SharonH, RN

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  1. SharonH, RN

    Do you donate to your alma mater?

    SharonH, RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    My graduate school is having some sort of fund-raising drive but so far I've resisted donating because I feel I already paid a hefty amount as I was an out-of-state student. However I am considering...
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    Do you donate to your alma mater?

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

    I've been thinking about doing that myself. I would love to fund a scholarship after I get my daughter through
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    Do nurses still time tape the bag when hanging fluids?

    SharonH, RN replied to Selene006's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work the floor anymore but there is no need for time-taping with modern IV pumps. I would fight tooth and nail any facility that told me I needed to . It's one of the reasons I quit working at...
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    Calling briefs "diapers"....*vent*

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

    Cherry, I understand your POV really I do but I don't feel it is as big of a deal as that. I no longer do direct patient care but I am still in the field of geriatrics and in my current position I...
  5. SharonH, RN

    Where are the professionals?

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

    This is very true. Great advice! I was a per diem nurse for many years and floated to many different units. Maintaining patient focus and acting as though you don't suffer fools lightly will deflect...
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    Where are the professionals?

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

    Another vote here for faulty management. Management truly sets the tone and if your manager is clueless or worse, toxic him/herself then that will be reflected by the staff. I now work in a large...
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    I am an American.

    SharonH, RN replied to UnionRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    lololol.........
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    I am an American.

    SharonH, RN replied to UnionRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hate this idea, it's passive-aggressive. Silence=acquiescence. The best thing to do is voice your disagreement with this request and do as you originally stated which is ask for policy. Make it...
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    I am an American.

    SharonH, RN replied to UnionRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am more offended by the actions of your nurse manager. Why didn't she stick up for her staff instead of acting as a mouthpiece for some arrogant physician?. I don't mind respecting others' cultures...
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    Difference between Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist

    SharonH, RN replied to starmickey03's topic in General Nursing

    As already stated, there are many threads about this issue but I just want to make the point that NPs are not "more advanced" they just have a different focus of practice. Additionally, the...
  11. SharonH, RN

    Healthcare is a commodity

    SharonH, RN replied to PetiteOpRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As someone who is descended from slaves (and not that long ago either!), I disagree.
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    This can't be right...

    SharonH, RN replied to pinkstudentnurse20's topic in General Nursing

    the first year is the hardest......well for me it was the first two. it will get easier. remember after you get 1-2 years of experience there are many different opportunities within the field. if...
  13. SharonH, RN

    This can't be right...

    SharonH, RN replied to pinkstudentnurse20's topic in General Nursing

    What?!!! Please, pretty please, rethink this advice. Yes, there is a way to communicate professionally with physicians in order to provide the best care for our patients.(SBAR anyone?) However we are...
  14. SharonH, RN

    Time to call a duck a duck?

    SharonH, RN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Erik, I really feel for you. How must it feel to go to work every day feeling that you have no power, no respect and that your knowledge level is only a couple of years beyond a CNA? And look at how...
  15. SharonH, RN

    Prescriptive Authority in GA

    SharonH, RN replied to jlhs1969's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I'm not interested in prescriptive authority. I am pleased about recognition as an advanced practice
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    What age will you retire?

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

    FT until 55-57, then part-time until 62-65. Whether or not I stop working at 55-57, I plan to have enough in retirement so that if I am forced to stop working for some reason, I can expect to be...
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    What kills me..... (VENT)!!!

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

    awwww, thanks that's so nice of you. as for the op, i thought she was responding to the specific post in which the student spoke of what type of nurse he/she wanted to be. i'm not familiar with...
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    What kills me..... (VENT)!!!

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

    well ruby, people are going to continue to express their opinions and sometimes they are not going to be in a tone you approve of. you would think that after 30 years you would know that by now. so...
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    What kills me..... (VENT)!!!

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

    1. Couldn't you have posted this in the actual thread instead of creating a separate one? 2. A nursing student has an idea of how she wants to conduct his or her practice. Is that so bad? I find it...
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    For all of those on Medicaid

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

    According to you, that would be "the bunch by and large". Hi Fribblet, looks like some people didn't get your memo about ALL medicaid recipients. Once again, (as in your earlier posts) no...
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    For all of those on Medicaid

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

    lollol! Really?!! Did you actually read this thread? Who do you think most of the commenters are talking
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    Missed fingerstick

    SharonH, RN replied to CC918's topic in General Nursing

    If you check the BS within 2 hours after eating, you run the risk of treating an artificially high BS and bottoming them out later, so I would agree with your co-worker to skip. If she had just...
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    For all of those on Medicaid

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

    Exactly. If you have a problem with most or all Medicaid patients and that includes my little friend who can't comprehend from my previous post, then the problem is probably
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    For all of those on Medicaid

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

    You clearly have a reading comprehension problem. I did not defend any abuse especially yours, but then again that is the problem isn't it? As I stated before, you need to get out of the ER and get a...
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    For all of those on Medicaid

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

    I'm impressed that you are able to discern what my experience has been from a tag line on a message board. In fact, I am NOT an ER nurse but I have worked in the ER and many areas of health care so I...