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Chi Eziakonwa, BSN, RN, CRRN
| Current Employment: | University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
| Position: | Attendant Care Coordinator |
| Responsible for 24-hour attendant care program for students with a disability living on campus. | |
| ARN Member Since: | 1992 |
| SETX Chapter ARN Member Since: | 1992 |
| SETX Chapter ARN Involvement: | -Membership Committee 2006 |
| -Attends Chapter meetings regularly | |
| Why did you decide to join SETX ARN? | |
| For the networking opportunities. | |
| National ARN Involvement:: | |
| Attended ARN National Conference 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 | |
| Community Involvement: | |
| Coffee Host, Good Shepherd Episcopal Church | |
| Volunteer for Hurricane Katrina effort. | |
| Hobbies, Special Interests: | |
| Traveling, photography and cooking. | |
| Previous Experience: | |
| Staff Nurse Youville
Hospital and Rehabilitation Cambridge, MA 1989-1992 Nurse Rehabilitation Unit Clinician III University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX 1992-1997 |
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| What does Rehabilitation Nursing means to me: Teaching and Caring | |
| Chi writes: “I started my
nursing career in a surgical unit. I did more of pre/post-op care. I
went home each day mentally tired; there was no job satisfaction, so
something was missing. The frustration came from not being able to
interact with my patient/family, educate and monitor their progress.
The surgical unit did not give me that opportunity. The patients
come in too anxious to listen; after surgery they are in a great
deal of pain and will not pay attention to you. By the time they are
ready for teaching, they are discharged. In rehabilitation, patients and families are ready. Rehabilitation is an ongoing process, therefore patient/family teaching continues until the patient reaches his/her optimum level. For patient teaching to be effective, we need to look at his/her physical, emotional, psychological and social needs. I guess I was born to be a nurse and a teacher, so rehabilitation nursing offers me both positions. |
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| Anything else that you would like to share? | |
| As I love pictures, UTMB used my picture in their employment brochure titled, “Professionalism and You”. | |
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