SharonH, RN

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    Judge Judy disses nursing

    SharonH, RN replied to DaFreak71's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for that Marie. You're right, we're all entitled to disagree and to characterize differing opinion as "overreacting" is not
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    Judge Judy disses nursing

    SharonH, RN replied to DaFreak71's topic in General Nursing

    I really like Judge Judy; I try to watch her every chance I get. BUT that was a definite diss and I'm really not appreciating that from
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    Is this a for real "HIPAA" violation????

    SharonH, RN replied to mom2michael's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    He could have just as easily have been visiting someone else at the hospital, or have seen them in the same room even (semi-private) and have seen the lady that way. He could have been in the lobby...
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    Is this a for real "HIPAA" violation????

    SharonH, RN replied to mom2michael's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I must disagree with the others. Unless you share specific information with your 7-year old son a la diagnosis, specific identifying patient information then it would not be a violation of HIPAA. In...
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    Nervous about the new job...always afraid I will get fired...

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

    I must agree with Deb here. You are second-guessing yourself way too much and I'm thinking that the people you work for are picking up on it. Once people know you are sensitive to criticism they will...
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    Job Discrimination...despite nursing shortage

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

    Hi OliveVines, I don't know what to tell you. I am African-Amerian and I have always worked outside of acute care, in fact acute care has always been more of my sideline. But I do live in the Atlanta...
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    Chf

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

    It could be deconditioning. Has he been on bedrest since his admission? As it is, CHF patients already have fatigue and activity intolerance, it does not take long for these patients to become weak...
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    NCSBN proposes CNS no longer be considered APNs

    SharonH, RN posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    http://www.nacns.org/02_17_06%20APRN%20Vision%20Paper.pdf Well here we go again. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing is proposing in their vision paper that CNSs no longer be considered...
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    NCSBN proposes CNS no longer be considered APNs

    SharonH, RN replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I agree with everything you wrote. I'm not interested in separate licensure, I don't think most CNSs are. But I resent the language which states CNSs are not advanced practice nurses. I also find it...
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    call to action...prescriptive authority

    SharonH, RN replied to mtnmom's topic in Georgia Nursing

    HB 935 went back to committee. I was surprised it got out in the first place. The fight
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    MD can't walk across the room to get a chart

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

    That's an interesting observation on how nurses are socialized to be subservient by other
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    MD can't walk across the room to get a chart

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

    On the other hand, I see physicians enter the nurses' station and after performing a very weak search for a chart will announce to the air "Where's so-and-so chart?" and the nurses will just about...
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    MD can't walk across the room to get a chart

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

    I've done that in the past. I remember a physician asking me for a chart(I was closer to it) and to be nice I handed it to her. Then she asked me for another one. I pointedly picked up the things I...
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    Case study: what went wrong?

    SharonH, RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm interested in seeing what you guys think about this situation and how it should have been handled. There are actually two parts to this, but I will only post part one first. You enter the room of...
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    Case study: what went wrong?

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

    And now for the rest of the story...... Just as you finish reviewing the patient's chart, you look up and see one of her consultants in the doctor's charting area. He is a pulmonologist who is...
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    case study(med-surg nurse getting pulled to busy L&D unit)

    SharonH, RN replied to nursev2006's topic in General Nursing

    After one year of working in pediatrics, I switched over to med-surg and became a float pool nurse. Since that first year, I have always worked float/prn(12 years) so I have been pulled to a lot of...
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    African American Care

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

    Relax! I admire your committment to provide for all of your patients' needs but the care of AA hair cannot be covered in an inservice. I've been African-American for 36 years and I have all of my hair...
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    case study(med-surg nurse getting pulled to busy L&D unit)

    SharonH, RN replied to nursev2006's topic in General Nursing

    You are dead on, you should definitely refuse the
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    This made my day!

    SharonH, RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was at clinical today and while I was waiting for my preceptor to finish a phone call I observed the activity at the nursing station. The charge nurse was being pulled in a bunch of different...
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    When the Board of Nursing is out to get you....

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

    PLEASE get a lawyer ASAP. They may be building a case against you and they will fire you "pending an investigation". I used to work corrections and when it comes to the word of an inmate against the...
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    Nurse Clinicians, Clinical Nurse Leaders, et al.

    SharonH, RN posted a topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    What do you think of these roles for nurses? I must confess that when I first read and heard of them, I was not happy and thought that they were a duplicating services that CNSs already provided. Now...
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    African American Care

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

    THat's too bad, I was kind of enjoying
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    Patients always needing something no matter what.

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

    You already answered your own question. Many of them see us as handmaidens and waitresses. Whenever I would make rounds on my patients, I have had something actually stop and look around for something...
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    Grey's Anatomy thoughts

    SharonH, RN replied to baby_gurl0604's topic in General Nursing

    Wha-.....What? That's a bizarre theory. I was a traditional college student and nursing is my first career choice. I certainly don't see that people from the outside will be needed to "save" us. It's...
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    counting days as birth control tool

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

    Another testimonial for the calendar method here. I was actually successful with this method for 5 years but then I got pregnant twice in 6 months. (I had a miscarriage the first time.) I decided it...