SharonH, RN

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    Got my 1st butt chewing today - humiliating!

    SharonH, RN replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    Instead of considering this your 1st butt chewing why not consider it your last? Being talked down to is not a part of the job and it is not to be expected as many new nurses seem to. The next time a...
  2. SharonH, RN

    Inappropriate sexuality...where to draw the line?

    SharonH, RN replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    Just because he appears to be alert and oriented to person and place does not mean that the part of his brain which controls impulses and tells him which behaviors are appropriate or not hasn't been...
  3. SharonH, RN

    Mandatory CNA!!!!

    SharonH, RN replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's fair to require someone to have had a job in healthcare to become a nurse. What about traditional students who are attempting to enter right after high school? What if it is too...
  4. SharonH, RN

    Mandatory CNA!!!!

    SharonH, RN replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    That's
  5. SharonH, RN

    Mandatory CNA!!!!

    SharonH, RN replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    This is a way for colleges and schools of nursing to do less work without reducing tuition cost. By requiring the recruits to come to school with basic skills that used to be their responsibility to...
  6. SharonH, RN

    Patient Beats Up Nursing Staff Member

    SharonH, RN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I realize that that is the conclusion that most people drew from the OP's story although I have never seen a patient in respiratory distress who had the strength or ability to assault a staff...
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    Patient Beats Up Nursing Staff Member

    SharonH, RN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    That's interesting. Not so long ago someone posted on this forum about how she intervened on behalf of the patient when he attacked a staff member and almost everyone concluded that the nurse had it...
  8. SharonH, RN

    Night Nurse- a movie review

    SharonH, RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    A few nights ago, I saw a movie on TCM called "Night Nurse" starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Blondell. A mustacheless Clark Gable was the bad guy. I was interested in the movie because I like...
  9. SharonH, RN

    Why be an RN, when LVN's do the same thing?

    SharonH, RN replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    Using her "logic", wouldn't a better question be: if RNs and LVNs do the same job and RNs get paid more and have more job options then why be an LVN? I'm just
  10. SharonH, RN

    Retire by 30, thanks nursing!

    SharonH, RN replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    If the OP or anyone else is interested in seeing how other nurses are managing and/or reaching their financial goals, here is a neat little site I like to visit:...
  11. SharonH, RN

    New & Ready To Move On To Bigger & Better

    SharonH, RN replied to NewGrad07's topic in General Nursing

    I think it starts before they get to nursing school. Remember, most of the general public does not truly understand what nurses do. A lot of people enter this profession with the idea that they will...
  12. SharonH, RN

    What is the order of the nursing career ladder?

    SharonH, RN replied to miachris2's topic in General Nursing

    I totally understand that. It just seems like a lot of people are confused about entering the field and believe that it is best to "work their way up" or something like that and don't understand that...
  13. SharonH, RN

    Retire by 30, thanks nursing!

    SharonH, RN replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that! If your employer matches and you don't go for the full match, you are just throwing money away. All I have to do is invest 2% of my salary and my employer matches with
  14. SharonH, RN

    What is the order of the nursing career ladder?

    SharonH, RN replied to miachris2's topic in General Nursing

    This is the first I'm hearing of a nursing career ladder. If you want to be an RN, why not just go for it? What is all this business about getting your foot in the door by becoming a CNA first, then...
  15. SharonH, RN

    Finding preceptor for CNS program

    SharonH, RN replied to hisblueskies's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    When I was doing my CNS clinicals, I chose the institution where I wanted to do my clinicals and then I called nursing administration and explained my situation to whoever answered the telephone. They...
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    Retire by 30, thanks nursing!

    SharonH, RN replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    I admire your optimism and I appreciate your planning for the future. So many people have the mentality that they will always have bills so there is no use in even attempting to be financially...
  17. SharonH, RN

    I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

    SharonH, RN replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    Great topic! I was a traditional college student and I've never had a career other than nursing but this has been very interesting to
  18. SharonH, RN

    In your opinion, do surgeons really have great lifestyles???

    SharonH, RN replied to Jiggles123's topic in General Nursing

    Imagine this being a topic for discussion on a nursing board! I can't imagine pondering for longer than half a second the lifestyle of a
  19. SharonH, RN

    Does being a CNA really help if you want to become a nurse?

    SharonH, RN replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    The first step to becoming a nurse is finding a decent school and apply. There is no tiered process to becoming a nurse and becoming either a CNA or a MA first is not necessary and IMO not that...
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    Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    SharonH, RN replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    No it wasn't confusing, you made perfect sense. I'm glad to see you "get
  21. SharonH, RN

    Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    SharonH, RN replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    And there one sees the difference between medicine and nursing. They too know what is needed to provide care for their patients but there is no doubt that it should be written down. If you ever read...
  22. SharonH, RN

    Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    SharonH, RN replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a problem with the nursing diagnoses themselves or the language used to describe them? As nurses, our jobs are to treat the human responses to illness, that is one of the official...
  23. SharonH, RN

    mother dies after refusing blood transfusion

    SharonH, RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in United Kingdom

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    mother dies after refusing blood transfusion

    SharonH, RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in United Kingdom

    Hi NavyVet, thanks for outlining your intellectual/educational background. Unfortunately for the purposes of this discussion, it just doesn't matter. I'm sorry you felt condescended to, perhaps your...
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    mother dies after refusing blood transfusion

    SharonH, RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in United Kingdom

    Steph, I'm 38. Is it okay for me to laugh at the hubris of youth? That's pretty funny. If they disagree with me, they must be stupid! It's