med Aides)

    chadash replied to brotherbear's topic in Nurse Management

    Oh great, now I'm a medieval boot-licking
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    I am ready to quit...

    chadash replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is so so overwhelming, and it is so clear that you really care. I would want someone like you around if a grandbaby of mine was having it rough, or if the out come was devastating. Bad things...
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    Why do you think so many healthcare workers are mean and arrogant?

    chadash replied to mikethern's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, narcissism is everywhere, and some may be drawn to the bigger than life heroic image of health care, then, oh my, it ain't what they thought, it takes alot more than it gives, and their...
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    chadash replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if there are any out come based studies on what is the best approach? Vital signs can be very baffling to me in post op patients. For instance, sometimes their temps are sub-normal, which...
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    chadash replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    That is an interesting idea, having separate supervision for techs and nurses. Do the supervisors interact and manage resolution of conflicts? You must have a clear demarcation of tasks.... We tend to...
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    chadash replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    Is this med/surg? What kind of unit do you work
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    chadash replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    So, rethinking what the nursing assistants do in your workplace did not go over real big. Hmmm. Actually, the nurses doing vitals make alot of sense. They do our first post op vitals, and sometimes I...
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    chadash replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering, could we be struggling with functional fixation? Maybe we need to rethink the roles in healthcare totally. If we don't, who will? I am not a student either, I am a Nursing Assistant....
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    chadash replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    That is a great point, that management has the responsibility to set the tone in the workplace. Any ideas of how management can "manage" the team better? Education? punitive measures? rewards? What...
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    chadash replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen this, and understand your frustration. If delegation and education is the role of the nurse, can you all think of some ways to "educate" the nursing
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    chadash replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    These post make me realize I work with great nurses. They never degrade me, they always are careful not to impose. Real teamwork must be predicated on empathy. Today I made a mistake in how I treated...
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    The Image of Nursing

    chadash replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Not to diminish the importance of an accurate portrayal of nurses to the out side world.... In general, on the subject of "image", I would like to make this comment. I have always told my children,...
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    What some Home health aides do while on the job

    chadash replied to catlynLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Had a long term patient who, if she saw me bend my knees to sit, would immediately request something...it became a joke... :) I even tended her garden. I did have a family member in hospice who would...
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    chadash replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    Lately, I have been wondering about the use of nursing assistants in the hospital setting. Do you think it would benefit patients to have total care from a RN who has a lighter patient load? It is...
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    Drinks in the nurses station...

    chadash replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    Amen.
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    Drinks in the nurses station...

    chadash replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    I read "drinks in the nursing station" and opened this thread thinking you were suggesting installing a mini bar. Don't think it will fly, but I am all for
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    Does this sound like an air embolism?

    chadash replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    ahhh yes. poo and vaso vagal, like love and marriage, horse and carraige... but actually, you CAN have one without the other. Hmmm. Might be it,
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    Personal Care Assistant Issues (long!)

    chadash replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

    This is typical care for a quadraplegic patient. Their job description was very unreal. I did this work, and the needs are great for this kind of patient. I would suggest initiating a bowel program...
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    Need some ideas

    chadash replied to brainynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Your Last Nerve We know where it is, we know how to use
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    HIV/ MRSA/ Hep senarios

    chadash replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    http://edcp.org/guidelines/mrsa.html Maybe this will help sort things out. It seems to imply that colonization in other than the nares also requires contact precautions. The CDC information is worth...
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    HIV/ MRSA/ Hep senarios

    chadash replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Your first question: When MRSA is found in the nares of a pt. Standard precautions are adequate for pts with a positive swab for MRSA in the nares, unless they also have active infection, or have been...
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    Nurse Mobbing/bullying

    chadash replied to LuciGirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It has been a long time since I have posted, so I hope you don't mind me posting in the nurse section. I so so feel compassion for those who have experienced the very real problem of bullying and...
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    A phantom poo

    chadash replied to vrhodes's topic in Nursing Humor

    oooooo! I have this yucky flashback of Demi Moore in