SharonH, RN

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  1. SharonH, RN

    Nurses not doing assessments

    SharonH, RN replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    Well why did she ask? If she has worked with some Filipino nurses who do in fact do assessments, then why, after working with 6 of them who probably represent .00000001 percent of all Filipinos,...
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    Nurses not doing assessments

    SharonH, RN replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    So if you already knew that there were other Filipino nurses who were very thorough then why did you ask if assessments were taught in their country? If some Filipino nurses are thorough and others...
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    Nurses not doing assessments

    SharonH, RN replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    Try not to assume that the reason someone does or does not do something is due to their race/ethnicity/nationality. I have worked with many American-born and American-trained nurses who were lazy and...
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    I need some encouragement please

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

    Seven reference requests??? Isn't that a bit excessive? I've never had to provide more than 3. But you really shouldn't worry. They don't bother checking references unless they are really serious...
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    Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    SharonH, RN replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What a load of garbage. The power/political/economic structure in this country still heavily favors Whites. This is a simple fact, not a complaint. If no longer having the right to discriminate...
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    Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    SharonH, RN replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How in the world did you derive that it is a "common and accepted pattern of behavior" from those two statements? The people who made those statements were trying to be supportive of you (as was I)...
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    Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    SharonH, RN replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Susan, I totally missed that. Where in this thread are people condoning deliberate
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    Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    SharonH, RN replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Actually, we don't know what he saw; we only have one side of the story. And we certainly don't know what drove him to draw the conclusion he did even if it was erroneous. Making assumptions about his...
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    Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    SharonH, RN replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is overkill. Just trade with another nurse and don't give it too much
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    Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    SharonH, RN replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, trade assignments with another nurse. It's his problem, don't let it become
  11. SharonH, RN

    Is this an accurate description of Nurses?

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

    NO that is not an accurate description of what nurses
  12. SharonH, RN

    Housing location in Atlanta

    SharonH, RN replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Oh I forgot about Atlantic Station! It would be very cool to live there especially if you don't have kids. Great recommendation. But......... woudn't the presence of the IKEA monster actually be a...
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    Paying back $100, 000 back in loans

    SharonH, RN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    No, not all. I am the last person to tell someone they cannot do it. I'm just suggesting you should consider the possibility that things will not proceed as planned. And yes, I know all about the...
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    Help re Jehovah's Witness and death

    SharonH, RN replied to nickismith72's topic in General Nursing

    This is very interesting. I was raised a Jehovah's Witness and my mother is still a practicing Witness although I am not. I have never, ever heard of JWs being discouraged from having children. In...
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    Frustration

    SharonH, RN replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Who told you they didn't have any openings in ER? They're lying. Every single hospital in this city has openings in ER, especially for experienced nurses. Period. And even if by some fluke, they are...
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    Paying back $100, 000 back in loans

    SharonH, RN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    $100,000 is for both your graduate and undergraduate schooling? Wow, that's a lot. My daughter will be going to college in 4 years and I am nowhere near prepared. I admire your planning and your...
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    Housing location in Atlanta

    SharonH, RN replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    The Mercer campus I'm thinking about is in northeast Atlanta near Spaghetti Junction. South Fulton would be nowhere near Mercer and Piedmont Hospital in that case. Is there another Mercer
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    Housing location in Atlanta

    SharonH, RN replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Hi Craig, welcome to Atlanta. There are a lot of apartments in either Buckhead, or the Atlanta/Tucker/Northlake/Druid Hills area which would suit you in terms of location. Now as for your pocketbook,...
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    "It shouldn't be that hard to be a nurse"

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

    LOL at the comment about her Dad. But you make excellent points, none of which the article touched on. In fact, the article does not rebut their POV at all which was pretty
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    "Nurse" on Ellen Gegneres today?!!

    SharonH, RN replied to tridil2000's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I saw the clip and I didn't see anything offensive about it but that doesn't give others the right to say to those who do have a problem with it that they need to "relax" and get over it....
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    Visitor from He**

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

    I thought you handled her amazingly well. I wasn't there but I know exactly the tone of voice she used because I have had this type of visitor also, many many times. I appreciate how assertive you...
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    low o2 sats after ORIF?

    SharonH, RN replied to crissrn27's topic in General Nursing

    It's also extraordinarily rare. I've never worked anywhere where it wasn't a chore to get RT to do a treatment outside of their scheduled tx's and even then they were always "on the way". If they...
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    low o2 sats after ORIF?

    SharonH, RN replied to crissrn27's topic in General Nursing

    There are a multitude of reasons that have been given and I agree with almost all of them as a possibility however enough info has not been given. But before you get a VQ scan and a D-dimer, try the...
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    I must be getting old: A rant

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

    Heh-heh Steph. I bet you might not have even noticed until you read this. Now it will really bug you. That's just a little gift from
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    shootings and mental health

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

    In my personal observation, this is the case of almost all cultures including here in the good ole US of A. Only we prefer to criminalize mental illness in this society. The jails and prisons are...