rnsheri

rnsheri has 3 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, orthopedics, urology.

Latest Activity

1. The Dreaded Group Projects

   rnsheri replied to naptimeRN's topic in General Students

   It's terrible, but true. In school, we had research groups of six, and two of us did everything. Not saying others didn't contribute, but the two of us liked getting things done early. Other group members had children and that complicated things, sch...

2. It's not my job to pray with you.

   rnsheri replied to kickatthedark's topic in Spirituality

   You are absolutely right. Thank you for the insight and the article.

3. It's not my job to pray with you.

   rnsheri replied to kickatthedark's topic in Spirituality

   OK, OK. OP, you're right. Not your job. The benefit to the patient's well-being is supported scientifically. One tidbit: "An interesting bit of science attached to this ethnocentric and geocentric evolution of prayer comes out of Duke University Med...

4. I Hate People (my rant)

   rnsheri replied to AlyaMF's topic in Relations

   I heard there's good money in welding. You shouldn't be a mortician. Live families and all, and contempt for the dead. Maybe a bounty hunter. Or mathematician.

5. New Epidemic

   rnsheri posted a topic in Humor

   My name is Unnamed-Respiratory-Therapist. I happened upon a tribe of healthcare providers in a peculiar state. I am documenting this to document it later on a supercool computer program that is completely inefficient and outdated. I don't know when ...

6. I got reported to HR

   rnsheri replied to katie92's topic in Relations

   Be polite. Be professional. People have a lot of feelings. Most don't make sense to me. However strange those feelings may be, we live in a society that encourages people to report those feelings. I don't know why feeling-sharing is a thing, but so m...

7. Yellow Gowns: Fall preventative or bandaid solution?

   rnsheri replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Of all the problems with my crazy job, I never once thought, "You know what would enhance my patient's safety... yellow gowns." This knowledge is beyond my comprehension. I would've stupidly asked for more nurses and support staff, better equipment, ...

8. It's not my job to pray with you.

   rnsheri replied to kickatthedark's topic in Spirituality

   I agree, you build up a tolerance!

9. I give in, I'm a COB

   rnsheri replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   I am in a world of shame. I must've been in the accelerated COB class. I've been here three years, which is no kind of street cred! You guys left me with THEM, the new ones with big ol hearts and feelings. I feel like the King of the Cuckoos.

10. Am I the only one that's done this?

    rnsheri replied to Trama_junky's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I started IV's on fellow nursing students, too. I mean, in class the instructors emphasized empathy and understanding what a patient is going through during a procedure. We were given kits and IV NS and were told that IV skills are important for...

11. Dear Miss Manners, How to I deal with touchy/feely coworkers?

    rnsheri replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I have fun with it. In my sweetest Southern drawl, "Oh hon, you don't want to hug me. I just treated my neighbor for head lice." That fixes it forever. Bonus: you get to watch the person itch all day. I mean, there's respectfully asserting your feeli...

12. I give in, I'm a COB

    rnsheri replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I had the meanest nurse ever for my trainer at my first job. I mean, she didn't even care if I was nervous about calling the doctor at 2 a.m.-- "Just call the **** doctor, girl!" She never sugar-coated anything! If I did something incorrectly, that C...

13. It's not my job to pray with you.

    rnsheri replied to kickatthedark's topic in Spirituality

    I clock in, I am "X", RN. Problems at home? Shut it off. Angry at a coworker? Shut it off. My personal feelings about religion? NOT RELEVANT, SHUT IT OFF.

14. How to deal with hostility?

    rnsheri replied to MyFairLady88's topic in General Students

    You have choices. You can either confront him with "OK, you seem pissed at me, and I don't know why, but I'm tired of this so let me know and we'll go from there." Or use those therapeutic communication techniques if you need to, but those never work...

15. "Just a Psych Nurse"

    rnsheri replied to JustKeepDriving's topic in Psychiatric

    From working as a floor nurse, I heard that about psych nursing... From all the people who said they would never go into psych nursing. Every kind of specialty has it's own good and bad qualities. Of course, I have heard the same about floor nurses f...