SharonH, RN

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  1. SharonH, RN

    Physical Assessments: Do Any Nurses Do Them

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

    The last time I was in the hospital was when I had my baby at Dekalb Medical Center 10 years ago and after I delivered, no nurse laid a hand on me the entire time I was there. Maybe it's different on...
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    Where do most LVN's/LPN's work?

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

    Everywhere I have ever worked, I have worked with LPNs. Acute care Corrections Home Health Research Occupational Health Disease
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    Notes to Physicians

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

    I think I'm more offended by 1)the idea of leaving the note as a question and 2)allowing the issue to go three days unresolved. If the doc doesn't respond the very next day, then give him or her a...
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    Nursing Retirement Plans

    SharonH, RN replied to bds165's topic in General Nursing

    I work for Kaiser also. They offer a pension as well as a 401(K) with an anemic company match. I don't even consider the pension or social security when doing my retirement planning and neither should...
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    Public Health in Ghana, per Obama

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

    Precisely. We do not live in a vacuum. Think about TB. We actually thought we had eradicated the disease until the mid 80s when the emergence of HIV/AIDS + immigration from affected countries combined...
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    Public Health in Ghana, per Obama

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

    lol! Because then folks would complain about socialism and welfare and how they don't deserve our money because they don't take care of themselves or they smoke or they're ungrateful or (fill in the...
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    Honesty answers needed.....Will going to an HBCU affect hiring opportunities

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

    No of course not. I graduated from an HBCU and I have never been out of a job. Furthermore, your family must know that many distinguished people have graduated from HBCUs in all career fields or at...
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    Moving to El Paso Texas

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

    My first nursing job was at RE Thomason in El Paso while my husband was stationed at Fort Bliss. On any given night, up to 75% of my patients spoke only spanish but I made it and I was a new grad. I...
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    Broken arm and the emergency room

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

    In my experience, it can go either way. I've had people insist that I have to stick them in one particular place when it is obvious that another vein would be a better stick. I'm going to go for the...
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    No such thing as a stupid nurse

    SharonH, RN replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in General Nursing

    That was very touching but I have met some very stupid people who are nurses. VERY stupid. 20 years in this biz, I have to call it like I see it. Take my word for
  11. SharonH, RN

    Who is Responsible for Discussing End-of-Life Treatment Options?

    SharonH, RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    End of life care-wishes-beliefs discussion should be initiated at admission and the nurse need not wait until the physician initiates it. If it wasn't done on admission and there is a change in the...
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    HELP! Were are the nursing jobs for new nurses in georgia?

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

    As recently as last month Dekalb Medical Center was holding open houses for new grads. Did you try
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    SharonH, RN replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Very interesting. I would be shocked if any physician education groups are willing to even discuss bridge programs for
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    $100,000 in student loan debt?

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

    For my undergraduate degree, I attended a private college which then cost ~15K/year and that was over 20 years ago. Fortunately I attended with a 100% academic scholarship so it cost me nothing. I...
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    Interesting article on Obama health care plan

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

    Are you familiar with Kaiser? The docs there work on salary. It's not the end of the
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    Interesting article on Obama health care plan

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

    The doctors are rated based on patient satisfaction surveys and how well their patients stack up on HEDIS measures like BP and diabetes control just for an example. Pay for performance is not
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    Heparin Flush - 100 units/ml or 10units/ml

    SharonH, RN replied to scorpio99's topic in General Nursing

    Good question. I'm surprised to read that anyone anywhere is routinely flushing a PIV with Heparin.......I haven't used Heparin on a PIV for over 15
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    Hanging up my stethescope

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

    Anne, I'm sorry to read about your health problems. You and I are almost the same age so I can imagine how frustrated you must feel to be so young and be so sick. This will get straightened out; just...
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    multi-state licensure, how feasible?

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

    It is feasible and it is allowed. I've been licensed in 3 different states myself although only 2 at one time. If you are willing to jump through the individual hoops of each states' BON then go for...
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    Honesty during the interview

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

    I don't think there is anything wrong with honesty nor do I think there is anything wrong with going into nursing for job security but you do need to be more eloquent in your interview. After all most...
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    "Your patient in 520 is in pain!"

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

    I have a real problem with labeling people "frequent flying drug-seeking pita". Chronic pain is very misunderstood and I used to find that the people who laid on the light frequently were fearful that...
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    BSN RN & Certifications not allowed on my badge: I am outraged!

    SharonH, RN replied to Simba2241's topic in General Nursing

    Uh-oh, bible quotes! Thread closes in 5, 4,
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    BSN RN & Certifications not allowed on my badge: I am outraged!

    SharonH, RN replied to Simba2241's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read all the responses to this thread so forgive me if someone has already brought this up, but didn't JCAHO mandate at one time that credentials be displayed? Whatever happened to that?...
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    "Fired for NO Reason"

    SharonH, RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    agree. i know nurses who are mean and hateful to everybody regardless of how long you've been working and it has nothing to do with you being "young" or new, it's a personality issue. "nursing eats...
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    "Fired for NO Reason"

    SharonH, RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ah, no I don't think so. Giving Coumadin to someone with an INR of 9 or administering Novolog to someone who cannot eat is just as dangerous on a Med-Surg floor as in the unit. Med-surg is not a...