ZASHAGALKA RN

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    INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    ZASHAGALKA replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Unions are on the slow fade, this is a demonstrated fact. Numbers are down, and down significantly. The Union Coercive Practices Act, even if passed, will not long contain that decline. The secret...
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    INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    ZASHAGALKA replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Texas is very anti-union. Most people feel that way, it's not just the 'corporate' types. I submit that 119 votes out of over 100,000 RNs in Texas is an anomaly; it's far short of a movement. It's not...
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    INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    ZASHAGALKA replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    You've just described Texas Law. That is MY point. By Law, a union can't survive in Texas without continued and sustained outside help. There will NEVER be enough dues paid to support the union. The...
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    Honestly, how bad is the gas chamber?

    ZASHAGALKA replied to Renee4christ's topic in Government, Military

    My allergies were KILLING me when I had to go through. I came out, coughed up half a lung, and WOW! All that accumulated post-nasal drip - just gone. I highly recommend it as therapy for seasonal...
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    When will they change the name???

    ZASHAGALKA replied to hand2cut's topic in Men in Nursing

    8/29/06: https://allnurses.com/forums/f212/change-title-nurse-175529.html ~faith,
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    Do you really, truly want ME to use MY inner voice to make that decision? Can you imagine how that'd go? ~faith,
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    BY DEFINITION. their presence is interfering with the chance of survival. ANY shift of focus from patient to family is unjustified. Codes are and should be for saving lives. Period. There are better...
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    It's not up to the healthcare team to push people into codes! And besides, it should be up to the PATIENT, not the family!!!! If you didn't ask, you can't know! Surrogate decision making is not...
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    I was working, sorry. The answer to both questions is: I don't know. As far as the child, I've discussed why I think parents should be allowed at a pedi-code. I think I wouldn't want to be there....
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    I understand your point, but there is an order of magnitude difference between routine critical care modalities - no matter how intensive - and a full blown ACLS code. There is a difference. I agree...
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    Which goes back to the fact that this CANNOT be an optional experience. This is the most fundamentally vulnerable moment of a person's life: "Your spouse is currently being resusitated." AT THAT...
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    I would be much less resistant to the idea, but still opposed. And no, I would not want my family to see me like that. There are better and more time-tested means to achieve closure. ~faith,
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    Of course not, for several reasons. First, surviving a code would, I would think, lead to satisfaction of the outcome in general and so, taint the opinion of family being there under the lens of that...
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    There are so few studies on FP and the ones that exist are of such limited scope that it cannot be said that the issue has been studied, at all. This is all emotion driven, on both sides. There is one...
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    We haven't even discussed the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: observing an event changes the system of the event. Many point out that FP 'humanizes' a code. By frank admission, a code is being...
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    Don't take this the wrong way, but IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU WANT! That isn't the purpose of surrogate decision making. It only matters what THEY would want. And this is where we've strayed....
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    That isn't how things work. ~faith,
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    But, how many of their dead family members appreciated the utter lack of dignity in their final moments that allowed for this closure? Again, I'm not talking about children because parents have that...
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:EmMXxpNnLzcJ:www.ethics.va.gov/ETHICS/docs/net/NET_Topic_20010814_Family_Presence_During_Resuscitation.doc+VA+-+Ethics+Hotline+Call,+%22August+14,+2001%22&hl=en...
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    INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    ZASHAGALKA replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I agree that nurses need a unified voice for the profession. Unions cannot BE that voice, for several reasons: 1. Many unions are in direct competition with each other. How can there be a 'unified'...
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    Pediatrics is different, for a variety of reasons. That was discussed in the above-mentioned thread. Basically, a parent has the decision making power over a minor. When it comes to adults, our golden...
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    If you won the lottery, would you continue to work?

    ZASHAGALKA replied to Natingale's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but on MY terms. ON my terms, baby. I would probably use the money to prop up a career as a nursing journalist. Reminds me of Jeff Foxworthy's routine about winning the lotto: "Everybody says...
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    When will they change the name???

    ZASHAGALKA replied to hand2cut's topic in Men in Nursing

    You think it would be that simple? I would have to disagree. I'm no danged 'hospitaller' or whatever. I'm a REGISTERED NURSE. I've worked very hard for that. I won't let you - or anybody else - take...
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    INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    ZASHAGALKA replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I have checked out Conroe in the past to work PRN as it's close to me (I decided against). A local hospital not mine normally keeps med/surg/tele ratios at 6-7:1. I know this. I'm just saying, there...
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    INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    ZASHAGALKA replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    A few points. 1. I've been an RN for 15 yrs. 2. I never suggested that I would like all the benefits of a union and none of the responsibility. I SAID that I figured this applied to about half the...