SharonH, RN

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    Patient doesn't like me because I'm a "slob"

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

    That was NOT okay and I am glad that "person" will be getting another nurse. I am so angry for you, I can't even express what I want to say due to
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    African American Care

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

    Mr. ______ Mrs.______ Miss______ Ms._______ Also, sir, ma'am are pretty good. Personally I like "pretty lady". Sorry I'm not trying to be flippant but there is no one answer to that. Some people get...
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    African American Care

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

    Okay. I know a lot of people from Haiti and the Caribbean who do not fit this description but like I said before I do not doubt your experience. There's no right and wrong in this. Yes, I am well...
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    African American Care

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

    Oh NOW you tell me! Where you 14 and 7 years
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    Doctorate for Advanced Practice Nursing??

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

    I didn't realize that ws how the DNSc came about. How interesting.......and embarassing. What a
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    How Do You Keep Them From Breaking Your Heart?

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

    When I was a new nurse, I worked peds for a year and I was still learning and most of the times just trying to keep my wits about me so I rarely became very affected by the patients or their...
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    African American Care

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

    Ms. Joseph and Ebony already stated it very well. The direct eye contact and witch doctor thing is completely new to me too. However, I have no doubt that may have been Commuter's experience. I was...
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    Doctorate for Advanced Practice Nursing??

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

    I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am excited at any attempts to raise the level of skill and education for nurses. I also think that a good point is made in that the Master's degree...
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    Family wins lawsuit against hospital for unsafe staffing

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

    that reminds me of an incident that happened at piedmont hospital here in atlanta about 5 years ago. i wasn't working in that particular department so i may have some of the details wrong but...
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    Florida woman goes into hospital to have baby, leaves as a double amputee

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

    We if *we* don't understand how quickly decisions need to be made in a situation like this, then surely the patient doesn't understand it....ya think? THEREFORE she has every right to demand answers,...
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    Florida woman goes into hospital to have baby, leaves as a double amputee

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

    :yeahthat: This woman has every right to demand answers, all this business about how she should just be glad to be alive and quit asking questions is quite callous
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    Family wins lawsuit against hospital for unsafe staffing

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

    Come on Shay, give the nurse a break! Her only error was in working in such a situation in the first place. 20 patients is completely unreasonable and there is no way I would lay blame at this nurse's...
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    ? About not breastfeeding

    SharonH, RN replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was already a registered nurse when I gave birth to both of my children, I had the information and I simply chose not to breastfeed. Sorry I do not have a good reason. That must hard for some of you...
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    "Nurse Quacktitioner."

    SharonH, RN replied to URO-RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thanks for that update Dutchgirl. In addition to the suggestion that families give nurses chocolate or some nonsense like that, there was also a doc who suggested that people lie about their symptoms...
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    Florida woman goes into hospital to have baby, leaves as a double amputee

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

    This makes a LOT of
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    Florida woman goes into hospital to have baby, leaves as a double amputee

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

    This is tragic. A woman goes into the hospital to have a baby and comes out with no arms or legs. THAT is the only thing that is fishy or suspicious here. Someone earlier commented that this woman...
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    Nurses and Physical Therapists!! Help, Question and Rant!

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

    It varies between hospitals. At the last place I worked, we had ortho techs who would put the ortho frame on the bed and they would usually put on the trapeze at that time, but if I had a patient in a...
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    Homan's Sign: Useful or Useless? What's your opinion?

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

    I would have to say useless. According to the literature, the Homan's sign is only positive in DVT patients only 50% of the time and in my personal practice, I would say it is less than that. Also,...
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    Sickle Cell Crisis Question LONG VENT!!

    SharonH, RN replied to RN-TO-BE's topic in General Nursing

    I think that you have your finger on the problem: the doctor is a jerk. I find the sickle cell patients are treated less tolerantly, they are the first to be identified as "drug seeking" and their...
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    LPNs at my facility feel they are being direspected

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

    You are playing with fire. It's one thing to feel empathy for this person, it's another thing to put your license at risk by signing something without looking at it first. You are actually in...
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    LPNs at my facility feel they are being direspected

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

    What brought this on? You say you do not feel this is necessary but did you bring this up to the people making the change? You have a right to question this policy, you may not be effective in getting...
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    Diabetes treatment and why success does not pay

    SharonH, RN replied to grannynurse FNP student's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    At the last couple of hospitals where I worked, there was only 1 or 2 diabetic educators for the entire hospital and they were expected to focus on outpatient teaching as well as classes for the...
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    Standard precautions ignored

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

    Typically, when I have a patient with difficult to palpate veins I find it with my bare finger first,make a tiny indentation with my fingernail, just enough to mark the skin and I then keep my eye on...
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    Standard precautions ignored

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

    This is a JCAHO requirement that no food or drink containers be kept in the work space. Also, please don't take any offense, but the truly unfair work practice is that you are working short-handed,...
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    Continuous Bladder Irrigation help

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

    You stated that you would manually irrigate it when you thought it was clogged. What made you think it was clogged? If the patient was comfortable and the urine was running clear, then there was no...