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Post by cganz1 on Jun 3, 2009 3:17:55 GMT -5
Yikes! You really are in galus/galut! Do you ever get to go away for the chagim to daven with a minyan and hear the leining from a Torah?
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Post by cganz1 on May 31, 2009 22:51:08 GMT -5
I always introduce myself as Chani, but I have come to notice that (most) people don't even notice that I am saying anything different. They automatically say " Oh Hi Connie". I have realized that they don't even hear that I'm not saying Connie. The questions only start when they see my name written. Then I get called all sorts of strange variations such as China! A few people have asked me why I spell Connie so weird It doesn't bother me when I'm called Connie, I have told some patients & fellow classmates or instructors that it's fine if they call me Connie since they have a hard time pronouncing my name properly. The funniest part is when they try to say my name correctly and usually wind up having a spitting contest of sorts One fellow student nurse actually called me Chani and then I found out she was from Germany, that's why she was able to say it right. B"H I'm proud of my Jewish name and I hope I will continue to introduce myself as Chani, although it's okay if others can't pronounce it right. I actually had an instructor who thought my real name was Connie since that's what she always called me until one day she couldn't find my name on the class list!!! My oldest brother is the only one in my family with an English name, cuz after that my mother realized that there are so many other people with strange hard to pronounce names and there is no reason not to legally use a Hebrew name. It also saves us from a lot of identity confusion. My mother was actually told that she couldn't sign my passport as my mother because my birth certificate had her Hebrew name and hers has her English name. The clerk said that she couldn't prove she was my mother :
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Post by cganz1 on Apr 27, 2009 12:31:43 GMT -5
Thank you so much everyone for all of your help re: my nursing theory research paper. I'm sorry I didn't let you know how it went sooner, I've been busy with school and trying to make up everything I missed over Pesach Baruch Hashem I just recently found out that I did very well on my paper - I got a 9.5/10! I wrote about Emma Watson, the nursing theorist who developed the Caring Theory. I wrote about how my personal theory is very similar. In addition we had a section to write about our 5 year plan after becoming a RN which included a question about a nursing organization that we would like to join. So, I of course wrote about all the wonderful aspects and benefits of being a member of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Nurses. So all of us members are now famous (well sort of)! Once again thank you so much everyone for all of your help, suggestions, and most importantly support and encouragement. I was a bit overwhelmed (which caused me to procrastinate and become more overwhelmed!) and your comments helped me to realize that the topic was not so difficult (although finding current American Nursing journal articles took the most time and effort) and that I could perservere and write a good report! THANK YOU!!!
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Post by cganz1 on Apr 27, 2009 12:20:59 GMT -5
My mother is a RT (resp.) and she always wears a shaitel. She wears a short comfortable one. I know one big thing for her is to make sure that the hair doesn't get in her face or in the way. The majority of her co-workers know that she wears a shaitel, but once in a while she has some funny experiences. Such as when her wkday shaitel was being set, and she had to wear her shabbos shaitel which is longer and a different style, some ppl had the funniest questions, they couldn't understand how her hair changed so quickly (Did your hair get longer?). But, she usually has not problems.
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Post by cganz1 on Mar 12, 2009 20:19:29 GMT -5
Medic09,
Thank you so much for the information!!! It was so nice of you to take the time to actually look for info for me! I'm looking through the websites now. Also, your google link led me to a nursing website (www.enursescribe.com) that is helpful in many different areas as well. I'll try to let you know how it turns out. And yes I know that Monday is very soon, my biggest problem is called procrastination. Besides that Purim took up most of my Spring Break. Thanks again!
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Post by cganz1 on Mar 12, 2009 16:37:14 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies! Unfortunately. I don't have much time, since the paper is due on Monday!!! Yes, Rivka it should be a BSN assignment but my ASN program is crazy (as you know) and they assigned this even though we never learnt about nursing theory or theorists before. The assignment is a combination of both my own theory and famous theorists. They did provide a list of famous theorists and I am trying to connect it to my personal Jewish nursing theory(if I can figure out what that is). I'm going to try to do more research and get back to you. Thanks again for responding
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Post by cganz1 on Mar 12, 2009 11:29:48 GMT -5
Hi everyone! I have to write a research paper about nursing theorists and my personal nursing theory/philosophy. Does anyone have any info or sources that might help me. I seem to be hitting a dead end. I have no idea what my personal nursing theory is - or how I can make one up! Has anyone else written a paper like this before? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Post by cganz1 on Jan 19, 2009 1:37:42 GMT -5
There is a Rebbetzin in my community (Norhteast Philadelphia) who is a nurse! Her husband is the Rabbi of one of the Shuls near my house, and since she is a practicing med-surg nurse and her husband is a very frum Rabbi (black hat used to live in LKWD type) she can see both sides of the picture. I believe that she would be more than willing to answer any questions that anyone has (she's offered to answer mine and my friends' questions in the past). If anyone wants you can either reply or email me and I'll try to ask her. Interestingly enough there is another nurse whose husband is a brilliant Rabbi who teaches in the day school here, AND my aunt is a nurse and her husband is a Menahel in a yeshiva in Queens. Surprisingly there are many Rebbetzins or chashuvah women who work in the nursing field. Although most of the ladies that I know don't have the internet (it's treif ) maybe we (or Rivka) could interview some of them or have a list of questions/halachic concerns that they can answer and then be posted here.
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Post by cganz1 on Jan 19, 2009 1:11:18 GMT -5
From the sounds of it, my nursing school is obviously pretty unique in that male nursing students are not rare. I didn't realized how different my situation is. I always had men in my clinical rotations and out of ~120 students there are around 40 men(maybe even more)! So, I was used to having male nurses around, and being in Philadelphia I see male nurses in the hospitals also. But, my friend told me that in her nursing school (she had a much bigger class than me) there were only 5 men, so I guess my school is atypical. Maybe that's because it is a community college (although a very good program). But, I have never met a frum male nurse and I think that's pretty cool. Most of the guys in my program are very good nurses and upstanding people. For the most part, I found that they were very sensitive to my religion and actually tried to avoid running into any halachic problems. It was actually the girls who joked about me being shomer negia. They thought I fell off the moon! But I did give them a few laughs and hopefully a good impression of Orthodox people , I hope so after answering questions all the time about what being Jewish means, and telling the girls again and again that no I never had a boyfriend (I still don't know if they believe me!)
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Post by cganz1 on Jan 18, 2009 23:52:33 GMT -5
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Post by cganz1 on Nov 3, 2008 1:19:30 GMT -5
Advance for nurses has a long skirt with a kick pleat advertised on sale for only ~$16. It comes in two colors. Check it out
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Post by cganz1 on Oct 6, 2008 23:01:30 GMT -5
Does anyone have info about RN-BSN programs? Any information about online nursing degrees would be very helpful. Do you know of a really good program? Feel free to share whatever info or opinions you have about nursing schools.
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Post by cganz1 on Oct 6, 2008 22:55:35 GMT -5
In nursing school I had to wear an old fashioned nursing dress! All my frum friends in other schools were allowed to wear scrub skirts and my classmates wore blue pants and the uniform top, so I asked if I could wear the shirt with a blue skirt. But, my oldfashioned instructor thought the dress looked classic and since my school had their own uniform dresses they said I had to wear it. I felt like a little girl again. Especially because they made me wear white tights (which was a problem since I kept trying to figure out who sells adult white tights - but Wal-Mart solved that problem). One of my instructors said that if she had her way, I would wear the nursing cap also!!! But, B"H everything worked out and I got used to the dress, it was even comfy. And my goyish were jealous cuz they said i looked cute and they wanted dresses also! BTW that is my pic on the wepage of me showing off my nursing dress
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